Carney calls Canada's U.S. ties 'weaknesses' that must be corrected
PM also says he'll regularly update Canadians about plan to diversify trade
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada's ties to the U.S. have become "weaknesses" that must be corrected, as workers in Canada's auto, steel and lumber industries remain under threat due to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.
"The U.S. has fundamentally changed its approach to trade, raising its tariffs to levels last seen during the Great Depression," Carney said in a video posted to YouTube on Sunday morning.
"Many of our former strengths, based on our close ties to America, have become weaknesses — weaknesses that we must correct."
The prime minister framed his video as a chance to talk to Canadians directly about the threats the country faces — and he said regular updates on Canada's diversification efforts would be on the way.
"Security can't be achieved by ignoring the obvious or downplaying the very real threats that we Canadians face," Carney said. "I will never sugarcoat our challenges. Instead, I'll talk to you directly and regularly about the plan."
The video comes just days after U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick took a swipe at Canada's trade strategy ahead of reviewing the current version of North America's free trade agreement and blasted Ottawa's trade partnership with China.
What leverage does Canada have in tariff, trade talks?Lutnick responded to a suggestion from Canada's former trade negotiator, Steve Verheul, that time is on the Canadians' side because political pressure on the U.S. president is going to increase over time as the American economy wavers.
"That is, like, the worst strategy I’ve ever heard. They suck, they — look, we are a $30-trillion [US] economy, right?" Lutnick said.
He then took a stab at Ottawa's trade deal with China.
"Carney has a problem with us. He gets on a plane and he goes to China," Lutnick said. "Does he think the Chinese economy is going to buy his stuff? China is entirely an export-driven economy, right? So what do you do? [Carney] came back and said, 'Oh, we'll take their electric cars.' I mean, is this nuts?"
As part of the agreement, the Canadian government will allow 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles into its market at a tariff rate of 6.1 per cent — down from 100 per cent.
In exchange, China agreed to lower tariffs on Canadian canola to 15 per cent and remove levies on Canadian canola meal, lobsters, crab and peas until at least the end of 2026.
Carney highlights Isaac Brock
In his video, the prime minister highlighted a small statue of Maj.-Gen. Sir Isaac Brock, a British soldier dubbed the "Hero of Upper Canada" during the War of 1812 against the United States.
Carney said actor Mike Myers gave him the statue just over a year ago.
"Brock was a hero who fought and gave his life for our forebearers in the War of 1812," Carney said. "Before Canada even existed on paper, it had a shape in Brock's imagination."
"Faced with the threat of an American invasion, Brock built alliances across our land and inspired what would eventually become Canada."
Prime Minister Mark Carney highlighted a small statue of Maj.-Gen. Sir Isaac Brock in his social media video. (YouTube/Mark Carney)Carney said the statue, which is on his desk in his office, reminds him "that when we're united as Canadians, we can withstand anything."
In closing, the prime minister said over the weeks and months ahead, "we're gonna wanna talk with you again."
"I know you have busy lives, and you don't need daily interruptions from me. But the truth is, there's a lot going on in the world, and not all of it is good," Carney added.
"There's much forward guidance to be found in our shared history. We will get through this because of who we have always been."
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From: "Naqvi, Yasir - M.P." <yasir.naqvi@parl.gc.ca>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 02:39:30 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE Trudeau Invoking the Emergency Act and
Freeland defending her liberal democracy byway of her bankster buddies
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
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Deployment of Emergencies Act expected to pass with support of the NDP
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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 19:14:55 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Deployment of Emergencies Act expected to
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From: "Bergen, Candice - M.P." <candice.bergen@parl.gc.ca>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 19:14:55 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Deployment of Emergencies Act expected to
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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 15:06:16 -0400
Subject: Deployment of Emergencies Act expected to pass with support
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Blaine Higgs has a new job
Former premier joins Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s board of directors and has a public appearance scheduled in May
Over
a year after his government’s election defeat, former premier Blaine
Higgs has been named to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s board of
directors. BRUNSWICK NEWS ARCHIVESFormer Premier Blaine Higgs has been named to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s board of directors.
Now over a year after his government’s election defeat, Higgs joins the non-profit advocacy group dedicated to lower taxes, reduced waste, and government accountability that was a huge fan of his tenure in government.
“The taxpayers federation, we give out very few bouquets,” said Tim McMillan, the federation’s board of directors chair, in an interview with Brunswick News.
“Be it a Conservative, Liberal, or NDP government, we are generally taking a pretty strong position on the side of the taxpayers for fiscal responsibility, and if we find waste, we are going to identify it.
“That being said, Premier Higgs, looking back at his record, it was a shining light in Canada at the time that, even through COVID, he was running balanced budgets where everybody else was not. His record is one of the strongest that I can think of in recent history.”
He added: “We’re very pleased to have somebody with kind of his experience, both in government and also in the private sector, a strong track record of being very responsible with taxpayers dollars, that very much aligns with our mandate.”
The job will see Higgs attend board meetings, strategy sessions, and events throughout the year. It’s also a voluntary role that will see Higgs contribute to the strategy and direction of the organization, McMillan said.
