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NEW: Charest says Poilievre should be disqualified from Conservative leadership race over his support of the Freedom Convoy.
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Conservative leadership candidate
@JeanCharest_
says
@PierrePoilievre
should be disqualified from the race for supporting the "Freedom Convoy."
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"I would not call it a fringe group," says pollster
@ShachiKurl
of the Freedom Convoy movement.
"54 per cent of Cdns...are ready for a conversation about whether it's time to start lifting and ending restrictions."
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Why are some members of the Conservative Party meeting with former leaders of the Freedom Convoy?
@CandiceBergenMP
says "...our job is to listen to Canadians."
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Former Saskatchewan Premier
@BradWall306
defends the importance of the oil and gas sector.
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Hearings begin this week into the unprecedented use of the Emergencies Act.
Conservative MP
@RaquelDancho
partly blames
@JustinTrudeau
for the trucker protests in February.
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Former BOC Governor David Dodge on
@PierrePoilievre
claims the central bank is financially illiterate: 'It's bull****.'
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Alberta Premier-Designate
@ABDanielleSmith
says she will move quickly on her proposed Alberta Sovereignty Act.
What is her response to critics who say it's unconstitutional? Does she have a mandate to implement it?
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"If you're auditioning to be the Prime Minister of this country, show up and march." The scrum weighs in on
@AndrewScheer
's decision not to march in pride parades.
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The Globe and Mail's
@RobertFife
has more on the story revealing Andrew Scheer never really was a licensed insurance broker, despite claiming to be one.
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@AndrewScheer
says Canada shouldn't have sent its own personal protective equipment to China when it was dealing with shortages here at home.
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"The standard isn't Holocaust. There's nothing strategic about the rape, torture, murder, disappearances, human trafficking of Indigenous women and girls. This is in fact the reality," says
@Pam_Palmater
on the scrum.
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The Globe's
@RobertFife
says
@Puglaas
' careful note taking is the reason "they will never have a public judicial inquiry into this," as
it would require the PMO and all involved aides to produce their texts, documents and emails and to testify under oath.
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He may not have used the word tax, but Conservative Leader
@AndrewScheer
just acknowledged to
@EvanLSolomon
that his climate plan includes putting a price on carbon. No details on how much big emitters would pay. More here:
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@StephanieLevitz
: "You know what the [government] can do?... Be transparent...tell Canadians what's going on...show it, show your work...if the public health system and gov't doesn't step it up, people stop trusting them."
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"When I faced racism every once and a while, who was in my corner? It was Justin Trudeau," says
@OmarAlghabra
.
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A new PBO report says by 2030, most households will pay more for carbon pricing than it gets back in rebates.
@s_guilbeault
responds.
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"I don't have an interpersonal relationship with Minister Bennett, and I know that many media have been talking about that were were at odds with each other. The only at odds we were with each other, was I wanted to fulfill the promises this gov has made" - Jody Wilson-Raybould
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Green Party Leader
@ElizabethMay
says Justin Trudeau shouldn't pander to climate change deniers in the Western provinces.
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"You can either run on your record, or run from your record," says Conservative Party Spokesperson
@BrockWHarrison
in response to the Prime Minister sitting out several key debates.
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Conservative leadership candidate
@LeslynLewis
says she wouldn't march in a pride parade. Hear her explain why, here.
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What does former PM Jean Chretien think about the political climate today? Has it changed since he was in office?
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Alberta’s provincial fuel tax is also set to go up April 1. How can Alberta ask Ottawa for relief when it’s also increasing its tax?
@ABDanielleSmith
responds, by questioning whether the federal carbon tax changes behaviour and calls the policy a “shell game.”
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"You guys are 3.6% vaccinated with 2 doses, so just wait for (the Indian variant) to rip through the Canadian population, and then the problems you've had with these very rare clotting events will look pretty insignificant" - Sir John Bell
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Despite Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer's trials and tribulations during the campaign, former interim Tory leader
@RonaAmbrose
says he's come a long way since his time as House Speaker.
