The Trudeau government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act on Feb. 14 gave police and financial institutions unprecedented powers to crack down on Freedom Convoy protests surrounding Parliament Hill. These powers included compelling banks to freeze accounts, bringing in aid from RCMP and surrounding police services, declaring the protests “unlawful” and creating no-go zones in downtown Ottawa and around key infrastructure.
The former Liberal finance minister and fiscal watchdog was not a cog in the machine, he was operating it
“In Canada, gun ownership is a privilege, not a right,” said Bill Blair, Canada’s minister of emergency preparedness, before referring to the U.S.:
“This is a principle that differentiates ourselves from many other countries in the world, notably our colleagues and friends to the south. In Canada, guns are only intended to be used for hunting and sport purposes.”
This may be true as a matter of positive law. Canada has gone much further in banning guns than has the United States. Gun confiscation isn’t far off. It’s the logical conclusion of the idea that all deaths attributable to guns are preventable, and any law or right preventing it is illegitimate.
But the notion that firearm ownership is a “privilege and not a right” for Canadians, as opposed to Americans, is incorrect. It is a right, just not one protected by the Canadian government. That’s an important distinction.
With few constraints, Justin Trudeau has turned Canada into a laboratory for left-wing policies.
There is little reason why Canada should feature in National Review or deserve journalistic treatment anywhere, except as a joke. It’s a nation without a purpose for its existence and a void in place of a national character. Whereas America is defined by its political freedom, Britain by its rich cultural and political history, Australia by its frontier spirit, and New Zealand by its unique Anglo-Maori culture, Canada is the only Western, anglophone, liberal democracy with absolutely nothing else about it. This lack of national identity — or, as its prime minister, Justin Trudeau, describes it, “post-national” — makes it dull, uninteresting, and unworthy of respect. Ask Canadian citizens what their country means to the world, and they’ll genuinely struggle to give you an answer. As a citizen of Canada myself, I readily conclude that there is none.
‘Unprecedented national security crisis’: Former Ottawa police chief Sloly … and I didn’t ask for no Emergencies Act
… “There was no opportunity for us to have a perfect response to the perfect storm that visited this city and other jurisdictions across this country.”
Sloly faced numerous questions about his response, including whether he requested the invocation of the federal Emergencies Act.
“I did not make that request. I’m not aware of anybody in the Ottawa Police Service who did,” Sloly said.
OTTAWA, Ont. — Justin Trudeau’s former finance minister Bill Morneau had choice words for his former colleagues in a rare public speech Wednesday night in which he criticized the Liberal government’s economic policies.
Morneau, who has kept a low profile since leaving politics amid controversy nearly two years ago, told a Toronto business audience that during his time in office too much energy was spent on finding ways to redistribute Canada’s wealth.
Google has taken the extraordinary step of writing to every MP and senator expressing fears that the online news bill is being rushed through Parliament without proper debate or consideration.
In its letter, Google warns that the bill needs more scrutiny because of its implications, including for the way the search engine ranks content and elevates information from “trusted sources” such as the government.
The chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has confirmed that the Trudeau government’s Bill C-11 would crack down on user content – contrary to the government’s own testimony.
Testifying at a Canadian heritage committee hearing on Tuesday, CRTC chair Ian Scott said, “[Section] 4.2 allows the CRTC to prescribe by regulation user uploaded content subject to very explicit criteria. That is also in the Act.”
For a long-time, many of us have had the sense that things in Canada are completely upside down.
Yet, the past few days have made that even more clear than ever before.
We now live in a nation where law-abiding Canadians are criminalized even as criminals face lighter and lighter punishments.
The Trudeau regime’s proposed taxing of new pickup trucks in Canada has to be called out more often for what it is: obviously mean-spirited, and a form of targeted class warfare against blue-collar workers.
This type of tax already exists on the purchase of larger “fuel-inefficient” SUVs, but also extends to people carrier/work vehicles like vans and station wagons. The earlier SUV/people carrier tax is mean-spirited in its own regard and should be abolished, however, this prior law did not apply to the purchase of new pick-up trucks.
