The RCMP feared they didn’t have enough evidence to keep an alleged ISIS supporter in custody after his dramatic arrest in a small Quebec town near the U.S. border earlier this month, according to newly obtained court records.
And if he were released, police suspected Muhammad Shazheb Khan would still go on to carry out his alleged mass murder plot targeting Jews in New York.
For Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the results of Monday’s by-elections are simply a disaster. A once-safe seat in Montreal has been lost, complementing the loss of an equally safe seat in Toronto three months prior. The Liberals face a shellacking in the next election.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Bloc-Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet now have conclusive evidence that the governing party is mortally weak, that the sooner they combine with the Conservatives to bring it down, the sooner they could reap the political benefits.
Singh’s pension, always Singh’s pension.
OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s grip on a nervous Liberal caucus is weaker today.
The separatist Bloc Québécois stole a Liberal seat in suburban Montreal and Trudeau’s ex-governing partner, the NDP, held onto a Winnipeg riding — results that will embolden Trudeau’s internal critics, and gladden the hearts of his parliamentary Opposition, just as the minority government opened a fall sitting in the Commons.
Trudeau and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh both saw their parties lose big shares of the popular vote.
In short – Neither the LPC or NDP will want an election anytime soon after these results.
Voters have dealt Prime Minister Justin Trudeau another devastating byelection loss, this time picking a Bloc Québécois candidate in a Montreal riding that’s been held by the Liberals for most of the last century.
The defeat in LaSalle-Émard-Verdun is Trudeau’s second byelection loss in a safe Liberal seat in the last three months and it raises questions about his long-term viability as party leader.
Bloc candidate Louis-Philippe Sauvé very narrowly beat Liberal Laura Palestini — a stunning upset given the governing party’s past strength in this part of southwest Montreal. NDP candidate Craig Sauvé finished third.
CTV – Byelection results: Justin Trudeau handed his second byelection upset in recent months
Globe– Liberals lose Montreal riding to Bloc, NDP hold on to Winnipeg stronghold
Global – Trudeau loses 2nd Liberal stronghold as Bloc wins Montreal byelection
NatPo – Another Liberal stronghold falls as BQ wins Montreal byelection squeaker
TorSun – Trudeau loses another Liberal stronghold in Bloc Quebecois byelection victory
TorStar – Trudeau loses another Liberal stronghold in Bloc Québécois byelection victory
These are the Preliminary Results for the ridings of Elmwood-Transcona and LaSalle-Émard-Verdun from Elections Canada
Justin has said a loss in Montreal means nothing to him and he won’t resign.
So we get to enjoy hating the lying snake a bit longer.
I tried to stay up, fell asleep, my cat said 5 am was a good time to feed him. Then I don’t remember nothing till now.
The Conservatives have a 26-point lead over the Liberals when it comes to people certain to vote in the next election, according to a poll conducted by Abacus Data.
The Conservatives would finish in first place with 47% of the popular vote if an election was held now — a four-point increase since August 19 — according to a Sunday poll. Abacus Data said the Liberals would come in second place (21%) — a one-point decrease since August 19.
Liberal House leader calls Poilievre a ‘fraudster’ and a ‘bully’ as Commons returns
Liberal House leader Karina Gould kicked off the fall sitting of Parliament Monday by calling Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre a “fraudster” and a “bully” and accusing him of holding a secret agenda that Canadians won’t like.
“What I heard yesterday from Mr. Poilievre was so over the top, so irresponsible, so immature and something only a fraudster would do,” Gould said Monday in Ottawa.
Gee, Justin never told us he was going to flood the nation with 3rd world migrants and destroy our economic and social well being.
British Columbia will introduce involuntary care for people with concurrent addiction, mental illness and acquired brain injuries, as well as legislation that would compel youth to receive care if they are unable to seek it themselves, B.C. Premier David Eby announced Sunday.
Secure care will be offered through correctional facilities, hospitals and secure housing and care facilities, the premier said. The first correctional facility will be the Surrey Pretrial Services Centre, for people sentenced or being held on remand, while the first secure housing and care facility will be on the grounds of the Alouette Correctional Centre in Maple Ridge. Hospitals will also provide involuntary care under the changes, he said.
It is the right policy but I don’t trust that guy.
There were two sides to the speech Pierre Poilievre gave in front Conservative caucus on Sunday, one in each official language.
For the first 11 minutes, Mr. Poilievre spoke in French, and for almost all of that time he taunted the Bloc Québécois. Then he switched to English and spent 13 minutes needling the NDP. In each case, the subject was Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Oh Oh! Someone’s place at the trough is threatened!
Liberal minister dismisses Elon Musk’s satellite offer to Canada as ‘nonsense’
Trudeau government says it won’t delay possible confidence votes as Poilievre’s Conservatives hanker for election
OTTAWA—The Liberal government says it will not use delay tactics to avoid a parliamentary vote that could trigger an election this fall as Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre goaded other opposition party leaders to help him immediately topple the Trudeau government.
House Leader Karina Gould said the government does not intend to play games to stave off until late fall any “non-confidence” motion the Opposition parties might bring forward nor does it intend to formally suspend, or prorogue, Parliament in order to buy time.
OTTAWA — A pair of byelections on Monday are poised to serve as a referendum on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — and his chief opposition leaders.
One will see the Liberals fighting to spare a Montreal fortress from the fate that befell Toronto—St. Paul’s: a surprise byelection loss in a longtime stronghold.
In LaSalle—Émard—Verdun, Trudeau’s embattled party is fending off strong campaigns from the New Democrats and the Bloc Québécois in a race that will test whether voters will turn to the NDP’s Jagmeet Singh following his achievements under his now-lapsed alliance with the minority Liberals.
An Ontario school board will be audited by the province after spending nearly $40,000 on a three-day retreat.
Ontario Minister of Education Jill Dunlop announced the audit on Sept. 13, which will look into the Thames Valley District School Board’s (TVDSB) financial operations, the executive members’ compensation, and the administration of the board.
Dunlop noted that the board is operating in a deficit, and said provincial funding to school boards should go to help students and teachers. She added that the boards should show “parents, teachers and community members that they are responsible stewards of taxpayer dollars.”
Politicians, bureaucrats no longer have a sense of shame. It’s just play money to them.
A degree of skepticism and mistrust of governments is a good thing. No elected officials or bureaucrats should get a pass or be gifted with blind trust. Government actions often don’t have the wellbeing of citizens at heart and the state should always be viewed with a skeptical eye.
All that said, a degree of trust in governments is essential for a democracy to function. People must have a little faith and be willing to cooperate with the government at times. When the balance has been thrown off and healthy skepticism of the government has morphed into cynicism, things can go bad quickly.
