Deja Vu Anyone???
Fundy Royal campaign targets middle class with focus on jobs
Fundy Royal voters have elected Conservatives all but 1 time in 28 elections over 101 years
Candidates running in Fundy Royal are appealing to the middle class in the typically Tory-dominant riding, with a focus on jobs and the economy.
The Conservatives have strong roots in the southern New Brunswick riding — this area has given its support to the Conservatives in every election for the past century, save for 1993, when Liberal Paul Zed won office.
In 2011, Conservative incumbent Rob Moore captured nearly 60 per cent of the vote.
Moore said he hopes the party's record, with its focus on the economy and direct benefits to people, will earn him another term in office.
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Canada supports U.S. actions in destroying Iran's nuclear program, Carney says
PM also says Canada not participating militarily and wasn't part of military buildup
As U.S. President Donald Trump charges ahead with a major attack on Iran, Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada supports at least one component of the American mission: destroying Iran's nuclear program.
"Canada supports the United States acting to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to prevent its regime from threatening international peace and security," Carney said in a speech at the Canada-India Growth and Investment Forum in Mumbai on Saturday.
"Canada's position remains clear: The Islamic Republic of Iran is the principal source of instability and terror throughout the Middle East, has one of the world's worst human rights records and must never be allowed to obtain or develop nuclear weapons."
After his speech, Carney said Canada is not participating militarily and that the federal government was "not party to the military buildup or planning."
The U.S. and Israel launched an attack on Iran on Saturday, with the first apparent strike happening near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
- Are you a Canadian in the Middle East who is considering leaving after military strikes by the U.S. and Israel on Iran? We want to hear from you. Send an email to ask@cbc.ca.
Soon after the attack began, Trump released a video on social media declaring that the objective of the U.S. "is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime."
"It has always been the policy of the United States, in particular my administration, that this terrorist regime can never have a nuclear weapon."
Trump claimed that Iran has continued to develop its nuclear program and plans to develop missiles to reach the United States. He also appealed to the Iranian people to "take over your government — it will be yours to take."
Trump acknowledged that there could be American casualties following strikes by Iran, saying "that often happens in war."
Iran hit back at Israel and several Gulf countries with U.S. military bases, which Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand condemned.
"We strongly condemns the attacks of the Iranian regime against our partners in the Middle East," she said in a statement. "These attacks must stop."
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said on social media his party supports "the courageous people of Iran in toppling this terror regime and reclaiming their destiny after 47 years of the regime's occupation."
"Conservatives support a democratic, free and permanently-denuclearized Iran that lives in peace and security with its neighbours. And Conservatives support the United States, Israel, and our allies across the Gulf to defend their sovereignty and dismantle the clerical military dictatorship of Iran," Poilievre said.
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet said on social media in French that his party "recognizes the persistent threat posed by the Iranian regime to the security of the region and the freedom of Iranians," but has concerns the U.S. is using military force without the approval of Congress.
"Such endorsement of the attacks thus appears premature: both Donald Trump and the Iranian regime show a lack of regard for civilian lives, international law must prevail, and negotiation as well as sanctions remain the preferred paths," Blanchet said.
Other federal leaders, including interim NDP Leader Don Davies and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May have not yet commented on the attack.
But NDP foreign affairs critic Alexandre Boulerice said in a statement the party "strongly condemns the American and Israeli bombings of Iran. This is a dangerous escalation that risks dragging the entire region into a major conflict."
He added: "The NDP deplores the Carney government's decision to blindly support this dangerous venture by Israel and Donald Trump's administration. We want Canada to be a voice for diplomacy, peace, and international law."
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Zero population growth expected in Canada this year: Budget watchdog
Projection mainly due to lower non-permanent resident admissions
The parliamentary budget officer (PBO) predicts Canada's rate of population growth will remain flat in 2026, mainly due to cuts to non-permanent resident admissions in the latest federal Immigration Levels Plan.
This would be the second year in a row with zero population growth in Canada, which follows several years of above-average growth, including the record-breaking years of 2022 and 2023.
Statistics Canada reported flat growth in 2025, with the PBO report finding any gains were offset by a decline in the non-permanent resident population of 382,000 people.
It said population growth averaged 1.1 per cent annually between 1972 and 2015, before it began to see greater increases driven primarily by immigration.
In 2022, Canada's population grew by more than one million people for the first time in a single year. It exceeded that marker again in 2023, when annual population growth peaked at 3.1 per cent.
Statistics Canada data shows immigration-driven population growth in 2023 of 1.2 million people, with a combination of permanent and non-permanent arrivals.
The PBO analysis of annual immigration targets projects the government will hit its goal of reducing the population share of non-permanent residents from a peak of 7.6 per cent in October 2024 to less than five per cent by the end of 2027 — one year later than originally planned.
The federal immigration plan includes a dramatic cut to the number of new temporary work and student visas, from almost 674,000 in 2025 to 385,000 this year.
The plan sets a target of 380,000 permanent resident admissions annually between 2026 and 2028, with two one-time programs to fast-track permanent residency for 148,000 non-permanent residents over the next two years.
These programs are focused on speeding up access to permanent residency for eligible people and some temporary workers.
The 2026 levels plan says one of those programs is meant for up to 115,000 individuals who can't return to their home countries and are already on track for permanent residency.
The other looks to accelerate permanent status for up to 33,000 temporary workers who have put down "strong roots" and are employed in jobs that help to build the economy, says the levels plan.
Jason Jacques is the interim parliamentary budget officer. (Justin Tang/The Canadian PressThe PBO predicts these one-time programs will play a significant role in reducing the number of non-permanent residents in Canada to less than five per cent of the population by the end of 2027.
The PBO report says while these two programs are in addition to the broader 380,000 person permanent resident target, the outflow of non-permanent residents is expected to offset population growth.
The PBO predicts the non-permanent resident population will decline by 385,000 this year, and by another 289,000 people in 2027.
The report notes about 80 per cent of this decline is expected to involve work permit holders leaving the country. The remaining decline projection is based on a combination of some student visa holders leaving and people becoming permanent residents.
The PBO report projects that Canada's population will grow by 0.3 per cent in 2027 before stabilizing at around 0.8 per cent annually in the medium term.
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When NDP House Leader Alexandre Boulerice asserted that Mark Carney is “governing
like he has a majority” in a minority Parliament, that didn’t even
begin to capture the power grab staring us in the face with Bill C-15, the Budget Implementation Act.
As the Toronto Star’s Althia Raj pointed out, Bill C-15, the Budget Implementation Act, gives Cabinet Ministers “the
power to exempt any individual or company from any federal law on the
books — except for the Criminal Code — for up to six years.”
Normally,
even in a “majority” government (the last two of which were elected
with the support of 39% of voters), the Prime Minister must respect
legislation passed by Parliament. If a government wants to get things
done, they must go through Parliament. If the current legislation isn’t
suited to their agenda, they must pass new legislation.
The
composition of a Parliament elected by first-past-the-post may be
wildly unrepresentative of how people voted but the Parliament still has
a meaningful authority to decide what gets done.
Bill C-15 comes close to dispensing with that responsibility.
This
latest affront to democracy continues a worrying trend. The Prime
Minister is giving himself and his Ministers unfettered power at a
breakneck speed.
In June, 2025, Bill C-5 granted Cabinet Ministers the power to authorize projects to go ahead subject to any or no conditions. This overrides “any
one or more of 13 statutes already in existence and listed in an annex
to the BCA – statutes such as the [Environmental] Impact Assessment Act,
the Species at Risk Act, the Fisheries Act, and the Indian Act.”
If this sounds bad, Bill C-15 – the Budget Implementation Act – is worse.
With
C-15, any law that exists, with the exception of laws in the Criminal
Code, are now essentially optional. A Minister’s opinion of what is in
“the public interest” will become a higher authority than almost any
piece of legislation.
Should
we be concerned if the laws passed by a democratically elected
Parliament can now be ignored at the whim of the Prime Minister or any
one of his Ministers?
Do we want Parliament to become a focus group for the Prime Minister that he can utilize or ignore at his pleasure?
As Andrew Coyne so aptly noted in his book released in the spring of 2025, the Crisis of Canadian Democracy:
“Put simply, we do not live in the system we think we do. We have the form of a democracy but not the substance.”
Bill C-15 makes the MPs we elected in April even more irrelevant.
First-past-the-post makes it easier to concentrate power at the top
Concentration of power at the top is
what winner-take-all systems like first-past-the-post and Alternative
Vote (winner-take-all ranked ballot) are all about.
One party can get a “majority” government and 100% of the power with far less than half the vote.
Almost
every government that comes out of a winner-take-all system, minority
or majority, is ruled by one party which has proven to not be healthy
for our democracy.
That means every Cabinet Minister is from the same party and serves at the pleasure of the Prime Minister.
Over the years, successive Prime Ministers have acted to concentrate even more power in the Prime Minister’s office.
In 2020, imminent scholar Donald Savoie, author of Democracy in Canada: The Disintegration of Our Institutions examining this trend in Canada stated,
“Cabinet
has now joined Parliament as an institution relegated to making
decisions legitimate that are struck elsewhere, or in the Prime
Minister’s office, a handful of courtiers. Only one brand is now
tolerated: the PM brand.”
Proportional representation means more checks and balances, more inclusive decision-making
With proportional representation, used by about 80% of OECD countries, governments usually consist of several parties. This means the government includes Cabinet Ministers from different parties.
More voices are at the table, representing more views in the electorate. Power to craft legislation is shared.
In
some countries, even when there is a majority government consisting of
several parties, meaningful consultation with parties who are not in the
governing coalition on major items like the budget is the norm.
With
proportional representation, a bill that hands excessive power to one
party or leader would be unlikely to be introduced much less breeze
through Parliament.
While Bill C-15 could still be amended at committee to remove the problematic clauses, will it be?
Further concentration of power might be something the Conservatives prefer to leave in place, as a precedent.
Ironically,
the government has produced a new form letter to send to those who
write to Liberal MPs calling for proportional representation.
In extolling the merits first-past-the-post, the letter explains to Canadians:
“As
you know, our electoral system (i.e., the basic rules that determine
how votes translate into seats in the House of Commons) is one of the
most fundamental elements of our democracy.
In particular, it provides Canadians with a direct link to their Members of Parliament, who
must work together to develop national policy and make political
decisions, while engaging with and being accountable to their
constituents.”
Bill C-15 makes this claim even more absurd.
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Sask. Premier Scott Moe to join Prime Minister Mark Carney's trade mission to India
Moe will join Carney in meetings in Mumbai and New Delhi
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is once again joining Prime Minister Mark Carney on a trade mission.
