Brian Lilley
@brianlilley
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Political columnist for the Toronto Sun. I write about federal and Ontario politics. Sometimes other stuff. I tweet about @NDFootball and movies.
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BREAKING: Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly has resigned according to a senior source close to the situation.
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Liberal MP Joel Lightbound is calling for a roadmap out of COVID including ending mandates, passports etc.
Said that his own government has taken the wrong tone on COVID and he wants the politicization of the pandemic to stop.
This is a remarkable break from Trudeau.
#cdnpoli
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I’ve seen a lot of outrage today over the idea of
@elonmusk
buying Twitter.
I’ve never seen outrage at a Saudi prince owning the biggest chunk of Twitter.
You know, Saudi Arabia, the place where journalists are killed, free speech suppressed and a bloody war in Yemen funded.
@Alwaleed_Talal
@Twitter
@Kingdom_KHC
Interesting. Just two questions, if I may.
How much of Twitter does the Kingdom own, directly & indirectly?
What are the Kingdom’s views on journalistic freedom of speech?
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It’s a few days old now but this broadcaster from India rips
@JustinTrudeau
for his hypocrisy.
Had lots to say, lots of understanding for the farmers protesting in India but disdain for truckers in Canada. Watch
@palkisu
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I’ve watched a lot of leadership speeches over my time in this business.
Never heard or seen one as good as this. To all the Liberals thinking they should be happy that
@PierrePoilievre
just won the Conservative leadership…think again.
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I’ve been in this kind of situation. When a politician answers like this it’s because the story they are responding to is actually true.
I asked Joe Biden: What is your response to the NYPost story about your son, sir?
He called it a “smear campaign” and then went after me. “I know you’d ask it. I have no response, it’s another smear campaign, right up your alley, those are the questions you always ask.”
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On Monday
@JustinTrudeau
warned Canadians against politicians who use fear and division or put forward reckless economic policies. Essentially, he warned Canadians about himself. Read & RT
#cdnpoli
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Wow, asked about the demand for an apology, Poilievre turns the tables on them.
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This week
@JustinTrudeau
showed us the extent of the climate crisis by flying from Ottawa to Victoria, then to Laval and back for skiing in Whistler.
Don't worry, he's got new climate taxes on you to fix it all.
Read & RT
#cdnpoli
#ClimateCrisis
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says Trudeau should call an election and clear the air.
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My God, listening to CBC is really like listening to the PMO talking points directly.
Never in my life have I seen a broadcaster or media outlet prostrate themselves before the people in power quite like CBC.
#cdnpoli
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What we saw in the House of Commons today was disgraceful but the disgrace belongs to
@JustinTrudeau
and
@GregFergus
and not to
@PierrePoilievre
.
Trudeau debased the Commons with help from Fergus, the weakest Speaker I've ever seen.
Read & RT
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Laurentian elite? What Laurentian elite?
A panel discussion about Alberta where no one lives or works west of Toronto.
Can you imagine CBC holding a similar panel on Quebec without having anyone on from Quebec or even east of Regina?
This is what $1.5 billion a year buys you.
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The policy put forward by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is caring, compassionate and reasonable.
It is being misrepresented by people attacking Smith and the policy for political reasons.
Read & RT
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Trudeau and his wife are splitting.
That’s the news.
Sophie and the kids are not public figures. Leave them out of it.
Trudeau and his policies deserve criticism, not his personal life.
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So Trudeau isn’t breaking any rules getting off a plane in Costa Rica because they don’t require masks.
But this shows he doesn’t believe his own bullshit on masking and COVID rules because he doesn’t follow the rules he imposed on Canadians…ever.
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Getting an amazing level of abuse for saying that if PM Trudeau wants Canadians to treat each other with respect then he should lead by example. Wouldn’t think that a controversial statement but to his followers it really seems to be one. Read & RT
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What we saw in the House yesterday was a prime minister, so hell bent on scaring voters away from his main competitor that he debased Parliament with lies, smears and unparliamentary language. He was aided by the weakest speaker I’ve ever seen.