“It’s the worst job you can get, because it doesn’t pay anything, but I think it aligns with Premier Higgs’s values, and it’s an organization that takes those values and principles very seriously,” McMillan said.
Higgs has largely remained away from the spotlight since the 2024 election.
He’s instead spent most of his time at a family cottage in Forest City, N.B., enjoying family time with his wife, three daughters, and five grandchildren.
But it appears he will now be venturing publicly a little more.
Higgs is also slated in May to speak on a panel alongside other former premiers at the Canada Strong and Free Networking Conference, formerly the Manning conference, billed as the largest conservative networking event in Canada.
Meanwhile, just last month, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation released an hour-long interview with Higgs that it called “Government Spending Decoded: Higgs Tells It Straight.”
It leads off with Higgs explaining how his governments turned large surpluses.
“We reduced interest payments by $100 million a year and we did that because we just didn’t spend it all,” Higgs said.
“Because what are you going to do with it?
“Are you going to throw it into the air and say ‘feel good, because I made an announcement, I’m spending more money’ because that’s what the media look for today and that’s so sad.”
Later, Higgs was asked how as finance minister under the Alward government he didn’t balance the budget, but then did as premier.
“There has to be the will within the premier’s office to get it done,” he said.
The interview with Taxpayers Federation president and CEO Scott Hennig sees Higgs credit his rural New Brunswick upbringing for teaching him “self-sufficiency” and instilling an attitude to do things yourself.
He said his time at Irving Oil underscored a private business mentality that success, progress, and results matter.
“And spending money, as much as you can, was a problem,” Higgs said.
“Finding better results at a better price was a focus.
“I questioned why that’s not a theme in government because I was mystified that it didn’t appear to exist.”
Later, in speaking about how he entered politics, Higgs added: “I did have a thirst to use what I learned in business, to apply that to government.”
He also defends running government like a business.
“People would say ‘it’s not a business’ and I would beg to differ on that because the reason is you should be getting maximum results out of taxpayers’ money. If you’re not, you’re unnecessarily using taxpayer dollars,” Higgs said.
At one point, the former premier stated that
he “often wonders why any business would ever support a Liberal
government, or a Green or NDP, and wouldn’t be whole heartedly
Conservative because it’s the best chance they’ve got at government
running like it has to get results for money spent.”
He added that it’s likely because they can get “lump sum payments to offset the abuse they witness in politics.”
The conversation goes on to detail the Alward government’s pension reforms with Higgs as finance minister, his unlikely rise to become party leader on promising less, the narrow election victory that handed him a minority government, and governing through COVID-19.
It speaks at length on natural resource development as a way to self-sufficiency.
It then briefly rehashes Higgs’s position on parental rights and schools as part of his downfall as premier, including the rift within the party.
That leads Higgs to call conservatism “in many ways a dying art.”
It also sees Higgs return to a few familiar staples of his political career in deriding election spending and lamenting how new governments undo the changes of those they follow.
“We are seeing that in spades in this current mandate,” Higgs said. “It’s very disheartening.”
In particular, he referenced new collective agreements signed by the Holt government with unions, stating they didn’t negotiate a deal, they “capitulated” to them.
Asked what he was most proud of as premier, Higgs said it was “having national media recognize that New Brunswick can be different.”
“We don’t need to be the basket case of the country, we can be proud of our province,” he said.
https://tj.news/new-brunswick/
UPDATE: Holt to meet with Carney during two-day Ontario trip
The premier will also make an appearance on a conference panel alongside Ontario Premier Doug Ford
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Susan Holt are pictured in Fredericton. SUBMITTEDPremier Susan Holt will meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Ottawa on Monday.
It’s part of a two-day Ontario trip that will also include an appearance on a conference panel alongside Ontario Premier Doug Ford.
The premier says she’s arranged a series of meetings with federal ministers throughout the first day, before heading to Toronto for another speaking event.
It comes as the federal government is on the verge of earmarking billions in defence and infrastructure spending, while pushing forward on a select number of nation-building projects.
“That’s why it’s valuable to go up to Ottawa, to make sure New Brunswick is front and centre,” Holt said in an interview. “To make sure that New Brunswickers are getting the benefits of federal investment in these things that align with our capabilities and assets.
“We don’t take for granted that we’ve submitted our projects, we’ve told them how great they are. Instead, we’re going to be up there hustling every day. We’re not resting on our laurels. We need to make sure that every minister and every member of this government understands what New Brunswick is capable of and how we can contribute, and we want to see our projects moving forward.”
The premier’s office says Holt will meet with New Brunswick MP Dominic LeBlanc, minister responsible for Canada-U.S. trade and intergovernmental affairs, ACOA Minister Sean Fraser, National Defence Minister David McGuinty, Health Minister Marjorie Michel, Stephen Fuhr, secretary of state for defence procurement, and Saint John-Kennebecasis MP Wayne Long, secretary of state for the Canada Revenue Agency.
