Poilievre says Trudeau’s carbon tax pause is a ‘scam’ to win re-election

The prime minister’s decision to temporarily exempt home heating oil from the carbon tax is a “scam” designed to turn around Liberal fortunes in the polls, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Friday.

“What caused [Prime Minister] Justin Trudeau to freak out yesterday and hold a sudden press conference to announce that he was going to pause the carbon tax on home heating oil? The answer is that he was plummeting in the polls,” Poilievre said in St. John’s.

“Justin Trudeau is not worried about the cost of living. He is worried about the cost of votes and that’s what caused his panicked flip-flop yesterday.”

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Justin Trudeau is tanking Canada’s economy

You can only imagine — and recoil in horror at — the potential damage the Canadian prime minister’s economic illiteracy will unleash

In September the leaders of the world’s most powerful nations met in New Delhi for the annual G20 Summit to address such heady matters as the war between Russia and Ukraine, the future of energy production and the criticality of food security. Everyone smiled for the cameras, shook hands politely and agreed to do their best to do something about everything, just so long as they weren’t asked to make any enforceable commitments. At the end of the weekend, all the great men and women of the world put their shoes back on, took one more group photo and bid adieu to their friends (and enemies). Then they all headed for home.

All, that is, except one.

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Trudeau government doesn’t seem to be trying very hard to reclaim grant from it’s anti-semite hireling Laith Marouf

Jamie Sarkonak: Federal government still hasn’t managed to collect Laith Marouf’s revoked grant

It’s been a little over a year since the Department of Canadian Heritage cancelled an “anti-racism” grant that had funded the work of Laith Marouf, a pro-Palestinian activist known for his intense antisemitism. The money — around $123,000 — has not yet been paid back, despite the government demanding its return and sending it to collections.

So when members of the Liberal government give assurances that the $60 million they’re sending to Israel and Gaza will stay out of Hamas’s hands, it doesn’t exactly inspire a sense of security. If the government can’t retrieve public funds that accidentally went to a bad cause at home, it probably can’t do so in a war zone half way around the world.

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Secret files show CSIS worried Canada has ‘no consequences’ for foreign state interference

OTTAWA—Newly-released secret documents show the country’s top intelligence agency was concerned there are “no consequences” for foreign interference in Canadian democracy, as a parliamentary committee calls on the federal government to strengthen criminal laws to crack down on the threat that is the focus of an upcoming public inquiry.

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Immigration: Canadians should just accept unaffordable housing, a decline in their standard of living and more Hamas supporters or else we’ll call you a racist

Amid growing dissent, will Canada change its immigration plans?

Canada is set to unveil the latest targets for how many new residents it hopes to welcome in the coming years.

The annual announcement of permanent resident levels, something Immigration Minister Marc Miller must do in Parliament on or before Nov. 1, is the kind of dry fare that has traditionally drawn little attention, serving largely as a governmental formality amid high levels of public support for immigration.

… NDP immigration critic Jenny Kwan said she’s concerned about the backlash against the immigrant community.

“No good will come out of that because we have already lived through racism and discrimination in Canada’s history,” she said. “The government has to have a housing plan and an infrastructure plan for our community.”


The usual Liberal propaganda from the Star. Apparently Canadians are too dumb to realize that unaffordable housing and a rapidly declining standard of living is good for them.

Their “experts” are the usual spokesman for the corporate class who crave depressed wages and love the thought of profiteering from the shortages mass immigration brings.

Corporate Canada should have no say in immigration policy like our politicians they are insulated from the negative impact mass immgration has on society.

How do you think we ended up with thousands of Hamas supporters in our streets?

Corporate Canada doesn’t care where the bodies come from, they’re just fodder for the machine.

The usual garbage “analysis” is thrown up i.e. immigrants are necessary for economic growth.

They fail to mention that immigrants themselves age and thus are not a fix for Canada’s aging demographic or that Canada no longer attracts the “younger immigrant” that can give as much as they take over the course of their working lives.

Our immigration policy is so sick that most granted permanent resident status can’t even be bothered to take out Canadian citizenship any longer because we’re just a waystation on the route to greener pastures to them:  In 2021, of the permanent residents who had come to Canada within the last 10 years, just 45.7 per cent had become citizens. In 2001, that figure was 75.1 per cent.