The trade mission is set to depart on Thursday and continue to March 7. Moe is part of the Canadian delegation set to attend meetings in New Delhi and Mumbai, according to the Prime Minister's Office.
It's not the first time that Moe and Carney have travelled together. In January, the pair linked up as the federal government travelled to China.
That trip saw Ottawa emerge with a deal to lift Chinese tariffs on Canadian canola products in exchange for allowing 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles into the Canadian market.
This time Moe will not be the only premier joining Carney's trade mission.
New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt will join Carney, Moe and other federal officials in Mumbai. She will not be part of meetings in New Delhi, according to the Prime Minister's Office.
India has placed its own tariffs on Canadian canola products, which could explain Moe's inclusion on this trip.
Premier Scott Moe speaks on Canada-China tariff dealHeath MacDonald, Canada's Minister of Agriculture, said the inclusion of the premiers was a "positive move" and that it's something he wants to see more of in the future.
"I think it's extremely important to have the collaboration with the premiers ... especially in my sector," MacDonald said.
Moe and Holt will not travel with the Prime Minister as the trade mission continues to Australia and Japan.
Moe is set to discuss his inclusion in the trade mission at a news conference on Wednesday.
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N.B. Premier Susan Holt speaks to reporters during trade mission to India – February 27, 2026
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N.B. budget deficit soars to record $1.3 billion
Fiscal shortfall is now more than double what Liberals projected in their first budget
The New Brunswick government’s budget deficit is projected to reach an unprecedented $1.3 billion this year, more than double what the Holt Liberals originally projected.
Finance Minister René Legacy said it will now be “extremely difficult” for the government to balance the budget by the end of its four-year mandate in 2028.
A balanced budget was a Liberal election promise in 2024, but both spending and revenue projections have made that impossible.
Revenues from corporate and personal income tax and from sales tax are now expected to be $320 million below what was forecast, mainly because of adjustments to how the federal government remits money to the provinces.
Meanwhile, health-care costs alone will be $432.5 million higher than what Legacy projected when he tabled his first budget last March.
More than 40 per cent of that — $176 million — is from increased compensation for New Brunswick doctors under a new agreement with the New Brunswick Medical Society, including extra incentives for them to work in the collaborative care clinic system the Liberals are expanding.
Premier
Susan Holt said earlier this month that New Brunswickers will get the
opportunity to identify ways to cut down the province's budget. (Chad Ingraham/CBC)Legacy defended the government decisions that led to the deficit, including that agreement.
“We’re going to see the benefits of it, but later on.”
He cited two other decisions — the elimination of the provincial sales tax on electricity bills and bonuses for nurses that he said has stabilized their workforce — as examples of moves that he said were expensive but necessary.
He warned, however, that his next budget in March will contain some tough decisions, including the possible closure of schools that are below one-third capacity.
N.B. deficit hits record $1.3 billionThat idea is contained in a government pre-budget consultation document, and Legacy said so far to it “has been quite interesting.”
Some schools are overcrowded while others are more than half-empty, he said.
“Is the question whether the education system is properly funded, or is it whether the money we’re putting into education is going to the right places?”
Legacy also would not commit to having money in the budget to help achieve the goal of average child-care costs of $10 a day under a federal-provincial funding agreement.
“That’s what we’re working out right now,” he said.
Last March’s budget projected a deficit of $549 million, which jumped to $668.7 in the first-quarter fiscal update and to $834.7 million in the second-quarter update.
Legacy said it was unlikely the budget will be balanced by the fourth year of the Liberal mandate in 2028, and the search for savings would be a continual process every year.
Progressive
Conservative MLA Don Monahan, who is running for the party leadership,
said he feels for New Brunswickers after hearing the government's fiscal
update. (Tara King-Stewart/CBC)Don Monahan, the Progressive Conservative finance critic, called it “a hard day for New Brunswickers and it’s a hard day for that younger generation. … They’re going to be taxed with this problem.”
But Monahan, who is running for the PC leadership, wouldn’t say what Liberal spending decisions he would undo, saying his party’s approach would be determined by a policy convention next year.
He also said he would oppose closing small schools that are below one-third capacity because he didn’t believe it would produce big savings and would hurt rural communities.
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Finance minister faces the music over CRA's poor record | Public accounts cmte hearing, 25 Feb 2026
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Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 13:10:52 +0000
Subject: Your various correspondence about abusive tax schemes - 2017-02631
To: Mr. David Raymond Amos
Dear Mr. Amos:
Thank you for your various correspondence about abusive tax schemes,
and for your understanding regarding the delay of this response.
This is an opportunity for me to address your concerns about the way
the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) deals with aggressive tax planning,
tax avoidance, and tax evasion by targeting individuals and groups
that promote schemes intended to avoid payment of tax. It is also an
opportunity for me to present the Government of Canada’s main
strategies for ensuring fairness for all taxpayers.
The CRA’s mission is to preserve the integrity of Canada’s tax system,
and it is taking concrete and effective action to deal with abusive
tax schemes. Through federal budget funding in 2016 and 2017, the
government has committed close to $1 billion in cracking down on tax
evasion and combatting tax avoidance at home and through the use of
offshore transactions. This additional funding is expected to generate
federal revenues of $2.6 billion over five years for Budget 2016, and
$2.5 billion over five years for Budget 2017.
More precisely, the CRA is cracking down on tax cheats by hiring more
auditors, maintaining its underground economy specialist teams,
increasing coverage of aggressive goods and service tax/harmonized
sales tax planning, increasing coverage of multinational corporations
and wealthy individuals, and taking targeted actions aimed at
promoters of abusive tax schemes.
On the offshore front, the CRA continues to develop tools to improve
its focus on high‑risk taxpayers. It is also considering changes to
its Voluntary Disclosures Program following the first set of program
recommendations received from an independent Offshore Compliance
Advisory Committee. In addition, the CRA is leading international
projects to address the base erosion and profit shifting initiative of
the G20 and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development, and is collaborating with treaty partners to address the
Panama Papers leaks.
These actions are evidence of the government’s commitment to
protecting tax fairness. The CRA has strengthened its intelligence and
technical capacities for the early detection of abusive tax
arrangements and deterrence of those who participate in them. To
ensure compliance, it has increased the number of actions aimed at
promoters who use illegal schemes. These measures include increased
audits of such promoters, improved information gathering, criminal
investigations where warranted, and better communication with
taxpayers.
To deter potential taxpayer involvement in these schemes, the CRA is
increasing notifications and warnings through its communications
products. It also seeks partnerships with tax preparers, accountants,
and community groups so that they can become informed observers who
can educate their clients.
The CRA will assess penalties against promoters and other
representatives who make false statements involving illegal tax
schemes. The promotion of tax schemes to defraud the government can
lead to criminal investigations, fingerprinting, criminal prosecution,
court fines, and jail time.
Between April 1, 2011, and March 31, 2016, the CRA’s criminal
investigations resulted in the conviction of 42 Canadian taxpayers for
tax evasion with links to money and assets held offshore. In total,
the $34 million in evaded taxes resulted in court fines of $12 million
and 734 months of jail time.
When deciding to pursue compliance actions through the courts, the CRA
consults the Department of Justice Canada to choose an appropriate
solution. Complex tax-related litigation is costly and time consuming,
and the outcome may be unsuccessful. All options to recover amounts
owed are considered.
More specifically, in relation to the KPMG Isle of Man tax avoidance
scheme, publicly available court records show that it is through the
CRA’s efforts that the scheme was discovered. The CRA identified many
of the participants and continues to actively pursue the matter. The
CRA has also identified at least 10 additional tax structures on the
Isle of Man, and is auditing taxpayers in relation to these
structures.
To ensure tax fairness, the CRA commissioned an independent review in
March 2016 to determine if it had acted appropriately concerning KPMG
and its clients. In her review, Ms. Kimberley Brooks, Associate
Professor and former Dean of the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie
University, examined the CRA’s operational processes and decisions in
relation to the KPMG offshore tax structure and its efforts to obtain
the names of all taxpayers participating in the scheme. Following this
review, the report, released on May 5, 2016, concluded that the CRA
had acted appropriately in its management of the KPMG Isle of Man
file. The report found that the series of compliance measures the CRA
took were in accordance with its policies and procedures. It was
concluded that the procedural actions taken on the KPMG file were
appropriate given the facts of this particular case and were
consistent with the treatment of taxpayers in similar situations. The
report concluded that actions by CRA employees were in accordance with
the CRA’s Code of Integrity and Professional Conduct. There was no
evidence of inappropriate interaction between KPMG and the CRA
employees involved in the case.
Under the CRA’s Code of Integrity and Professional Conduct, all CRA
employees are responsible for real, apparent, or potential conflicts
of interests between their current duties and any subsequent
employment outside of the CRA or the Public Service of Canada.
Consequences and corrective measures play an important role in
protecting the CRA’s integrity.
The CRA takes misconduct very seriously. The consequences of
misconduct depend on the gravity of the incident and its repercussions
on trust both within and outside of the CRA. Misconduct can result in
disciplinary measures up to dismissal.
Leads Program, which handles leads received from the public regarding
cases of tax evasion across the country. This program, which
coordinates all the leads the CRA receives from informants, determines
whether there has been any non-compliance with tax law and ensures
that the information is examined and conveyed, if applicable, so that
compliance measures are taken. This program does not offer any reward
for tips received.
The new Offshore Tax Informant Program (OTIP) has also been put in
place. The OTIP offers financial compensation to individuals who
provide information related to major cases of offshore tax evasion
that lead to the collection of tax owing. As of December 31, 2016, the
OTIP had received 963 calls and 407 written submissions from possible
informants. Over 218 taxpayers are currently under audit based on
information the CRA received through the OTIP.
With a focus on the highest-risk sectors nationally and
internationally and an increased ability to gather information, the
CRA has the means to target taxpayers who try to hide their income.
For example, since January 2015, the CRA has been collecting
information on all international electronic funds transfers (EFTs) of
$10,000 or more ending or originating in Canada. It is also adopting a
proactive approach by focusing each year on four jurisdictions that
raise suspicion. For the Isle of Man, the CRA audited 3,000 EFTs
totalling $860 million over 12 months and involving approximately 800
taxpayers. Based on these audits, the CRA communicated with
approximately 350 individuals and 400 corporations and performed 60
audits.
In January 2017, I reaffirmed Canada’s important role as a leader for
tax authorities around the world in detecting the structures used for
aggressive tax planning and tax evasion. This is why Canada works
daily with the Joint International Tax Shelter Information Centre
(JITSIC), a network of tax administrations in over 35 countries. The
CRA participates in two expert groups within the JITSIC and leads the
working group on intermediaries and proponents. This ongoing
collaboration is a key component of the CRA’s work to develop strong
relationships with the international community, which will help it
refine the world-class tax system that benefits all Canadians.