Until now.
This latest proposed tax is a step into total lunacy, and amounts to an attack on the concept of working for a living (although it’s not that surprising to find this coming from the Trudeau regime.
OTTAWA—The public inquiry into the federal government’s unprecedented use of the Emergencies Act is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to provide information currently kept secret under cabinet confidence principles, stressing the need for transparency and openness as it studies why the controversial decision was made to deal with the so-called “Freedom Convoy” protests this year.
In documents published Wednesday, the Public Order Emergency Commission conducting the inquiry said the starting point of its study is to look at why the Liberal government invoked the act for the first time since it became law in 1988.
“It is the government that must explain its decision to do so,” the documents say. “In light of this, the commission has asked the government to disclose … the information, including advice and information that may be protected by cabinet confidence or any applicable privilege.”
The Liberals’ slow-motion confiscation of all handguns in the country – which is what Monday’s announcement of a freeze on handgun sales is really all about – will do nothing to reduce violent crime in Canada.
Trudeau’s Gun Ban Would Have ‘No Chance’ Under U.S. Constitution: Expert
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s new proposed gun restrictions have raised concerns that similar measures could be pushed in the U.S., but these types of reform would be barred under the U.S. Constitution, according to one expert.
The U.S. gun control debate was again pushed to the forefront last week following the mass shooting at a Texas elementary school that left 19 children and two teachers dead. Trudeau’s proposed measures, which would place a national ban on handgun sales if passed by the Canadian parliament, have drawn strong criticism from U.S. conservatives who worry that similar measures could be introduced in America.
Trudeau is blasted for handgun ban in wake of Texas massacre as critics say most crimes in Canada are committed with illegal weapons smuggled in from USA
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing backlash over his calls to implement a ‘national freeze’ on handgun ownership in his country in the wake of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
Critics claim his new proposed ban will do nothing to protect citizens as many guns ‘are already illegal’ and the ‘freeze’ doesn’t tackle the ‘root cause’ of the crime problem, which is gun smuggling.
On gun reform, neighboring Canada takes a different tack
The Canadian government’s swift push this week for tough new limits on firearms is adding fuel to the fierce debate over gun reform south of the border in the United States, where last week’s shooting massacre at a Texas elementary school has sparked Congress’s latest effort to curb endemic gun violence — and triggered new questions about why U.S. policymakers have been so ineffective at doing so.
“Dystopian future”: Republicans cry “communism” after Canada cracks down on guns after mass shooting
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday announced a new proposal cracking down on “military-style assault weapons” and handgun sales, triggering alarm among Republicans in the U.S. who have resisted any gun restrictions in the wake of deadly mass shootings.
Trudeau announced a mandatory buyback program targeting assault weapons and new regulations that will ban sales and imports of handguns. The legislation is expected to pass.
Tucker Carlson SLAMS “Canada’s Botox dictator” Justin Trudeau for using the tragedy in Uvalde to take away Canadians’ firearms rights. pic.twitter.com/djXLqUm5Mv
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) June 1, 2022
Glocks are sold out at my supplier right now. I have one Glock 17 GEN five left. $850 shipped. pic.twitter.com/WrBQwTO2NJ
— Htech Firearms 💎 (@HtechFirearms) May 31, 2022
Bill C-18 – the Online News Act – will no longer be debated.
The Liberals – along with the support of the NDP – voted to end debate on the legislation.
As noted by Michael Geist, this means that the Liberal heritage minister – in charge of pushing the legislation – spent more time debating the end of debate on C-18 than he did debating the legislation itself.
After word leaked earlier this month that the U.S. Supreme Court was set to overturn federal guarantees on abortion, Trudeau immediately issued a statement touting how “every woman in Canada has a right to a safe and legal abortion.” When Black Lives Matter protests roiled the United States last summer, Trudeau was quick to “take a knee” for photographers on the streets of Ottawa. And now, after a mass shooter killed 19 at an elementary school in Texas last week, Trudeau has responded with a slate of new restrictions on Canadian gun ownership.
