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Publisher/Owner, Blacklock's Reporter @mindingottawa. All-original online journalism. Defends creator copyright. Refuses subsidies.
Joined September 2012
Fifth @MinJusticeEn in 10 years .@SeanFraserMP takes charge of government legal fight to defend subscription media password sharing. Blacklock’s v. Attorney General
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“Absolutely ready to go into an election tomorrow morning.” .Bloc Québécois Leader @yfblanchet says 33 member caucus will join 119 Conservatives in supporting next Commons non-confidence motion. #cdnpoli
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12-year old who objected to being vaccinated cannot be forced to take a Covid shot, an Ontario family court judge has ruled. “The ‘facts’ are changing.” #cdnpoli
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#VaccineMandates are “extreme measures that could have real divisive impacts” in Canada. “There are a broad range of reasons why someone might not get vaccinated.”.— @JustinTrudeau, January 14, 2021. #cdnpoli
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DOCUMENTS: Feds paid cash advance to China for pandemic #vaccines. PM @JustinTrudeau mislead House May 12: “That is simply not true. We signed 7 vaccine contracts w/ vaccine makers from around the world and not one of them was from China.” #cdnpoli
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Commons by unanimous 320 to 0 vote orders audit of contracts to @McKinsey, global consulting firm formerly led by friend of @FinanceCanada Minister. #cdnpoli
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205,000 mail-in ballots in last federal election not counted, @ElectionsCan_E has disclosed. Number of ballot kits late, cancelled or marked lost in the mail was greater than margin of victory. “We are deeply sorry.” #cdnpoli #elxn44
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Cabinet is demanding MPs take oath of secrecy as condition of seeing terms of $5 billion contracts with vaccine manufacturers. “It sounds like they’re trying to protect the government and not the taxpayers.” #cdnpoli @KellyMcCauleyMP @AHousefather
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DOCUMENTS: Finance Minister @cafreeland makes frequent use of gov’t-issue car & chauffeur in Toronto. Expense account records contradict Freeland’s claim Friday that she avoided car travel and attended meetings on foot or by public transit. #cdnpoli
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Men and boys aged 12 to 29 should no longer take #Moderna, says National Advisory Committee on Immunization. @GovCanHealth cites 1,376 reports of myocarditis, typically men aged 27. #cdnpoli
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Cabinet claims that #FreedomConvoy political protesters were largely foreign funded were false. “Our records show 88% of donated funds originated in Canada and 86% of donors were from Canada,” president of @gofundme tells Commons committee. #cdnpoli
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Preliminary data reported by #Ottawa police show Centretown district street crime has fallen since truckers’ blockade began. @Yasir_Naqvi @CharlieAngusNDP @markhollandlib #cdnpoli #TruckersConvoy2022
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Chief public health officer has refused to appear for questioning at Commons ethics committee. MPs asked @CPHO_Canada to explain data scoop on 33 million cellphone users. @GovCanHealth #cdnpoli
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Attorney General loses key @FedCourt_CAN_en ruling on use of emergency powers against #FreedomConvoy. Justice Richard Mosley orders #emails contradicting cabinet claims of nat’l crisis must be admitted into evidence. @JusticeCanadaEN #cdnpoli
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Husband of @NationalDefence Minister is director of company that received millions in Covid contracts while @AnitaAnandMP served in cabinet, records show. @EthicsCanada #cdnpoli
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Access to Information records show @FinanceCanada Minister @cafreeland billed thousands for limousines and taxis in Toronto despite claims she relied on a bicycle and public transit. #cdnpoli
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“It wasn’t cash that funded terrorism.”.Millions in donations to #FreedomConvoy appeared to be honest outpouring of public support, federal regulator @FINTRAC_Canada tells Commons committee. @FinanceCanada #cdnpoli 1/2…
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Company directed by Defence Minister Anita Anand’s husband was awarded Covid contract over 18 competitors, records show. #cdnpoli
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.@liberal_party leadership candidate @KarinaGould says she opposes proposed $17.4 billion increase in capital gains tax. Gould voted for the measure 7 months ago as Gov’t House Leader. #cdnpoli
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“Immunization is not mandatory in Canada,” says @GovCanHealth 1996 ‘National Report On Immunization’. “It cannot be made mandatory because of the Canadian Constitution.” Department refuses comment. #cdnpoli #MandatoryVaccination
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A 1300 page document through Access to Information. The request took 3-years. Now we see why. #ATI #cdnfoi.
