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Since we are in an election it is wise to review the ethics violations of the previous government. This should play a major factor in helping decide who to vote for in this election. How a government performed in its previous terms is of course a major factor on whether they should deserve the right to form the next government. " RIGHT DISHONOURABLE: Scandals that defined the Trudeau era Here's a list of some of the more notable goofs, scandals and blunders that defined the Trudeau era Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s nearly decade-long time in office was defined by a regular stream of scandals, faux pas and controversies — many of which brought the PM to his knees but, against all odds, managed to maintain the confidence of his party. While this list doesn’t cover everything, here’s a sampling of some of the biggest blunders, goofs and scandals committed by the PM and his government over the past 10 years." CASH-FOR-ACCESS SCANDAL (2016) In Dec. 2016, The Globe and Mail reported pricey Liberal Party cash-for-access events held at homes of wealthy Chinese-Canadians, charging attendees as much as $1,525 each in exchange for one-on-one time with the PM. AGA KHAN AFFAIR (2016) Among the first defining scandals of Trudeau’s administration was the PM’s infamous eight-day 2016 Christmas vacation at the Aga Khan’s private island in The Bahamas. While the PMO concealed the trip from public view, the story — broken by the National Post — was later confirmed, touching off an ethics investigation that saw Trudeau become the first PM in Canadian history found guilty of ethics breaches. ELBOWGATE (2016) Trudeau’s attempt to manhandle the Conservative whip during a vote resulted in a female MP being elbowed in the chest, prompting a flurry of apologies from the PM. During an attempt to delay a third-reading vote on an assisted dying bill on May 18, 2016, Trudeau grabbed Conservative Whip Gord Brown by the arm to lead him away from MPs gathered on the floor of the House of Commons. INDIA TRIP (2018) Among the more memorable blunders from the Trudeau era was the infamous 2018 state visit to India, which saw the PM — still riding high in popularity both at home and around the world — engage in some embarrassing behaviour. Despite being invited by Indian PM Narendra Modi, Trudeau and his family were greeted at the airport by an agricultural minister. Among invitees to a state dinner during Trudeau’s visit were Sikh extremist Jaspar Atwal — one of four people convicted in a 1986 plot to murder Indian cabinet minister Malkiat Singh Sidhu. Seemingly unwilling to settle on locally-produced food, the government paid over $17,000 to fly Canadian celebrity chef Vikram Vij to India from Vancouver to prepare food for the PM and his entourage at a number of events. KOKANEE GROPE (2018) In June 2018, a screenshot of a two-decade old editorial published in a local B.C. newspaper accused Trudeau of “groping” and “inappropriately handling” a reporter sent to cover the August 2000 Kokanee Summit Festival on behalf of the National Post. The event was a fundraiser commemorating Trudeau’s brother Michel, killed by a 1998 avalanche while skiing in Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park. SNC LAVALIN AFFAIR (2019) Among the most notable Trudeau scandals began with a February 2019 Globe and Mail article alleging attempts to waylay prosecution in a corruption case involving Quebec-based construction giant SNC-Lavalin, now known as AtkinsRealis. That article went to print shortly after former cabinet member Jody Wilson-Raybould was demoted from Justice Minister to Veteran’s Affairs after reportedly refusing requests to offer deferred prosecution to the company, sparing the firm a conviction that would ban it from bidding on government contracts for a decade. WE CHARITY SCANDAL (2020) The Trudeau government’s April 2020 decision to enlist WE — an international children’s charity founded by brothers Craig and Marc Kielburger — to operate their $912 million Canada Student Service Grant program touched off a scandal that, once again, put the PM in the middle of yet another situation involving questionable ethics. BLACKFACE (2019) A bombshell