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@VanJones68
says not all of Trump's supporters are racist, but there is still a toxic strain of bigotry emerging in the Trump phenomenon.
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"She showed steely determination. All you have to do is go back to the tape of her being sworn is as Veterans Affairs minister. She looked furious, she knew what was going on," said
@ThomasMulcair
of
@Puglaas
and SNC-Lavalin.
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What is Human Rights Foundation Chairman
@Kasparov63
’s assessment of how Russian President Vladmir Putin’s attack is going?
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“[Trudeau's energy] bargain with the Notley government ended on election day. And it was from our perspective, and I think the vast majority of Alberta voters, a complete failure,” said
@jkenney
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What message does B.C. MLA
@ellisbross
have for protesters demonstrating in solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en across Canada? He explains in this video.
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Evan - If you're running $19 billion deficits now, your fiscal capacity to deal with a rainy day is got to be worse.
@JustinTrudeau
- Actually, that's not true.
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The Conservatives say a 'made in Canada' recession is on the horizon. Are they fear-mongering, or is there is some truth to their economic analysis? We asked
@PierrePoilievre
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Kenney is already making it clear that he will “do what I can to elect a federal Conservative government” in the upcoming fall federal election campaign. “I make no apologies for that,” said
@jkenney
.
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In the midst of the third wave, rising cases, increased lockdowns, we asked the Health Minister, PHAC doctors, and Premiers of BC, Ab, On, & Qc. No one was available. In a crisis trust and leadership requires transparency, availability, and scrutiny. Is there enough?
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Prime Minister Trudeau says he was not informed until this week about attempts by the PRC to target
@MichaelChongMP
and his family in 2021, despite CSIS sharing the information to some levels of government.
Chong calls it “alarming.’”
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With Tuesday's budget
@PierrePoilievre
says he expects the PM to "pull some tricks out of the old Kathleen Wynne trick book."
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Conservative Leader
@AndrewScheer
says the buck stops with
@JustinTrudeau
when it comes to Norman affair accountability. He's calling for parliament to study the matter to determine what happened, vows to use whatever tools they have to continue asking questions.
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The University of Ottawa's
@profamirattaran
has written extensively about Canada's COVID vaccine procurement efforts. So, what does he think about the PM's assertion that Canada has no vaccine production capacity?
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Alberta Premier
@ABDanielleSmith
has left the door open to using the notwithstanding clause to pass proposed gender policies. Should the federal government intervene?
@RachelNotley
says “the notwithstanding clause was never designed to be used as casually.”
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Conservative health critic
@MichelleRempel
has been very critical about the lack of rapid tests for COVID-19, saying they could help the government to alleviate certain measures.
"Rapid testing is key," Rempel Garner argued.
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Why is India not cooperating in an investigation after Prime Minister Trudeau alleged India may be involved in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader on Canadian soil?
India’s High Commissioner to Canada Sanjay Kumar Verma joins
@ctvqp
for his first TV interview since the…
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Why are police not enforcing the law?
@BillBlair
responds saying that the country needs police to "do their job"
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Why did the federal government wait until now to remove the GST on rental housing construction and to threaten tax measures on major grocers?
Treasury Board President
@AnitaAnandMP
says “it is clear that the market itself is not going to bring those prices down.”
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Asked by
@EvanLSolomon
if the government has blown its handling of the
#COVID19
crisis,
@AndrewScheer
says the Liberals have "consistently had to reverse their own positions."
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Was the Conservatives vote against an updated free trade deal with Ukraine solely about carbon pricing concerns?
@MelissaLantsman
defends the move.
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Who will be subject to discoverability regulations under C-10? People with large followings? What’s the threshold?
@s_guilbeault
responds.
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Was it a strategic error of the federal government not to lock in domestic supply of vaccines earlier?
@StephanieLevitz
"Yes, full stop..."