DOCUMENTS: $19M @KarinaGould program launched under guise of internet fact checking paid researchers to find dirt on Conservatives & other gov't critics "sowing discontent." .#cdnpoli
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“The dept did not spend any funding to plant trees directly.”.— @JonathanWNV, Minister @NRCan . Feds spent $3.1 million on tree planting campaign without planting any trees, records show. Costs incl. $2,099,901 on staff salaries. @GregMcLeanYYC #cdnpoli
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Minister used misleading data in defending cabinet’s #electriccar mandate, @environmentca records show. Department acknowledges banning sale of gas vehicles will cost billions for drivers and “disproportionately impact” working poor. #cdnpoli
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No comment from @MarkJCarneyLiberal over claims he personally helped balance 1998 federal budget though he was a student at Oxford at the time. #cdnpoli @liberal_party
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AUDIT: Newly-disclosed federal audit cites “confusion,” “lack of insight” and mismanagement at the passport office that cost taxpayers millions. Liberal leadership candidate @karinagould was minister responsible at the time. @PassportCan @ESDC_GC
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MP @marcomendicino faces formal demand that he be censured for contempt of Parliament. Ex-@Safety_Canada minister is accused of lying over use of Emergencies Act. “We believe Mr. Mendicino blatantly misled the committee”.@GlenMotz #cdnpoli
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“That this man just popped up and was lauded as a war hero in the House — and that not a single person in the PMO, PCO, or Global Affairs thought to confirm a few details in advance, is not credible.” — Vivian Bercovici, ex-Canadian ambassador to Israel
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PM @MarkJCarney will not disclose stocks and other assets he and his wife hold with corporations on two continents including federal contractors. “That’s an odd question,” Carney scolded reporters. #cdnpoli
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Gov’t House Leader @karinagould claims #climate plan has cut emissions by “the equivalent of 60 million cars.” .Emissions went up in last official reporting period, and Canada has never had 60 million cars. #cdnpoli
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.@environmentca Minister claims #GreenEnergy sector runs without federal subsidies. Records show cabinet in fact paid billions, programs listed here: #cdnpoli
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#CBC faces mandatory disclosure of salaries under Broadcasting Act amendments proposed @SenateCA. CBC paid $30.4 million in pandemic bonuses while petitioning for more subsidies. “I do have a concern about transparency.” — @PercyDowne #cdnpoli @PresidentCBCRC
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$327,000/year chief science advisor has not published annual report in 2-years despite requirement to account for “state of fed gov’t science.” Dr Mona Nemer’s billings include… 1/2 #cdnpoli
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Incorrect. @Safety_Canada Minister stated at least 11 times cabinet was acting on police advice. “We invoked the Act because it was the advice of non-partisan professional law enforcement.” .—@marcomendicino, April 26.SEE THREAD.
Mendicino was 'misunderstood' in saying police asked for Emergencies Act: deputy minister
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$231,000/year Clerk of @OurCommons accused of sleeping at work and feeding inside information to @liberal_party caucus resigns. #cdnpoli
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Environment Minister’s office says it cannot find thank you notes from #carbontax supporters named “Bob”and “Jill”. Steven Guilbeault cited letters in Question Period as evidence of popularity of the tax. #cdnpoli #ATI
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Covid shots @CanadianForces accounted for an average 85% of medically reported “adverse effects” due to vaccination, new data from @NationalDefence shows. #cdnpoli
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Canada’s Ambassador for #ClimateChange says she travels by air because “it makes more sense” than taking the train or attending meetings by videoconference. @C_Stewart729 billed $254,089 in travel expenses her first 2 years on the job. #cdnpoli
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Why don’t reporters get up early in the morning to write about close election races instead of posting victories that turn out to be wrong before going to bed? .@donstewartTO @lesliechurch.#cdnpoli
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#CBC ordered to pay $1.95 million in costliest #defamation case in #Manitoba history. Judge: “CBC took very strong positions during the course of the trial that were not supported by the facts.” @CBCManitoba @papershadow #cdnpoli #mbpoli
