We’ve heard a lot about crassly opportunistic politicians exploiting low-info voters. I wonder how many of Canada’s urbanites would be surprised to realize that this time, that means them.
Canada’s Corrupt Liberal Government
When it comes to stopping gun violence, it’s all about the border, critics say
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino spent much of the past week on the road, promoting his government’s new gun control bill to Canadians just as Canadians witnessed another wave of mass shootings south of the border.
But for all the attention being paid to proposed measures that would freeze handgun ownership in this country, ban the sale of long-gun magazines that hold more than five rounds and implement a mandatory buyback of assault-style weapons, there’s growing concern that the Canada-U.S. border is no barrier to gangs smuggling guns into this country.
It’s a bad law made by stupid people who should never have been elected. If you voted Liberal or NDP go fuck yourself.
Will Canada’s Historic Gun Control Law Work?
It was just two years ago that Canada banned many semi-automatic rifles, while it also imposed new gun control laws that included expanded background checks.
As part of the latest efforts, Canada has implemented a national freeze on handguns, which is meant to prevent individuals from buying, selling, or transferring handguns within the country. As part of the new legislation, the Government of Canada will require that long-gun magazines be permanently altered so that they can never hold more than five rounds, while the sale and transfer of “large-capacity magazines” will be banned under the Criminal Code.
Public inquiry into Emergencies Act wants access to secret information
The Trudeau government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act on Feb. 14 gave police and financial institutions unprecedented powers to crack down on Freedom Convoy protests surrounding Parliament Hill. These powers included compelling banks to freeze accounts, bringing in aid from RCMP and surrounding police services, declaring the protests “unlawful” and creating no-go zones in downtown Ottawa and around key infrastructure.
John Ivison: Bill Morneau’s damning indictment of Liberal spending is a bit rich
The former Liberal finance minister and fiscal watchdog was not a cog in the machine, he was operating it
Canada’s Crackdown on Guns Sounds a Warning for Us
“In Canada, gun ownership is a privilege, not a right,” said Bill Blair, Canada’s minister of emergency preparedness, before referring to the U.S.:
“This is a principle that differentiates ourselves from many other countries in the world, notably our colleagues and friends to the south. In Canada, guns are only intended to be used for hunting and sport purposes.”
This may be true as a matter of positive law. Canada has gone much further in banning guns than has the United States. Gun confiscation isn’t far off. It’s the logical conclusion of the idea that all deaths attributable to guns are preventable, and any law or right preventing it is illegitimate.
But the notion that firearm ownership is a “privilege and not a right” for Canadians, as opposed to Americans, is incorrect. It is a right, just not one protected by the Canadian government. That’s an important distinction.
Canada’s Gun Ban Is What Democrats Want in America
With few constraints, Justin Trudeau has turned Canada into a laboratory for left-wing policies.
There is little reason why Canada should feature in National Review or deserve journalistic treatment anywhere, except as a joke. It’s a nation without a purpose for its existence and a void in place of a national character. Whereas America is defined by its political freedom, Britain by its rich cultural and political history, Australia by its frontier spirit, and New Zealand by its unique Anglo-Maori culture, Canada is the only Western, anglophone, liberal democracy with absolutely nothing else about it. This lack of national identity — or, as its prime minister, Justin Trudeau, describes it, “post-national” — makes it dull, uninteresting, and unworthy of respect. Ask Canadian citizens what their country means to the world, and they’ll genuinely struggle to give you an answer. As a citizen of Canada myself, I readily conclude that there is none.
Emergencies Act became self aware & invoked itself
‘Unprecedented national security crisis’: Former Ottawa police chief Sloly … and I didn’t ask for no Emergencies Act
… “There was no opportunity for us to have a perfect response to the perfect storm that visited this city and other jurisdictions across this country.”
Sloly faced numerous questions about his response, including whether he requested the invocation of the federal Emergencies Act.
“I did not make that request. I’m not aware of anybody in the Ottawa Police Service who did,” Sloly said.
Morneau unleashes on Trudeau’s economic policies
OTTAWA, Ont. — Justin Trudeau’s former finance minister Bill Morneau had choice words for his former colleagues in a rare public speech Wednesday night in which he criticized the Liberal government’s economic policies.
Morneau, who has kept a low profile since leaving politics amid controversy nearly two years ago, told a Toronto business audience that during his time in office too much energy was spent on finding ways to redistribute Canada’s wealth.
Google warns every MP, senator not to fast track Canadian online news bill
Google has taken the extraordinary step of writing to every MP and senator expressing fears that the online news bill is being rushed through Parliament without proper debate or consideration.
In its letter, Google warns that the bill needs more scrutiny because of its implications, including for the way the search engine ranks content and elevates information from “trusted sources” such as the government.
CRTC confirms internet bill C-11 will regulate user content
The chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has confirmed that the Trudeau government’s Bill C-11 would crack down on user content – contrary to the government’s own testimony.
Testifying at a Canadian heritage committee hearing on Tuesday, CRTC chair Ian Scott said, “[Section] 4.2 allows the CRTC to prescribe by regulation user uploaded content subject to very explicit criteria. That is also in the Act.”
Welcome To Canada, Where We Criminalize The Law-Abiding
For a long-time, many of us have had the sense that things in Canada are completely upside down.
Yet, the past few days have made that even more clear than ever before.
We now live in a nation where law-abiding Canadians are criminalized even as criminals face lighter and lighter punishments.
The Liberals’ ‘Truck Tax’ Represents The Worst Kind of Class Warfare
The Trudeau regime’s proposed taxing of new pickup trucks in Canada has to be called out more often for what it is: obviously mean-spirited, and a form of targeted class warfare against blue-collar workers.
This type of tax already exists on the purchase of larger “fuel-inefficient” SUVs, but also extends to people carrier/work vehicles like vans and station wagons. The earlier SUV/people carrier tax is mean-spirited in its own regard and should be abolished, however, this prior law did not apply to the purchase of new pick-up trucks.
Until now.
This latest proposed tax is a step into total lunacy, and amounts to an attack on the concept of working for a living (although it’s not that surprising to find this coming from the Trudeau regime.
Oh The Horror! Justin Trudeau is being asked to hand over secret information linked to convoy protest
OTTAWA—The public inquiry into the federal government’s unprecedented use of the Emergencies Act is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to provide information currently kept secret under cabinet confidence principles, stressing the need for transparency and openness as it studies why the controversial decision was made to deal with the so-called “Freedom Convoy” protests this year.
In documents published Wednesday, the Public Order Emergency Commission conducting the inquiry said the starting point of its study is to look at why the Liberal government invoked the act for the first time since it became law in 1988.
“It is the government that must explain its decision to do so,” the documents say. “In light of this, the commission has asked the government to disclose … the information, including advice and information that may be protected by cabinet confidence or any applicable privilege.”
GUNTER: Here’s why Liberal gun ban won’t reduce crime
The Liberals’ slow-motion confiscation of all handguns in the country – which is what Monday’s announcement of a freeze on handgun sales is really all about – will do nothing to reduce violent crime in Canada.