The CRA is increasing its efforts and is seeing early signs of
success. Last year, the CRA recovered just under $13 billion as a
result of its audit activities on the domestic and offshore fronts.
Two-thirds of these recoveries are the result of its audit efforts
relating to large businesses and multinational companies.
But there is still much to do, and additional improvements and
investments are underway.
Tax cheats are having a harder and harder time hiding. Taxpayers who
choose to promote or participate in malicious and illegal tax
strategies must face the consequences of their actions. Canadians
expect nothing less. I invite you to read my most recent statement on
this matter at canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/ne
statement_from_thehonourabledianelebouthillierministerofnational.
Thank you for taking the time to write. I hope the information I have
provided is helpful.
Sincerely,
The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier
Minister of National Revenue
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Liberals survive confidence vote on omnibus budget bill
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OTTAWA — The federal Liberals’ Budget Implementation Act has passed a confidence vote in the House of Commons.
Bill C-15 carried on division, meaning there was no recorded vote in Parliament.
The legislation enacts key measures proposed in the Liberals’ 2025 federal budget, which passed a confidence vote for Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government in November last year.
Opposition parties worked with the Liberals to fast-track the bill through the House of Commons.
The Conservatives and the Bloc Québécois negotiated several amendments to the Liberals’ legislation in a clause-by-clause review at finance committee on Monday.
The Senate must now approve the bill before it receives royal assent and becomes law.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 26, 2026
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this guy's garage Liberals accept Conservative proposals to limit 'immense' cabinet powers in budget bill
Vote on Budget Implementation Act could come this week
The federal Liberals have accepted amendments to the most controversial section of the Carney government's omnibus budget bill, effectively putting guardrails on new proposed powers that would allow the government to grant corporations the ability to bypass existing laws and regulations.
The House of Commons finance committee voted in favour of four Conservative amendments on Monday during a clause-by-clause review of C-15, the Budget Implementation Act.
The bill as tabled granted any cabinet minister the ability create "regulatory sandboxes," temporarily exempting individuals or businesses from any federal law with the exception of the Criminal Code.
"This is an immense concentration of power and what is clear is that this concern has been widespread and consistent," said Ontario Conservative MP Sandra Cobena.
Liberals, Conservatives in behind-the-scenes talks to avoid spring election: sourcesCanada is not the only country to propose this type of power — an OECD report shows that sandboxes are increasingly being deployed as a limited form of regulatory waiver or flexibility in order to spur competitive innovation in a digital age, where business models are shifting rapidly.
The report notes that sandboxes exist in countries including the United States, France, Germany and the U.K.
However, different countries employ different levels of safeguards around the exemptions.
The Conservative amendments create a mandatory 30-day public consultation prior to making exemptions. They require dual approval from both a cabinet minister and the president of the Treasury Board.
They also apply equal rules to all participants within the sector, not just hand-picked companies, as well as a full report to Parliament within 90 days explaining the rationale for the decision and assessing whether permanent legislation is warranted.
The amendments also add clear limits on what can never be exempted, including the Conflict of Interest Act, Auditor General Act and other core accountability, safety and national interest laws.
Conservative House leader Andrew Scheer told reporters on Parliament Hill that he is "very pleased" the amendments were accepted.
"We are here to scrutinize, dispassionately, every decision this government makes to ensure Canadians' interests are served and their tax dollars are treated with respect," he said.
A spokesperson for the finance minister said the regulatory sandbox provisions proposed by the government in the bill were informed by industry leaders, innovators and international comparators.
"These regulations, as initially drawn up, were not broadly supported by the opposition and were holding up consensus on a very important bill that advances Canadian competitiveness and innovation," said the spokesperson, John Fragos, in a statement.
"That's why, in keeping with the government's commitment to working with the opposition parties to deliver results, earlier today we adopted the proposed amendments in committee."
For weeks, there have been discussions between the Liberals and Conservatives about how to get the key legislation through. The vote on the Budget Implementation Act is expected to be a confidence vote.
Scheer wouldn't say whether these changes would result in Conservative support for the bill, which is set to return to the House on Wednesday.
No amendments on segments impacting veterans
Veterans and their advocates are calling to amend sections of the budget bill to remove language they say covers up a longstanding federal error and prevents them from being reimbursed.
In December, Canada's Veterans Ombud wrote to the minister saying that passing the bill as written would "effectively legitimize its past overcharges to veterans and nullify ongoing litigation aimed at securing reimbursement for affected veterans."
Conservatives have been critical of the move, but didn't seek to remove it from the legislation at committee.
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Ahead of budget bill vote, veterans plead with Ottawa to change course
Budget bill includes language that could cost veterans millions in compensation for federal error
Retired
colonel Michel Drapeau says Canada is breaking its 'sacred oath' to
veterans if it passes the Budget Implementation Act unamended. (Patrick Leduc/CBC)Veterans and their advocates are urging the Carney Liberals to change course and amend a bill before the House of Commons to remove sections that they say unfairly target people who served Canada.
Buried inside the more than 600-page Budget Implementation Act are sections that would, advocates say, retroactively amend a law that governs how veterans' benefits are calculated.
Advocates say if it is passed, the result would be that the federal government would legitimize mistakes it made in overcharging veterans and undervaluing their benefits, and at least three lawsuits, worth an estimated tens of millions of dollars, would be thrown out.
Canada's Veterans Ombud wrote to the veterans affairs minister in December, saying passing the bill as-written would "effectively legitimize its past overcharges to veterans and nullify ongoing litigation aimed at securing reimbursement for affected veterans."
"I believe that using retroactive legislation to correct administrative errors is both inappropriate and unfair and undermines confidence in government decision-making, sets a troubling precedent, and denies justice to those who served our country," wrote retired colonel Nishika Jardine.
Jardine was writing specifically about a proposed class-action lawsuit over an alleged decades-long overcharging for veterans in long-term care since at least 1998.
The charging error was first reported by CBC News, prompting the litigation.
Veterans may be paying too much for long-term care, analysis showsThe statement of claim argues veterans were "significantly overcharged" because the federal government calculated the benefit based on the cost of the most advantageous province, excluding territories from their calculation.
But the Interpretation Act, which governs the regulations, says territories ought to be included. The long-term care rate in the Northwest Territories has been less expensive for years, meaning veterans in long-term care could be overcharged by more than $3,000 annually.
Lawyers and advocates say Prime Minister Mark Carney's government is trying to paper over its costly mistake by retroactively changing the law.
In a move described as a "thermonuclear weapon," the Carney government's Budget Implementation Act seeks to retroactively define the term "province" as excluding territories.
One of the lawyers representing veterans says the proposed changes to legislation equates to Canada breaking its promise to veterans.
"If there's anything that is sacred, it's the obligation governments of all colours have made since the First World War, that our obligation to veterans is to look after them, certainly not reverse our obligation to them," said retired colonel Michel Drapeau, one of the lawyers representing veterans.
Conservative Veterans Affairs critic Blake Richards said the move is "reprehensible."
"The government made a mistake, and their way of trying to fix it is to retroactively change legislation and try to rob veterans," he said.
In a statement, a spokesperson for Veterans Affairs Minister Jill McKnight said the bill "clarifies" how benefits have always been paid in the past.
"The BIA does not propose any reductions in benefits, nor does it require anyone to repay benefits already received," Adam Rogers-Green said.
Veterans urge Ottawa to change course in payment fightColdbrook, N.S., resident James Fera, a retired lieutenant-colonel who volunteers with veterans in long-term care weekly, said he's frustrated with the lack of transparency from the federal government over these proposed changes.
Fera served in the Canadian Armed Forces for 25 years and was deployed to Afghanistan and Haiti.
"The reality is, it's unfair, it's shameful," he said. "If Mr. Carney believes that this is something that is worthwhile to do, then he should come out and say himself, and say why he’s done it."
The bill is still in front of Parliament, although through a programming motion, MPs agreed to submit their amendments before Feb. 19. Clause-by-clause debate is expected to happen on Feb. 23.
Richards wouldn't say if the Conservatives plan to amend the bill to remove the sections affecting veterans.
The Federal Court has already adjourned a class action pending the outcome of the proposed legislation.
An ongoing dispute about alleged errors in pro-rating certain indexation adjustments is adjourned pending the outcome of parliamentary debate. Drapeau said he believes three lawsuits could be thrown out if this law is passed.
In addition to the proposed class action targeting the long-term care dispute, there's a third lawsuit claiming that Veterans Affairs miscalculated annual adjustment rates on disability benefits payable to veterans under the Pensions Act.
The bill could pass through the House of Commons as quickly as Wednesday, Feb. 25.
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Floor-crossing MP Matt Jeneroux joining Carney on trip to India, Australia and Japan
Former Alberta Conservative announced last week he joined the Liberal government
The Liberals' newest MP, Matt Jeneroux, will join Prime Minister Mark Carney on a whirlwind trade trip to India, Australia and Japan later this week.
The longtime Alberta Conservative announced last week he was crossing the floor to join the governing party, just months after he said he planned to leave politics altogether amid a frenzy of rumours that he was joining the Liberals.
The Edmonton Riverbend MP now finds himself joining the prime minister on his latest travels abroad, this time with stops in Mumbai, New Delhi, Sydney, Canberra and Tokyo in his new capacity as "special adviser on economic and security partnerships," according to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).
Tuesday also marked Jeneroux's return to the House of Commons. He was spotted sitting in the front row for his first question period as a Liberal.
India trip isn't a gift to floor-crosser Jeneroux, trade minister saysFinance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand, Defence Minister David McGuinty and International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu, as well as New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, will be on the India leg of the trip.
A smaller group, including Jeneroux, is staying on for the Australia and Tokyo portions.
Conservative House leader Andrew Scheer questioned Jeneroux's priorities, after he announced he was leaving politics to focus on his family. At the time, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Jeneroux would officially leave in the spring.
"Here's a guy that said that he didn't have time to do the job he was elected to do on behalf of taxpayers. And now he's suddenly got time to travel to India," Scheer said.
Questioned on the timing, Sidhu said the trip is "absolutely not" a present for Jeneroux.
"He brings much value to the team," said the minister following a cabinet meeting. "I'm happy that he's coming along because we can use the help."
Jeneroux is the third Conservative the Liberals have successfully poached in recent months, starting with Nova Scotia MP Chris d'Entremont in November and Toronto-area MP Michael Ma in December.