Talks will include an update on the Sisson mine project, the $579-million nation-building project that Carney referred to the federal government’s major projects office last year.
Holt said Ottawa continues to work on offtake agreements and a price floor to push ahead the extraction of the mine’s tungsten and molybdenum.
They’re two tools that would help find long-term buyers for the minerals at a viable price, with federal backing.
“We want to make sure that’s moving at pace,” Holt said.
The Holt government had also been pitching projects at both the Port of Saint John and Belledune, with the feds signalling that they fit best within the Carney government’s $5-billion Trade Diversification Corridors Fund.
Applications for the fund opened a few weeks ago.
“They’re in, and I am going to make darn sure that New Brunswick gets the attention and support that those projects deserve,” Holt said. “We’re there to make sure that they get funded and accepted.”
That’s as Holt said she plans to push New Brunswick’s place within the federal government’s defence strategy.
The premier said her government is also developing a defence strategy to underscore New Brunswick assets in Base Gagetown, but also the province’s capabilities in cyber security, the Port of Belledune’s ability to be a home for defence ships, and a push for new defence sector manufacturing.
Holt said that will come after a new economic growth strategy slated to be unveiled late next week.
In Ottawa, the premier said she will raise the province’s bid to be the home of Canada’s largest explosives factory since the Second World War. Holt has recently met with Eurenco, Europe’s top producer of propellants and explosives, and new Canadian firm Nalagx, the two companies that want to build an energetics facility.
“That’s part of the conversation with Minister McGuinty,” Holt said.
“We see the value of having a Canadian sovereign source of energetics, but the key is in the contract.
“Right now, we procure some of our energetics from American based contractors, and want to talk with the minister and the procurement minister about the path for a sovereign Canadian solution.”
Holt is also attending on Monday the Canadian Chamber of Commerce future business summit.
There, she’s slated to speak on a panel alongside Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Prince Edward Island Premier Rob Lantz and R.J. Simpson, the premier of the Northwest Territories.
The topic for the 45-minute panel is “What Can We Agree On?”
“We’re convening a table of premiers from across the political spectrum on one stage to test what still unites the country,” reads the talk’s synopsis. “Will they find common ground before the clock runs out?”
On Tuesday, Holt is in Toronto for an event celebrating the Business Council of Canada’s 50th anniversary.
The business council confirmed in an email that Holt is a guest speaker at a closed-door meeting.
https://tj.news/new-
N.B. MP helped get first floor crosser to join the Liberals
He argued it opened the flood gates for several floor crossers – and now a majority government
Saint
John-Kennebecasis MP Wayne Long is pictured with Nova Scotia MP Chris
d'Entremont, who crossed over from the Conservatives to the federal
Liberals in November. SUBMITTEDWayne Long says he’s the guy who arranged for former Nova Scotia Conservative MP Chris d’Entremont to meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney.
He argued it opened the flood gates for several floor crossers – and now a majority government.
D’Entremont ended up being the first of four Conservatives to leave the opposition bench and join the Liberal government.
An NDP MP also jumped.
And with three byelection wins on Monday night, the Liberal caucus is now 174 MPs, allowing the Carney Liberals to pass legislation without support from opposition parties.
“You go back to the old adage of a wartime government or wartime cabinet,” Long, the veteran Saint John-Kennebecasis MP, said in an interview on Tuesday.
“We are at war right now. It’s an economic warfare that’s being waged on our country, and it’s a war that puts our sovereignty at risk.
“And I think everybody of all political stripes is seized with the importance of putting down partisanship, working across party lines, and doing what’s best for the country.”
He added: “I think there’s little appetite for the slogans and the partisan games that were being played in the past.
“We need to get stuff done. Our country’s at stake.”
That’s as it all started with a single floor crossing, Long said.
“Chris’s office is literally down the hall from mine in Wellington (a building located directly across from Parliament Hill),” Long said. “And we were chatting one night.
“I basically said ‘Look, what’s it going to take?’ And Chris said he would really like to have a conversation with the prime minister.”
Long continued: “So I quickly got on my phone and had that set up, and I think Chris was in front of the prime minister within about 30 minutes after that.”
A car picked up d’Entremont and drove him a few short blocks down Wellington Street to the prime minister’s office.
“Clearly, that clinched the deal,” Long said, adding that d’Entremont became a “longtime” friend of his in the hallways of Parliament, suggesting that, like him, the former Conservative MP was more of a Red Tory.
That’s as Nova Scotia Liberal MP Kody Blois had broached several times to d’Entremont that he would be a welcome addition to the Liberal party.
Efforts toward that ramped up over the summer, Long said.
The conversation with Carney happened on a Monday night in November.
A day later, d’Entremont became the first to leave the Tory caucus, citing a better alignment with Carney’s economic agenda and vision.
D’Entremont has since recounted that the meeting saw Carney lead with the spending his government was making for Acadian culture.
The conversation lasted an hour.
“Don’t underestimate how Chris was the first one. I’ve got a little experience in being the first one out of the gate, and that took a lot of courage on Chris’s part,” Long said, a reference to how he was the first to call publicly for former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation.