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DOCUMENTS tabled in House of Commons show University of Alberta economist who used his Twitter account to ridicule Conservatives as “idiots” and “sociopaths” received $68,248 in sole-sourced federal contracts. @BradleyVis @JonathanWNV #cdnpoli #abpoli
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Husband of Liberal MP @lisahepfner must repay pandemic relief cheques improperly claimed under #CERB. Michael Aitkens is @CBCNews cameraman. The couple owned rental property in Hamilton and St. Catharines, Ont. #cdnpoli
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DOCUMENTS: Chauffeur Daniel Labelle billed 28 days of meals & expenses in driving the finance minister, almost all in Toronto. @cafreeland yesterday denied using chauffeured car but did not explain charges by driver. #cdnpoli
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PM @JustinTrudeau improperly disclosed classified information and ignored suspicious activities by Chinese agents because it was to the advantage of @liberal_party, lawyers tell last day of @PIFIEPIE inquiry. #cdnpoli
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Remember that time on February 6th when Justice Minister @viraniarif called @PierrePoilievre a “f—ing tool” in the House of Commons?. “It was captured on audio recording.”. #profanity #Wacko
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Access To Information: Minister @marcomendicino backdated gov’t documents in an apparent bid to mislead federal judge. EMAIL: “Things are on fire over here.” .— Brian Smith, Asst Dir, @CitImmCanada . @FedCourt_CAN_en @PrivyCouncilCA #cdnpoli #cdnfoi
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Chief Electoral Officer will testify on why he attended confidential meeting with NDP & Liberals to discuss rewriting the Elections Act. @ElectionsCan_E says meeting was routine though it included proposal guaranteeing pensions for 28 MPs. #cdnpoli
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EMAILS: Farm Credit Canada told employees to secretly record names of customers who supported #FreedomConvoy tho @FCCagriculture publicly denied blacklisting clients. “If you become aware of a customer’s involvement report it immediately.”.— @perreaultsoph #cdnfoi #ATI
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Thread. 🧵. Here is list to date of allegations against truckers convoy proven false by police & other federal authorities. #disinformation #misinformation #cdnmedia #onpoli #cdnpoli #EmergenciesAct #FreedomConvoy #Charter40 @Safety_Canada @JusticeCanadaEN @OttawaPolice . 1/8
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Prime Minister must release names of parliamentarians suspected of acting for foreign embassies prior to @liberal_party leadership contest, says Opposition House Leader @AndrewScheer. ‘Justin Trudeau has the power to release those names’.#cdnpoli
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Foreign Affairs Dep’t @CanadaFP condemned #Cuba for failing to embrace “the right to peaceful assembly free from intimidation” on same day as police in Ottawa arrested 191 truckers. #cdnpoli @DanBilefsky #TruckersConvoy
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Parliament by 173-155 vote orders regulators to suspend data scoop on millions of cellphone users. “There was no consent given by users to allow the telecom companies to collect this data.” @JohnBrassardCPC @vankayak @PatKelly_MP #cdnpoli @GovCanHealth
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#ArriveCan managers abruptly announce they’ve discovered thousands of “deleted” emails involving business with contractors now under #RCMP investigation. @CanBorder president .Erin O’Gorman says she’s found 1,806 pages of emails. #cdnpoli
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Minister @AnitaAnandMP’s department scrubs dozens of gov’t webpages detailing $24 billion in payments to Covid contractors. “As of Tues, July 9 the webpages of Covid-19 contracting are not longer available.” .— Jeremy Link, @PSPC_SPAC .#cdnpoli .@DM_PSPC
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REPORT: Canadians oppose internet voting, says @ElectionsCanada: .“A majority agree that voting over the internet should not be an option in federal elections.” #cdnpoli
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Commons votes 174 to 146 to impose closure on internet regulation bill. Worse than anything attempted by Harper gov’t says Greens’ @ElizabethMay: “I cannot think of a time that a motion this egregious was put forward in that era.” @pablorodriguez #cdnpoli
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Court dismisses claim by family of Ontario high school student who died weeks after a Covid shot. Judge says @GovCanHealth has no “duty of care” to individuals inadvertently harmed by pandemic measures.