'He's suddenly got time to travel': Scheer criticizes floor-crosser's trip to IndiaMa was included in Carney's trip to Beijing and Qatar earlier this year, not long after he crossed the floor. The PMO said at the time that was because his Markham-Unionville riding is home to one of Canada’s largest Chinese Canadian communities.
Carney to address Australia's Parliament
Jeneroux's floor-crossing brings the Liberal seat count in the House of Commons to 169 MPs, against the 171 opposition MPs. There are three vacancies.
Jeneroux hasn't taken reporters' questions since leaving the Conservative caucus, but in a statement last week, he said he decided to cross the floor after reflecting "on the gravity of the moment that our country is living through."
MP Matt Jeneroux's floor-crossing, explainedIn November, it was widely believed Jeneroux was considering defecting to government benches and had even met with Carney, but he appeared to put that speculation to bed when he abruptly announced his plans to retire from federal politics.
Jeneroux had not been spotted in the House of Commons since and abstained from voting alongside his then Conservative colleagues on a key confidence vote last year.
Carney has made reducing Canada's reliance on the United States a key part of his platform, and is heading to the Indo-Pacific region to discuss trade.
Carney and his delegation leave Thursday.
He will first touch down in Mumbai for talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and business leaders.
During a stop in the Australian capital, Carney will address both houses of that country's Parliament — the first time a Canadian prime minister has done so in nearly 20 years.
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Where is Canada's immigration minister? Community groups are asking
MPs question Lena Diab's performance at question period and in committee
When Lena Diab was appointed head of Canada's Immigration Department, community expectations were high.
The new minister is the daughter of immigrants, is trilingual and spent part of her childhood in Lebanon. Diab had also previously served in cabinet in her home province of Nova Scotia.
"It seemed like the perfect plan," said Stephan Reichhold, executive director of the Quebec-based Table de concertation des organismes au service des personnes réfugiées et immigrantes.
But Reichhold quickly became disillusioned with a minister who, in his opinion, was conspicuous in her absence.
Members of Parliament are also expressing disappointment in Diab's performance — including some of her fellow Liberal caucus members.
'She is completely absent'
Reichhold said he has never managed to speak directly with Diab, despite repeatedly asking to meet following her swearing-in last May.
"I have seen 14 immigration ministers come and go, and it is truly surprising. We are really astonished that she is completely absent," Reichhold said.
Diab was sworn in as immigration minister in May 2025. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press)That's in contrast with her predecessor Marc Miller, who Reichhold said had frequent contact with stakeholders in the field even when his government lowered its immigration targets.
Radio-Canada spoke with five other organizations that criticized Diab's availability. Among them is the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, which spoke with the minister only once, via videoconference, last spring.
The organization is seeking to open a path to permanent residency for Ukrainians who have fled the war, but has still not managed to secure an in-person meeting with Diab. Her predecessors were more readily available, said the CEO of the congress, Ihor Michalchyshyn.
"It's frustrating," he said. "We haven't been able to schedule a meeting despite several attempts."
Asked by CBC News about the issue on Tuesday, Diab said "it is not something that I'm aware of."
Organizations also note that the minister is not very visible in the media, even as the immigration issue was widely covered in Quebec.
The Ukrainian Canadian Congress's Ihor Michalchyshyn says he has not been able to meet with Diab in person. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press When asked to comment, Diab declined Radio-Canada's request for an interview and did not provide a written response.
In a statement, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Mark Carney said that "as minister of immigration, [Diab] plays a key role in the government's mandate to bring immigration back to sustainable levels, while attracting the best talent in the world to help build our economy."
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) did not comment on the criticism from community groups.
Committee presence criticized
On the few occasions when Diab has been visible — in parliamentary committee, for example — her performance has raised eyebrows.
At the end of October, the minister had difficulty answering a question from the Bloc Québécois about processing times for refugee status applications and sought information from the civil servants sitting next to her.
Exasperated, MP Claude DeBellefeuille snapped, "Madam minister, why won't you answer me? It's your power. Why are you delegating it to your civil servant?"
"There are many laws governing these issues," Diab replied, adding that "it depends on the circumstances."
A few weeks later, Conservative immigration critic Michelle Rempel Garner, known for her sharp tongue in committee, questioned Diab about the possibility of extending the visas of millions of temporary residents and called her a "very bad minister." The exchange was widely shared on social media.
‘You are a very bad minister,’ Conservative MP says to immigration minister"I understand as a woman in politics, sometimes you can get framed unfairly," said Rempel Garner in an interview with Radio-Canada. "But she is the minister of immigration. She has to step it up, right? And I just, I haven't seen that.… I feel like I know the file far better than she does."
The minister testified this month before two Senate committees studying the border security legislation Bill C-12. On several occasions, Diab had to give the floor to the officials accompanying her, visibly unable to answer the questions.
"She doesn't have a strong command of her file," said Bloc Québécois MP Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe, who was present during some of these committee exchanges and who, until recently, was the Bloc's immigration critic.
Discouraged Liberals
Criticism is coming not only from opposition parties, but also from Diab's own Liberal colleagues.
Away from the cameras, 10 Liberal MPs spoke to Radio-Canada about her performance. They were granted confidentiality in order to express themselves freely.
Of those, only one defended Diab's job performance. Although several of them emphasized that she is a "good person" in charge of a "difficult" portfolio, nine MPs said they believe that the minister is overwhelmed and are openly questioning her place at the cabinet table.
"It doesn't make sense. In the House of Commons, many MPs hold their breath when she answers questions from the opposition," said one Liberal elected official.
"We're afraid she'll put her foot in her mouth."
Diab declined an interview request with Radio-Canada for this story. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)The nine MPs told Radio-Canada that they, too, had difficulty getting straight answers from the minister. When they ask her a question, they say they often feel that she does not have a firm enough understanding of the issues to provide a clear answer.
"The minister has no idea how to respond," one MP said.
At the end of January, these communication challenges led to tense exchanges during a Liberal Party caucus meeting, where Diab was giving a presentation and dozens of MPs wanted to ask her questions, three Liberal sources told Radio-Canada.
Carney intervened to remind everyone that his government was committed to bringing order to the immigration file, the sources said.
In the last federal budget, the Liberal government reduced its target number of temporary residents to 385,000 in 2026, down from 673,000 in 2025.
"I understand the government's priority and agree with it," said a Liberal MP. "But 95 per cent of the people who come to see us in our constituency office are here to resolve immigration issues. We also need to be able to follow up with the people who contact us. And we're not getting any feedback from the minister."
"When Marc Miller was minister of immigration, he didn't say yes to all our requests. But at least we knew where we stood," the Liberal MP said.
Several elected officials admit to going through other channels to try to resolve urgent immigration cases.
"I go through her parliamentary secretary or her team," said a Liberal MP.
A new direction
When asked to comment on this internal criticism, Carney's office responded in writing that Diab's "work results" are "visible."
"Our government has taken steps to reduce the number of temporary residents arriving by more than half, the number of asylum claims by one-third and the number of foreign students by 60 per cent, while increasing the proportion of economic migrants entering Canada," the PMO said.
One Liberal MP did defend the minister's work.
"She has to make so many cuts to immigration. It goes against everything we've been doing for years. I think MPs are mainly frustrated with the government's leadership and are being unfair to the minister," they said.
"Ultimately, it is the prime minister who chooses his cabinet."
Bloc
MP Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe said it appeared that Diab didn't have a
strong grasp of her portfolio during committee appearances. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)Another Liberal MP said Diab's file is particularly complex, demanding and "not a position for someone who is new to cabinet" — even if they have provincial experience.
Brunelle-Duceppe agrees.
"Mr. Carney clearly did not appoint the right person," the Bloc MP said.
New Democrat Jenny Kwan, her party's immigration critic, said that both Carney and Diab are responsible for how the immigration file is handled.
"That responsibility is to be responsive to stakeholders, to take these issues seriously, to examine the policies, to evaluate them, to hear from opposition and the public and look for ways to improve them," she said.
"That is their job."
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Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 15:02:01 +0000
Subject: RE: Yo Mr Saunders I told you before nobody cares for the
very same reasons you ignore me but feel free to use my resources
To: David Amos
La version fran?aise suit
Thank you for your email addressed to the Honourable Ahmed Hussen,
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship. Please note that
all comments and questions are taken seriously, and although
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) cannot provide a
personalized response to every message, we will review and consider
all comments received.
Merci encore une fois d'avoir pris le temps d'?crire au ministre.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2019 12:25:58 -0400
Subject: Fwd: ATTN Ministers Lena Metlege Diab and Ahmed Hussen I just
heard about David and Kathryn Wright of Vogler’s Cove troubles with
Immigaration on CBC
To: Bernadette Jordan
From: Immigration Minister
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2017 15:42:44 +0000
Subject: RE: ATTN Ministers Lena Metlege Diab and Ahmed Hussen I just
heard about David and Kathryn Wright of Vogler’s Cove troubles with
Immigaration on CBC
To: David Amos
Cc: Immigration Minister
Dear Mr. Amos:
Thank you for your email dated March 18, 2017 to the Honourable Lena
Metlege Diab, Minister of Immigration for the Province of Nova Scotia,
regarding David and Kathryn Wright. As I am Director of Programs for
the Office of Immigration, Minister Diab has requested that I respond
to your email.
I have been following this story in the news as well and am sorry to
hear about the difficulties of Mr. & Mrs. Wright in moving to Nova
Scotia.
In Canada, immigration is a shared responsibility between the
provinces and the Canadian government via Immigration, Refugees and
Citizenship Canada (IRCC). Provinces can nominate individuals for
permanent residency through provincial nominee programs; however, IRCC
has the final authority with respect to all admissions to the country.
I note that you have already contacted the federal Minister of
Immigration, the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, with your concerns. You may
also wish to contact your Member of Parliament as these decisions are
solely a federal responsibility.
Once again, thank you for taking the time to write to me and for
sharing your views on such an important issue.