“I’d say he was the one who broke that dam and made it easier for other MPs to follow.”
Ontario MP Michael Ma became the second to leave the Tories for the Liberals just before a Christmas party in December.
Edmonton MP Matt Jeneroux, after already announcing his resignation from politics, abruptly decided to stay and cross in February.
In early March, NDP MP for Nunavut Lori Idlout crossed the floor.
Then in a stunner last week, longtime Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu joined the Liberals.
Long said he wasn’t completely surprised.
“If you had asked me two weeks ago who were the top five nicest, most pleasant, most cordial MPs on the Conservative side, Marilyn Gladu would have been in the top five,” Long said.
“I mean, yes, there’s obviously some pretty strong viewpoints that I wouldn’t agree with and I think as a party we wouldn’t agree with.
“But as far as somebody that worked across party lines, Gladu did that. I mean, Marilyn would be somebody who would be heckling me in the House, but also waving and smiling at me to say hello when I came in.”
Long said the Liberals have assurances from Gladu that she will vote with the party where she once disagreed, including on social issues.
That’s while he suggested Gladu’s floor crossing represents something bigger.
“I think people realize that the prime minister’s agenda is the agenda that Canadians want to see move forward,” Long said.
“And that’s why people from all political ideologies and stripes are migrating to Mark Carney and his vision.”
The Saint John-Kennebecasis MP said he’s not currently involved in talks to bring any other opposition colleagues over to the Liberal side, adding that other conversations may still be happening.
Long said there’s importance in reaching the majority government mark.
Long was first elected in 2015 with a Liberal majority government, and was then reelected in 2019, 2021, and most recently with the Liberals handed minority Parliaments.
“And they’re vastly different,” he said. “How you run government, how you approach government, how you deal with legislation, things that can happen that can obstruct or slow down your agenda.
“The last Parliament was one of the most dysfunctional Parliaments. You see how things can get obstructed at committee, how there can be games played in the House, motions of privilege that really grind parliament to a halt.
“In that last Parliament, it was months where we literally go into the House and sit there and do very little with respect to our agenda.”
Carney said something similar on Tuesday.
“There’s a difference between real testimony, real substance, getting to issues, debating aspects of law – and showboating,” he said.
He also pushed away any idea that the Liberals grabbed a majority illegitimately.
“Canadians elect deputies, deputies vote with their conscience and support the program that they see best for their constituents and for the country,” Carney said.
The next federal election doesn’t have to be called until October 2029.
It’s now more likely there won’t be one until then.
The prime minister said on Tuesday that he has no plans to call a snap election anytime soon.
ANALYSIS: Higher gas prices bring windfall of revenue for Holt government
Premier won't be following Ottawa's lead in cutting gas tax, instead pointing to other affordability measures her government has already made
The
New Brunswick government is currently bringing in about $2.40 in extra
tax money every time you fill up your vehicle at the pumps. Photo by Tony Caldwell/PostmediaThe New Brunswick government is currently bringing in about $2.40 in extra tax money every time you fill up your vehicle at the pumps.
And it could equate to between $10 million to $15 million in additional revenue, based on past math, if higher prices last for an entire year, it suggests.
But Premier Susan Holt won’t be following Prime Minister Mark Carney’s lead in cutting gas taxes, instead pointing to a series of affordability measures her government has already made, including past efforts to lower the price of gas.
Progressive Conservative Leader Glen Savoie says the Holt government can’t afford to do it because it already spent itself into a fiscal corner.
Carney unveiled in Ottawa on Tuesday that his government is temporarily suspending the federal fuel excise tax on gasoline and diesel across Canada, a move that will cut gas prices by 10 cents at the pumps beginning Monday.
Higher gas prices, brought on by a war in the Middle East that remains volatile, also mean higher tax revenue for governments.
The federal government has decided to give part of the gas revenue it’s bringing in back to Canadians.
Meanwhile, Holt says she hopes the spike in prices will be short lived, while lamenting how global markets have erased the cut to gas prices her government recently carried out.
Prices climbing
As of Wednesday, the maximum retail price of regular unleaded gas in New Brunswick was 184.4 cents per litre.
It hit a high of 194.5 per litre last week.
Forecasters suggest the price might soon eclipse $2 a litre as Iran and the United States grapple over control of the Strait of Hormuz, where 20 per cent of the world’s total oil and liquefied natural gas consumption passes through daily.
Although Canada is one of the world’s largest oil producers, Canadians still pay market prices for fuel.
Carney’s temporary suspension of the federal excise tax on gas and diesel means the cost of gas will drop by 10 cents on a litre of gasoline and four cents per litre of diesel starting on Monday and lasting until Labour Day.
Asked if her government will follow suit, Holt instead highlighted other measures.
“We are looking at all the things that we can do to deliver relief to New Brunswickers,” Holt said, while listing that her government has discounted power bills by 10 per cent, put in place a rent cap, and has frozen property tax assessments.
