Rock Bottom: Bill C-10 Gag Order and No-Notice Meetings Means the End of Committee Review is Near
Yesterday was not a good day for those who still believe that democratic ideals matter. The day began with an iPolitics-sponsored debate featuring MPs who have played a starring role at the Canadian Heritage committee review of Bill C-10: Liberal MP Anthony Housefather, Conservative MP Rachael Harder, NDP MP Heather McPherson, and Bloc MP Martin Champoux. The substantive discussion largely mirrored the committee debate, but far more dispiriting was Housefather seeking to justify the Bill C-10 gag order by arguing that it was the democratic right of the government to use whatever legislative tools are available to it (even if that tool had not been used for two decades) or Champoux talking about the need to respect democracy while simultaneously supporting the gag order.
Canada open to resettling Central Americans arriving at US-Mexico border
Canada is open to helping the United States resettle Central Americans by taking in some of the hundreds of thousands who have sought refuge at the U.S.-Mexico border since President Joe Biden took office.
“I certainly think that we have the capacity within our existing levels plan to accommodate more refugees,” Canadian Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino told Reuters.
‘This Is Our Canada’: Jagmeet Singh Gives Emotional Speech on London Attack
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has publicly condemned the attack as an “act of terrorism” and “Islamophobia.”
Is this Obama’s 3rd term? He seems to think so
For the people who wonder whether the Biden White House represents the third term of the Obama presidency, Barack Obama provided the answer last week in a wide-ranging interview with New York Times columnist Ezra Klein.
Don’t Ban Assault Weapons – Make Them Mandatory!
I was gravely disappointed with Judge Robert Benitez’s California federal court ruling that the Golden State’s ban on “assault weapons” like AR-15s is unconstitutional. It manifestly is unconstitutional, but the judge’s ruling does not go far enough. He should have found that our Constitution requires every healthy, law-abiding adult citizen to have a real assault rifle like an M16 – or, because diversity is important, an M4 – to defend his community and his country from all enemies both foreign and domestic.
Sanders: GOP Has Become ‘Right-Wing Extremist Party’ — They Won’t ‘Do the Right Thing for the American People’
Sanders said, “Look, the answer is I’ve said earlier, I do not believe that there are ten Republican senators who are prepared to take on the wealthy and the powerful and special interests and do the right thing for the American people. I know that sounds very partisan, but that just is the reality.”