during the 2019 federal election saw Trudeau come face-to-face with allegations he’d darkened his skin to act as racist caricatures on numerous occasions. THE FREEDOM CONVOY (2022) The Trudeau government’s handling of the Freedom Convoy, one of the largest protest mobilizations in Canadian history, came under intense criticism. THE TRIPS Aside from the infamous India trip, the Trudeau era is marked with numerous questionable uses of government money and aircraft for excursions both local and abroad — including 2015’s trip to COP21, where $800,000 was spent to send 283 delegates to the Paris summit. The United States, in contrast, only sent 124 delegates. “Nothing says saving the planet like posing for pictures as you dine on the taxpayer dime in France,” the CTF’s Kris Sims told the Sun. OTHER NOTABLE SCANDALS/FAUXS PAS: 2017: Trudeau makes his infamous “Welcome to Canada” tweet, which touched off a wave of illegal entries into Canada at illegal border crossings — most notoriously at Roxham Rd. on the Quebec/New York state border 2018: Arrest and subsequent detention of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou at Vancouver airport on a U.S. extradition request, a move that would result in the summary arrest of Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig by the Chinese government. They would be released after 1,019 days in detention on Sept. 24, 2021, the same day Canada released Meng from custody 2017-2021: Appointment, and subsequent resignation, of Governor General Julie Payette 2019: Vice-Adm. Mark Norman affair 2020: Bill C-11, the controversial Online Streaming Act, is tabled in the House of Commons 2020: The infamous May 2020 order-in-council summarily banning thousands of semi-automatic firearms is introduced 2020: Questionable response to COVID-19 pandemic, including bungling disbursement of support money, vaccine mandates and questionable vaccine procurement 2020: ArriveCan scandal, where an $80,000 pandemic-era travel app ballooned into costing nearly $60M, and raised questions surrounding how government contracts get handed out 2021: Gen. Jonathan Vance affair 2021: Government tables bill C-21, its far-reaching and contentious gun control legislation 2021: Trudeau and cabinet abstaining from China Uighurs genocide vote 2021: A mansion belonging to property developer Wei Wei is raided by police as part of an underground gambling investigation in July 2020. Toronto Life Magazine later revealed that Wei had attended pricey Liberal party fundraisers and posed with photos with Trudeau, and was a member of a Chinese industry delegation that had connections to million-dollar donations to the Trudeau Foundation 2022: Media reports reveal the Trudeau Liberals had paid billions in consultancy fees during their time in office, including over $110 million to McKinsey & Company 2022: The Liberals and NDP sign their infamous supply and confidence agreement that would protect the minority Liberals from being toppled by non-confidence votes. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh publicly tore up the agreement last September, but kept supporting the government 2023: Media reports uncover the scale and scope of Chinese interference in Canadian affairs, including allegations of meddling in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections and threats to Canadian politicians. The PMO was given reports from intelligence officials on the meddling as early as 2017, including warnings that candidates may be part of Chinese interference attempts, but allegedly ignored the warnings 2023: The federal government announces attempts to recoup the $112,000 anti-racism grant awarded to a group associated with activist Laith Marouf, who routinely posted antisemitic material on social media 2024: Global Affairs Canada purchases $9 million condo in Manhattan for consul general 2024: Randy Boissonnault implosion — including pandemic-era federal contracts granted to a company he co-owned, and changing stories on his supposed Indigenous background 2024: Sustainable Development Technology Canada program, better known as the “green slush fund” scandal For more details about scandals: RIGHT DISHONOURABLE: Scandals that defined the Trudeau era | Toronto Sun

