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Trudeau’s Government Rocked Over Allegations of Treason

A bombshell report by Canadian lawmakers has unnerved Parliament Hill, alleging that unnamed politicians have been covertly working with foreign governments.

Published

4 months ago

2024-06-10

Geoff Thomas

Trudeau's Government Rocked Over Allegations of Treason

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The Trudeau government, under pressure to divulge the names of parliamentarians accused of acting as agents for other countries, gave in to opposition demands to refer the case to a special commission on Monday.

The special inquiry follows a bombshell report by the national security committee alleging that nameless politicians were secretly coordinating with foreign governments. Read the Report

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated in parliament that naming parliamentarians would be a violation of the law, and that the RCMP would be responsible for the investigation.

The committee, citing classified material from Canada’s secret services, claimed it was unable to identify the parliamentarians or their political party affiliation. Opposition members began debating a motion on Monday to refer the situation to an independent investigation, which is already looking into foreign meddling.

Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc agreed with the request, pointing out that the investigation already had access to the materials listed by the legislative committee.

“We believe that’s a responsible way to proceed, rather than simply standing up and illegally announcing a list of names,” he told the House of Commons, the elected lower chamber. He did not agree to name names.

Trudeau’s failed approach to national security

The official opposition Conservatives, who polls show are poised for an easy victory in a national election due in late October 2025, accuse Trudeau of a lax approach to security.

“Certain members of this House engaged in the best interests of hostile foreign regimes that interfered with Canadian democracy. “This is a disgusting betrayal of the Canadians who elected us,” said party legislator Jasraj Singh Hallan in the House on Monday.

The committee of lawmakers reported last week that India and China were the major foreign dangers to Canada’s democratic systems.

The independent committee said in an initial report last month that it had discovered evidence of foreign influence in Canada’s last two federal elections, but that the outcomes were unaffected and that the electoral system remained resilient.

The committee with top-security clearance stated that its findings were based on over 4,000 papers and 1,000 pieces of evidence. According to the research, China remains Canada’s most serious foreign interference concern, with India coming in second.

According to Politico, one of the more devastating passages in Monday’s report criticizes Trudeau for failing to address long-standing issues around the use of national security information in criminal cases.

Freeland to the rescue

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland told reporters on Tuesday that she takes the problem seriously. When asked if Canadians have a right to know who the politicians involved are, she evaded.

“We should recognize this is a new time,” she said, adding that authoritarians seek to destroy democracies by instilling popular contempt in the government.

Freeland refused to provide names and did not feel that “sunlight” on the issue would assist democracy. She disregarded questions about the matter during her Liberal Party’s weekly caucus meeting on Wednesday.

Last October, Conservative MP Michael Chong testified before the congressional-executive commission on China about being harassed by Beijing for his support of Uyghur rights.

Chong learned from media reports that a Chinese diplomat had been deployed to gather information about him and his family. Canada’s intelligence agency has alerted other Canadian politicians, including NDP MP Jenny Kwan, that China is also spying on them.

Meanwhile, David McGuinty, chair of the NSICOP, which issued the buzzy redacted report, claimed the choice to reveal parliamentarians’ names is beyond his authority.

McGuinty and the other nine NSICOP members with top-secret security clearance are subject to Canada’s Security of material Act and face prosecution if they unintentionally expose classified material, he told Reuters.

CSIS, Canada’s main intelligence agency, stated last month that continuous Chinese electoral involvement has the potential to harm Canadian democracy. Beijing disputes allegations of interference.

Trudeau’s capital-gains tax criticized

The Trudeau government will call for a vote this week on a planned increase in the capital-gains tax inclusion rate, a proposal that would generate billions of dollars in new government income but has sparked outrage among Canadian businesses.

However, groups such as venture capitalists, startup founders, and junior mining businesses may have to wait longer to find out whether their specific worries about the policy have been addressed, according to government officials who talked with Bloomberg. The legislation to execute the tax reform is not yet ready.

The key components of the capital gains adjustments will be unveiled in a resolution submitted in Parliament on Monday, according to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, who spoke in Toronto on Sunday. She stated that the motion will adhere to the “broad outlines” announced in April, including an implementation date of June 25.

“Tomorrow we will introduce changes that will result in a small number of Canadians paying a little more in tax,” Freeland stated. The government intends to raise the capital gains tax on corporations and individuals in years when their gains exceed C$250,000 ($182,000).

Currently, half of the gains are liable to company or personal income tax; that figure will increase to two-thirds. Owners of certain small enterprises, farms, and fishing operations can benefit from exemptions and discounts.

However, a few other initiatives relating to the capital gains adjustment will require legislative action. Officials who asked anonymity to speak about the government’s preparations warned that the provisions of that measure may take weeks to finalize.

