OTTAWA — The Liberals’ cabinet retreat in August, focusing on the rising cost of living for Canadians, ran up a six-figure tab from just one government department, while any expenses from other departments have yet to be disclosed.
The Privy Council Office (PCO) confirmed it spent $160,467.17 on lodging and transportation at the P.E.I. summer retreat. The costs were disclosed in a response to an order paper question by Conservative MP Tracy Gray.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s fall economic statement acknowledges that the biggest worry keeping Canadians up at night – and, ahem, the biggest obstacle to Liberal re-election – is housing.
Introducing the mini budget, she said that Canada was always “a place where if you worked hard … there would be a home that you could afford. For generations, that promise was kept.”
But “for a generation that ranges from new high school graduates to couples in their thirties making six-figure salaries, it is a promise that is under threat.”
Justin Trudeau is in trouble. Canada’s Prime Minister, currently in his ninth year in power, can’t seem to do anything right lately. The Bank of Canada has blamed persistently high inflation on the Liberals’ fiscal policy, and the cost-of-living crisis across the country has Canadians turning to food banks at an all-time-record high.
As the need for food banks skyrockets across Canada, several in Ontario are reporting an increase in international students seeking help, with some appearing to be exploiting the services or unaware of how they work. Two Ontario food banks have even decided to close their doors to international students.
“Due to the increased visitation to the food bank in the last couple of years, we helped students in September but noticed that there was tremendous abuse and manipulation of our services. We have now stopped the practice of serving them so we can concentrate on our regular clients and refugees,” the head of a food bank in Oshawa told The Epoch Times.
A federal program allowing news publishers to claim a tax credit for portion of journalists’ salaries is set to increase, the Liberal government announced Tuesday.
The government’s fall economic statement announced an increase to the Canadian Journalism Tax Credit, a refundable tax credit allowing qualifying news outlets to claim up to 35 per cent of up to $85,000 in salary for a qualified employee.
Workers from South Korea will be coming to work on Windsor’s NextStar EV battery factory, sparking backlash from politicians who say the jobs should go to Canadians because of the massive taxpayer subsidies the companies received.
The NextStar EV battery factory, a partnership between Stellantis and LG Energy Solution, received about $15 billion in subsidies from the federal and provincial governments.
How stupid do the Liberals think we are? Good green jobs for … Koreans!
Feds confirm gov’t has begun issuing permits to foreign workers to build taxpayer-funded #ElectricVehicle battery plant in Windsor, Ont.
PM @JustinTrudeau announced subsidies March 23, 2022 on promise to “create middle class jobs.” https://t.co/jxuW0D10LY #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/WByYkecYnv— Holly Doan (@hollyanndoan) November 21, 2023
Beijing has defended its prosecution of two Canadians for espionage, after The Globe and Mail reported that Michael Spavor blames intelligence work done by Michael Kovrig for their nearly three-year-long detention.
Mr. Spavor is seeking a multimillion-dollar settlement from Ottawa, two sources told The Globe, alleging he was arrested in China in late 2018 because he unwittingly provided intelligence on North Korea to Mr. Kovrig, which was later shared with Canada and allied spy services.
“I guess Justin is in for a trouncing in the next election.”
I hear this every day, not just in the political and business circles I frequent, but in the cigar store, the hardware store, the beer store, the grocery store — everywhere.
If Junior pulls it off the women of Toronto should be hauled before the ICC charged with crimes against humanity.
The Liberals’ unclear messaging on the carbon tax—a key component of their climate change file—is putting them on the defensive, especially since the Conservatives have been consistently clear on cutting the carbon tax, says pollster Nik Nanos.
When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) announced on Oct. 26 a three-year national pause on the carbon levy applied to fuel for oil furnaces, it was subsequently reported by most media—including by The Hill Times—as a “carbon price carveout for Atlantic Canadians who use home heating oil.”
OTTAWA — As they’re being pummelled in the polls and an increasing number of Canadians are rejecting the idea that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are still capable of managing everything from the economy to climate change, the government will seek Tuesday to recapture some public confidence.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will unveil what’s called the “fall economic statement,” a mid-year fiscal update that’s a mix of reporting on the government’s expenditures and current financial picture, a projection of how that picture might evolve in the coming months and any programs the government sees fit to introduce.
A handful of temporary workers from South Korea have arrived in Windsor to staff up a new Stellantis electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant, according to officials with the Ontario government, raising concerns that massive taxpayer subsidies could be used to employ international auto workers over Canadians.
… On Thursday, Windsor Police posted photos of a meeting with the South Korean Ambassador Lim Woong Son on X (formerly Twitter) to discuss the “South Korean workforce coming to our community.”
“With the new LGEnergy Solutions battery plant being built, we expect approximately 1,600 South Koreans traveling to work and live in our community in 2024,” the force said on social media.
With the new LGEngergy Solutions battery plant being built, we expect approximately 1,600 South Koreans traveling to work and live in our community in 2024.
— Windsor Police (@WindsorPolice) November 16, 2023
The latest numbers from Abacus Data confirmed (and reinforced) several jarring trends going against Justin Trudeau and the Liberals of late. While this is something we at 338 HQ seem to have written countless times since fall began, somehow the numbers have kept getting worse for the Liberals.
Which begs the question: Are the federal Liberals sinking towards a point of no return? (Or are they already past it?)
Despite Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urging the Israeli government to exercise “maximum restraint” in the war in Gaza, Canada’s defence minister says it’s wrong to believe that those comments suggest Israel is acting otherwise.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a habit of saying he’s “working to make life more affordable.”
But instead of doing the one thing that would immediately make life more affordable – cutting taxes – he’s using inflation to binge on higher alcohol taxes.
Heading into his government’s fall economic statement on Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has always exercised fiscal restraint since he was elected in 2015, that Canada has one of the strongest economies in the developed world as a result and electing Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre as PM would endanger those accomplishments.