“And so we’re glad that the federal government, given this is something that has come from a war (U.S. President Donald) Trump has caused, has the ability to make that adjustment to motor fuel taxes to deal with this global uncertainty,” Holt said.
“That’s good for New Brunswickers.”
Government officials also pointed Brunswick News to comments she made last week.
“Right now, the price of gas is something that I am hearing about regularly from New Brunswickers who find that these spikes are exceptionally challenging,” Holt told reporters last week in Fredericton.
She then expressed optimism that a ceasefire with Iran “should open up the Strait of Hormuz and get product flowing at a more competitive rate.”
“Because our team over the last 12 months put a lot of effort into lowering gas prices, taking the cost of carbon adjuster off, moving to E10 so that we could drop the price by seven cents, doing things to deliver that affordability to New Brunswick,” Holt said.
“I wish we had more control of the global gas market, but we’re always looking at New Brunswick’s role in global energy to deliver affordability to New Brunswickers.”
But whether the strait opens up anytime soon is anyone’s guess.
The U.S. on Monday said it began blocking ships from entering or exiting Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz, attempting to ratchet up pressure on Iran to reopen the key oil route after weekend peace negotiations collapsed.
Provincial revenue from gas
Meanwhile, higher gas prices do mean more revenue for governments.
It happened just recently.
Asked how much more in revenue the Holt government could anticipate from higher gas prices brought on by the Iran war, the Holt government brought up some past math.
“Based on the experience of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, it is estimated that the full-year impact of rising fuel prices was in the order of $10 million to $15 million in net, additional revenue to the province,” said Holt government spokesperson David Kelly.
“This reflects the estimated impact on HST but also volume shortfalls on tax revenue.
“Higher fuel prices could also result in reduced consumption elsewhere in the economy, to offset higher fuel costs.”
He added: “Any impacts will be dependent on the duration and size of price changes.”
The province brings in revenue from gasoline sales in a few ways.
Its Gasoline and Motive Fuels Tax adds 10.87 cents per litre.
The Holt government brought in $211 million in gas tax revenue last year, which was actually $11 million more than it originally forecasted.
But it’s a fixed amount per litre, meaning that even if the overall price of gas climbs higher, the province won’t bring in more revenue as the taxation level stays the same.
It means that the only way gas tax revenue would climb is if large volumes of gas are sold.
And there’s arguably a lesser chance of that happening right now, as higher gas prices may result in some New Brunswickers deciding to drive less due to pump prices.
But the New Brunswick government will benefit from higher prices in another way, namely higher sales tax revenue.
HST is charged at two points in the equation that sets maximum gas prices in the province – first on the benchmark price, wholesale and retail margins, but also later on the delivery cost.
With the maximum retail price of regular unleaded gas in New Brunswick set at 184.4 cents per litre, a total of 24.1 cents of that is HST, according to the price-setting formula.
Last week, gas prices had a maximum price of 194.5 per litre, resulting in 25.4 cents per litre in sales tax.
Meanwhile, a year ago, the maximum price of that same gas in April was as low as 138.8 cents a litre.
About 18.1 cents of that was HST.
The result is roughly six cents extra in tax revenue per litre that’s now being collected.
For a 60-litre vehicle, that’s an extra $3.60 cents per fill up.
For New Brunswick, the federal government collects the entire 15 per cent HST and then eventually remits 10 per cent of it to the province.
That means the provincial government will pocket an extra $2.40 for every fill up in the province versus this time last year.
It is worth noting, however, that the Holt government won’t see that money immediately.
Ottawa collects HST revenue for the province and then remits New Brunswick its share, doing so via estimates that lag and are not in real time.
Finance Minister René Legacy has pointed to that system as one of the reasons why the Holt government piled up a massive deficit over the last year, stating that HST estimates in the past were too high and that they’ve recently corrected, amounting to a lower-than-expected payout.
Kelly brought that up as well.
“There is limited data available to arrive at a reliable estimate of the additional HST that would result from higher gas prices,” he said. “HST is formula-determined and based on lagged economic and administrative data.
“It is not based on real-time activity.”
Holt promises overhaul of lobbyist rules that blocked NHL ticket disclosure
‘It's not strong right now,’ premier says, pledging legislative changes next month
Susan
Holt is promising an overhaul of lobbyist rules that the province’s
integrity commissioner says prevented him from publicly disclosing her
attendance at two NHL games and an NBA game paid for by private
interests. POSTMEDIA ARCHIVESSusan Holt is promising an overhaul of lobbyist rules that the province’s integrity commissioner says prevented him from publicly disclosing the premier’s attendance at two NHL games and an NBA game paid for by private interests.
In an interview with Brunswick News, Holt says legislative changes will be unveiled inside the provincial legislature next month.
“It’s not strong right now,” the premier said.
“It doesn’t tell us who is meeting with who to try to influence whom on what subject.
“And so amendments to the lobbyist registry are going to come that will strengthen both protections and transparency.”
Brunswick News recently reported that Holt was invited to attend a Maple Leafs game in a private box last month by Miramichi-based Sunny Corner Enterprises while in Toronto for the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada convention.