Yours truly,
Original signed by
Shelley Bent
Director of Programs
c. Honourable Lena Metlege Diab, ECNS
-----Original Message-----
From: David Amos [mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.co
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2017 8:10 AM
To: Minister@cic.gc.ca; Ahmed.Hussen@parl.gc.ca; Immigration Minister
<ImmigrationMinister@novascoti
Minister <JUSTMIN@novascotia.ca>; Richard.Woodbury@cbc.ca;
mlcohen@eastlink.ca; patricklove@eastlink.ca; earth5@eastlink.ca;
barb.mckenna@tc.tc; Premier <PREMIER@novascotia.ca>; pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>;
Gerald.Butts <Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>; leader
<leader@greenparty.ca>; elizabeth.may <elizabeth.may@parl.gc.ca>;
lisa.raitt <lisa.raitt@parl.gc.ca>; Kellie.Leitch
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Subject: ATTN Ministers Lena Metlege Diab and Ahmed Hussen I just
heard about David and Kathryn Wright of Vogler’s Cove troubles with
Immigaration on CBC
http://davidraymondamos3.blogs
Saturday, 18 March 2017
ATTN Ministers Lena Metlege Diab and Ahmed Hussen I just heard about
David and Kathryn Wright of Vogler’s Cove troubles with Immigaration
on CBC
Lawyers such as you should know for fact that if I can help Randy
Quaid and several others remain in Canada over the years when Monte
Soleberg, Jason Kenney and Chris Alexander did the dirty work
torturing immigrants for the Harper Government then I can help the
Wrights as well particularly now that the LIEbranos have the mandate
again N'esy Pas President Trump, Mr Prime Minister Trudeau "The
Younger" and Dizzy Lizzy May???
https://www.cp24.com/news/cata
Catalan leader goes to court after Canada refuses him entry for speaking visit
FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2019 file photo, Catalonia's former regional
president. Carles Puigdemont, addresses a conference in Brussels.
Spanish political party officials said on Monday, April 29, 2019, that
Spain's Electoral Board has ruled that Puigdemont and two other
Catalan separatists who fled abroad to escape arrest can’t stand as
candidates in next month's European Parliament elections. (AP
Photo/Francisco Seco, File)
The Canadian Press
Published Monday, April 29, 2019 4:39PM EDT
MONTREAL -- The exiled former president of Spain's Catalonia region is
fighting a Canadian government decision to refuse him entry into the
country to attend an event hosted by a Quebec nationalist group.
Carles Puigdemont, who fled Spain in 2017 to avoid prosecution after
his regional government held an unauthorized referendum on
independence, has hired Montreal immigration lawyer Stephane Handfield
to plead his case.
Handfield filed a motion Monday in Federal Court seeking judicial
review of the Immigration Department decision.
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106 Comments
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 15:02:01 +0000
Subject: RE: Yo Mr Saunders I told you before nobody cares for the
very same reasons you ignore me but feel free to use my resources
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
La version fran?aise suit
Thank you for your email addressed to the Honourable Ahmed Hussen,
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship. Please note that
all comments and questions are taken seriously, and although
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) cannot provide a
personalized response to every message, we will review and consider
all comments received.
Merci encore une fois d'avoir pris le temps d'?crire au ministre.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2019 12:25:58 -0400
Subject: Fwd: ATTN Ministers Lena Metlege Diab and Ahmed Hussen I just
heard about David and Kathryn Wright of Vogler’s Cove troubles with
Immigaration on CBC
To: Bernadette Jordan
From: Immigration Minister
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2017 15:42:44 +0000
Subject: RE: ATTN Ministers Lena Metlege Diab and Ahmed Hussen I just
heard about David and Kathryn Wright of Vogler’s Cove troubles with
Immigaration on CBC
To: David Amos
Cc: Immigration Minister
Dear Mr. Amos:
Thank you for your email dated March 18, 2017 to the Honourable Lena
Metlege Diab, Minister of Immigration for the Province of Nova Scotia,
regarding David and Kathryn Wright. As I am Director of Programs for
the Office of Immigration, Minister Diab has requested that I respond
to your email.
I have been following this story in the news as well and am sorry to
hear about the difficulties of Mr. & Mrs. Wright in moving to Nova
Scotia.
In Canada, immigration is a shared responsibility between the
provinces and the Canadian government via Immigration, Refugees and
Citizenship Canada (IRCC). Provinces can nominate individuals for
permanent residency through provincial nominee programs; however, IRCC
has the final authority with respect to all admissions to the country.
I note that you have already contacted the federal Minister of
Immigration, the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, with your concerns. You may
also wish to contact your Member of Parliament as these decisions are
solely a federal responsibility.
Once again, thank you for taking the time to write to me and for
sharing your views on such an important issue.
Yours truly,
Original signed by
Shelley Bent
Director of Programs
c. Honourable Lena Metlege Diab, ECNS
-----Original Message-----
From: David Amos [mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.co
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2017 8:10 AM
To: Minister@cic.gc.ca; Ahmed.Hussen@parl.gc.ca; Immigration Minister
<ImmigrationMinister@novascoti
Minister <JUSTMIN@novascotia.ca>; Richard.Woodbury@cbc.ca;
mlcohen@eastlink.ca; patricklove@eastlink.ca; earth5@eastlink.ca;
barb.mckenna@tc.tc; Premier <PREMIER@novascotia.ca>; pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>;
Gerald.Butts <Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>; leader
<leader@greenparty.ca>; elizabeth.may <elizabeth.may@parl.gc.ca>;
lisa.raitt <lisa.raitt@parl.gc.ca>; Kellie.Leitch
<Kellie.Leitch@parl.gc.ca>; info@chrisalexander.ca;
info@jasonkenney.com; erin.otoole <erin.otoole@parl.gc.ca>;
maxime.bernier <maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca>; brad.trost@parl.gc.ca;
andrew.scheer <andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca>; Kevin
<Kevin@kevinoleary.com>; rona.ambrose <rona.ambrose@parl.gc.ca>;
MulcaT <MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>; Craig Munroe <cmunroe@glgmlaw.com>;
Liberal / Assistance <nbd_cna@liberal.ca>; Bill.Morneau
<Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>; premier <premier@gnb.ca>; postur
<postur@for.is>; mark.eyking@parl.gc.ca; Matt.DeCourcey
<Matt.DeCourcey@parl.gc.ca>; hon.ralph.goodale
<hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>; mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>; jan.jensen
<jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca>; oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>; andre
<andre@jafaust.com>; COCMoncton <COCMoncton@gmail.com>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>; Sabrina.Fabian@cbc.ca;
<hon.melanie.joly@canada.ca>; Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc
<Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc@canada.ca
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Subject: ATTN Ministers Lena Metlege Diab and Ahmed Hussen I just
heard about David and Kathryn Wright of Vogler’s Cove troubles with
Immigaration on CBC
http://davidraymondamos3.blogs
Saturday, 18 March 2017
ATTN Ministers Lena Metlege Diab and Ahmed Hussen I just heard about
David and Kathryn Wright of Vogler’s Cove troubles with Immigaration
on CBC
Lawyers such as you should know for fact that if I can help Randy
Quaid and several others remain in Canada over the years when Monte
Soleberg, Jason Kenney and Chris Alexander did the dirty work
torturing immigrants for the Harper Government then I can help the
Wrights as well particularly now that the LIEbranos have the mandate
again N'esy Pas President Trump, Mr Prime Minister Trudeau "The
Younger" and Dizzy Lizzy May???
https://www.cp24.com/news/cata
Catalan leader goes to court after Canada refuses him entry for speaking visit
FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2019 file photo, Catalonia's former regional
president. Carles Puigdemont, addresses a conference in Brussels.
Spanish political party officials said on Monday, April 29, 2019, that
Spain's Electoral Board has ruled that Puigdemont and two other
Catalan separatists who fled abroad to escape arrest can’t stand as
candidates in next month's European Parliament elections. (AP
Photo/Francisco Seco, File)
The Canadian Press
Published Monday, April 29, 2019 4:39PM EDT
MONTREAL -- The exiled former president of Spain's Catalonia region is
fighting a Canadian government decision to refuse him entry into the
country to attend an event hosted by a Quebec nationalist group.
Carles Puigdemont, who fled Spain in 2017 to avoid prosecution after
his regional government held an unauthorized referendum on
independence, has hired Montreal immigration lawyer Stephane Handfield
to plead his case.
Handfield filed a motion Monday in Federal Court seeking judicial
review of the Immigration Department decision.
109 Comments
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 15:02:01 +0000
Subject: RE: Yo Mr Saunders I told you before nobody cares for the
very same reasons you ignore me but feel free to use my resources
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
La version fran?aise suit
Thank you for your email addressed to the Honourable Ahmed Hussen,
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship. Please note that
all comments and questions are taken seriously, and although
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) cannot provide a
personalized response to every message, we will review and consider
all comments received.
Merci encore une fois d'avoir pris le temps d'?crire au ministre.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2019 12:25:58 -0400
Subject: Fwd: ATTN Ministers Lena Metlege Diab and Ahmed Hussen I just
heard about David and Kathryn Wright of Vogler’s Cove troubles with
Immigaration on CBC
To: Bernadette Jordan
From: Immigration Minister
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2017 15:42:44 +0000
Subject: RE: ATTN Ministers Lena Metlege Diab and Ahmed Hussen I just
heard about David and Kathryn Wright of Vogler’s Cove troubles with
Immigaration on CBC
To: David Amos
Cc: Immigration Minister
Dear Mr. Amos:
Thank you for your email dated March 18, 2017 to the Honourable Lena
Metlege Diab, Minister of Immigration for the Province of Nova Scotia,
regarding David and Kathryn Wright. As I am Director of Programs for
the Office of Immigration, Minister Diab has requested that I respond
to your email.
I have been following this story in the news as well and am sorry to
hear about the difficulties of Mr. & Mrs. Wright in moving to Nova
Scotia.
In Canada, immigration is a shared responsibility between the
provinces and the Canadian government via Immigration, Refugees and
Citizenship Canada (IRCC). Provinces can nominate individuals for
permanent residency through provincial nominee programs; however, IRCC
has the final authority with respect to all admissions to the country.
I note that you have already contacted the federal Minister of
Immigration, the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, with your concerns. You may
also wish to contact your Member of Parliament as these decisions are
solely a federal responsibility.
Once again, thank you for taking the time to write to me and for
sharing your views on such an important issue.