The cost of family reunification with grandma and grandpa to Canada? Not mentioned.

They lie about a non-existent labour shortage and make no mention of how mass immigration depresses wages.

The impact of Automation and AI on employment? Not a factor in Star land!

But they do let you know that you’re a racist for daring to defend your own best interests.

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Liberals shut down meeting to question RCMP commissioner on SNC-Lavalin probe

OTTAWA — In an unexpected move, the Liberals shut down a parliamentary committee that was about to hear from top RCMP officials on why it did not pursue a criminal investigation into Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s actions in relation to the SNC-Lavalin affair.

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Trudeau, Poilievre among dozens of MPs targeted by China-linked ‘Spamouflage’ campaign

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and dozens of MPs have been targeted by a “Spamouflage” campaign connected to China, which saw a bot network leave thousands of comments on their social media accounts in recent weeks.

According to a new statement from Global Affairs Canada, the federal government’s “Rapid Response Mechanism” detected the campaign, which it says traces back to the People’s Republic of China.

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Trudeau’s immigration policies exacerbate housing crisis

It’s not racism or xenophobia, it’s simply mathematics.

As the Trudeau government has cranked up immigration to record levels, the nation’s housing supply has failed to keep up. Hundreds of thousands of new Canadians are entering the country each year, while the number of new housing units being built is not even as high as it was in the 1970s.

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National Defence Confirms Chaplains Can’t Say ‘God’ at Remembrance Day, Other Official Ceremonies

The Department of National Defence has confirmed that chaplains can’t use the word “God” during official ceremonies such as Remembrance Day.

This follows Defence Minister Bill Blair’s dismissal as “misinformation” assertions by the Conservatives that military chaplains are being prohibited from saying prayers at Remembrance Day ceremonies.

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America, Jr.

Canada is currently subjecting itself to a bizarre experiment in extreme population growth due to pedal-to-the-metal legal immigration.

Canada’s population rose about 1 percent per year for the first decade and a half of this century. But the Justin Trudeau era began in 2015, and growth was goosed to 1.5 percent by 2019. After a brief pandemic pause, the Trudeau government is now opening the borders extraordinarily wide.

In response, Canada’s annual population growth rate hit 3.0 percent in the third quarter of 2023, the kind of rise normally associated with Bangladesh in the 1980s. Over the summer, Canada’s population reached 40 million, up from 30 million in 1997.

h/t Lesley

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Canada pulls 41 diplomats from India after diplomatic immunity stripped

All but 21 Canadian diplomats in India have been pulled out of that country, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly said Thursday, confirming the slashing of diplomatic staff by roughly two-thirds amid ongoing tensions between the two countries.

Joly said India has formally conveyed its plan to Ottawa to strip diplomatic immunity from 41 Canadian diplomats and their 42 family members by Friday.

Canada has facilitated the safe departure of those diplomats and their families from India, she added, noting the stripping of immunity “would put their personal safety at risk.”

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Whistleblowers at dodgey Liberal green fund want Liberal government to protect them from career, legal reprisals by Liberal government

Whistleblowers at green fund want federal government to protect them from career, legal reprisals

Whistleblowers who exposed problems at a federal green fund are calling for protection from possible professional or legal retaliation.

The organization targeted by the whistleblowers earlier this year is Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), a foundation created and funded by the federal government.

Under its ongoing agreement with Ottawa, SDTC has $1 billion in federal funds to distribute to small and medium-sized businesses in the clean tech field between 2021 and 2026.

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Majority — including two-in-five past Liberal voters — say Trudeau should step down

October 18, 2023 – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made clear his intention to lead the party into the next election, scheduled for 2025. Most voters, including a large portion of his own party supporters, feel he should step down before the next election.

A new study from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds more than half of Canadians (57%) holding the view that Trudeau should step down, while three-in-ten (28%) say he should lead the Liberals into the next election. Importantly, 2021 Liberal voters are divided, with close to equal numbers saying he should stay on (44%) or leave the party to a fresh face (41%).

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