Questions about the tickets then uncovered past games.
Holt had box tickets to a Bruins game on March 15, 2025, at TD Garden paid for by International Seafood & Bait, a Shippigan-based company.
On April 3, 2025, Holt attended a Portland Trail Blazers versus Toronto Raptors game at Scotiabank Arena.
Those tickets came from Tom Liston, a prominent technology investor, who is on the board of directors at Opportunities NB and the fundraising chair for the World’s Oldest Basketball Court Group in St. Stephen that’s currently lobbying the Holt government for $6 million.
New Brunswick Integrity Commissioner Charles Murray said Holt’s office disclosed all of those invites to his office in advance of going.
But none of them were then disclosed publicly.
Murray said the tickets don’t count as gifts and the province’s lobbyist registry isn’t sophisticated enough to disclose individual meetings, ultimately leaving New Brunswickers blind to when companies use private boxes to bend an elected official’s ear.
In an interview about the tickets, Holt said changes are coming.
“I take your point, when Sunny Corner says ‘come to the box where we’ve got Major Drilling and our other clients and colleagues from our operations around the world,’ who flags what to whom?” Holt said.
“Does Sunny Corner register as a lobbyist?”
Murray has said that all three incidents do amount to lobbying the Holt government.
That’s while adding New Brunswick’s lobbyist registry doesn’t log individual incidents of lobbying, only providing a list of names that intend to talk to government officials, meaning there’s nowhere to publicly record these free tickets to sporting events.
“I’m hopeful that’s going to change,” Murray said in an interview earlier this month. “The barrier to doing that is resources.”
The integrity commissioner’s office is made up of Murray and one other staffer.
“We’re going to need to build a computer database that can handle that, which we currently don’t have, but we are working on trying to find a way to source that at low cost,” Murray said.
“And then we’re going to need to add at least one more staff member.”
The registry as it stands is a simple spreadsheet of voluntary names.
Problematic is that none of the private groups that brought Holt to sporting events currently appear on it at all.
“We’ve been proactive on this and we hear the integrity commissioner’s requests for better tools, better technology, so that they can make the process more open and more clear,” Holt said.
“That’s what we want.”
Holt said new requirements will lay out expectations of what people, firms, and organizations will need to declare.
“Who they’re meeting with and why and when,” she said.
The integrity commissioner has put forward a budget plan for what is needed, including a new staff position, the premier continued.
“The goal is transparency,” Holt said
“That’s what I’ve been campaigning on for a lot of years, is to put the information out there, share with people what we’re doing, who we’re doing it with.
“New Brunswickers deserve to know how their government is spending their time and who they’re meeting with, and so we want to see that both of those pieces, right to information and lobbyist registry, be strengthened in the interests of transparency and good government.”
Holt’s Liberal platform that she ran on in 2024 does commit to that.
It specifically promises to “modernize and strengthen the lobbyist registry to enhance transparency and accountability.”
That’s under a headline that reads “Leadership you can trust” that goes on to criticize the former Progressive Conservative government for bringing New Brunswickers’ trust in government to “an all-time low.”
Holt said she wants New Brunswickers “to have confidence in their government and have access to the information they need to understand who’s trying to lobby government and under what terms,” adding that she wants it publicly available “in easy and accessible ways.”
Green Leader David Coon said in an interview that he awaits Holt’s follow through.
Past governments haven’t, he said.
Coon noted New Brunswick was the second-last province in the country to create a lobbyist registry, but that it has remained a “miserable piece of internet junk” despite repeated recommendations for changes dating back to former integrity commissioner and retired appeal judge Alexandre Deschênes, who left the role in 2018.
“And the current integrity commissioner has done nothing to improve that website during his term,” he said.
The Green leader said he also takes issue with another finding from Brunswick News’ investigation, that not a single MLA from 2021 to 2024 was required to declare receiving a gift.
“I don’t understand how that can be possible,” Coon said.
New Brunswick’s conflict of interest act makes it clear that “a member or a member’s immediate family member shall not accept a fee, gift or personal benefit…that is connected directly or indirectly with the performance of the member’s duties of office.”
But the law does provide limits to what needs to be reported.
The statute sets a limit at $250, meaning any gift below that threshold doesn’t require a politician to file with the integrity commissioner a gift disclosure statement.
Holt cited that.
She gave the example of the recent week-long trade mission she led to Belgium and France, stating there she was given a scarf, a book, and a commemorative coin as gifts, noting they weren’t things that are valued at more than $250.
“And so while we record them and track those things, we connect with the integrity commissioner on them, but they don’t get publicly disclosed,” Holt said.
Another section of the act creates a seemingly large grey zone that is open to the interpretation of the integrity commissioner, as well as being subject to the judgement of MLAs.
Disclosure “does not apply to a gift or personal benefit that is received as an incident of the protocol or social obligations that normally accompany the responsibilities of office,” reads the legislation.
Murray said that exempts things like hockey tickets from being reported.
Coon disagrees.
“If you receive something that’s worth $250 or more from anyone, whether it has to do with protocol or not, it should be declared and published,” Coon said.