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#RCMP confirms police emailed blacklist of #FreedomConvoy sympathizers to lobbyists like the Mutual Fund Dealers Association for distribution to members. @MFDA_News @rcmpgrcpolice @OSC_News @cafreeland @DavidLametti #cdnpoli
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Feds paid researchers $281,689 to develop attention-grabbing TikTok videos for 13-year olds, Access To Information records show. ‘Digital Citizen Program’ was approved by @karinagould. TikTok use by fed employees is banned by @TBS_Canada. #cdnfoi
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“This is but the tip of the iceberg.”.— Cheuk Kwan, @TADCtoronto . Trade Minister @mary_ng will not comment on her association with group a parliamentary witness named as Communist Party front. #cdnpoli
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AUDIT: Routine irregularities uncovered in hiring of consultants in Foreign Affairs Minister @melaniejoly’s department. “In the last 5 years the department signed more than 8,000 consulting service contracts totaling $567 million”.@GAC_Corporate #cdnpoli
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DOCUMENTS: @GGCanada Mary Simon billed $801,418 for 4-day junket to German @Book_Fair incl cost of 2 photographers. Disclosure of travel expenses forced by @BlocQuebecois after Dubai junket. #cdnpoli @JulieVignolaBL @RideauHall
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PM promises to avoid direct dealings with federal lobbyist after wife appointed as “national volunteer.” @CMHA_NTL last year received $1,946,003 in federal grants and additional $2.4 million for local chapters. @EthicsCanada #cdnpoli
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DOCUMENTS: Unnamed Canadian delegate at last UN Climate Conference booked $1,822-a night Dubai hotel suite. Delegation led by @environmentca Minister @s_guilbeault cost $1,353,307. #cdnpoli
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TESTIMONY: “There are elected officials at all levels whether it’s municipal, prov or fed who’re being paid by foreign govts and who’re not necessarily acting in the interests of Canada.” .— Michel Juneau-Katsuya, ex-chief, Asia-Pacific desk, @csiscanada .
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Filibuster ends. Commons ethics committee by 6-5 vote orders Trudeau talent agent @SpeakersDotCa to surrender 12yrs of records detailing corp sponsorship fees paid to @JustinTrudeau and his wife. #cdnpoli @GregFergus @MikeBarrettON
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Immigration Minister allowed 807,000 foreign students to work unlimited hours without any research on impacts, records show. @MarcMillerVM said foreigners were not "taking jobs away from other people" but never asked department to find out. #cdnpoli
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Gov’t refuses to say how much it lost on failed $200 million venture to build vaccine factory in Health Minister’s riding. “Financial details & information pertaining to the relationship between Canada & the supplier are considered confidential.” #cdnpoli
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Finance Minister @cafreeland last night said it was “really hard to decide” what to tax or not under a GST holiday bill. Senators questioned logic of taxing children’s ice skates & musical instruments but making video games & Pepsi tax free. #cdnpoli
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Special rapporteur @GGDavidJohnston refuses to testify at Commons public accounts committee over his work at @fdnPETF Trudeau Foundation. MPs threaten a summons. #cdnpoli
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DOCUMENTS: Environment Minister @s_guilbeault was told 2 years ago dead trees posed risk to #Jasper and controlled burns were necessary. @ParksCanada acknowledged it had not carried out “wildfire risk reduction measures around the Jasper townsite.”.
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Federal auditors are faulting $157,126,250 military contractor for poor service. Contractor is former subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management previously chaired by PM @MarkJCarney. @CanadianForces @NationalDefence #cdnpoli
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Cabinet relied on #CBC stories in invoking #EmergenciesAct, @MinJusticeEn testifies. “CBC reported I believe on 14th of Feb or 13th of Feb there was foreign funding…various pieces of info we had explained the various measures that we took.” #cdnpoli
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“If not for independent media, Canadians would have no insight whatsoever into the increasing codependence between the nation’s news organizations and the Liberal Party of Canada.”.— @TheHubCanada . @WinnipegNews @CdnHeritage @imondouisabelle #cdnmedia.