Shame.
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Hey, hey, ho, ho....
Poll shows majority of Canadians want Trudeau to go.
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Under normal circumstances there is no way that
@JustinTrudeau
,
@BillBlair
or RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki would survive the week.
They engaged in political interference in a police investigation. They used a massacre for political goals. They need to go
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PM
@JustinTrudeau
tried to get the Americans and other allies to take a stand against India but they said no.
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It's rare for a Canadian Senate committee meeting to get much attention but I keep being sent a clip of Senator Elizabeth Marshall grilling finance minister
@cafreeland
in a meeting last December. It's over approving $2 billion to buy shares in a company that doesn't exist.
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He's running around the world warning against cynical politicians and polarization.
Basically,
@JustinTrudeau
says avoid people like him.
Read & RT
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So let me get this straight...
The country just elected a man who wore blackface more times than he can say, who backs a values test for immigrants but only to Quebec, backed dropping Quebec’s immigration level and was weak on Bill 21. But Don Cherry is the big problem?
#cdnpoli
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Keeping parents informed of what is going on with their children isn't "far-right" no matter what
@JustinTrudeau
wants to claim. Teachers and school administrators are not parents, they shouldn't usurp parental rights.
Read & RT
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Steven Guilbeault is a zealot and a lunatic who should never have been appointed to cabinet, let alone environment.
Now he’s saying Canada has enough roads, the Feds won’t put infrastructure money into any new ones.
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Canada's top doc says we should all mask up again this fall.
Well, Dr. Tam can pound sand. Here's why.
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Toronto Police seized 62 guns, all but one of them smuggled in from the United States. None of these are the kind of hunting rifles and shotguns
@JustinTrudeau
is trying to ban.
This is how you fight gun crime, not with Trudeau’s fantasy bans.
News Release - Six People Arrested in Project Barbell, a Firearms Trafficking Investigation, 260 Criminal Charges laid
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Lots of lawyers, doctors, teachers and others cheering on
@jordanbpeterson
as he launches a lawsuit to deal with an overzealous College of Psychologists of Ontario. Read & RT as Peterson explains why he’s fighting back.
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Chrystia Freeland said it wasn't Canadian to point out that the driver who killed a baby and his grandparents two weeks ago was out on bail.
No, it's very Canadian to do that, it's just uncomfortable for the Liberal Party.
Read & RT
#cdnpoli
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People need to understand how extreme Dr. Nili Kaplan-Myrth really is.
Asked a simple, polite question of whether we are getting back to normal, she accused host Steve Paikin of using far-right talking points.
Wanting to get back to normal is not far-right, she’s just extreme.
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On Monday PM
@JustinTrudeau
flew to Victoria to talk about reducing carbon emissions.
He then went to Edmonton and today Laval.
Later today he flies back to BC for some personal time in Whistler.
If he cared about emissions, his last few days would have been better planned.
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The CRTC now wants to regulate podcasts.
Here is my simple message to them.
Go to hell.
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The majority support for lifting restrictions is found in every part of the country and in most demographic groups.
Read & RT the latest good news.
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Prime Minister
@JustinTrudeau
was asked a simple question by Conservative leader
@PierrePoilievre
...
Who stayed in the $6,000 a night hotel room?
Do you think Trudeau answered?
#cdnpoli
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Here is the full statement from the office of
@PierrePoilievre
on why he didn’t meet with David Johnston about foreign interference.
It’s pretty aggressive. It’s also 100% accurate.
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Court docs show a lack of proof vaccine mandates for air travel would make Canadians safer. Trudeau gov’t did it anyway based on the political science.
Trudeau’s supporters claim this is false. I’ve provided links & 1,299 pages of court docs. Them?
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This clip has aged very well. It applies to Trudeau economic plans before COVID and after COVID. There is a reason the top bureaucrat at finance just quit.
