WASHINGTON – Canada will be reassuring allies of its commitment to the western alliance as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau travels to Washington, D.C., this week to take part in the NATO leaders’ summit at a critical time for war-ravaged Ukraine.
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Trudeau should expect criticism at NATO summit over defence spending: analysis
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads to Washington for the NATO summit early next week with more than $30 billion in recently awarded military equipment contracts and a new defence policy that promises a major cash infusion for the Canadian Forces.
But that spending spree will likely carry little weight and Trudeau can still expect criticism that Canada isn’t doing enough on defence.
Renters under pressure: When will the fever break in the hot rental market?
Ask the average renter and they can tell you: Canadian rents have soared in recent years.
The latest data from Rentals.ca and Urbanation shows the average asking rent for all property types in May rose above $2,200 for the first time. That’s up 9.3 per cent year over year, the same jump seen the month before.
In some of Canada’s least affordable markets, like Toronto and Vancouver, two-bedroom apartments are now costing renters well over $3,000 a month.
This is insane.
Justin Trudeau is caught in a different kind of Liberal leadership struggle
When Justin Trudeau took over the leadership of his party in 2013, he vowed there would be no more “hyphenated Liberals.”
That was a reference to the leadership dramas of the past, particularly the long-running battle between Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin, during which partisans came to define themselves by their loyalty to the prime minister or his likely successor.
Let him stay. I hope he takes the LPC down with him.
Trudeau privately meets with supporters of home equity tax
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently addressed the issue of unsustainable home prices and their impact on retirees at a private seminar with Canada’s leading advocates of a home equity tax.
Blacklock’s Reporter says Trudeau emphasized the need to curb real estate speculation to prevent housing from becoming solely an investment vehicle rather than a means of building family and community.
Justin Trudeau’s on the back foot, the opposition and media are no better. No wonder ruthless authoritarians are treating Canadians like a bunch of dim-witted lumberjacks
On Feb. 21, 2021, 800 days after the Chinese government locked up Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, Don Valley North MP Han Dong, a Liberal, called China’s Toronto Consul General, Han Tao, to discuss the case, which he shouldn’t have done.
Dong testified later that he could not remember the details of the conversation, but a CSIS transcript of the call said that he encouraged the Chinese to keep the two Michaels in jail, because releasing them would help the Conservatives. Two CSIS agents were so rattled by this and upset about Liberal inaction that they told Global News about it. Global ran a story. Dong denied it and sued Global, and on June 21 a judge ruled that the case can proceed, which was bad news for Global.
Why are Trudeau and Singh avoiding the Calgary Stampede this year?
More than a million people are expected to visit the Calgary Stampede making it an ideal event for political photo-ops. But this year, only Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre will be saddling up for the event, while both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh will stay away.
Political watchers say the absence of Trudeau and Singh are calculated defensive moves to protect against friendly fire they may encounter at the outdoor festival.
Justin Trudeau and Joe Biden are used to being underestimated. That’s not helping now
The day after the disastrous presidential debate, CNN convened a panel that included Katie Rogers, a New York Times reporter who covers the White House. When the host asked her what those closest to President Joe Biden, including First Lady Jill Biden, were telling him, she paused to set the table first.
“I think it’s important to understand how this family works in a way, and her place in it, but also the children, the grandchildren,” she said. “They view obstacles as part of his story, as part of his tapestry, his long life in politics. And the way they’re talking about this is, ‘We’ve been here before, we can keep going.’”
The NDP has failed to gain from Liberal losses
Since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal party went down to a disastrous defeat in a byelection on June 24 in the riding of Toronto-St. Paul’s, pressure has mounted on Trudeau to resign. But Trudeau isn’t the only party leader who is in deep trouble.
Jagmeet Singh, leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP), I believe is also in a political “death spiral.”
In the words of one Liberal MP, it went over “like a fart in church.”
As Trudeau confronts an anxious caucus, some Liberals say he needs to act swiftly
The email from national caucus chair Brenda Shanahan rejecting calls for an early in-person Liberal caucus meeting landed in MP’s inboxes around 5 p.m. on the fourth of July.
Citing “scheduling logistics,” Shanahan officially dismissed public demands from Liberal MPs for an urgent gathering to discuss the fallout from the byelection loss in Toronto-St. Paul’s.
In the words of one Liberal MP, it went over “like a fart in church.”
“If you can’t even meet with your own caucus … how can you convince a country?” the MP said.
Trudeau’s Canada: Temporary Residents, New Immigrants Push Up Canada Unemployment
Temporary residents and recent immigrants are driving up Canada’s unemployment rate, as record numbers of newcomers welcomed to the country to fill labor shortages are now struggling to find work.
The unemployment rate for temporary residents – including foreign workers, international students and asylum seekers – was 11% in June, according to Bloomberg calculations. Using comparable data, the unemployment rate for all workers was just 6.2% last month.
Immigrants who’ve landed in the last five years are also having a hard time finding a job, with their unemployment rate reaching 12.6% in June.
We are on track to beat Venezuela at being Venezuela.
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Conservatives vow to remove Liberals’ pick for Canadian Human Rights Commission
OTTAWA – The Opposition Conservatives are vowing a future Pierre Poilievre-led government would remove the man the Liberals just appointed to lead the Canadian Human Rights Commission.
Birju Dattani is to take over as the chief commissioner next month for a five-year term but Melissa Lantsman, one the party’s deputy leaders, says in a statement that Conservatives would rescind that appointment.
Trudeau Tells Israeli President to Avoid Escalating Conflict With Hezbollah
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is urging Israel’s president to avoid accelerating the conflict with Lebanese Hezbollah, citing concern for civilians already at risk from the Islamist terrorist group’s rockets.
In a July 4 call with President of Israel Isaac Herzog, Mr. Trudeau “voiced Canada’s concerns over further escalation along Israel’s northern border, which Hezbollah continues to bombard with rockets,” according to a readout provided by his office.
Report contradicts Liberal claims about daycare program’s impact
A federal document reveals no evidence that a $30 billion national daycare program has led to an increase in mothers joining the workforce, contradicting statements made by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland.
Blacklock’s Reporter says the Department of Social Development’s briefing note challenges Freeland’s assertions that the program has boosted the economy by increasing workforce participation among mothers.
Do they even know when they’re lying?
Trudeau’s Digital Services Tax threatens taxpayers and the economy
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau managed to do two terrible things in one fell swoop: Raise costs for Canadians at a time they can least afford it and risk a trade war with the United States.
The Trudeau government pushed its new Digital Services Tax (DST) through Parliament before quitting for the summer.