Why don't we see Carney explaining where his investments are and the exact details about them? He wants to be PM. So shouldn't the people have a right to know what his conflicts of interest might be?

The federal government has the power to override the supreme court which is a bunch of Liberals. The feds could apply the not-withstanding clause to enforce the new laws. Stop the crime. If the SCC and Liberals won't do it, they should be thrown out and a government that will protect the people elected.

Announced on the news this morning, although it is not new news. This has been stated regularly: Poilievre promises to ban bail, parole and house arrest for repeat serious offenders

Why lie? There have been lots of details about solutions available on the internet and the media about what Conservatives would do if elected. " Poilievre will pass a “Three-Strikes-And-You’re-Out” law to keep dangerous criminals behind bars longer and bring home safe streets. Sault Ste. Marie, ON — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced today that he will end the Liberal wave of violent crime by passing a Three-Strikes-and-You’re-Out Law. This law will stop criminals convicted of three serious offences from getting bail, probation, parole or house arrest, and keep violent criminals behind bars longer to keep them away from their victims and off our streets. Poilievre will make sure that three-time serious criminals get a minimum prison term of 10 years and up to a life sentence. They will also be designated as Dangerous Offenders, meaning they cannot be released until they prove they are no longer a danger. The only way for these repeat serious criminals to obtain their freedom will be through spotless behaviour and clean drug tests during a lengthy minimum prison sentence, with earned release dependent on improving themselves and their life opportunities, such as by learning a trade or upgrading their education. “We will lock up the worst violent offenders longer and make sure they are not released as long as they pose a danger to our society,” said Poilievre. “Hug-a-thug, catch-and-release policies have destroyed our once-safe towns and cities. Only Conservatives will take violent crime seriously and do what it takes to get it under control.” As a result of the Lost Liberal Decade, violent crime has skyrocketed by 50 percent, while gun crime is up 116 percent. Gang homicides have soared by 78 percent, and extortion and auto theft are up 357 percent and 46 percent, respectively. We can’t afford a fourth Liberal term under a weak leader like Mark Carney, who won’t take the bold action necessary to stop the crime and chaos in our streets. This crime wave was no accident. The Liberals introduced radical catch-and-release policies like Bill C-5, which allows some of the worst offenders to serve their sentences at home, and Bill C-75, which lets rampant criminals go free within hours of their arrest. The result has been a disaster for Canadian communities. In Saskatchewan in 2022, Myles Sanderson went on a spree, killing 11 people and injuring 17 more. Sanderson was out on “statutory release” after 59 prior convictions for assault, robbery, mischief and uttering threats. FIFTY. NINE. CONVICTIONS. If he had been kept in jail where he belonged, those 11 precious Canadians would still be alive. Last year, investigators in Peel Region made 18 arrests in connection with a string of home invasions, armed robberies and carjackings, with over $1.2 million worth of stolen vehicles recovered. Of the 18, half were out on bail. In Vancouver, police had to arrest the same 40 offenders 6,000 times. And in 2022, 256 people were charged with homicide while out on release. “Not only will Common Sense Conservatives repeal the Liberal catch-and-release laws, we will carry out the biggest crackdown on crime in Canadian history,” said Pierre Poilievre. Mark Carney will keep Liberal soft-on-crime laws. As Justin Trudeau’s advisor, he supported the Liberal Party as they let crime run rampant in our streets. As Liberal leader, his first move was to appoint David Lametti–-the same minister who was responsible for Trudeau’s soft-on-crime laws–-as his senior advisor. And his hand-picked candidate in Victoria wants to “defund” and “disarm” the police. Only a new Conservative government will stop the crime, lock up dangerous criminals, and give repeat violent offenders jail, not bail. Only Conservatives will bring home safe streets for law-abiding Canadians–For a Change. Only Conservatives will put Canada First–For a Change. unquote Poilievre to Crack Down on Liberal Violent Crime Wave with ‘Three-Strikes-And-You’re-Out’ Law - Conservative Party of Canada We know Carney has said nothing about what he would do about the soft-on-crime policies and practices in the past ten years. Why is that? The answer is obvious. He won't change things. He has had lots of opportunity to tell what he would do. Other Liberal MPs are silent also and say nothing about it.

Bull. Actual cases show the depravity and blindness in not seeing the evil nature of this Liberal government and those who blindly support it.

At the time of his graduation celebrations, Jessie walked onto the property of a guy who then beat him viciously and mercilessly with a baseball bat. He now lives as almost a vegetable after suffering many pain-causing surgeries. The offender spent 33 months in jail and is now out.

Just saw on the news this evening that a man who drove his car deliberately into a home to invade their home and put a chain around the husband's neck, threatened to kill him was released by a judge with conditions after two weeks in custody. This is the kind of thing that Liberals think is fine. Catch and release dangerous offenders and put society in danger. They trust that a dangerous offender like this will follow the long list of conditions and not harm anyone else. How often have they been wrong? Countless times.