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If Jordan Peterson's freedom of expression is under attack then so is yours.
The difference is, he can afford the fight and you likely can't.
Here's why you should be worried about his court ruling.
Read, watch & RT
#cdnpoli
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Attacking journalists for asking legitimate questions, telling people they are racist for asking questions….
Does that sound like something a PM should be doing?
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Habs great Carey Price isn’t known for getting political but he’s doing so here because
@JustinTrudeau
is going after hunters with his latest gun bans. Trudeau claims that’s false but Price is right. This is dangerous for Trudeau, he’s waking people up.
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If you are at a rally like this and the guy with the mic is saying Israel can get their hostages back when they release all the Palestinian “political prisoners” then you aren’t at a pro-Palestinian rally, you are at a Hamas rally.
If you cheered this, you are cheering for
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In 2013, Liberal Leader
@JustinTrudeau
wanted to know why the Harper Conservatives were raising EI premiums, "a direct payroll tax increase."
Seems things have changed and the Liberals don't see it as a payroll tax anymore. The key part of this clip is around the 23 second mark.
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He said for years that he wasn't targeting hunters. Now
@JustinTrudeau
is coming specifically for hunting rifles and shotguns and telling suburban voters he's dealing with crime.
He's not, he is launching an assault on Canada's heritage though. Read & RT
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The motion calling for David Johnston to step down and for a public inquiry to be called has passed 174-150.
Justin Trudeau voted against it and now will ignore the will of the House.
#cdnpoli
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Trudeau pulled his hand away from Modi in an awkward moment, then he skipped the leaders dinner, faced several questions on his strained relationship with India and now….
His plane is stuck there. He’ll never go back again.
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Did you know that the Ethics Commissioner does not pre-clear vacations?
Did you know the ethics rules for taking a "gift" from a "friend" don't cover $84,000 vacations?
Trudeau and his office aren't lying to the Ethics Commissioner, they are lying to you.
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When you are down 15 points in the polls and start claiming that your very normal opponent is effectively Donald Trump, you may have lost the plot.
That is where
@JustinTrudeau
is with
@PierrePoilievre
Trudeau is desperate, here is why
Read & RT
#cdnpoli
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I see plenty wrong with this.
A food bank in Toronto is giving out bags of groceries with a Liberal MP’s branding.
Do you see something wrong with this?
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Can’t believe how many Canadians defend Trudeau for imposing rules on Canadians that he consistently does not follow.
So Trudeau isn’t breaking any rules getting off a plane in Costa Rica because they don’t require masks.
But this shows he doesn’t believe his own bullshit on masking and COVID rules because he doesn’t follow the rules he imposed on Canadians…ever.
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When the Liberals would rather threaten an election than have Trudeau’s chief of staff testify then you know it must be bad.
Read & RT
#cdnpoli
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It’s funny to watch
@JustinTrudeau
warning Canadians about politicians who use fear, division and anger.
That is essentially Trudeau’s entire playbook now.
Read & RT my latest.
#cdnpoli
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Remember when Justin Trudeau accused Conservatives MP Melissa Lantsman, a Jewish woman whose family came to Canada from Ukraine, of standing with people who wave swastikas? Now his government brought someone who fought in a Nazi unit into the Commons. He gave Russia a victory.
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If Trudeau won’t call an inquiry, then MPs must force an election.
Democracy is at stake.
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It’s 9:20 at night in Ottawa and the committee meeting looking to call Katie Telford to testify on China’s election interference is still going.
Why?
Because the Liberals have been blocking a vote on this for almost 24 hours. It’s nuts
Read & RT
#cdnpoli
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During the emergency debate on the protest outside of Parliament, PM
@JustinTrudeau
isn’t trying to calm the situation at all.
He and his ministers are pouring gas on the fire and branding everyone protesting his government as a racist and a Nazi.