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REPORT: @ElectionsCan_E now tells China inquiry it knew of at least 149 complaints of foreign interference in last two general elections. The agency two years ago assured MPs it was unaware of any claims foreign agents were at work. #cdnpoli
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Ex-#CBC president who left the broadcaster 5-years ago is awarded retroactive 10.3% pay increase on $428,000 annual salary. Cabinet records show $44,000 raise was recommended by PM @JustinTrudeau. #cdnpoli @CBC @PresidentCBCRC
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President of @CanBorder Erin O’Gorman says she cannot account for disappearance of federal documents used in sweetheart contracting under $59.5 million #ArriveCan program. #cdnpoli
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New $2 billion “green” Crown corporation will be permitted to buy, sell and swap shares in other companies without public scrutiny. @FinanceCanada Minister @cafreeland yesterday wrote confidentiality order into federal regulations. #cdnpoli
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Chair of federal foundation acknowledges she voted to award her own company $217,000 grant at taxpayers’ expense. Annette Verschuren @SDTC_TDDC testified at ethics committee she did not consider it a “conflict of interest”. @BetOnMePodcast .#cdnpoli
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.@MarkJCarney yesterday promised one-stop permit system for energy called ‘Major Federal Project Office’. @PierrePoilievre on Monday proposed one-stop permit system called ‘Rapid Resource Project Office’. #cdnpoli
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Chief federal technology officer is threatened with contempt of Parliament over evasive testimony regarding $54 million #ArriveCan app. #cdnpoli @KellyMcCauleyMP @GarnettGenuis @GCStrategies1
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House affairs committee today expected to send recommendation for public inquiry to Commons. Cons, Bloc & NDP yesterday pledged enough votes, 172 against Liberals’ 158, to force independent inquiry into alleged Chinese election interference. #cdnpoli
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98% of public service execs earned bonuses while Finance Minister warned Canadians to brace for recession:. 2021: $107.8 million.2022: $190.7 million. #cdnpoli @TBS_Canada
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.@GovCanHealth paying “influencers” to say nice things in social media aft Dept faulted for #pandemic mismanagement. Minor celebrities will “build the dept’s credibility” and must not “tarnish Health Canada’s or the Gov’t of Canada’s reputation.” #cdnpoli
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DOCUMENTS: @Safety_Canada on 1st day of #FreedomConvoy issued false bulletin that truckers ransacked federal offices. Bulletin was #disinformation and department yesterday would not account for source. #cdnpoli @marcomendicino
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Thread. 1/4. DOCUMENTS: #RCMP sent blacklist of #FreedomConvoy bank account holders to investment industry, bank & credit union lobbyists, mutual fund dealers…. @grcrcmppolice @CommrRCMPGRC @PrivacyPrivee @adamchamb #cdnpoli
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MEMO: Finance Minister grossly inflated estimates of #FreedomConvoy impact on the economy, internal @Transport_gc documents show. Cited “extreme case” that did not reflect actual data. #cdnpoli
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DOCUMENTS: #WeCharity spent $19,752 hosting Sophie Grégoire Trudeau at event in Britain one month before cabinet began negotiating terms of $43.5 million grant. @JustinTrudeau #cdnpoli
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DOCUMENTS: “No research proving” $30 billion nat’l daycare program saw more mothers join the workforce, says @ESDC_GC. Directly contradicts claims by @FinanceCanada Minister @cafreeland. #cdnpoli
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Please read dates of chauffeur’s expense claims for “transportation of the minister” here:
@MelissaLantsman Melissa, I am disappointed to see you peddling blatant misinformation.
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Alberta policeman disciplined for speaking at #FreedomConvoy rally has suspension overturned. Punishment was “not justifiable,” says judge. #cdnpoli
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Two-term MPs stand to lose automatic pension eligibility with the prorogation of Parliament. Bill guaranteeing payments worth an average $77,900/year for dozens of MPs has now lapsed. #cdnpoli
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Toronto Dominion Bank has paid $6.5 million fine for cheating thousands of credit card customers for decades. @TD withheld fee rebates worth $71,723,694. .@FCACan @CdnBankers #cdnpoli
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Federal accountants knew of irregularities in $60 million #ArriveCan but were too frightened to speak out, union tells MPs. “Career suicide” — Dany Richard, president, Association of Canadian Financial Officers @acfoacaf .#cdnpoli
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Liberals if re-elected will make a third attempt at regulating the internet, @MarkJCarney suggested last evening. Carney made the remark after being heckled at a rally in Hamilton, Ont. #cdnpoli
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Defence Minister @BillBlair misled the @PIFIEPIE inquiry while testifying under oath, records suggest. Documents disclosed by lawyers mark second time Blair’s explanation for mishandling of security matters was contradicted. #cdnpoli
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GST holiday will save typical Canadian $4.51, @Senateca national finance committee is told. Senators endorsed the measure while commenting it appeared pointless. “I think we all understand it is a political measure.”.@FoodProfessor @PBO_DPB .#cdnpoli
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