Government Corruption
Laura Chambers, a resident of Calgary’s Ward 9, delivered a bold and impassioned deputation to Calgary City Council on November 18, 2024. Her speech focused on issues of governance, accountability, and the influence of international agreements on local policy. Chambers’ presentation posed critical questions about the city’s authority, transparency, and commitment to its electorate.
Chambers’ speech serves as a powerful reminder of the importance of accountability and the enduring vigilance required to uphold democratic principles.
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Read MoreThe Trudeau government announced yet another round of models will be added to its long gun ban, further prohibiting over 300 firearms that were not included in its initial sweeping ban introduced four years ago.
Minister of Public Safety Dominic LeBlanc said an additional 324 firearms will be added to the original list of 1,500 that were banned under Bill C-21 in 2020, which passed through the Senate last year.
“These firearms can no longer be legally use
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Read MoreCanadians in federal focus groups are worried over the national debt, says in-house Privy Council research. Taxpayers rated annual deficits a symptom of poor economic management.
“A number expressed concerns about the national debt and believed a greater focus needed to be placed on maintaining balanced budgets in order to ensure the debt did not rise further,” wrote researchers.
Federal bonded debt is currently estimated at $1.7 trillion. New Public Accounts detailing debt figures are due by month’s end.
Asked to rate cabinet’s management of the economy, “a large number felt that the Canadian economy had not been well managed in recent years, citing perceived issues such as high interest rates, the rising cost of living, a growing national debt and continued deficit spending
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Read MoreCabinet yesterday confirmed Donald Trump suggested Canada become the 51st U.S. state if it is unable to enforce border security and balance trade with America. Trump “was teasing us,” said one cabinet member who attended a banquet last Saturday at Trump’s Florida estate.
“In a three-hour social evening at the President’s residence in Florida on a long weekend of American Thanksgiving the conversation was going to be lighthearted,” Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc told reporters. “The President was telling jokes. The President was teasing us. It was of course on that issue in no way a serious comment.”
“Mr. Trump said Canada could become the 51st state?” asked a reporter. “There were sure jokes,” replied LeBlanc.
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Read MoreParts of Canada’s Muslim and Arab communities are responsible for “a crisis of Jew hatred in this country,” says an executive with the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs. The blunt testimony opened hearings on anti-Semitism by the Senate human rights committee.
“There is a crisis of Jew hatred in this country, the anti-Semitism emanating from the extreme right, the radical left and, to be truthful, from segments of the Muslim and Arab communities,” testified Simon Fogel, CEO of the Centre. Fogel did not identify any community by name.
“This is not only about Jews,” said Fogel. “We’re the low hanging fruit, the proverbial canary in the coal mine. As the saying goes, what starts with the Jews never ends with the Jews.”
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Read MoreMPs have agreed to drop a proposed change to the next fixed election date that would have guaranteed pensions for Liberal and New Democrat two-termers. Members of the House affairs committee yesterday said they would delete the clause in an elections bill.
“There are over 40 amendments in our amendment package that deal specifically with the date of the election,” said Liberal MP Ryan Turnbull (Whitby, Ont.), parliamentary secretary for finance. Liberals “will support the change to that,” he said. New Democrats also said they would vote to eliminate the clause.
Section 5.2 of Bill C-65 An Act To Amend The Canada Elections Act would change the statutory date of the next election currently fixed for Monday, October 20, 2025 to October 27. The delay of one week guarantees the minimum six years’ seniority needed by 28 Liberal and New Democrat MPs to qualify for a parliamentary pension.
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Read MoreThe public is owed more transparency by the Bank of Canada, the Senate banking committee said yesterday. Senators in a report said broad reforms “should be considered” after 90 years at the central bank.
“It is vitally important for the Canadian economy that everyday Canadians have trust and confidence in the Bank and its decisions,” said the report Study On Canada’s Monetary Policy Framework: Interim Findings. “Measures to increase the Bank’s transparency and accountability such as legally requiring regular reporting to and appearances before Parliament, modifying the way in which deputy governors are selected with consideration of regional representation, and regular external statutory review should be considered.”
Senator Pamela Wallin (Sask.), chair of the banking committee,
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Read MoreThe British Government is one of the main financial backers of a new international campaign designed to suppress online climate science scepticism ahead of next year’s ‘make-or-break’ COP30 in Brazil. Run by the United Nations and UNESCO, the Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change was signed off at the recent G20 Summit in Brazil. Part of its remit will fund non-profit outfits rooting out so-called disinformation and promoting ‘public awareness campaigns’. Commenting on the campaign, the UN’s global communications flack Melissa Fleming noted that a growing number of people are waking up to the harms caused by climate disinformation and “toxic information ecosystems in general”. She suggested that a global movement for “information integrity is gaining momentum”.
In fact this initiative is a desperate throw of the dice to further trash the sci
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Read MoreThe Liberal government’s controversial Online Harms Act will be split into two separate bills, Justice Minister Arif Virani has confirmed.
The sections of the bill dealing with child pornography and child sexual exploitation and establishing a Digital Safety Commission to regulate tech platforms will now proceed as their own bill. The provisions dealing with hate crimes and online hate speech, which have been subject to significant alarm from civil liber
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