#cdnpoli
#FreedomConvoy2022
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This is a political rally, on a cold Sunday in Toronto, held by the leader of the opposition when there is no election on.
I've watched winning parties struggle to get that many people out to a political rally during and election.
2500 Canadians joined Pierre Poilievre in Etobicoke today to rally against Trudeau’s April 1 tax hikes.
#SpiketheHike
#AxetheTax
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Ten years ago today, Canada elected a "strong, stable, Conservative majority government," as
@stephenharper
called it all through the campaign. Voters rewarded Harper after two successful minorities.
Given present circumstances in Canada, anyone miss this guy running the show?
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I wouldn’t believe how stupid this comment was if I didn’t listen in full.
Incredible. Minister admits capital gains increases could cause family doctors to leave Canada. Not to worry, though, she says, we’ll just bring in more foreign trained docs.
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He took Parliament to court to block the release of the Winnipeg lab documents. What will
@JustinTrudeau
do this time to keep Beijing’s secrets under wraps?
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Watch as
@PierrePoilievre
asks
@JustinTrudeau
six times if the person CSIS warned the Liberals about, saying they were part of a foreign interference network is in his caucus or cabinet. Trudeau doesn't deny the briefing, he also doesn't answer.
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The
@JustinTrudeau
government has been adding 100s of models of hunting rifles & shotguns to the banned list - your grandpa’s deer and duck guns - but claim they aren’t doing so. They call them military style assault weapons and their followers believe it.
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Canada's vote at the U.N. today was utterly disgraceful.
Here is why Bob Rae, Melanie Joly and Justin Trudeau should all hang their heads in shame.
Read & RT my take.
#cdnpoli
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The 2019 and 2021 elections were incredibly close, so yes, China’s interference could have had a significant impact even if only in a few ridings. It’s why Canadians need the truth, not Trudeau’s obfuscation.
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In this clip, Trudeau tells a CBC reporter that asking for clarification on claims about Liberal MP Han Dong and election interference by the Chinese government is racist. Trudeau sees being questioned on something he says is real, is racist. Unreal.
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After saying claims that hunting guns would be part of his ban was disinformation,
@JustinTrudeau
now says his government is listening to hunters and their concerns. Everyone say thank you to Carey Price. Read & RT
#cdnpoli
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Nothing about this makes sense.
Guilbeault is an official advisor to China’s government on the environment while also serving as Trudeau’s enviro minister.
He’s advising a foreign government attacking our democracy and which has a horrible green record.
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We didn’t get invited to join our allies to discuss support for Israel. Canada was not on the phone call, Canada was not part of the joint statement despite having one of the largest Jewish populations in the world. Why? Our allies don’t take us seriously.
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The Trudeau government wants to bring in a policy on fertilizer that's similar to the one that has Dutch farmers blocking roads, supermarkets & food distribution centres. Is Canada next? Read & RT on the fight over fertilizer.
#cdnpoli
#FarmersProtest
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Utter incompetence from the Trudeau government.
They didn't collect on more than $67 million in GST from Flair Airlines and then tried to sweep it under the rug with a secret deal.
Shocking level of incomptence.
Read & RT
#cdnpoli
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For anyone paying attention, there is no distinction between UNRWA and Hamas.
Which means, that in deciding to fun UNRWA again,
@JustinTrudeau
is ensuring that every Canadian taxpayer is funding Hamas.
It’s despicable.
Read & RT
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The Trudeau cabinet is scheduled to get the Emergencies Act inquiry report a week from today. The public isn’t scheduled to see it until two weeks later. This needs to change. Read & RT
#cdnpoli
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SHOCK VIDEO: PM
@JustinTrudeau
answers a question from Conservative MP
@MelissaLantsman
, a Jewish woman and descendent of Holocaust survivors by saying Conservatives stand with swastikas.
This is beneath Trudeau and his office and he should apologize.
#cdnpoli
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It is fascinating to hear all the interest in stopping foreign funding in Canada now due to this convoy.