If you look at the past record of the Liberals and the Conservatives under Harper, several things stand out: 1. The Conservatives did a fairly good job handling the government budget during the recession of 2008-2010. They ran up a deficit over a number of years but the deficit was nowhere near the size of the deficits the Liberal ran up under Trudeau. Also, the Conservatives were able to get the deficits under control and by the time of the 2015 change of government, the deficit was very small or non-existent when Trudeau took over. 2. The Liberals did two things that cause concern. They increased the size of the federal civil service by a large percentage after they took power in 2015. While it is understandable that there would be a deficit in the Covid years, the deficit continued to grow quite large since Covid ended. Today the deficit is 62 billion dollars. That means a large amount of the annual budget must go to pay the interest on the national debt. This interest is about as much as the federal government spends on health care. This article describes some things about the Harper governing years with respect to government economics. " Then came the financial crisis and recession. In fiscal years 2008/09 and 2009/10, the Conservatives budgeted lower revenue and higher spending, and as the economic decline turned out worse than expected, the actual declines in revenues and increases in spending were larger than budgeted, yielding a deficit of almost $56 billion in 2009/10. The reverse was true in the recovery year of 2010/11: revenues came in ahead of, and spending below, budget. In three of the following four years as the bottom line returned to balance, this same pattern of in-year surprises in opposite directions prevailed. This pattern stands out in a good way for two reasons. Letting booms push revenue up and spending down, producing positive bottom-line results, and letting busts push revenue down and spending up, producing negative bottom-line results, is the public economics prescription for macroeconomic stabilization. The Harper Conservatives largely did that. The other reason this pattern stands out in a good way is that, while common in textbooks, it is rare in real life. Canada’s federal and provincial governments over the past 20 years have typically overshot their revenue targets, and spent most of that extra revenue as it came in (Robson and Omran 2019). The Trudeau Liberals reverted to that more common pattern. They recorded better-than-forecast revenues in each of the four fiscal years from 2015 to 2019, and overshot their projected increases in spending in three of them. One result of that overspending is that the Liberals ratcheted the size of the federal government up year by year. The superior fiscal management of the Harper Conservatives avoided that. Over the full 2006 to 2015 period, notwithstanding the spending pressures of 2008 and 2009, federal revenue and spending declined somewhat as a share of GDP. The Liberals are consistently adding to Ottawa’s accumulated deficit, despite a growing economy. If their approach had been more like that of the Harper Conservatives, Canada would have been better prepared for the fiscal impact of covid-19. " How Good Was Harper? (for Canada's Economy) – The Dorchester Review

We see Liberals promise they have the best plan to deal with the housing crisis, the Trump tariffs, and everything else. The Conservatives also promise they have the best plan to deal with each of these things. So how is the average voter supposed to know who has the best plan and who can be trusted? The answer has to be the past record of the Liberal government. They were given the mandate and privilege to govern Canada the past ten years. So it boils down to the history of what they did with the mandate they were given. They were the ones that allowed the housing crisis to happen. They created mass immigration which added to the housing crisis and health care crisis because they did not properly consider how immigration would affect the housing situation or how it would affect the other services such as health care. They also did not consider how their government regulations at all levels would be an obstacle to home building and how the costs of obtaining permits would add to the cost of home building. There are also 149,000 regulations on businesses in Canada. This creates an extreme burden and costs to investment and business. They did nothing about that either. I think they had their chance and if examined closely must be given a fail. Since politicians always promise everything under the sun, it is impossible to decide who to vote for strictly on the basis of political promises. Promises simply can't be the deciding factor. It must be based on what records of the past are available. That means there is only one party, that is, the one which has not had the chance to prove what they could do, but has a vision for the future to build a strong Canada.

