Trudeau should just resign. Replace him with Goodale or Garneau. We have a country to worry about.
I didn't know Andrew Scheer had an ERA account.Trudeau should just resign. Replace him with Goodale or Garneau. We have a country to worry about.
Man, I don't fucking care if Trudeau ate a puppy. Like fuck I'm ever voting for a Conservative government.
i won't be doing the steering but it will be others that really despise him. There are people in the conservative sphere in Alberta that want to kick him out of his leadership position despite the alberta ndp because the ucp has not been listening to there concerns and kenney and the ucp have been treating some of these people like shit.A lot of these people don't like the AB ndp either but they will only be happy when kenney is gone.He doesn't need to be infallible. He needs to be not NDP or Liberal.
So the best hope is the UCP falling apart in the next 2 months? Good luck steering anything away from the economy, as Alberta slides into the toilet due to what everyone feels is looming recession.
Employment grew for a second consecutive month, up 56,000 in February, driven by gains in full-time work. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.8% as the number of people searching for work held steady.
In the 12 months to February, total employment grew by 369,000 or 2.0%, reflecting increases in both full- (+266,000) and part-time (+103,000) work. Over the same period, total hours worked were virtually unchanged.
To explore the most recent results from the Labour Force Survey in an interactive format, visit the "Labour Force Survey in brief: Interactive app."
Highlights
Ontario was the sole province with a notable employment gain in February. Employment declined in Manitoba, and was little changed in the remaining provinces.
More people were employed in professional, scientific and technical services; public administration; natural resources; and agriculture. At the same time, there were fewer workers in accommodation and food services, as well as transportation and warehousing.
The overall number of employees increased, while self-employment was little changed.
Employment rose for both women and men aged 15 to 24, while it was little changed for the other demographic groups.
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It's been over a decade, but this AirFarce skit still makes me laugh.
This is an important apology for a heinous act committed by the Canadian Government, and its a shame that a lot of people are going to write it off as him trying to change the subject from SNC-Lavalin
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said today he "didn't hear" a question about an infamous — and debunked — conspiracy theory connecting the Clinton Foundation to a child sex ring during a town hall event in Kitchener, Ont. last night.
At one point during the event, a member of the audience rose to ask a two-minute question touching on several subjects, including immigration funding and international aid. He then linked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the mythical conspiracy known as "pizzagate," which gained traction during the 2016 United States presidential election.
The Scheer stupidity of this excuse is astonishing. You could ask them to repeat what they're asking if you didn't hear them.
Yet repeatedly and overwhelmingly from the prime minister and his advisors, the hand-wringing has focused on Canadian jobs, without substantiation of what the real job losses might be.
Not a whisper for the innocent civilians trampled under a dictator's boot.
The kind of people who don't have Michael Wernick's mobile number.
Moreover, had the Libyan regime not collapsed and the bribery discovered, would this company still be in the game, still arranging prostitute parties and funnelling money to the Gaddafis?
It's highly significant that SNC is no stranger to disciplinary action over its conduct. During the 2001-2011 period of the alleged Libyan bribery, the company has:
In other words, from a prosecutor's standpoint, SNC's past history is a serious aggravating factor that militates against lenience.
- been barred from bidding on Asian Development Bank projects for fabricating qualifications and documents (2004);
- settled corruption allegations with the African Development Bank over bribes in Mozambique (2008) and Uganda (2010);
- bribed Canadian officials with $22.5 million in relation to a McGill hospital contract (2009);
- been credibly found by the World Bank as participating in high-level corruption in Bangladesh in 2009-2010, and entered into a voluntary debarment from World Bank-financed projects;
- entered into a voluntary agreement to compensate seven Quebec municipalities for obtaining contracts through questionable means (1996-2011);
- made illegal federal election campaign donations (2004-2011), entering into a voluntary compliance agreement with the federal elections commissioner
Section 715.3 of the Criminal Code of Canada then sets out several pre-conditions and mandatory considerations that the Canadian prosecutor is required by law to consider.
The first pre-condition to consideration of a DPA in the Canadian legislation is that the prosecutor must form the opinion that "the offence did not cause and was not likely to have caused serious bodily harm or death."
A prosecutor could hardly ignore the Gaddafi reign of terror over the Libyan people, and the company's role in supporting that, particularly by continuing involvement with Saadi Gaddafi after the murder of his coach. Prosecutors are entitled to consider more background on this subject than can be publicly disclosed.
The Criminal Code then sets out a number of circumstances that the prosecutor MUST consider, which are similar to the U.K. framework:
These include whether the accused organization self-reported to authorities (it did not); the nature and gravity of the offence (extremely serious); the involvement of senior officers (high); whether the organization has entered into a previous remediation agreement for similar conduct (multiple); whether the organization or its officers committed other offences (many).
Of special note is that the reported conduct continued over an extended period, almost a decade, with an extremely high dollar value.
On the positive side for SNC-Lavalin, it fired the people directly involved, had a complete turnover of senior management, and have instituted better internal checks and balances. So there's that.
In sum, SNC fails on all the primary tests a prosecutor would take into account, and passes only the most marginal or peripheral ones. Barring evidentiary issues that we have no way to assess, there is more than ample reason to support the determination of the DPP, and no substantial cause to overturn it.
Jason Kenney: Being a conservative tool since the days of the Reform Party!Hahahaha, holy hell, Jason Kenney and the UCP have been melting down on a daily basis.
This is the best edit I've found of the whole scandal today: https://twitter.com/mikesbloggity/status/1103901920341647360
Or they're not actually that different.I really wish the BC liberals didn't use the liberal name. They're the BC conservatives, you may as well use the name.
I really wish the BC liberals didn't use the liberal name. They're the BC conservatives, you may as well use the name.
The federal party this week reconfirmed Ms. Wilson-Raybould's candidacy. And the Liberal electoral district association in the riding backs her. "The Vancouver-Granville Liberal Riding Association stands in full support of our MP Jody Wilson-Raybould, and her important work for our community, region and nation," Claire Marshall, president of the electoral district association, said in a statement.
But how does the former attorney-general make the case to voters to vote Liberal when her disclosures have so affected the brand of the party she is running for? Although Ms. Wilson-Raybould said in her resignation letter from cabinet that she remains committed to a "progressive vision of change," she is not saying how she would reconcile running under the Liberal banner after having raised serious questions about how the government operates. Asked about the situation, her officer issued a statement that did not answer the question.
They're not Social Conservatives, just Fiscal Conservatives. Basically Democrats.
The Scheer stupidity of this excuse is astonishing. You could ask them to repeat what they're asking if you didn't hear them.
I really wish the BC liberals didn't use the liberal name. They're the BC conservatives, you may as well use the name.
Remarkable to see ex-Cabinet minister Shiela Copps and one time Liberal leadership candidate weigh in on this scandal with awful racist garbage.
No doubt that the BC Liberals tilt more right than their Ontario cousins, but as much as people try to handwave away the shitty stuff the BC Liberals do by associating them with the Conservatives, the latter explanation is the closest to the reality.
Christy Clark is a long time Federal Liberal. She was president of the Young Liberals at SFU, was married to a Liberal organizer and has deep connections to that party. Her views and actions can't be easily dismissed by her association with conservatives in the big tent BC Liberal Party.
I'm seeing tweets that say it's even more than $150k. Lol. The connections between the Liberals and SNC Lavalin go deep. it's obvious what is driving this thing.
Why is Clark even popping her head up now with these bad takes?
Twitter is speculating that she's hoping for a Senate seat payback. *barfs*
Did she tweet Philpott and ask her why she's betraying all women?
Actually, yes.
Except he is.