Billions have come in, much of it going to groups seeking to undermine our oil industry.
Now that it is for a cause Liberals don’t like, they are the media want it stopped.
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I’ve met a few opinionated and plain spoken Croatians in my life.
@mislavkolakusic
a Member of the European Parliament reminds me of a late friend of mine. Would tell you what he thinks no matter what.
Here, Mislav blasts Trudeau as he sits in the room.
PM Trudeau, in recent months, under your quasi-liberal boot, Canada 🇨🇦 has become a symbol of civil rights violations. The methods we have witnessed may be liberal to you, but to many citizens around the🌎it seemed like a dictatorship of the worst kind.
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On Wednesday, the Trudeau government admitted that they used a secret definition and legal opinion to invoke the Emergencies Act - one not found in the legislation.
They also said no, you can't see it and neither can the public inquiry. That's wrong.
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They can give whatever reason they want for moving the fixed election date, the end result will be that Trudeau has effectively formed the pension coalition and he will stay in power.
With election date move, Canada to be governed by a pension coalition
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In Canada, only one of these is controversial to the people who control the system while listening to the biggest whiners.
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Instead of dismissing the fact that so many Canadians are angry at Trudeau and joining the
#TrudeauMustGo
campaign, why don't Liberals try to understand the anger and fix things. Read & Rt my latest.
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When I asked WE why they quickly amassed $43.7 million in real estate holdings in Canada I received an email from their defamation lawyer. I’ve never seen that before.
Read & RT
#cdnpoli
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Justin Trudeau is pushing the abortion debate hard right now. He and his team are making false claims.
Why?
They are desperate.
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One thing has become clear, the Trudeau government didn’t like the legal requirements to invoke the Emergencies Act so they used a “broader” definition. This is effectively changing a law without using Parliament. Read & RT
#cdnpoli
#poec
#FreedomConvoy
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WATCH: Over before it started.
The Conservatives wanted answers from RCMP Commish Mike Duheme on why the RCMP shut down the SNC-Lavalin/Trudeau investigation without seeing all the documents.
The Liberals moved to adjourn, the NDP supported it. Meeting over.
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Conservative MP Nelly Shin, born in South Korea, raised in Toronto, representing Coquitlam, raises a point of order on Justin Trudeau throwing accusations of "anti-Asian racism" at the Conservatives yesterday. Powerful statement. Watch and RT
#cdnpoli
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The only reason Brenda Lucki is still in her job is that she is protecting Trudeau. Lorne Gunter is right though, she should be fired.
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Get a heat pump everyone!
SaskPower is providing 153 MW of electricity to AB this evening to assist them through this shortage.
That power will be coming from natural gas and coal-fired plants, the ones the Trudeau government is telling us to shut down (which we won’t).
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All of us, every Canadian taxpayer, is now funding Hamas.
The cowardly decision by
@JustinTrudeau
and
@HonAhmedHussen
to resume funding to
@UNRWA
means we are funding Hamas terror activities.
Shame on them.
Read & RT
#cdnpoli
#UNRWA
#UNRWAisHamas
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Pierre Poilievre asked Justin Trudeau several times how many Beijing run police stations were operating in Canada. Each time, Trudeau refused to answer, prefering instead to taunt Poilievre.
This is not a serious government.
@PierrePoilievre
@JustinTrudeau
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We can see what the US government did with Twitter during COVID. Would you like to see what the Trudeau government did?
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COVID hasn’t been kind to some, this includes doctors and professionals who have gone off the deep end.
Case in point, Dr. Nili Kaplan-Myrth.
She’s so devoted to masking, she wore one on TV and if you don’t agree with her she calls you nasty names.
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Bill Blair and Patty Hajdu should be fired. Since Trudeau won’t do that, we need to fire the whole lot of them.
Read & RT
#cdnpoli
#ArriveCAN
#arrivescam
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Liberals are saying the quiet part out loud now…
Trudeau has to go.
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