Ten Thousand, Six Hundred and Eighty One dollars. (From Glen McGregor, whom I’ve disparaged in the past.)
This is the Flickr album that cost $10K? 6 pics and allof 34 views? https://t.co/g1YPeZXjuz
— David Akin (@davidakin) August 23, 2016
Meanwhile, Another five hundred that a certain health minister will be paying back.
Liberals, folks, entitled to their entitlements. Same as it ever was.
You have outlived your usefulness: The Justin Trudeau government is on pace this year to preside over the biggest-ever recorded cut to the number of federal environment scientists.
(hahahahahaha)
Speaking in Sudbury, Ont., Bill Morneau made his first public comments since Statistics Canada released grim numbers last Friday about the country’s labour force and its international trade performance.
The federal agency said Canada lost 31,200 jobs in July, while its trade deficit with the world swelled to a record level of $3.6 billion in June.
The Canadian economy also contracted 0.6 per cent in May — the country’s worst one-month performance since the darkest days of the Great Recession seven years ago.
Morneau did not mention any of these figures to his small audience of business people in Sudbury…
It’s quite fascinating to watch the media fawn all over our frequently shirtless Prime Minister. Quite a contrast from the mocking that Vladimir Putin has received for doing precisely the same thing. It would be interesting to do a study into how many Canadian “journalists” originally wanted to pursue a career in the public relations department of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Canada’s employment market caved in July, unexpectedly losing tens of thousands of jobs — most on them full-time positions, with Ontario taking the brunt of the declines — and pushing the jobless rate higher.
Perfect timing.
h/t TimR
Provinces say they went into the process with an understanding that different provinces would be allowed mechanisms of their own choosing: a carbon tax in B.C. or Alberta, for example, but a cap-and-trade scheme in Ontario and Quebec, or other proven ways to regulate elsewhere.
“This is a concern. Because if that’s to be a legitimate process, where the premiers and the federal government work through some of these questions, why then is the prime minister and his… environment minister seemingly precluding the work of the committee?”
[…]
Wall went a step farther in an interview later Thursday with CBC News Network’s Power & Politics, saying he has already instructed provincial government lawyers to begin preparing for a constitutional challenge in the event the federal government acts unilaterally.
He suggested the case would be waged on the grounds that governments don’t tax other governments.
A spokesman for Trudeau said he was unable to attend the premiers’ meeting because of a scheduling conflict. Trudeau was in Ottawa to announce the name of the athlete who will be Canada’s flagbearer at the upcoming Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
They don’t care about emissions. They just need the money.
Justin Trudeau's presence is announced at the Calgary Stampede rodeo. The corporate booth beside the media box is booing.
— Kristen Odland (@Kristen_Odland) July 15, 2016
In total, the documents tabled in the House of Commons show the government made 51 requests to Google between November 4, 2015 and March 3, 2016 to remove the government record of Harper’s time in office from its search results.
h/t Ken (Kulak)
The best social program is military procurement.
Top suggestions on Trudeau government climate change policy portal slam it as a hoax
Throwing the climate-change policy doors wide open to public comment has been an interesting experiment for the new Liberal government in Ottawa, and Catherine McKenna considers it a resounding success — notwithstanding some sour notes.
“The IPCC (UN-sponsored scientific panel) has no evidence to support CO2 as the cause of global warming,” headlines one of the site’s most-viewed postings.
“Climate change a hoax,” asserts another.
“OILSANDS ABOUT TO TURN TABLES ON CLIMATE ALARMISTS!” shouts a third.
Nearly 3,000 Canadians have registered to participate on the interactive website, where visitors can publicly post their ideas for all to see and comment on. There have been some 2,400 ideas submitted to date, generating almost 4,500 comments, according to analytics provided on the site.
The naysayers are generating a lot of traffic.
Update! Join the conversation!
No criticism of MP Belanger but what Libs R doing is a disgrace. Parliament isn't the Children's Wish Foundation https://t.co/2LBEmugI4X 1/2
— Lorrie Goldstein (@sunlorrie) June 10, 2016
If there are any (God forbid) terminally ill Conservative MP’s listening, please see what you can do about our property rights.
Meanwhile, some Liberals have been privately bristling over what they saw as heavy-handed efforts to get members to back proposed changes to the party’s constitution. Others say the changes go too far in concentrating power at the top.
Shocking, I know. A party whose entire focus for sixty years is centralization of power with Ottawa is taking criticism for being controlling.
In Prime Minister Trudeau’s recent visit to Japan, while Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed profound concern about China’s unilateral conquest in the South China Sea, the Canadian PM instead elected to focus his remarks on climate change while charging his officials to undergo a comprehensive assessment of pursuing free trade with China and deepening engagement with Beijing.
O Canada, we’ll learn to lose for thee – Canadians need to accept that the days of decisive military victories, such as those of the two world wars, are long gone… (h/t Jamie)
I’ve just found out I’m back in Trudeaupia, where they’ve normalized insanity. I think I’ll get out before they make it compulsory. *
Part of me hopes the pedestal has crumbled. Then I remember that Trudeau has the media to protect him.
I think this one might be payback for Justin's ignorant claim that small business owners are really rich tax cheats. pic.twitter.com/yYrDwP9zgV
— Suzanne Sexton (@SuzakiTheAmazon) May 20, 2016
WATCH – PM Trudeau & #NDPs Mulcair in heated exchange on HoC floor. Whoa. #cdnpoli #realchange pic.twitter.com/EQ0PcI1yy7
— Richard Madan (@RichardMadan) May 18, 2016
Speaker says it is unacceptable to manhandle other MPs but Trudeau has now apologized. Tom Mulcair yells "No he hasn't!" #cdnpoli
— Paul McLeod (@pdmcleod) May 18, 2016
Now Nikki Ashton is standing to describe what she saw: Trudeau "manhandle" the NDP whip, push her into a desk.
— Paul McLeod (@pdmcleod) May 18, 2016
Video here clearly shows PM Trudeau grabbing Oppo Whip and harshly elbowing NDP MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau pic.twitter.com/e8haClmWFq
— James Smith (@JsrSmith) May 18, 2016