After ten years of the soft-on-crime government, it appears many voters are still supporting Liberals. Obviously these people have not been personally affected and they don't have businesses that have been affected. Just on the news that six men, most or all with rifles, were recorded on a security camera arriving on a farm in Manitoba in the middle of the night. The farmer turned on his outside light and they all jumped back into their truck and took off. This could have been very serious. But there will be no consequences for this with our criminal justice system. Winnipeg apparently has the highest murder rate as well. Another young man in Kamloops was badly beaten by a guy with a baseball bat for walking on his property at the time of his graduation night. He was beaten to a vegetable state and now lives in bed requiring continuous care which his mother provides. He has suffered through many operations. Yet the offender got off with 33 months in prison and was released. A judge ordered him to sell his home and give the money to the victim and/or mother for lifetime care. So he apparently sold the house to his parents for one dollar. The victim and his mother have seen very little of the money. This kind of thing should never have happened like this. This is a failure of our justice system under the Liberals. There will be no change if Liberals continue to rule. Same old people; same old soft-on-crime attitude. Please help change this by voting for a Conservative government who will change the justice system to protect Canadians.

Are you saying there is no such thing as provincial sovereignty? You need to go back to school. Or maybe they didn't teach you much. The basic provincial jurisdiction: quote Exclusive Powers of Provincial Legislatures The exclusive powers of Provincial legislatures, enumerated in ss. 92, 92(A) and 93 of the Constitution Acts, 1867 to 1982, concern matters of a local nature (also see notes). They include the following: Direct Taxation within Province Management/Sale of Public Lands belonging to Province Prisons Hospitals Municipalities Formalization of Marriage Property and Civil Rights Administration of Civil/Criminal Justice Education Incorporation of Companies Natural Resources Matters of a merely local or private nature unquote The constitutional distribution of legislative powers - Canada.ca

So that's your excuse for wrecking the country?

Carney is critical of Premier Danielle Smith for defending her province. Carney jokes that it's a 'bad idea' to send 'Danielle' to persuade Americans Carney and Trudeau and his minions have been trying to destroy the energy industry in Canada. They have at the same time squandered billions of dollars around the world and here in Canada for various pet projects. They don't respect provincial sovereignty in areas that should be respected like natural resources, land use, and various other things. They have created more division in Canada in the last ten years than any government in history.

Trudeau ran up the highest federal government debt in Canadian history. Multiply the figures by 1,000 to get the actual debt. It is about 1.5 trillion dollars. This is significant because interest must be paid on debt, which must come out of the annual budget. The more spent on interest payment to service the debt, the less money available for other services.

I was kind of neutral about the U.S. election. While I agreed with some things Trump advocated such as stopping all the illegal immigrants from coming in, I don't recall hearing about his plan to impose massive tariffs on his next door neighbours. So I can't agree with those who say Trump is a good choice. I think the tariff war he started with the rest of the world will be a disaster for the U.S. and the world. Nothing good will come out of it and probably a lot of harm. He claims industries are suddenly going to move to the U.S. and create jobs and wealth. I don't think that is how things work. He is cutting off the supply of low cost goods that our countries have imported from other countries. This will make life more expensive and difficult for everyone. Free trade has been a wonderful benefit for the U.S. and other countries they trade with. What a shame this is being destroyed.

I'm not sure about the either the Liberal or Conservative plan. I don't have much faith in government being involved in the land or building. Government and bureaucracy has often been very costly and inefficient. We'll see what develops.

It sounds good. But the subject is complex. The Conservatives need to produce a detailed plan. We need 5 million homes ASAP. The Liberal plan only plans for near 500,000 per year. That is not good enough and it is unlikely they will even get near that number. Maybe what we need is a joint task force made up of Liberals and Conservatives to come up with a plan that everyone can agree on.

II watched for several minutes, but never heard anything that was understandable or clear. Poor speaker. Can't waste a lot of time on this because he should be able to make the point in a couple minutes but it drags on and on. Canada needs 5.8 million new homes by 2030 to tackle affordability crisis, CMHC warns Canada needs 5.8 million new homes by 2030 to tackle affordability crisis, CMHC warns | CBC News What is the plan? Is there any real liberal plan to even come close to 5.8 million homes? I haven't seen it.

