When it comes to political ethics, little is expected of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — and he seldom disappoints.
For example, his conduct in the WE Charity affair.
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Morneau broke ethics law three times during WE Charity affair, ethics commissioner rules but Trudeau Family Grift forgiven
… In the much anticipated report, which was published alongside a similar investigation into Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s involvement in the WE scandal, Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion criticizes Morneau for failing to recuse himself from cabinet’s decision to outsource a $900 million student volunteer grant program to the organization and by allowing his staff to “disproportionately assist” WE because of his ties to co-founder Craig Kielburger.
BREAKING: Canada’s ethics watchdog has found Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not breach the Conflict of Interest Act over failing to recuse himself from cabinet discussions to have WE Charity operate a federal student-volunteer program. #cdnpoli https://t.co/0FL4yuPmjJ
— Toronto Sun (@TheTorontoSun) May 13, 2021
Update – Trudeau did not break federal ethics rules in WE Charity scandal — but Morneau did: report
Latest Trudeau Green-scam – A Global Carbon Tax Dreamed Up By The EU
If you thought Canada’s domestic carbon tax was controversial, just wait for its new global equivalent now being negotiated behind closed doors, say Canadians who have been following its progress.
It’s not a secret. In fact the new charge got its own subheading in the recent federal budget.
The plan is to “make sure that regulations on a price on carbon pollution apply fairly between trading partners,” said the budget document. “This levels the playing field, ensures competitiveness, and protects our shared environment.”
It’s prompted, in part, by fear of a Rust Belt repeat. Then, industries hollowed out in rich countries as manufacturing chased cheaper labour. This time, the draw would be from countries with climate regulations to those without.
Horseshit. All it means is that even more money will be extorted from citizens. You can bet the China class will ensure the communist regime and their investments are exempted.
GOLDSTEIN: Pandemic exposes divide between public, private sectors
The fact that 80% of Canadian workers who are in the private sector can no longer afford to pay the salaries, benefits, and pensions of the 20% in the public sector was a crisis before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Coming out of the pandemic, it’s going to be a disaster.
GUNTER: Here’s what’s truly scary about Bill C-10
… The Liberals’ real intent is to stifle posts that are, in their minds, “misinformation.”
That’s what’s truly scary about C-10. It would enable a bunch of Liberal appointees on a government board to control what opinions are suitable for Canadians to read or view online.
Minister suggests with Bill C-10, regulations could apply to accounts with a large enough following
OTTAWA — While the government continues to insist that individuals’ online audio or video content won’t be subject to federal regulations under Bill C-10, the Canadian Radio-television and telecommunications Commission (CRTC) could impose regulations on accounts that have a large enough following or are making enough money off of it, according to Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault.
In an interview on CTV’s Question Period with Evan Solomon, the minister said that while the CRTC isn’t going to be regulating user-generated content, they may be able to have certain regulating powers related to discoverability of online content, if an account’s channel has “millions of viewers,” are “generating a lot of money on social media,” and are “acting like broadcasters.”
Bill C-10 opens the door for regulating government accountability
Canadians can choose to watch virtually anything from anywhere in the world online. And they can share virtually any opinion globally through their cellphone. It’s astonishing freedom.
But the federal government sees a problem. Canadians aren’t watching enough of the right stuff and sometimes they say the wrong things. So, the Liberal government introduced Bill C-10 to give the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission more power to oversee what we’re watching and sharing to make sure it conforms to government-approved standards.
MALCOLM: A complete lack of restraint is the essence of Liberal budgeting
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When I asked my editor this week if it was too late to submit a column on the topic of the federal budget, which was finally released last week after nearly two years without a firm reporting on our country’s finances, he said he would welcome the column.
“The fact that our nation’s finances are crumbling shouldn’t just be a 24 hour news story,” he quipped.
GUNTER: Here’s why Bill C-10 is such a big problem
Understand one thing: If the Liberals are able to pass Bill C-10 – an update of the Broadcasting Act – Canada will have the most-regulated Internet in the free world.
“The plan is not for us to regulate all of the Internet,” Toronto Liberal MP Julie Dabrusin, told the Commons Heritage committee this week. Dabrusin is parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Heritage, Montreal Liberal MP Steven Guilbeault.
Activists, experts and policy makers speak out on Chinese state influence in Canada
TORONTO — Activists, experts and policy makers are speaking out on what they describe as an ever-growing “influence” of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Canadian business, academic and political circles.
There has been mounting scrutiny on the CCP’s increased flexing of its intelligence muscles since the ascension of President Xi Jinping in 2013.
Canada’s intelligence agencies have taken the rare step of naming China as a significant threat to the country’s sovereignty, with CSIS director David Vigneault publicly saying in a February 2021 speech that Canadians are being “aggressively” targeted by foreign interests – and Beijing was engaged in “activities that are a direct threat to our national security and sovereignty.”
Trudeau’s plan for the Internet: More patriotic propaganda, less choice for users
Several years ago, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau quipped that he sees Canada as the world’s “first postnational state.” It’s become an iconic catchphrase of his tenure — admired by liberals as a mantra of inclusivity; mocked by conservatives as an admission of the vacuousness of progressivism.
It’s a fine debate to have but, in the context of Trudeau, it’s also fairly pointless, given the prime minister has never shown much interest in actually governing in a postnational way. His is, in fact, a quite explicitly nationalist government that has repeatedly shown itself happy to use the power of the state to push a particular notion of correct patriotic behavior.
Diane Francis: With more seats than it deserves Atlantic Canada is awash in federal handouts
In the last election, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals got 6,018,728 votes, or a puny 33.12 per cent of the total, and the Tories got 6,239,227. Even so, Trudeau ended up with 157 seats and the Tories only 121. I analyzed the numbers in a piece I wrote last year in The Post which revealed the need for electoral reform.
This electoral injustice was due to gerrymandering which has given the poorest part of the country — everything east of the Quebec-Ontario border — 14 more seats than it deserves, based on representation by population.
Why the Government’s Secret Forthcoming Bill C-10 Amendment Confirms Its Plans to Regulate User Generated Content
Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault and the Liberal government’s response to mounting concern over its decision to remove a legal safeguard designed to ensure the CRTC would not regulate user generated content has been denial. The department’s own officials told MPs that all programming on sites like Youtube would be subject to regulation, yet Guilbeault insisted to the House of Commons that user generated content would be excluded from regulation as part of Bill C-10, his Broadcasting Act reform bill.
Your free speech is at risk with Ottawa’s push to regulate online content, experts warn. Here’s why.
Liberal government says controversial changes to broadcasting bill will only apply to professional content (ED. Bullshit)
The federal government is facing an uproar over controversial changes to a bill that would bring videos and other content posted to social media sites like YouTube under the purview of the country’s broadcasting regulator.
The changes to Bill C-10 — made at the behest of Liberal MPs on the heritage committee — would allow the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to regulate user-generated content uploaded to social media platforms, much as it regulates radio and TV content now.
The government says the changes apply only to professional content and are necessary to make wildly successful online streaming services and apps contribute to Canadian culture.