Yours truly,
Original signed by
Shelley Bent
Director of Programs
c. Honourable Lena Metlege Diab, ECNS
-----Original Message-----
From: David Amos [mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.co
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2017 8:10 AM
To: Minister@cic.gc.ca; Ahmed.Hussen@parl.gc.ca; Immigration Minister
<ImmigrationMinister@novascoti
Minister <JUSTMIN@novascotia.ca>; Richard.Woodbury@cbc.ca;
mlcohen@eastlink.ca; patricklove@eastlink.ca; earth5@eastlink.ca;
barb.mckenna@tc.tc; Premier <PREMIER@novascotia.ca>; pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>;
Gerald.Butts <Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>; leader
<leader@greenparty.ca>; elizabeth.may <elizabeth.may@parl.gc.ca>;
lisa.raitt <lisa.raitt@parl.gc.ca>; Kellie.Leitch
<Kellie.Leitch@parl.gc.ca>; info@chrisalexander.ca;
info@jasonkenney.com; erin.otoole <erin.otoole@parl.gc.ca>;
maxime.bernier <maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca>; brad.trost@parl.gc.ca;
andrew.scheer <andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca>; Kevin
<Kevin@kevinoleary.com>; rona.ambrose <rona.ambrose@parl.gc.ca>;
MulcaT <MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>; Craig Munroe <cmunroe@glgmlaw.com>;
Liberal / Assistance <nbd_cna@liberal.ca>; Bill.Morneau
<Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>; premier <premier@gnb.ca>; postur
<postur@for.is>; mark.eyking@parl.gc.ca; Matt.DeCourcey
<Matt.DeCourcey@parl.gc.ca>; hon.ralph.goodale
<hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>; mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>; jan.jensen
<jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca>; oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>; andre
<andre@jafaust.com>; COCMoncton <COCMoncton@gmail.com>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>; Sabrina.Fabian@cbc.ca;
ht.lacroix <ht.lacroix@cbc.ca>; hon.melanie.joly
<hon.melanie.joly@canada.ca>; Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc
<Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc@canada.ca
<president@whitehouse.gov>
Subject: ATTN Ministers Lena Metlege Diab and Ahmed Hussen I just
heard about David and Kathryn Wright of Vogler’s Cove troubles with
Immigaration on CBC
http://davidraymondamos3.blogs
Saturday, 18 March 2017
ATTN Ministers Lena Metlege Diab and Ahmed Hussen I just heard about
David and Kathryn Wright of Vogler’s Cove troubles with Immigaration
on CBC
Lawyers such as you should know for fact that if I can help Randy
Quaid and several others remain in Canada over the years when Monte
Soleberg, Jason Kenney and Chris Alexander did the dirty work
torturing immigrants for the Harper Government then I can help the
Wrights as well particularly now that the LIEbranos have the mandate
again N'esy Pas President Trump, Mr Prime Minister Trudeau "The
Younger" and Dizzy Lizzy May???
https://www.cp24.com/news/cata
Catalan leader goes to court after Canada refuses him entry for speaking visit
FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2019 file photo, Catalonia's former regional
president. Carles Puigdemont, addresses a conference in Brussels.
Spanish political party officials said on Monday, April 29, 2019, that
Spain's Electoral Board has ruled that Puigdemont and two other
Catalan separatists who fled abroad to escape arrest can’t stand as
candidates in next month's European Parliament elections. (AP
Photo/Francisco Seco, File)
The Canadian Press
Published Monday, April 29, 2019 4:39PM EDT
MONTREAL -- The exiled former president of Spain's Catalonia region is
fighting a Canadian government decision to refuse him entry into the
country to attend an event hosted by a Quebec nationalist group.
Carles Puigdemont, who fled Spain in 2017 to avoid prosecution after
his regional government held an unauthorized referendum on
independence, has hired Montreal immigration lawyer Stephane Handfield
to plead his case.
Handfield filed a motion Monday in Federal Court seeking judicial
review of the Immigration Department decision.
MPs debate Conservative motion to restrict health-care benefits to failed asylum claimants
National Post 323 Comments
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 15:02:01 +0000
Subject: RE: Yo Mr Saunders I told you before nobody cares for the
very same reasons you ignore me but feel free to use my resources
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
La version fran?aise suit
Thank you for your email addressed to the Honourable Ahmed Hussen,
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship. Please note that
all comments and questions are taken seriously, and although
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) cannot provide a
personalized response to every message, we will review and consider
all comments received.
Merci encore une fois d'avoir pris le temps d'?crire au ministre.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2019 12:25:58 -0400
Subject: Fwd: ATTN Ministers Lena Metlege Diab and Ahmed Hussen I just
heard about David and Kathryn Wright of Vogler’s Cove troubles with
Immigaration on CBC
To: Bernadette Jordan
From: Immigration Minister
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2017 15:42:44 +0000
Subject: RE: ATTN Ministers Lena Metlege Diab and Ahmed Hussen I just
heard about David and Kathryn Wright of Vogler’s Cove troubles with
Immigaration on CBC
To: David Amos
Cc: Immigration Minister
Dear Mr. Amos:
Thank you for your email dated March 18, 2017 to the Honourable Lena
Metlege Diab, Minister of Immigration for the Province of Nova Scotia,
regarding David and Kathryn Wright. As I am Director of Programs for
the Office of Immigration, Minister Diab has requested that I respond
to your email.
I have been following this story in the news as well and am sorry to
hear about the difficulties of Mr. & Mrs. Wright in moving to Nova
Scotia.
In Canada, immigration is a shared responsibility between the
provinces and the Canadian government via Immigration, Refugees and
Citizenship Canada (IRCC). Provinces can nominate individuals for
permanent residency through provincial nominee programs; however, IRCC
has the final authority with respect to all admissions to the country.
I note that you have already contacted the federal Minister of
Immigration, the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, with your concerns. You may
also wish to contact your Member of Parliament as these decisions are
solely a federal responsibility.
Once again, thank you for taking the time to write to me and for
sharing your views on such an important issue.
Yours truly,
Original signed by
Shelley Bent
Director of Programs
c. Honourable Lena Metlege Diab, ECNS
-----Original Message-----
From: David Amos [mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.co
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2017 8:10 AM
To: Minister@cic.gc.ca; Ahmed.Hussen@parl.gc.ca; Immigration Minister
<ImmigrationMinister@novascoti
Minister <JUSTMIN@novascotia.ca>; Richard.Woodbury@cbc.ca;
mlcohen@eastlink.ca; patricklove@eastlink.ca; earth5@eastlink.ca;
barb.mckenna@tc.tc; Premier <PREMIER@novascotia.ca>; pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>;
Gerald.Butts <Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>; leader
<leader@greenparty.ca>; elizabeth.may <elizabeth.may@parl.gc.ca>;
lisa.raitt <lisa.raitt@parl.gc.ca>; Kellie.Leitch
<Kellie.Leitch@parl.gc.ca>; info@chrisalexander.ca;
info@jasonkenney.com; erin.otoole <erin.otoole@parl.gc.ca>;
maxime.bernier <maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca>; brad.trost@parl.gc.ca;
andrew.scheer <andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca>; Kevin
<Kevin@kevinoleary.com>; rona.ambrose <rona.ambrose@parl.gc.ca>;
MulcaT <MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>; Craig Munroe <cmunroe@glgmlaw.com>;
Liberal / Assistance <nbd_cna@liberal.ca>; Bill.Morneau
<Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>; premier <premier@gnb.ca>; postur
<postur@for.is>; mark.eyking@parl.gc.ca; Matt.DeCourcey
<Matt.DeCourcey@parl.gc.ca>; hon.ralph.goodale
<hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>; mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>; jan.jensen
<jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca>; oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>; andre
<andre@jafaust.com>; COCMoncton <COCMoncton@gmail.com>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>; Sabrina.Fabian@cbc.ca;
ht.lacroix <ht.lacroix@cbc.ca>; hon.melanie.joly
<hon.melanie.joly@canada.ca>; Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc
<Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc@canada.ca
<president@whitehouse.gov>
Subject: ATTN Ministers Lena Metlege Diab and Ahmed Hussen I just
heard about David and Kathryn Wright of Vogler’s Cove troubles with
Immigaration on CBC
http://davidraymondamos3.blogs
Saturday, 18 March 2017
ATTN Ministers Lena Metlege Diab and Ahmed Hussen I just heard about
David and Kathryn Wright of Vogler’s Cove troubles with Immigaration
on CBC
Lawyers such as you should know for fact that if I can help Randy
Quaid and several others remain in Canada over the years when Monte
Soleberg, Jason Kenney and Chris Alexander did the dirty work
torturing immigrants for the Harper Government then I can help the
Wrights as well particularly now that the LIEbranos have the mandate
again N'esy Pas President Trump, Mr Prime Minister Trudeau "The
Younger" and Dizzy Lizzy May???
https://www.cp24.com/news/cata
Catalan leader goes to court after Canada refuses him entry for speaking visit
FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2019 file photo, Catalonia's former regional
president. Carles Puigdemont, addresses a conference in Brussels.
Spanish political party officials said on Monday, April 29, 2019, that
Spain's Electoral Board has ruled that Puigdemont and two other
Catalan separatists who fled abroad to escape arrest can’t stand as
candidates in next month's European Parliament elections. (AP
Photo/Francisco Seco, File)
The Canadian Press
Published Monday, April 29, 2019 4:39PM EDT
MONTREAL -- The exiled former president of Spain's Catalonia region is
fighting a Canadian government decision to refuse him entry into the
country to attend an event hosted by a Quebec nationalist group.
Carles Puigdemont, who fled Spain in 2017 to avoid prosecution after
his regional government held an unauthorized referendum on
independence, has hired Montreal immigration lawyer Stephane Handfield
to plead his case.
Handfield filed a motion Monday in Federal Court seeking judicial
review of the Immigration Department decision.
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Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux joins Liberal caucus
Edmonton MP had earlier said he was resigning from the House of Commons
Another Conservative MP has crossed the floor to join the Liberal Party, nudging Prime Minister Mark Carney closer to the line of a coveted majority.
Alberta MP Matt Jeneroux, who said last year that he planned to leave politics altogether after his name circulated as a potential defector, announced Wednesday he is joining the government after all.
He is the third Conservative the Liberals have picked up, starting with Nova Scotia MP Chris d'Entremont in November and Toronto-area MP Michael Ma in December.
According to Carney's itinerary, he and Jeneroux will meet in Edmonton this morning.
In a statement, the Edmonton Riverbend MP said he had conversations with his family over the holidays and reflected "on the gravity of the moment that our country is living through — which our prime minister addressed head on in his speech at Davos."
"For Canada, this is a moment that demands steady leadership, constructive collaboration between all parliamentarians, and a willingness to stand up and serve even when the path is not easy," he wrote.
In his own statement announcing the move, Carney said Jeneroux said will take on a role as a special adviser on economic and security partnerships.
"Building a stronger, more resilient and more independent country will require ambition, collaboration, and occasionally, sacrifice," Carney wrote.
"This is a time to come together — and together, we will build a stronger future for Edmonton, Alberta, and all Canadians.
Are floor-crossers traitors? | About ThatConservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Jeneroux has "betrayed the people of Edmonton Riverbend who voted for affordable food and homes, safe streets, and a strong resource sector."
"Mark Carney is trying to seize a costly Liberal majority government that Canadians voted against in the last election through dirty backroom deals," he wrote on social media.
Jeneroux had suggested he would step aside
It was rumoured last fall that Jeneroux would defect to the government benches. Instead, he said he would resign as a member of Parliament.