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China's ambassador to Canada made headlines when he put out an editorial in the last week accusing Canada of white supremacy when it comes to the handling of Meng Whanzhou's case.
"Who accused who of white supremacy?"
@theJagmeetSingh
asked in response.
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"The Prime Minister called 'false' what we never reported," said
@RobertFife
.
He said the PM used the word "directed," but the Globe reported PMO had attempted to "pressure"
@Puglaas
to seek a remediation agreement with SNC-Lavalin, which she declined to do.
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Here's a statement from AstraZeneca, responding to
@BrianPallister
's claim that they were blocked from buying doses as a province. To read more:
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@RobertFife
- The Prime Minister is far overexposed. He is always out chattering away, saying very little. You get a gut feeling that it's something that people don't like
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Co-founder of the
@TheLeap_Org
,
@avilewis
says the federal government's decision to green-light the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion marks "the collapse of Liberal centrism."
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Indigenous rights activist and educator
@Pam_Palmater
says the Liberals' decision to appeal the Human Rights Tribunal's decision on compensation for Indigenous children makes "no financial sense."
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"This would be the worst [political] thriller in history," said former B.C. Premier
@christyclarkbc
on the SNC-Lavalin scandal, as the allegations never became criminal. "Ultimately this political thriller is just about a battle of egos around the cabinet table."
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Is the prime minister in a conflict of interest by appointing the next Governor General given it's a minority Parliament?
@erinotoole
thinks so. Here's his position.
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Chief News Anchor for CTV Ottawa
@grahamctv
gives us the latest on the police efforts to remove the trucker convoy protesters in downtown Ottawa.
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The Angus Reid Institute's
@ShachiKurl
says nearly half of all Canadians see white nationalism/radicalization at home as a serious threat.
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On the jobs argument, CPC MP
@PierrePoilievre
said: “The company has an agreement with... the Quebec pension fund to stay for seven years in Montreal. It has signed a 20-year lease... it has contracts that must be executed here... So that is a blatant falsehood.”
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Should Canada ban Huawei from building Canada's 5G network?
"The short answer is yes, they should make the decision...based on national interest - and let's not forget that our...Five Eyes partners are watching this decision very closely,"
@PeterMacKay
said.
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@cblackst
calls
@JustinTrudeau
trip to Tofino on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation a 'complete letdown.'
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The government says “the vast majority” of people won’t be impacted by changes to the Broadcasting Act through C-10, so who will be facing regulations? The minister responsible for the legislation,
@s_guilbeault
responds.
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Kathleen Wynne said that the growing opposition to the carbon tax is “ridiculous.”
“We are talking about this as a political issue, and I absolutely understand that it is, but it is an existential issue,” she said.
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@rachaiello
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Will the Conservatives reverse the Liberals’ plan to increase the capital gains inclusion rate?
@MelissaLantsman
won’t say.
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Would
@ElizabethMay
work with Liberals or Conservatives in a minority parliament situation? "Not unless they're prepared to make our children have a liveable world." More here: …
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Is
@jkenney
playing with dangerous national unity questions?
"He has every right to assert, in a confederation, the province's right to have its place at the table," said
@JamesMoore_org
.
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Is Greece interested in purchasing Canada’s liquefied natural gas should it be available?
Greek Prime Minister
@kmitsotakis
tells
@ctvqp
exclusively that Canada would “absolutely” be an ideal partner.
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N.B. Premier
@BlaineHiggs
has said a carbon tax could cause a recession, despite economists disputing the claim.
"The concern is where is the tipping point," he said. "One more tax on the people of the province is one more too many."
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"All this messing around is going to cost lives. This is a public health decision, it's not, you know, it's not some academic game. It's a public health decision, let the public health doctors make a decision." Sir John Bell from Oxford University
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@MichaelChongMP
on the federal government weighing whether or not to expel a Chinese diplomat who targeted his family in 2021.
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