Business organizations have widely criticized Trudeau’s capital gains tax hike, arguing that it will harm Canada’s capacity to attract investment and exacerbate productivity issues.

Last month, Trudeau stated that the tax adjustment aims to encourage the rich to contribute more to society. His primary opponent, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, has yet to say how he will vote on the legislation.

According to Freeland’s budget, the policy will generate over C$20 billion in new tax revenue over the next five years, albeit this number is based on the premise that some investors will rush to sell assets before June 24. That is the final day to realize a gain at the current reduced tax rate.

Sources: Politico, Reuters

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Trudeau Now Using Abortion Scare Tactics to Recapture Voters

Published

6 days ago

2024-09-29

Geoff Thomas

Justin Trudeau is trying to use abortion as a fear tactic as his popularity tanks - File Image

Despite Abortion being legal throughout the pregnancy with no criminal restrictions in Canada, Justin Trudeau is now trying to use abortion as a fear tactic to recapture voters as his popularity tanks.

On Saturday Trudeau warned that only he can protect access to abortion despite the fact that Canada is one of the few nations with no criminal restrictions on abortion which is publicly funded under the federal Canada Health Act and provincial health-care systems.

Justin Trudeau’s abortion rhetoric comes as Democrats south of the border are counting on abortion rights to carry them to victory this fall in election races across the country.

Now Trudeau is trying to employ the same abortion fear tactic used by US democrats to try and distract Canadians away from his failing policies and his tanking poll numbers in Canada.

According to a Leger poll, the Conservatives hold a 20-point lead over the Liberals. If an election were conducted today, Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives would receive 44% of the popular vote, Justin Trudeau and the Liberals 24%, and Jagmeet Singh and the NDP 17%.

Furthermore, 64% of respondents disapprove of Trudeau’s job as prime minister, while only 28% approve. While, 62% of Canadians feel Trudeau should resign, including 33% of Liberals, with only 23% believing he should remain.

David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data, shared a picture on social media demonstrating that when Quebec is removed from the equation, things get even worse for Justin Trudeau and the Liberals.

According to Abacus, in the remainder of Canada, the Conservatives have 50% of the vote, the NDP has 22%, and the Liberals have only 19%.

What was particularly noteworthy about the Angus Reid poll was their comparison of Liberal fortunes in metropolitan areas where the Liberals usually perform well, Brian Lilley of the Toronto Sun reports.

According to Lilly, the Liberals’ support has dropped by double digits in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, and Montreal in the previous two years.

He claims that the byelections in Toronto-St. Paul’s and LaSalle-Emard-Verdun, in which the Liberals lost, were not isolated events, and that, according to an Angus Reid poll, the Liberals’ popularity in Toronto’s core has declined from 43% in 2022 to 33% now.

That puts the Liberals slightly behind the Conservatives, who are polling at 34% in Toronto’s core, he says.

In Toronto’s suburbs, the news is considerably worse for Trudeau, but much better for Poilievre. Voters in the 905 region surrounding Toronto are leaning firmly blue, with 45% planning to vote Conservative and 31% supporting the Liberals.

The Conservatives have 37% support in Winnipeg, followed by the NDP at 36% and the Liberals at 23%.

In Metro Vancouver, the Conservatives are substantially ahead, with the Liberals trailing severely in third place. On Canada’s so-called “left coast,” the Conservatives had 40% support in the Vancouver area, 30% for the NDP, and only 21% for the Liberals.

In reality, Trudeau is bringing American politics into the Canadian domain, as he always does when there is negative news.

As the American presidential race dominates the news cycle, Lilly believes Trudeau will begin to compare Poilievre to Donald Trump in the coming weeks.

Trudeau and the Liberals have been attempting to make that connection for more than a year, but it has failed with Canadians who recognise the assertion as nothing more than a Liberal falsehood.

Voters are increasingly tuning out and rejecting the Trudeau government. As this trend continues, Trudeau will make ever more ridiculous assertions in an attempt to frighten voters back into the Liberal camp.

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Trudeau Calls Quebec Premier a Liar Over Mass Immigration

Published

1 week ago

2024-09-27

Geoff Thomas

Trudeau’s India Fiasco Shows He's Lost Control of Foreign Policy

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has accused Quebec's premier of lying - File Image

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has accused Quebec’s premier of lying and saying this he has said he “knows aren’t true” about mass immigration.

His statement comes after Premier François Legault requested the Bloc Québécois to back the Conservatives’ non-confidence motion to overthrow Trudeau’s government, claiming that Trudeau has done nothing to halt mass immigration into Quebec.