"For now, my focus must turn entirely to my family and to the responsibilities that come with that," Jeneroux said at the time.
While he had not officially stepped aside, Jeneroux has not been spotted in the House of Commons since and has not voted with the Conservatives.
Jeneroux's floor-crossing brings the Liberals seat count in the House of Commons to 169 Liberal MPs, against the 171 opposition MPs.
There are three vacancies awaiting byelection calls.
The Toronto ridings previously held by former Liberals Chrystia Freeland and Bill Blair are largely considered safe Liberal seats.
And on Friday, the Supreme Court of Canada annulled the results of the Montreal-area riding of Terrebonne, which the Liberals won by a single vote in last spring's election.
Prime Minister Mark Carney pulled in a third Conservative MP to his government in just three months — raising questions about Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's grip on his caucus and whether the Liberals are inching toward majority territory. Meanwhile, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled President Donald Trump overstepped on emergency tariffs, but Trump says he won’t back down. What does that mean for Canada? Also on the show, the government announced its long-awaited defence industrial strategy, with ambitious goals to boost exports, create jobs and award 70 per cent of defence contracts to Canadian companies. And, as the NDP leadership race enters its final stretch, what direction will the party choose next?
Former Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux's defection to the Liberal Party has raised a significant question for Canadian politics: could Prime Minister Mark Carney's government reach a majority without calling an election?
Liberals accept Conservative proposals to limit 'immense' cabinet powers in budget bill
Vote on Budget Implementation Act could come this week
The federal Liberals have accepted amendments to the most controversial section of the Carney government's omnibus budget bill, effectively putting guardrails on new proposed powers that would allow the government to grant corporations the ability to bypass existing laws and regulations.
The House of Commons finance committee voted in favour of four Conservative amendments on Monday during a clause-by-clause review of C-15, the Budget Implementation Act.
The bill as tabled granted any cabinet minister the ability create "regulatory sandboxes," temporarily exempting individuals or businesses from any federal law with the exception of the Criminal Code.
"This is an immense concentration of power and what is clear is that this concern has been widespread and consistent," said Ontario Conservative MP Sandra Cobena.
Liberals, Conservatives in behind-the-scenes talks to avoid spring election: sourcesCanada is not the only country to propose this type of power — an OECD report shows that sandboxes are increasingly being deployed as a limited form of regulatory waiver or flexibility in order to spur competitive innovation in a digital age, where business models are shifting rapidly.
The report notes that sandboxes exist in countries including the United States, France, Germany and the U.K.
However, different countries employ different levels of safeguards around the exemptions.
The Conservative amendments create a mandatory 30-day public consultation prior to making exemptions. They require dual approval from both a cabinet minister and the president of the Treasury Board.
They also apply equal rules to all participants within the sector, not just hand-picked companies, as well as a full report to Parliament within 90 days explaining the rationale for the decision and assessing whether permanent legislation is warranted.
The amendments also add clear limits on what can never be exempted, including the Conflict of Interest Act, Auditor General Act and other core accountability, safety and national interest laws.
Conservative House leader Andrew Scheer told reporters on Parliament Hill that he is "very pleased" the amendments were accepted.
"We are here to scrutinize, dispassionately, every decision this government makes to ensure Canadians' interests are served and their tax dollars are treated with respect," he said.
A spokesperson for the finance minister said the regulatory sandbox provisions proposed by the government in the bill were informed by industry leaders, innovators and international comparators.
"These regulations, as initially drawn up, were not broadly supported by the opposition and were holding up consensus on a very important bill that advances Canadian competitiveness and innovation," said the spokesperson, John Fragos, in a statement.
"That's why, in keeping with the government's commitment to working with the opposition parties to deliver results, earlier today we adopted the proposed amendments in committee."
For weeks, there have been discussions between the Liberals and Conservatives about how to get the key legislation through. The vote on the Budget Implementation Act is expected to be a confidence vote.
Scheer wouldn't say whether these changes would result in Conservative support for the bill, which is set to return to the House on Wednesday.
No amendments on segments impacting veterans
Veterans and their advocates are calling to amend sections of the budget bill to remove language they say covers up a longstanding federal error and prevents them from being reimbursed.
In December, Canada's Veterans Ombud wrote to the minister saying that passing the bill as written would "effectively legitimize its past overcharges to veterans and nullify ongoing litigation aimed at securing reimbursement for affected veterans."
Conservatives have been critical of the move, but didn't seek to remove it from the legislation at committee.
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"Our party system consists today of five parties. There was a remark made yesterday at your youth conference about the fact that parties come and go in Canada every year. This is rather deceptive. I've written considerably on this subject.
We had a two-party system from the founding of our country, in 1867. That two-party system began to break up in the period from 1911 to 1935. Ever since then, five political elements have come and gone. We've always had at least three parties. But even when parties come back, they're not really new. They're just an older party re-appearing under a different name and different circumstances.
Let me take a conventional look at these five parties. I'll describe them in terms that fit your own party system, the left/right kind of terms.
Let's take the New Democratic Party, the NDP, which won 21 seats. The NDP could be described as basically a party of liberal Democrats, but it's actually worse than that, I have to say. And forgive me jesting again, but the NDP is kind of proof that the Devil lives and interferes in the affairs of men.
This party believes not just in large government and in massive redistributive programs, it's explicitly socialist. On social value issues, it believes the opposite on just about everything that anybody in this room believes. I think that's a pretty safe bet on all social-value kinds of questions.
Some people point out that there is a small element of clergy in the NDP. Yes, this is true. But these are clergy who, while very committed to the church, believe that it made a historic error in adopting Christian theology.
The NDP is also explicitly a branch of the Canadian Labour Congress, which is by far our largest labour group, and explicitly radical.
There are some moderate and conservative labour organizations. They don't belong to that particular organization.
The second party, the Liberal party, is by far the largest party. It won the election. It's also the only party that's competitive in all parts of the country. The Liberal party is our dominant party today, and has been for 100 years. It's governed almost all of the last hundred years, probably about 75 per cent of the time.
It's not what you would call conservative Democrat; I think that's a disappearing kind of breed. But it's certainly moderate Democrat, a type of Clinton-pragmatic Democrat. It's moved in the last few years very much to the right on fiscal and economic concerns, but still believes in government intrusion in the economy where possible, and does, in its majority, believe in fairly liberal social values.
In the last Parliament, it enacted comprehensive gun control, well beyond, I think, anything you have. Now we'll have a national firearms registration system, including all shotguns and rifles. Many other kinds of weapons have been banned. It believes in gay rights, although it's fairly cautious. It's put sexual orientation in the Human Rights Act and will let the courts do the rest.
There is an important caveat to its liberal social values. For historic reasons that I won't get into, the Liberal party gets the votes of most Catholics in the country, including many practising Catholics. It does have a significant Catholic, social-conservative element which occasionally disagrees with these kinds of policy directions. Although I caution you that even this Catholic social conservative element in the Liberal party is often quite liberal on economic issues.
Then there is the Progressive Conservative party, the PC party, which won only 20 seats. Now, the term Progressive Conservative will immediately raise suspicions in all of your minds. It should. It's obviously kind of an oxymoron. But actually, its origin is not progressive in the modern sense. The origin of the term "progressive'' in the name stems from the Progressive Movement in the 1920s, which was similar to that in your own country.
But the Progressive Conservative is very definitely liberal Republican. These are people who are moderately conservative on economic matters, and in the past have been moderately liberal, even sometimes quite liberal on social policy matters.
In fact, before the Reform Party really became a force in the late '80s, early '90s, the leadership of the Conservative party was running the largest deficits in Canadian history. They were in favour of gay rights officially, officially for abortion on demand. Officially -- what else can I say about them? Officially for the entrenchment of our universal, collectivized, health-care system and multicultural policies in the constitution of the country.
At the leadership level anyway, this was a pretty liberal group. This explains one of the reasons why the Reform party has become such a power.
The Reform party is much closer to what you would call conservative Republican, which I'll get to in a minute.
The Bloc Quebecois, which I won't spend much time on, is a strictly Quebec party, strictly among the French-speaking people of Quebec. It is an ethnic separatist party that seeks to make Quebec an independent, sovereign nation.
By and large, the Bloc Quebecois is centre-left in its approach. However, it is primarily an ethnic coalition. It's always had diverse elements. It does have an element that is more on the right of the political spectrum, but that's definitely a minority element."
"This is a very real political spectrum, lining up from the Bloc to reform. You may notice I didn't mention the New Democratic Party. The NDP obviously can't be compared to anything pre-Civil War. But the NDP is not an important player on this issue. Its views are somewhere between the liberals and conservatives. Its main concern, of course, is simply the left-wing agenda to basically disintegrate our society in all kinds of spectrums. So it really doesn't fit in.
Obviously, the issue here is not slavery, but the appeasement of ethnic nationalism. For years, we've had this Quebec separatist movement. For years, we elected Quebec prime ministers to deal with that, Quebec prime ministers who were committed federalists who would lead us out of the wilderness. For years, we have given concessions of various kinds of the province of Quebec, political and economic, to make them happier.
This has not worked. The sovereignty movement has continued to rise in prominence. And its demands have continued to increase. It began to hit the wall when what are called the soft separatists and the conventional political establishment got together to put in the constitution something called "a distinct society clause.'' Nobody really knows what it would mean, but it would give the Supreme Court, where Quebec would have a tremendous role in appointment, the power to interpret Quebec's special needs and powers, undefined elsewhere.
This has led to a firewall of resistance across the country. It fuelled the growth of the Reform party. I should even say that the early concessionary people, like Pierre Trudeau, have come out against this. So there's even now an element of the Quebec federalists themselves who will no longer accept this.
So you see the syndrome we're in. The separatists continue to make demands. They're a powerful force. They continue to have the bulk of the Canadian political establishment on their side. The two traditional parties, the Liberals and PCs, are both led by Quebecers who favour concessionary strategies. The Reform party is a bastion of resistance to this tendency.
To give you an idea of how divided the country is, not just in Quebec but how divided the country is outside Quebec on this, we had a phenomenon five years ago. This is a real phenomenon; I don't know how much you heard about it.
The establishment came down with a constitutional package which they put to a national referendum. The package included distinct society status for Quebec and some other changes, including some that would just horrify you, putting universal Medicare in our constitution, and feminist rights, and a whole bunch of other things.
What was significant about this was that this constitutional proposal was supported by the entire Canadian political establishment. By all of the major media. By the three largest traditional parties, the PC, Liberal party and NDP. At the time, the Bloc and Reform were very small.
It was supported by big business, very vocally by all of the major CEOs of the country. The leading labour unions all supported it. Complete consensus. And most academics.