We sell 90% of our oil to the U.S. But Trump's trade war has destroyed our trade relationship. An oil company CEO just said we need to shift now to selling our oil (and gas) to the east and west, that is, to countries other than the U.S. That is why the Liberals killing the Energy East pipeline and the Northern Gateway pipeline to the west coast has really put us in a weak position. It will take years to build pipelines. But if Carney sticks to his CO2 net zero, anti-pipeline, anti-energy industry stance, we are in big trouble. It will be very difficult or impossible, if Carney is the PM, to get pipelines built and sell more oil to the rest of the world instead of the U.S. While we are being hog tied by Carney and the Liberals/NDP, the rest of the world is pressing ahead to sell their oil and gas and build their economies. Canada needs to change its whole approach and do everything to develop a booming economy and booming resource industries to protect us from the Trump trade war.

I've told you enough times the Liberals are strangling the energy industry, but you don't seem to believe facts. We could be selling far more to the rest of the world than we are, but we don't have the pipelines to do it and restrictions, cap, etc. are making it far more expensive to produce oil in Canada than the U.S. does. The industry is not doing nearly as well as it could because of the restrictions and carbon taxes. That's what we have now under the Liberals/NDP.

" All those brave words about “Elbows Up” and “Canada Strong” are just hot air and slogans if we’re not prepared to fight for our survival with every weapon at our disposal. Carney’s farcical “Net Zero” fantasy is just bunk. It will consign this country to third-world status at a time when our neighbour is promising to “drill, baby, drill!” It steps on provincial toes and is harmful and divisive. Canada is blessed with abundant resources. To hobble our economy with legislation that’s been deemed unconstitutional is an act of self-harm to the Canadian economy at a time when we need to be unleashing the full power of our potential. " EDITORIAL: Carney’s wrong on pipeline law

Where does most of the oil go? The U.S.? We can't sell overseas via the east coast because the Liberals killed the proposed Energy East pipeline. We can't sell more to Pacific rim countries, India, and Asia because Liberals killed the Northern Gateway pipeline proposal. We haven't increased our oil production and sales to the rest of the world because of Liberal's killing the industry. Natural gas production has not increased in the past 20 or 30 years you will notice. Trudeau turned down the offer to send LNG to European countries. Carney wants to keep net zero and all the regulations and caps on the energy industry. This is paralyzing the energy industry and preventing us from growing and selling world wide. The U.S. is going to drill, drill, drill and produce lots of oil, but Canada can't because of Liberal restrictions and carbon taxes. Carney will keep us from developing our energy industry in the face of Trump tariffs. We need to develop our oil and gas reserves to counter the Trump tariffs. Not keep shooting ourselves in the foot. EDITORIAL: Carney’s wrong on pipeline law

This lie tells me all I need to know about you. The government bought Trans Mountain pipeline. You are the one lying. You conveniently ignore the legislation Trudeau brought in called C69 in 2017. This effectively killed any new pipelines. Trudeau killed the Energy East pipeline and the Northern Gateway pipeline which would have carried oil from Alberta to Kitimat, BC. to ship overseas. Trudeau also put a tanker ban on the BC north coast. They obviously killed pipelines and were working to kill the oil and gas industry in Canada. The fact you support that is the stupidest thing in the world. They only bought Trans Mountain Pipeline because that already existed and was being expanded. It was the only pipeline to the west coast and supplied fuel to B.C. The Liberals had no choice on that one. But they blocked and killed everything else. Stop being a traitor to Canada. Maybe you are posting from China or the middle east eh? Who knows.

If it is extreme environmentalism, it is a religion. It's called Mother Earth worship. God created man and gave him dominion over the environment. Not to sacrifice man on the alter of environmentalism as environmentalists want to do. You can't sacrifice our resource industries to try to save the planet. It won't save anything and only destroy our economy and way of life. Do you want to make Canada a third world country? Canada has a lot of rich natural resources. We can't compete very well in manufacturing because many countries manufacture goods and they pay very low wages and benefits. Out wealth is in the natural resources. That is where we can make prosperity for Canadians.