He said all tickets constitute a gift.
“Of course they do, absolutely,” he said.
Asked if he had ever received a gift over $250, Coon said he has, and then refused it.
The Green leader said that when he was first elected he was offered an all-access pass to the Fredericton Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival, but that he declined it, noting that as the local MLA he was the one who determined which organizations in his riding get subsidized summer students.
That’s as the festival sought summer students.
A request for comment from interim Progressive Conservative Leader Glen Savoie was not returned.
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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."
Carney backs U.S. action against Iranian nuclear program
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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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David Amos Isn’t Campaigning For Your Vote, But….
By Gisele McKnight
FUNDY—He has a pack of cigarettes in his shirt pocket, a chain on his
wallet, a beard at least a foot long, 60 motorcycles and a cell phone
that rings to the tune of "Yankee Doodle."
Meet the latest addition to the Fundy ballot—David Amos.
The independent candidate lives in Milton, Massachusetts with his wife
and two children, but his place of residence does not stop him from
running for office in Canada.
One has only to be at least 18, a Canadian citizen and not be in jail
to meet Elections Canada requirements.
When it came time to launch his political crusade, Amos chose his
favourite place to do so—Fundy.
Amos, 52, is running for political office because of his
dissatisfaction with politicians.
"I’ve become aware of much corruption involving our two countries," he
said. "The only way to fix corruption is in the political forum."
The journey that eventually led Amos to politics began in Sussex in
1987. He woke up one morning disillusioned with life and decided he
needed to change his life.
"I lost my faith in mankind," he said. "People go through that
sometimes in midlife."
So Amos, who’d lived in Sussex since 1973, closed his Four Corners
motorcycle shop, paid his bills and hit the road with Annie, his 1952
Panhead motorcycle.
"Annie and I rode around for awhile (three years, to be exact)
experiencing the milk of human kindness," he said. "This is how you
renew your faith in mankind – you help anyone you can, you never ask
for anything, but you take what they offer."
For those three years, they offered food, a place to sleep, odd jobs
and conversation all over North America.
Since he and Annie stopped wandering, he has married, fathered a son
and a daughter and become a house-husband – Mr. Mom, as he calls
himself.
He also describes himself in far more colourful terms—a motorcyclist
rather than a biker, a "fun-loving, free-thinking, pig-headed
individual," a "pissed-off Maritimer" rather than an activist, a proud
Canadian and a "wild colonial boy."
Ironically, the man who is running for office has never voted in his life.
"But I have no right to criticize unless I offer my name," he said.
"It’s alright to bitch in the kitchen, but can you walk the walk?"
Amos has no intention of actively campaigning.
"I didn’t appreciate it when they (politicians) pounded on my door
interrupting my dinner," he said. "If people are interested, they can
call me. I’m not going to drive my opinions down their throats."
And he has no campaign budget, nor does he want one.
"I won’t take any donations," he said. "Just try to give me some. It’s
not about money. It goes against what I’m fighting about."
What he’s fighting for is the discussion of issues – tainted blood,
the exploitation of the Maritimes’ gas and oil reserves and NAFTA, to
name a few.
"The political issues in the Maritimes involve the three Fs – fishing,
farming and forestry, but they forget foreign issues," he said. "I’m
death on NAFTA, the back room deals and free trade. I say chuck it
(NAFTA) out the window.
NAFTA is the North American Free Trade Agreement which allows an
easier flow of goods between Canada, the United States and Mexico.
Amos disagrees with the idea that a vote for him is a wasted vote.
"There are no wasted votes," he said. "I want people like me,
especially young people, to pay attention and exercise their right.
Don’t necessarily vote for me, but vote."
Although…if you’re going to vote anyway, Amos would be happy to have
your X by his name.
"I want people to go into that voting booth, see my name, laugh and
say, ‘what the hell.’"
From: Thériault, Isabelle Hon. (THC/TPC) <Isabelle.Theriault@gnb.ca>
Date: Sat, Feb 28, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Subject: Réponse automatique : Re Hearing into power-rate increase postponed because of issue with board member
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Bonjour,
Merci d’avoir communiqué avec le bureau de l’honorable Isabelle Thériault, ministre du Tourisme, du Patrimoine et de la Culture. Nous avons reçu votre correspondance et votre message sera examiné attentivement.
Veuillez agréer l’assurance de nos meilleurs sentiments.
Bureau de la ministre du Tourisme, du Patrimoine et de la Culture
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Hello,
Thank you for reaching out to the office of The Honourable Isabelle Thériault, Minister of Tourism, Heritage and Culture. We have received your correspondence, and your message will be carefully reviewed.
Sincerely,
Office of the Minister of Tourism, Heritage and Culture
The powers in Bill C-15, the Budget Implementation Act, are an affront to Parliamentary democracy
by Fair Vote Canada | Dec 8, 2025
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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David Amos Isn’t Campaigning For Your Vote, But….