And it was defeated. It literally lost the national referendum against a rag-tag opposition consisting of a few dissident conservatives and a few dissident socialists.
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"Our party system consists today of five parties. There was a remark made yesterday at your youth conference about the fact that parties come and go in Canada every year. This is rather deceptive. I've written considerably on this subject.
We had a two-party system from the founding of our country, in 1867. That two-party system began to break up in the period from 1911 to 1935. Ever since then, five political elements have come and gone. We've always had at least three parties. But even when parties come back, they're not really new. They're just an older party re-appearing under a different name and different circumstances.
Let me take a conventional look at these five parties. I'll describe them in terms that fit your own party system, the left/right kind of terms.
Let's take the New Democratic Party, the NDP, which won 21 seats. The NDP could be described as basically a party of liberal Democrats, but it's actually worse than that, I have to say. And forgive me jesting again, but the NDP is kind of proof that the Devil lives and interferes in the affairs of men.
This party believes not just in large government and in massive redistributive programs, it's explicitly socialist. On social value issues, it believes the opposite on just about everything that anybody in this room believes. I think that's a pretty safe bet on all social-value kinds of questions.
Some people point out that there is a small element of clergy in the NDP. Yes, this is true. But these are clergy who, while very committed to the church, believe that it made a historic error in adopting Christian theology.
The NDP is also explicitly a branch of the Canadian Labour Congress, which is by far our largest labour group, and explicitly radical.
There are some moderate and conservative labour organizations. They don't belong to that particular organization.
The second party, the Liberal party, is by far the largest party. It won the election. It's also the only party that's competitive in all parts of the country. The Liberal party is our dominant party today, and has been for 100 years. It's governed almost all of the last hundred years, probably about 75 per cent of the time.
It's not what you would call conservative Democrat; I think that's a disappearing kind of breed. But it's certainly moderate Democrat, a type of Clinton-pragmatic Democrat. It's moved in the last few years very much to the right on fiscal and economic concerns, but still believes in government intrusion in the economy where possible, and does, in its majority, believe in fairly liberal social values.
In the last Parliament, it enacted comprehensive gun control, well beyond, I think, anything you have. Now we'll have a national firearms registration system, including all shotguns and rifles. Many other kinds of weapons have been banned. It believes in gay rights, although it's fairly cautious. It's put sexual orientation in the Human Rights Act and will let the courts do the rest.
There is an important caveat to its liberal social values. For historic reasons that I won't get into, the Liberal party gets the votes of most Catholics in the country, including many practising Catholics. It does have a significant Catholic, social-conservative element which occasionally disagrees with these kinds of policy directions. Although I caution you that even this Catholic social conservative element in the Liberal party is often quite liberal on economic issues.
Then there is the Progressive Conservative party, the PC party, which won only 20 seats. Now, the term Progressive Conservative will immediately raise suspicions in all of your minds. It should. It's obviously kind of an oxymoron. But actually, its origin is not progressive in the modern sense. The origin of the term "progressive'' in the name stems from the Progressive Movement in the 1920s, which was similar to that in your own country.
But the Progressive Conservative is very definitely liberal Republican. These are people who are moderately conservative on economic matters, and in the past have been moderately liberal, even sometimes quite liberal on social policy matters.
In fact, before the Reform Party really became a force in the late '80s, early '90s, the leadership of the Conservative party was running the largest deficits in Canadian history. They were in favour of gay rights officially, officially for abortion on demand. Officially -- what else can I say about them? Officially for the entrenchment of our universal, collectivized, health-care system and multicultural policies in the constitution of the country.
At the leadership level anyway, this was a pretty liberal group. This explains one of the reasons why the Reform party has become such a power.
The Reform party is much closer to what you would call conservative Republican, which I'll get to in a minute.
The Bloc Quebecois, which I won't spend much time on, is a strictly Quebec party, strictly among the French-speaking people of Quebec. It is an ethnic separatist party that seeks to make Quebec an independent, sovereign nation.
By and large, the Bloc Quebecois is centre-left in its approach. However, it is primarily an ethnic coalition. It's always had diverse elements. It does have an element that is more on the right of the political spectrum, but that's definitely a minority element."
"This is a very real political spectrum, lining up from the Bloc to reform. You may notice I didn't mention the New Democratic Party. The NDP obviously can't be compared to anything pre-Civil War. But the NDP is not an important player on this issue. Its views are somewhere between the liberals and conservatives. Its main concern, of course, is simply the left-wing agenda to basically disintegrate our society in all kinds of spectrums. So it really doesn't fit in.
Obviously, the issue here is not slavery, but the appeasement of ethnic nationalism. For years, we've had this Quebec separatist movement. For years, we elected Quebec prime ministers to deal with that, Quebec prime ministers who were committed federalists who would lead us out of the wilderness. For years, we have given concessions of various kinds of the province of Quebec, political and economic, to make them happier.
This has not worked. The sovereignty movement has continued to rise in prominence. And its demands have continued to increase. It began to hit the wall when what are called the soft separatists and the conventional political establishment got together to put in the constitution something called "a distinct society clause.'' Nobody really knows what it would mean, but it would give the Supreme Court, where Quebec would have a tremendous role in appointment, the power to interpret Quebec's special needs and powers, undefined elsewhere.
This has led to a firewall of resistance across the country. It fuelled the growth of the Reform party. I should even say that the early concessionary people, like Pierre Trudeau, have come out against this. So there's even now an element of the Quebec federalists themselves who will no longer accept this.
So you see the syndrome we're in. The separatists continue to make demands. They're a powerful force. They continue to have the bulk of the Canadian political establishment on their side. The two traditional parties, the Liberals and PCs, are both led by Quebecers who favour concessionary strategies. The Reform party is a bastion of resistance to this tendency.
To give you an idea of how divided the country is, not just in Quebec but how divided the country is outside Quebec on this, we had a phenomenon five years ago. This is a real phenomenon; I don't know how much you heard about it.
The establishment came down with a constitutional package which they put to a national referendum. The package included distinct society status for Quebec and some other changes, including some that would just horrify you, putting universal Medicare in our constitution, and feminist rights, and a whole bunch of other things.
What was significant about this was that this constitutional proposal was supported by the entire Canadian political establishment. By all of the major media. By the three largest traditional parties, the PC, Liberal party and NDP. At the time, the Bloc and Reform were very small.
It was supported by big business, very vocally by all of the major CEOs of the country. The leading labour unions all supported it. Complete consensus. And most academics.
And it was defeated. It literally lost the national referendum against a rag-tag opposition consisting of a few dissident conservatives and a few dissident socialists.
This gives you some idea of the split that's taking place in the country.
Canada is, however, a troubled country politically, not socially. This is a country that we like to say works in practice but not in theory.
You can walk around this country without running across very many of these political controversies.
I'll end there and take any of your questions. But let me conclude by saying, good luck in your own battles. Let me just remind you of something that's been talked about here. As long as there are exams, there will always be prayer in schools."
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Whereas everything in Heaven and Hell is done in threes I should post a third then forward all three comments to many people before Monday because Harper's civics lesson after his religious joke is true but he failed to explain who really runs the circus.
Second, the civics, Canada's civics.
On the surface, you can make a comparison between our political system and yours. We have an executive, we have two legislative houses, and we have a Supreme Court.
However, our executive is the Queen, who doesn't live here. Her representative is the Governor General, who is an appointed buddy of the Prime Minister.
Of our two legislative houses, the Senate, our upper house, is appointed, also by the Prime Minister, where he puts buddies, fundraisers and the like. So the Senate also is not very important in our political system.
And we have a Supreme Court, like yours, which, since we put a charter of rights in our constitution in 1982, is becoming increasingly arbitrary and important. It is also appointed by the Prime Minister. Unlike your Supreme Court, we have no ratification process.
So if you sort of remove three of the four elements, what you see is a system of checks and balances which quickly becomes a system that's described as unpaid checks and political imbalances.
What we have is the House of Commons. The House of Commons, the bastion of the Prime Minister's power, the body that selects the Prime Minister, is an elected body. I really emphasize this to you as an American group: It's not like your House of Representatives. Don't make that comparison.
What the House of Commons is really like is the United States electoral college. Imagine if the electoral college which selects your president once every four years were to continue sitting in Washington for the next four years. And imagine its having the same vote on every issue. That is how our political system operates.
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Date: Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Subject: BREAKING: Ex-Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux crosses floor to join Carney’s Liberals
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BREAKING: Ex-Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux crosses floor to join Carney’s LiberalsCarney has lured yet another Conservative MP across the floor, tightening his grip on Parliament and pushing his government to being within a single seat of a majority government.
Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney has lured yet another Conservative MP across the floor, tightening his grip on Parliament and pushing his government to being within a single seat of a majority government. On Wednesday morning, Carney announced that Matt Jeneroux, the longtime Conservative MP for Edmonton Riverbend, is joining the Liberal caucus. When the mainstream media skips over the full story, we dig deeper and bring the whole story to light. Subscribe to Juno News to support bold, fearless journalism. Jeneroux becomes the third Conservative MP to defect to Carney’s government, following Chris d’Entremont and Michael Ma. The back-to-back losses leave the Conservatives down two seats in two days and the Liberals just one seat shy of a majority government. Carney took to social media to frame the move as an act of national unity and economic necessity. “I am honoured to welcome Matt Jeneroux to our caucus as the newest member of Canada’s new government,” Carney wrote. “Building a stronger, more resilient, and more independent country will require ambition, collaboration, and occasionally, sacrifice.” Carney also immediately handed Jeneroux a new title, appointing him as a special advisor on economic and security partnerships.
“As a new special advisor on economic and security partnerships, Matt’s leadership will contribute to strengthening Canada’s alliances and trade partnerships,” Carney said. Jeneroux has represented Edmonton Riverbend since 2015, after first being elected to Alberta’s legislature in 2012. He secured four consecutive mandates in Ottawa and held several high-profile critic roles under Conservative leadership, including supply chains, innovation, infrastructure, health, and housing. He also served internationally as Vice-Chair of the Canada-UK Interparliamentary Association and founded the Canada-ASEAN Parliamentary Group. The floor-crossing comes after announcing in November that he would be stepping down a series of conflicting public statements where he claimed he was not preparing to join the Liberals. A statement initially provided to CTV News flatly denied the reports: “Despite the rumours being circulated in Ottawa, MP Jeneroux is not crossing the floor and is remaining a member of the Conservative caucus.” Jeneroux had also previously announced his resignation, saying: “For now, my focus must turn entirely to my family and to the responsibilities that come with that.” You’re currently a free subscriber to Juno News. For the full experience, upgrade your subscription. .
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