Government Corruption
A federal tribunal yesterday saved General (Ret’d) Jonathan Vance from a summons to testify in a human rights case. Vance last year pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice, a first for a Chief of Defence Staff.
“The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal is an administrative tribunal and not a court of law,” the Tribunal wrote. “To this end the Tribunal does not have the power to summon this individual who as an administrative decision maker is protected by deliberative secrecy.”
Vance’s testimony was sought by a complainant who alleged discrimination in the Canadian Armed Forces at the time he served as Chief of Defence Staff. Records show Vance dismissed the complaint in 2019. “General Vance’s decision is not subject to review except by a supervising court, in this case the Federal Court,” wrote the Tribunal.
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Read MoreThe Conservative Party yesterday released an email from a Liberal cabinet aide as proof of double dealing on suspected election fraud by foreign agents, it said. The email was dated only hours before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Conservatives were obstructing a public inquiry.
“Trudeau is lying,” Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre said in a statement. The email proved it was cabinet, not the Conservative Party, that was delaying negotiations on an inquiry into suspected election interference by China, he said.
The email dated July 6 is from a Jamie Innis, a political aide to Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc, addressed to Opposition House Leader Andrew Scheer’s office. “Hey, sorry, still no final answer,” it said. Cabinet was undecided but “I continue to push for it,” it added.
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Read MoreThe Trudeau government is struggling to meet Canada’s national security and international defence obligations as the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) faces a severe shortage of personnel.
According to a federal briefing note obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter, only 5,242 Canadians volunteered to join the CAF in 2022, a 35% drop from 8,069 in 2021.
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Read MorePrime Minister Justin Trudeau was ridiculed by federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, thousands of social media users, and even Fox News for his childish tweet to singer Taylor Swift.
After Swift tweeted out her new tour dates in Europe, Trudeau responded on Thursday night, prompting some users to ask if he had been drinking.
“It’s me, hi,” Trudeau said to Swift. “I know places in Canada would love to have you. So, don’t make it another cruel summer. We hope to see you soon.”
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Read MoreIt appears the Alberta NDP doubled down on Thursday, saying it will not apologize to Premier Danielle Smith following a retraction from CBC News of a report over her contacting prosecutors over the Coutts blockade.
On Thursday, Alberta NDP Justice, Public Safety & Emergency Services Critic Irfan Sabir issued a statement and said “I’m not issuing an apology.”
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Read MoreThe Counter Signal’s Keean Bexte ran into Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday, where Bexte asked about the Liberals’ disastrous Bill C-18 that has his party scrambling.
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Read MoreFrench lawmakers have agreed on a law that enables the police to surveil suspects by remotely controlling and turning on the microphone, camera, and GPS of their mobile phones and other devices.
On the evening of July 5, French legislators voted in favor of a justice reform bill that includes the highly controversial spying provision, the French newspaper Le Monde reports.
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Read MoreThe federal government appears to believe the economic pie is fixed and can only be redistributed, ignoring the fact that wealth and value can be created when government steps back and frees businesses to flourish.
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Read MoreCanadians asking to see public records must first show their birth certificate, driver’s license or other proof of citizenship or residency under new legal requirements enacted yesterday by Treasury Board President Mona Fortier. The ID mandate was never put to public consultation.
“No consultations were deemed to be necessary,” the Treasury Board wrote in an earlier Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement. The rules “need to ensure an individual making a request under the Act has the right to do so,” wrote staff. “This includes ensuring the requester is a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident or a person present in Canada.”
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Read MoreCBC News has significantly altered a story it published earlier this year claiming Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s office had contacted Crown prosecutors and says it “regrets” those claims.
In January, the state broadcaster relied on anonymous sources to report that Smith’s office contacted Crown prosecutors and pressured them on Covid-19 and the Coutts border blockade charges. Smith, her office, and Crown prosecutors denied the allegations, and the CBC later updated the story to say it had not viewed the emails in question.
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