Trudeau government was told of ‘potential for a breakthrough’ with protesters a day before it used Emergencies Act, cabinet documents reveal

OTTAWA — The night before the Liberal government invoked the Emergencies Act to deal with so-called “Freedom Convoy” protesters, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national security adviser told the federal cabinet that “there was potential for a breakthrough” with the occupation around Parliament Hill, newly released documents show.

The revelation comes from meeting minutes and agendas submitted last week in Federal Court, where civil liberties groups are challenging how the federal government used the law — which had never been invoked before — to give police and banks extraordinary powers to quash protests against COVID-19 health measures that blocked border crossings and paralyzed downtown Ottawa this winter.

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Former CSIS honcho says Canadian politicians are on foreign agents’ payroll

A former espionage officer claims that some Canadian politicians are on the payroll of foreign agents.

According to Blacklock’s Reporter, Michel Juneau-Katsuya, former chief of the Asia-Pacific desk at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), told the Commons ethics committee, “There are elected officials at all levels whether it’s municipal, provincial or federal who are being paid by foreign governments and who are not necessarily acting in the interests of Canada.”

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CBC To Spend Even More Of Your Taxpayer Dollars On ‘Diversity’ Quotas

CBC and the whole federal government are already obsessed with quotas.

Whether based on race, orientation, gender, or language, quotas are everywhere.

The only thing that seems absent from this whole thing is the idea of merit, hiring the best person regardless of their background.

That’s long gone from the federal government.
And now, CBC is going to spend even more of your taxpayer dollars on quota-based programming.

The CRTC has ruled that starting in 2023, CBC must spend at least 30% of their overall English-language expenditures on programming created by a list of groups dictated by the government.

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Let us see secret information about Ottawa’s response to the ‘Freedom Convoy,’ civil liberties groups ask court

Canada’s Federal Court needs information the government claims is secret to properly review whether the first use of the Emergencies Act — to end the so-called “Freedom Convoy” protests this winter — violated constitutional rights, civil liberties groups say.

OMG can you believe the is The Star?

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Let us see secret information about Ottawa’s response to the ‘Freedom Convoy,’ civil liberties groups ask court

OTTAWA — Canada’s Federal Court needs information the government claims is secret to properly review whether the first use of the Emergencies Act — to end the so-called “Freedom Convoy” protests this winter — violated constitutional rights, civil liberties groups say.

The groups made their case before Justice Richard Mosley on Monday, while the federal government responded that the information they seek falls under the established principle of cabinet confidentiality. A government lawyer described one group’s efforts to obtain documents as a “classic fishing expedition” based on speculation.

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Trudeau Establishes World’s Most Permissive Assisted Dying Laws

Canada’s medical assistance in dying (MAiD) law is the most permissive euthanasia and assisted-suicide legislation in the world.

According to an article published this month in the Toronto Sun, “the United Nations special rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities and the UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights have all warned our Canadian government that our MAiD law will lead to human rights violations.”

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Liberals plan temporary solution to dental care program, sources say

Sources close to the government’s proposed $5.3 billion dental care program say the Liberals are planning a temporary solution that involves giving money directly to patients in order to keep their promise to the NDP while they work on a more permanent answer.

The Liberals promised the NDP a new dental care program for low- and middle-income families in March as part of a supply and confidence agreement to prevent an election before 2025.

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Trudeau’s cynical gun ban games continue

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is using undemocratic tools to circumvent Parliament as he continues his hunt for firearms that aren’t hurting anybody.

Back in May, the Liberal government tabled legislation that would have halted the importation, purchase, sale and transfer of handguns in Canada.

The law didn’t pass when Parliament began its summer break. But it remains in the legislative process and will be debated again and voted on once MPs return in the fall.

It’s clear to most Canadians by now that to the degree we have a firearms problem in Canada, it is not caused by legal firearms. They play a negligible role in gun crimes in this country.

The problem is firearms imported illegally into Canada. Everyone knows that.

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Transgender Clinic Shutdown Exposes Harmful Procedures For Youth

Say no-go to your child’s transition desires, and watch as Big Brother clamps down on the family unit. Don’t you know? In Canada, government(public school system) hold jurisdiction over parents in the area of child sexuality:

“The father of a transgender teenager has been sentenced to six months behind bars after exposing sensitive personal and medical information about his son, in violation of a publication ban intended to protect the boy’s privacy.”

State control of the family unit. Somewhere, somehow, students of history have heard this one before.

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Guilbeault wrong on carbon taxes

Former federal environment minister Catherine McKenna famously said the Liberals know “if you actually say it louder, we’ve learned in the House of Commons, if you repeat it, if you say it louder, if that is your talking point, people will totally believe it.”

Current Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault clearly believes in this approach as he keeps insisting 80% of households paying Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s carbon tax end up better off financially because of carbon tax rebates.

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Federal budget won’t be balanced until 2041: taxpayer group

The Canadian federal budget is on track to be balanced – but it won’t happen until 2041.

That’s the warning from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF), a taxpayer advocacy group known for exposing the dangers of high government spending and rapidly increasing debt.

“Taking another two decades to balance the budget is too long and even that target won’t be met if interest rates tick up, the economy doesn’t grow every single year or politicians can’t find the willpower to say no to new spending,” said the federal director of the CTF Franco Terrazzano.

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Ken Coates: Canada is a country without a centre, without a purpose

… But our greatest challenge is at home. One of the world’s most over-governed nations, Canada is on the verge of earning new stripes for ineffective governance. Many Canadians found a safe financial haven with CERB and other support payments during the early years of the pandemic. But the federal government workforce’s almost unchecked expansion has not been matched by higher quality services or improved attention to citizen’s needs.

Government application and reporting systems have turned into expensive slogs, while reporting on outcomes has declined dramatically. Approval processes for mines and major infrastructure projects deter all but the most determined companies. The country is an outlier on oil and gas production; African nations are urging major investments, while Canada does its best to keep this energy in the ground, at great cost to its treasuries.

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