“It is a shame to hear the (premier) of Quebec sharing things and declarations on immigration that he simply knows are not true,” Trudeau said in Montreal with French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday.

“We have worked together constructively, or we have certainly worked with members of his team constructively, over the past many, many months to take action in response to the challenges around immigration in Quebec.”

Despite the Bloc’s refusal to vote against Trudeau in the no-confidence vote, Legault has proposed making immigration a ballot-box question in the next federal election. He has asked all parties to promise to reducing the number of non-permanent residents in his province by half.

Trudeau stated on Thursday that his government has worked to limit the number of newcomers by closing a popular asylum seeker pathway, reimposing a visa requirement on visiting Mexican nationals, and limiting the number of new temporary workers and international students who arrive in the country.

Trudeau then shifted the burden to the provinces, claiming that while he has moved, his provincial counterparts have yet to submit a plan for reducing the temporary workers under provincial authority.

Premier Legault stated that in the last two years, the number of temporary immigrants in Quebec under Trudeau’s immigration policy has doubled to 600,000 from 300,000, putting a strain on housing, schools, and public services.

Last month, Quebec’s premier placed a six-month moratorium on some low-wage temporary foreign worker applications in Montreal, but recognised that the move would only cut the number by around 3,500.

He has frequently urged Trudeau to lower the number of non-permanent residents subject to federal control from approximately 420,000 to 210,000, as well as to delegate additional immigration authorities to Quebec.

Legault was also in Montreal on Thursday for his own meeting with Macron, but he did not respond to reporters’ questions as he left.

Trudeau Survives No Confidence Vote Angering The Vast Majority of Canadians

Trudeau Survives No Confidence Vote Angering The Vast Majority of Canadians

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Trudeau Survives No Confidence Vote Angering The Vast Majority of Canadians

Published

1 week ago

2024-09-26

Geoff Thomas

78% of Canadians want Justin Trudeau to step down as leader - File Image

Backroom talks between the separatist Bloc Quebecois and the socialist New Democratic Party helped Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau survive a vote of no confidence on Wednesday.

In the days and weeks ahead, Trudeau will confront more obstacles, as the Conservatives have pledged to launch another attempt to depose the government as early as next Tuesday.

Members of parliament voted 211 to 120 against the Conservative move to depose the Liberals and call for immediate elections after an angry debate in which they slammed fists on desks and insulted each other.

Pierre Poilievre, leader of the Conservative Party, has been demanding an election ever since the socialist New Democratic Party (NDP) supposedly ruptured a coalition deal with the Liberals, making Trudeau’s Democrats susceptible.

The rising cost of living, the housing crisis, and the crime rate are all issues that Mr. Poilievre has accused Justin Trudeau of ignoring as Canada’s national debt has skyrocketed.

During Tuesday’s Commons discussion, Poilievre stated that Canada’s pledge had been “broken” “after nine years of Liberal government.”

However, Trudeau has been secretly working with other opposition parties to secure concessions that will allow him to retain power. These parties are essential for overthrowing the Liberals. Ignoring the fact that 78% of Canadians would like Justin Trudeau to step down as leader.

To avoid yet another political impasse, the New Democratic Party (NDP) swiftly regrouped with the Liberals after the vote of no confidence in order to enact capital gains tax legislation that would impact the vast majority of Canadians.

Another No Confidence Vote Coming

Next week, Poilievre will have another chance to topple the administration, but he has promised to keep trying. Even if it doesn’t work, he still has time to try again before the year is out.

In exchange for continuing to back the Liberals in Parliament past the end of October, the separatist Bloc Quebecois has also asked for certain concessions.

Through a combination with the far-left NDP party, Trudeau was able to unseat Poilievre’s two predecessors in 2019 and 2021 ballots, despite the majority of Canadians disapproving.

His administration would have remained in power until the latter half of 2025 had he struck a deal with the New Democratic Party to support the Liberals. However, the New Democratic Party (NDP) pulled out of the arrangement abruptly after seeing that its coalition with the Liberals was undercutting its own support.

Trudeau Hated in Canada

Recent polling by Angus Reid puts the Conservatives in a commanding lead over the Liberals; 43% of respondents want to vote Conservative, while 21% intend to vote Liberal. There is a 19% NDP presence.

On the other hand, Bloc leader Yves-Francois Blanchette announced on Wednesday that he would work to ensure the government’s survival until October’s conclusion.

But by that point, he warned, the Bloc would rebel against the Liberals unless their legislative goals had been advanced.

A governing party in Canada’s Westminster parliamentary system needs to keep the support of the majority of members in order to hold the confidence of the House of Commons.

Currently, there are 153 Liberal seats, 119 Conservative seats, 33 Bloc Quebecois seats, and 25 New Democratic Party seats.