Parliament spent nearly $600,000 on luxury hotel rooms it never used

Parliament spent nearly $600,000 on luxury hotel rooms it didn’t use when nearly half of the listed delegates for a conference of European parliamentarians it hosted either didn’t show up or chose less expensive hotels.

Parliament expected 700 delegates to attend the annual meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly, which took place in Vancouver from June 30 to July 4. The conference is usually held in Europe, where most of its members are based.

Only 365 delegates ended up attending, and not all of them stayed at the hotels the government selected. That left taxpayers on the hook for 1,400 overnight stays worth $596,000 in total — an average of $425 a night.

Couldn’t they have RSVP’d delegates?

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Architects’ Fees Totalled Nearly $500K for Rideau Hall ‘Barn’: Federal Records

Barn raising in Lansing, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The federal government’s “first zero-carbon building” in the National Capital Region, which was built at Rideau Hall and cost Canadian taxpayers over $8 million, had nearly half a million dollars spent on architects’ fees, records indicate.

An Inquiry of Ministry document tabled in Parliament on Jan. 29 showed that 86 separate contracts were issued over 10 years for the construction of the solar-powered warehouse, also known as “the barn,” at the national historic site and the official residence and office of the Governor General.


Canada has reached the “Loot the treasury” phase of its descent into a 3rd World shitbox country.

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‘It’s irresponsible’: Justin Trudeau’s natural resources minister is worried about a provincial rebellion brewing against Ottawa

Long before he was Canada’s natural resources minister, Jonathan Wilkinson was part of the once-thriving constitutional industry in Canada.

As a negotiator for Saskatchewan’s then-premier Roy Romanow, Wilkinson had a front-row seat in the talks that led to the Charlottetown constitutional accord in the early 1990s.

So now, nearly 30 years later, watching the current Government of Saskatchewan talking about opting out of federal measures it doesn’t like — the price on carbon, for instance — Wilkinson is particularly, even personally, taken aback. His constitutional past and his natural resources present are colliding, and not in a way Wilkinson had ever expected.


The Libs have a lot more to worry about than just the premiers.

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CSIS director’s brief to Trudeau Cabinet says 117 Canadian Politicians warned of interference since May 2021

Last February, while Justin Trudeau pushed back against media investigations into Chinese election interference, citing anti-Asian racism, a brief for Trudeau’s Cabinet confirmed China’s clandestine influence in the 2019 and 2021 federal contests, and that current Members of Parliament were targeted in hostile state activity, and China leverages a “vast range of tools” to undermine “Canadian values, electoral processes, and Charter Rights.”

This definitive confirmation of Ottawa’s awareness of China’s deep attacks in recent Canadian elections comes from a newly released “Canadian Eyes Only” CSIS document called “Briefing to the Minister of Democratic Institutions on Foreign Interference.”

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Liberals say Pierre Poilievre is feeding you Rage Krispies, but they want you to eat your veggies

The Conservatives screeched triumphantly through the finish line of 2023, while the Liberals seemed to be dragging their own inert carcasses to the end. This week, everyone returned to the House of Commons after regrouping over a languorous holiday break, and the government tried to regain its footing with a new line of attack for a new year.

Everyone from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on down the roster has been advancing some form of the same argument: They, the governing Liberals, are grown-ups engaged in the heavy work of running a country in difficult times, while the opposition Conservatives are having themselves a time lobbing spitballs from the cheap seats.

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Canada’s failure to act against transnational crime is imperiling US national security

Trudeau won’t act because they’re Liberal Party donors in one fashion or another.

The magnitude of the Oct. 7 attacks has prompted Israel to draw up plans for a “new security reality”, encompassing the threat that the Iranian regime and regional proxies like Hamas and Hezbollah pose to its existence. The Netanyahu government has also stepped up its anti-terror financing efforts and seized significant funds intended for use by these terror groups.

However, while Israel has woken up to that grave reality, the same cannot be said about Canada as it lags noticeably behind, particularly in its efforts to curb terror financing and transnational crime.

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Jake Fuss: The Trudeau government’s terrible economic record can’t be brushed aside

As the federal Parliament returned this week, there’s been a renewed debate about the Trudeau government’s economic record and the state of Canada’s economy relative to its peers. A comprehensive evaluation—including key metrics such as investment, income growth, and living standards—demonstrates an overall record of economic stagnation.

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ANALYSIS: Leaked CSIS Doc That Spurred Interference Inquiry Has Now Been Disclosed (In Part)

A series of national security leaks in the press led to the current public inquiry on foreign interference, but the leak of one CSIS report indicating Beijing was targeting MPs—a report ignored by the government—had a major role in forcing Ottawa to hold an inquiry.

That Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) assessment has now been partially disclosed by the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference.

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Many immigrants leaving Trudeau’s Canada within years of arriving: StatCan

More than 15 per cent of immigrants decide to leave Canada either to return to their homeland or immigrate to another country within 20 years after they have landed in Canada, according to a new study.

Statistics Canada examined the emigration of immigrants from 1982 to 2017 in the study released Friday.

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‘Most anti-LGBT in the country’: Know Nothing Ottawa Flake decries Alberta transgender policies to score votes with sexual mutilation fetishists

EDMONTON – Alberta’s new proposals on the treatment of transgender youth are the “most anti-LGBT of anywhere in the country,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday.

Speaking at an event in Waterloo, Ont., Trudeau added that if Alberta Premier Danielle Smith wants to fight to improve the lives of Canadians, her energy is misplaced.

Trudeau is a disgusting pig, playing with the lives of children to score votes with sexual mutilation fetishists.

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Asylum seekers coming through Montreal airport in record numbers

Roxham Road, a notorious unofficial border crossing, might be closed but as advocates predicted, asylum seekers have found another way to enter Canada in record numbers: Montreal’s Trudeau Airport.

Arturo Nava is fresh off a flight from Mexico City, ready to start a new life in Canada.

The petrochemical engineer came on a tourist visa, but as soon as he landed in Montreal, he requested refugee status.

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No, for sure, I believe Justin Trudeau is the right leader for the Liberals

No one should listen to Newfoundland MP Ken McDonald, who said in an interview with Radio-Canada last month that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should face some sort of leadership review.

“Every leader, every party has a best-before date. Our best-before date is here,” he said.

“So you think at least there should be a leadership review in the Liberal Party?” Radio-Canada reporter Laurence Martin asked.

“Yes,” Mr. McDonald responded.

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Federal justice minister accuses Alberta Premier Danielle Smith of ruining their good time grooming kids for sexual mutilation thrills

Federal justice minister accuses Alberta Premier Danielle Smith of ‘demonizing’ trans kids

Federal Justice Minister Arif Virani said Thursday he has serious reservations about a suite of measures Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is about to introduce to curb access to certain transgender health services for kids and ban gender-diverse people from some sporting events.

Speaking to reporters on Parliament Hill, Virani said Smith’s promised measures amount to “targeting and demonizing” trans children.

“I have significant concerns about that,” the Toronto-area minister said. “I think targeting that small minority for some political reasons, as it seems the premier is doing, is not becoming of her office.”

Satan runs the Liberal Party.

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