Since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal party went down to a disastrous defeat in a byelection on June 24 in the riding of Toronto-St. Paul’s, pressure has mounted on Trudeau to resign. But Trudeau isn’t the only party leader who is in deep trouble.
Jagmeet Singh, leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP), I believe is also in a political “death spiral.”
As Trudeau confronts an anxious caucus, some Liberals say he needs to act swiftly
The email from national caucus chair Brenda Shanahan rejecting calls for an early in-person Liberal caucus meeting landed in MP’s inboxes around 5 p.m. on the fourth of July.
Citing “scheduling logistics,” Shanahan officially dismissed public demands from Liberal MPs for an urgent gathering to discuss the fallout from the byelection loss in Toronto-St. Paul’s.
In the words of one Liberal MP, it went over “like a fart in church.”
“If you can’t even meet with your own caucus … how can you convince a country?” the MP said.
Temporary residents and recent immigrants are driving up Canada’s unemployment rate, as record numbers of newcomers welcomed to the country to fill labor shortages are now struggling to find work.
The unemployment rate for temporary residents – including foreign workers, international students and asylum seekers – was 11% in June, according to Bloomberg calculations. Using comparable data, the unemployment rate for all workers was just 6.2% last month.
Immigrants who’ve landed in the last five years are also having a hard time finding a job, with their unemployment rate reaching 12.6% in June.
We are on track to beat Venezuela at being Venezuela.
Summer jobs could prove tough to come by for students, according to latest job stats
OTTAWA – The Opposition Conservatives are vowing a future Pierre Poilievre-led government would remove the man the Liberals just appointed to lead the Canadian Human Rights Commission.
Birju Dattani is to take over as the chief commissioner next month for a five-year term but Melissa Lantsman, one the party’s deputy leaders, says in a statement that Conservatives would rescind that appointment.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is urging Israel’s president to avoid accelerating the conflict with Lebanese Hezbollah, citing concern for civilians already at risk from the Islamist terrorist group’s rockets.
In a July 4 call with President of Israel Isaac Herzog, Mr. Trudeau “voiced Canada’s concerns over further escalation along Israel’s northern border, which Hezbollah continues to bombard with rockets,” according to a readout provided by his office.
A federal document reveals no evidence that a $30 billion national daycare program has led to an increase in mothers joining the workforce, contradicting statements made by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland.
Blacklock’s Reporter says the Department of Social Development’s briefing note challenges Freeland’s assertions that the program has boosted the economy by increasing workforce participation among mothers.
Do they even know when they’re lying?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau managed to do two terrible things in one fell swoop: Raise costs for Canadians at a time they can least afford it and risk a trade war with the United States.
The Trudeau government pushed its new Digital Services Tax (DST) through Parliament before quitting for the summer.
Liberal MP Anthony Housefather has been named the federal government’s new special adviser on Jewish community relations and antisemitism.
A statement from the Prime Minister’s Office says Housefather will advise Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and ministers on the federal government’s efforts to “combat antisemitism and ensure Jewish Canadians are able to live with vibrancy, security, and dignity.”
Housefather’s appointment comes after splits opened up in the Liberal government caucus over the Israel-Hamas war. It also raises questions about how Housefather’s role will differ from that of Deborah Lyons, the government’s special envoy on preserving Holocaust remembrance and combating antisemitism.
Congratulations on your new title @AHousefather
Now how about agreeing to public commitee hearings on how Justin Trudeau managed to appoint an antisemite as the chief human rights commissioner and then lied about not knowing his history? #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/lktApxzh0b
— Melissa Lantsman (@MelissaLantsman) July 5, 2024
h/t Patti Jo
Still reeling from the Toronto-St. Paul’s by-election disaster, Justin Trudeau was asked why he should not take this as his cue to step down. Voters had been unwilling to let any of his recent predecessors stay on past nine or 10 years. Why did he think he was any different?
In answer he referred, not to the by-election result, or his party’s low standing in the polls, or his own unpopularity, but rather to “a challenge faced by democracies all around the world right now.” He cited the elections in France and the United States. In “any democracy around the world,” he said, “we are seeing increasing challenges to people’s well-beings, greater anxieties, an erosion of democratic principles and rights.”
I just about drove off the road. Seriously.
I was driving to a family get-together to celebrate my birthday. All good. But I was listening to QR77 AM radio, a talk show. And the host had two tax experts on. What they said, shook me to my core.
The feds are after your home equity … that’s right, everything you worked for and paid for, all these years. When you sell, the Trudeau Liberals are looking at taking a piece of your nestegg.
OTTAWA — Conservatives are promising to scrap the proposed federal online harms bill after the latest report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer found that it would create more than $200 million in new bureaucracy.
Bill C-63 would establish three new entities: the Digital Safety Commission, which is mandated to enforce the act and has the power to issue monetary penalties and fines, and the Digital Safety Ombudsperson, which will support social media users. Both will be supported by the Digital Safety Office, which manages the day-to-day operations.
h/t DS
Our friend Barry Bussey absolutely nails it…
Like so many other Members of Parliament – Marc Garneau lacked the integrity and courage to stand up to wrongdoing during his tenure.
Garneau's party loyalties overrode his duty to Canadians – so like a coward he waited until his… https://t.co/46qYCRZ4PB
— DonaldBest.CA * DO NOT COMPLY (@DonaldBestCA) July 5, 2024
A Canadian prime minister who has outstayed his welcome, persistent inflation, a government bumped and bruised by scandal and a fired-up opposition leader itching for a public showdown.
It was against this backdrop, four decades ago, that Pierre Trudeau took his apocryphal “walk in the snow” and decided not to contest the next federal election.
After a shocking upset in a “safe” electoral district and with a looming possibility of a blowout in the next federal election, Justin Trudeau’s predicament closely mirrors that of his father.
The Liberal Party’s caucus chair Brenda Shanahan told MPs late Thursday that a full caucus meeting is “impossible” this summer due to “scheduling logistics,” despite a flurry of requests from parliamentarians after a shocking byelection loss in a Toronto-area riding.
“Nevertheless, we will continue the conversations this summer about the changes you and Canadians want to see,” Shanahan said in an email to colleagues that was obtained by CBC News.
Achieving “net zero” carbon emissions in Canada will reportedly cost billions more than what the federal government has claimed.
On Wednesday, the Budget Office said a calculation error was uncovered for tax credits intended for a green economy by 2050, according to Blacklock’s Reporter.
I don’t believe it was an “error”. The Liberals always lie.
