MP Housefather appointed to new role fighting antisemitism

Liberal MP Anthony Housefather has been named the federal government’s new special adviser on Jewish community relations and antisemitism.

A statement from the Prime Minister’s Office says Housefather will advise Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and ministers on the federal government’s efforts to “combat antisemitism and ensure Jewish Canadians are able to live with vibrancy, security, and dignity.”

Housefather’s appointment comes after splits opened up in the Liberal government caucus over the Israel-Hamas war. It also raises questions about how Housefather’s role will differ from that of Deborah Lyons, the government’s special envoy on preserving Holocaust remembrance and combating antisemitism.

h/t Patti Jo

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Why does Justin Trudeau insist on staying on as Liberal Leader? To save democracy, of course

Still reeling from the Toronto-St. Paul’s by-election disaster, Justin Trudeau was asked why he should not take this as his cue to step down. Voters had been unwilling to let any of his recent predecessors stay on past nine or 10 years. Why did he think he was any different?

In answer he referred, not to the by-election result, or his party’s low standing in the polls, or his own unpopularity, but rather to “a challenge faced by democracies all around the world right now.” He cited the elections in France and the United States. In “any democracy around the world,” he said, “we are seeing increasing challenges to people’s well-beings, greater anxieties, an erosion of democratic principles and rights.”

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MAKICHUK: The Liberal lunatics are burning down the asylum

I just about drove off the road. Seriously.

I was driving to a family get-together to celebrate my birthday. All good. But I was listening to QR77 AM radio, a talk show. And the host had two tax experts on. What they said, shook me to my core.

The feds are after your home equity … that’s right, everything you worked for and paid for, all these years. When you sell, the Trudeau Liberals are looking at taking a piece of your nestegg.

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Poilievre would repeal online harms bill after PBO report finds $200 million in new bureaucracy

OTTAWA — Conservatives are promising to scrap the proposed federal online harms bill after the latest report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer found that it would create more than $200 million in new bureaucracy.

Bill C-63 would establish three new entities: the Digital Safety Commission, which is mandated to enforce the act and has the power to issue monetary penalties and fines, and the Digital Safety Ombudsperson, which will support social media users. Both will be supported by the Digital Safety Office, which manages the day-to-day operations.

h/t DS

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After nine years in office, is it time for Justin Trudeau to go?

A Canadian prime minister who has outstayed his welcome, persistent inflation, a government bumped and bruised by scandal and a fired-up opposition leader itching for a public showdown.

It was against this backdrop, four decades ago, that Pierre Trudeau took his apocryphal “walk in the snow” and decided not to contest the next federal election.

After a shocking upset in a “safe” electoral district and with a looming possibility of a blowout in the next federal election, Justin Trudeau’s predicament closely mirrors that of his father.

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Liberal national caucus chair shuts down request by MPs for summer meeting over byelection loss

The Liberal Party’s caucus chair Brenda Shanahan told MPs late Thursday that a full caucus meeting is “impossible” this summer due to “scheduling logistics,” despite a flurry of requests from parliamentarians after a shocking byelection loss in a Toronto-area riding.

“Nevertheless, we will continue the conversations this summer about the changes you and Canadians want to see,” Shanahan said in an email to colleagues that was obtained by CBC News.

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Net Zero to cost billions more than Trudeau government first reported, PBO says

Achieving “net zero” carbon emissions in Canada will reportedly cost billions more than what the federal government has claimed.

On Wednesday, the Budget Office said a calculation error was uncovered for tax credits intended for a green economy by 2050, according to Blacklock’s Reporter.

I don’t believe it was an “error”. The Liberals always lie.

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Canada’s global reputation suffering under Trudeau, Garneau asserts in autobiography

Former foreign affairs minister Marc Garneau says Canada has lost its standing in the world under the tenure of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whom he criticizes as an ill-prepared leader who prioritizes politics and makes big pronouncements without any follow-through.

“I believe Justin Trudeau has overestimated Canada’s impact abroad,” Garneau writes in his autobiography, A Most Extraordinary Ride: Space, Politics and the Pursuit of a Canadian Dream, which is scheduled to be released in October by Penguin Random House.

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Trudeau gov’t now says new Jew Hating Muslim appointed as human rights chief did disclose key information to fellow Muslim Virani’s team about controversial social media posts

Birju Dattani – Hateful Muslim

The federal government now says Birju Dattani, the new head of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, did disclose the alias he used to make controversial social media posts — after it initially claimed that information was never shared before he was hired.

Justice Minister Arif Virani’s spokesperson confirms that Dattani did pass on the alias to “public servants as part of the security assessment of Mr. Dattani.” The minister’s press secretary, Chantalle Aubertin, added that the name was not provided to Virani’s office.

Gee, he’s almost over qualified.

We are a 3rd world shithole.

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Trudeau Campaigns On The Public Dime 24/7 But … OMG! Poilievre’s Conservatives spent more than 20 times as much on ads as Trudeau’s Liberals in 2023

OTTAWA—The Conservative party massively outspent the Liberal party on advertising in 2023, raising questions about how the embattled Trudeau Liberals have responded as they slide in the polls and whether the party should shift its strategy in the aftermath of a shocking Toronto byelection loss last week.

Newly released financial statements show the Conservative Party spent $8.5 million to get its message out last year — more than 20 times as much as the governing Liberals, who spent just over $380,000 on advertising.


They treat government as a giant propaganda apparatus.

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Freeland says ‘vast, vast majority’ of monkey’s flying out of her butt support Trudeau

Freeland says ‘vast, vast majority’ of Liberal caucus supports Trudeau

The “vast, vast majority” of Liberal MPs continue to support their leader, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland insisted Thursday.

Her comments came as questions continued to swirl about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s leadership — and whether he has the full support of a caucus he has not met with since last week’s shocking byelection upset in Toronto last week.

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Many Canadians in their 20s and 30s are delaying having kids — and some say high rent is a factor

Anna Smith would like to start a family.

But she would also like more space for a baby, as the 27-year-old and her partner currently live in a 500-square-foot apartment in Toronto’s east end for $1,550 per month. Like many Canadians in their 20s and 30s, she says she’s realizing she can’t have both.

So Smith, a University of Toronto graduate student, has been delaying having children for two years now, a decision she calls “just heartbreaking.”

Trudeau found a way to kill babies without conceiving!

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