By Gisele McKnight
FUNDY—He has a pack of cigarettes in his shirt pocket, a chain on his
wallet, a beard at least a foot long, 60 motorcycles and a cell phone
that rings to the tune of "Yankee Doodle."
Meet the latest addition to the Fundy ballot—David Amos.
The independent candidate lives in Milton, Massachusetts with his wife
and two children, but his place of residence does not stop him from
running for office in Canada.
One has only to be at least 18, a Canadian citizen and not be in jail
to meet Elections Canada requirements.
When it came time to launch his political crusade, Amos chose his
favourite place to do so—Fundy.
Amos, 52, is running for political office because of his
dissatisfaction with politicians.
"I’ve become aware of much corruption involving our two countries," he
said. "The only way to fix corruption is in the political forum."
The journey that eventually led Amos to politics began in Sussex in
1987. He woke up one morning disillusioned with life and decided he
needed to change his life.
"I lost my faith in mankind," he said. "People go through that
sometimes in midlife."
So Amos, who’d lived in Sussex since 1973, closed his Four Corners
motorcycle shop, paid his bills and hit the road with Annie, his 1952
Panhead motorcycle.
"Annie and I rode around for awhile (three years, to be exact)
experiencing the milk of human kindness," he said. "This is how you
renew your faith in mankind – you help anyone you can, you never ask
for anything, but you take what they offer."
For those three years, they offered food, a place to sleep, odd jobs
and conversation all over North America.
Since he and Annie stopped wandering, he has married, fathered a son
and a daughter and become a house-husband – Mr. Mom, as he calls
himself.
He also describes himself in far more colourful terms—a motorcyclist
rather than a biker, a "fun-loving, free-thinking, pig-headed
individual," a "pissed-off Maritimer" rather than an activist, a proud
Canadian and a "wild colonial boy."
Ironically, the man who is running for office has never voted in his life.
"But I have no right to criticize unless I offer my name," he said.
"It’s alright to bitch in the kitchen, but can you walk the walk?"
Amos has no intention of actively campaigning.
"I didn’t appreciate it when they (politicians) pounded on my door
interrupting my dinner," he said. "If people are interested, they can
call me. I’m not going to drive my opinions down their throats."
And he has no campaign budget, nor does he want one.
"I won’t take any donations," he said. "Just try to give me some. It’s
not about money. It goes against what I’m fighting about."
What he’s fighting for is the discussion of issues – tainted blood,
the exploitation of the Maritimes’ gas and oil reserves and NAFTA, to
name a few.
"The political issues in the Maritimes involve the three Fs – fishing,
farming and forestry, but they forget foreign issues," he said. "I’m
death on NAFTA, the back room deals and free trade. I say chuck it
(NAFTA) out the window.
NAFTA is the North American Free Trade Agreement which allows an
easier flow of goods between Canada, the United States and Mexico.
Amos disagrees with the idea that a vote for him is a wasted vote.
"There are no wasted votes," he said. "I want people like me,
especially young people, to pay attention and exercise their right.
Don’t necessarily vote for me, but vote."
Although…if you’re going to vote anyway, Amos would be happy to have
your X by his name.
"I want people to go into that voting booth, see my name, laugh and
say, ‘what the hell.’"
22 years later
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.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Reporter
Alexander Quon is the provincial affairs reporter for CBC Saskatchewan. He has been a reporter with CBC Saskatchewan since 2021 and is happy to be working in his hometown of Regina after half a decade in Atlantic Canada. He has previously worked with the CBC News investigative unit in Nova Scotia and Global News in Halifax. Alexander specializes in freedom of information requests and data reporting. He can be reached at: alexander.quon@cbc.ca.
N.B. Premier Susan Holt speaks to reporters during trade mission to India – February 27, 2026
Need I say that I have no respect for my MLA as well???
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.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Provincial Affairs reporter
Jacques Poitras has been CBC's provincial affairs reporter in New Brunswick since 2000. He grew up in Moncton and covered Parliament in Ottawa for the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal. He has reported on every New Brunswick election since 1995 and won awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association, the National Newspaper Awards and Amnesty International. He is also the author of five non-fiction books about New Brunswick politics and history.
Finance minister faces the music over CRA's poor record | Public accounts cmte hearing, 25 Feb 2026
Canada Info 2 Comments
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/
statement_from_
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
Date: Fri, Feb 27, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Subject: Automatic reply: Does anyone understand why I laugh at all the bullshit?
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Please be assured that we appreciate receiving your comments.
Le ministère des Finances Canada accuse réception de votre courriel.
Nous vous assurons que vos commentaires sont les bienvenus.
Finance and National Revenue Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne greets committee members before his appearance at the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance in Ottawa, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick DoyleOTTAWA — 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
Feb 26, 2026This morning the OGGO committee heard from Jason Jacques, the Interim Parliamentary Budget Officer who is responsible for overseeing the Liberal government's finances, and has rightfully criticized the government for failing to meet it's own fiscal anchors. His role as interim PBO ends in 4 days and so far, the government has said whether or not they will give him a mandate to continue.23 Comments
Jason Jacques is a gatekeeper of the highest order
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