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- If you were thinking the Conservatives wouldn't be as bad as the Liberals when it comes to regulating the Internet, think again.michellerempelgarner.substack.com The bill to protect Canadians online that the Liberals should have written.
Conservatives will present new legislation to protect Canadians online that preserves their civil liberties.
> > > As opposed to Bill C-63, which pushes [age verification bullshit] far into the future and behind closed doors through an opaque regulatory process, our new Conservative legislation will directly legislate [age verification bullshit] that online operators must adhere to. > >
- The 219 MPs Who Voted Against Advancing Electoral Reform
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/28858201
> The 219 Corrupt MPs Who Voted Against Advancing Electoral Reform > > Results of Motion M-86: > > > ❌219 MPs: 🔴107 🔵111 > > ✅103 MPs: 🔴40 🔵4 ⚪️30 🟠24 ⚫️3 🟢2 > > ❓14 MPs: 🔴9 ⚪️2 🔵2 🟠1 > > Use Control-F to find your MP: > > 🔵Conservative: > > Poilievre, Hon. Pierre (Carleton) > > Aboultaif, Ziad (Edmonton Manning) > > Aitchison, Scott (Parry Sound—Muskoka) > > Albas, Dan (Central—Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola) > > Allison, Dean (Niagara West) > > Arnold, Mel (North Okanagan—Shuswap) > > Baldinelli, Tony (Niagara Falls) > > Barlow, John (Foothills) > > Barrett, Michael (Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes) > > Berthold, Luc (Mégantic—L'Érable) > > Bezan, James (Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman) > > Block, Kelly (Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek) > > Bragdon, Richard (Tobique—Mactaquac) > > Brassard, John (Barrie—Innisfil) > > Brock, Larry (Brantford—Brant) > > Calkins, Blaine (Red Deer—Lacombe) > > Caputo, Frank (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) > > Carrie, Colin (Oshawa) > > Chong, Hon. Michael D. (Wellington–Halton Hills) > > Cooper, Michael (St. Albert–Edmonton) > > Dalton, Marc (Pitt Meadows–Maple Ridge) > > Dancho, Raquel (Kildonan–St. Paul) > > Davidson, Scot (York–Simcoe) > > Deltell, Gérard (Louis-Saint-Laurent) > > Doherty, Todd (Cariboo—Prince George) > > Dowdall, Terry (Burnaby North-Seymour) > > Dreeshen, Earl (Red Deer—Mountain View) > > Duncan, Eric (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) > > Ellis, Stephen (Cumberland—Colchester) > > Epp, Dave (Chatham-Kent—Leamington) > > Falk, Rosemarie (Battlefords—Lloydminster) > > Falk, Ted (Provencher) > > Fast, Hon. Ed (Abbotsford) > > Ferreri, Michelle (Petersborough—Kawartha) > > Findlay, Hon. Kerry-Lynne D. (South Surrey–White Rock) > > Gallant, Cheryl (Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke) > > Généreux, Bernard (Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup) > > Genuis, Garnett (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan) > > Gladu, Marilyn (Sarnia—Lambton) > > Godin, Joël (Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier) > > Goodridge, Laila (Fort McMurray—Cold Lake) > > Gourde, Jacques (Lévis—Lotbinière) > > Gray, Tracy (Kelowna—Lake Country) > > Hallan, Jasraj Singh (Calgary Forest Lawn) > > Hoback, Randy (Prince Albert) > > Jeneroux, Matt (Edmonton Riverbend) > > Kelly, Pat (Calgary Rocky Ridge) > > Khanna, Arpan (Oxford) > > Kitchen, Robert (Souris—Moose Mountain) > > Kmiec, Tom (Calgary Shepard) > > Kram, Michael (Regina—Wascana) > > Kramp-Neuman, Shelby (Hastings—Lennox and Addington) > > Kurek, Damien C. (Battle River—Crowfoot) > > Kusie, Stephanie (Calgary Midnapore) > > Lake, Hon. Mike (Edmonton—Wetaskiwin) > > Lantsman, Melissa (Thornhill) > > Lawrence, Philip (Northumberland—Peterborough South) > > Lehoux, Richard (Beauce) > > Leslie, Branden (Portage—Lisgar) > > Lewis, Chris (Essex) > > Lewis, Leslyn (Haldimand—Norfolk) > > Liepert, Ron (Calgary Signal Hill) > > Lloyd, Dane (Sturgeon River—Parkland) > > Maguire, Larry (Brandon—Souris) > > Majumdar, Shuvaloy (Calgary Heritage) > > Martel, Richard (Chicoutimi—Le Fjord) > > Mazier, Dan (Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa) > > McCauley, Kelly (Edmonton West) > > McLean, Greg (Calgary Centre) > > Melillo, Eric (Kenora) > > Moore, Hon. Rob (Fundy Royal) > > Morantz, Marty (Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley) > > Morrison, Rob (Kootenay—Columbia) > > Motz, Glen (Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner) > > Muys, Dan (Flamborough—Glanbrook) > > Patzer, Jeremy (Cypress Hills—Grasslands) > > Paul-Hus, Pierre (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles) > > Perkins, Rick (South Shore—St. Margarets) > > Redekopp, Brad (Saskatoon West) > > Reid, Scott (Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston) > > Rempel Garner, Hon. Michelle (Calgary Nose Hill) > > Richards, Blake (Banff—Airdrie) > > Roberts, Anna (King—Vaughan) > > Rood, Lianne (Lambton—Kent—Middlesex) > > Scheer, Hon. Andrew (Regina—Qu'Appelle) > > Schmale, Jamie (Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock) > > Seeback, Kyle (Dufferin—Caledon) > > Shields, Martin (Bow River) > > Shipley, Doug (Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte) > > Small, Clifford (Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame) > > Soroka, Gerald (Yellowhead) > > Steinley, Warren (Regina—Lewvan) > > Stewart, Jake (Miramichi—Grand Lake) > > Strahl, Mark (Chilliwack—Hope) > > Stubbs, Shannon (Lakeland) > > Thomas, Rachael (Lethbridge) > > Tochor, Corey (Saskatoon—University) > > Tolmie, Fraser (Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan) > > Uppal, Hon. Tim (Edmonton Mill Woods) > > Van Popta, Tako (Langley—Aldergrove) > > Vecchio, Karen (Elgin—Middlesex—London) > > Vidal, Gary (Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River) > > Vien, Dominique (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) > > Viersen, Arnold (Peace River—Westlock) > > Vis, Brad (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon) > > Wagantall, Cathay (Yorkton—Melville) > > Warkentin, Chris (Grande Prairie—Mackenzie) > > Waugh, Kevin (Saskatoon—Grasswood) > > Webber, Len (Calgary Confederation) > > Williams, Ryan (Bay of Quinte) > > Williamson, John (New Brunswick Southwest) > > Zimmer, Bob (Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies) > > > 🔴Liberal: > > Trudeau, Right Hon. Justin (Papineau) > > Freeland, Hon. Chrystia (University—Rosedale) > > Joly, Hon. Mélanie (Ahuntsic-Cartierville) > > Ali, Shafqat (Brampton Centre) > > Anand, Hon. Anita (Oakville) > > Beech, Hon. Terry (Burnaby North—Seymour) > > Guilbeault, Hon. Steven (Laurier—Sainte-Marie) > > Anandasangaree, Hon. Gary (Scarborough—Rouge Park) > > Arseneault, René (Madawaska—Restigouche) > > Arya, Chandra (Nepean) > > Bains, Parm (Steveston—Richmond East) > > Battiste, Jaime (Sydney—Victoria) > > Aldag, John (Cloverdale—Langley City) > > Bibeau, Hon. Marie-Claude (Compton—Stanstead) > > Bittle, Chris (St. Catharines) > > Blair, Hon. Bill (Scarborough Southwest) > > Boissonnault, Hon. Randy (Edmonton Centre) > > Bradford, Valerie (Kitchener South—Hespeler) > > Brière, Élisabeth (Sherbrooke) > > Chahal, George (Calgary Skyview) > > Champagne, Hon. François-Philippe (Saint-Maurice—Champlain) > > Chatel, Sophie (Pontiac) > > Chiang, Paul (Markham—Unionville) > > Cormier, Serge (Acadie—Bathurst) > > Damoff, Pam (Oakville North—Burlington) > > Dhaliwal, Sukh (Surrey—Newton) > > Dhillon, Anju (Dorval-Lachine-LaSalle) > > Diab, Lena Metlege (Halifax West) > > Drouin, Francis (Glengarry-Prescott-Russell) > > Dubourg, Emmanuel (Bourassa) > > Duclos, Hon. Jean-Yves (Québec) > > Duguid, Terry (Winnipeg South) > > Ehsassi, Ali (Willowdale) > > El-Khoury, Fayçal (Laval—Les Îles) > > Fraser, Hon. Sean (Central Nova) > > Fry, Hon. Hedy (Vancouver Centre) > > Gaheer, Iqwinder (Misssissauga—Malton) > > Gould, Hon. Karina (Burlington) > > Hajdu, Hon. Patty (Thunder Bay—Superior North) > > Hardie, Ken (Fleetwood—Port Kells) > > Hepfner, Lisa (Hamilton Mountain) > > Holland, Hon. Mark (Ajax) > > Hussen, Hon. Ahmed (York South—Weston) > > Hutchings, Hon. Gudie (Long Range Mountains) > > Iacono, Angelo (Alfred-Pellan) > > Ien, Hon. Marci (Toronto Centre) > > Jaczek, Hon. Helena (Markham—Stouffville) > > Jones, Yvonne (Labrador) > > Khalid, Iqra (Mississauga—Erin Mills) > > Khera, Hon. Kamal (Brampton West) > > Koutrakis, Annie (Vimy) > > Lambropoulos, Emmanuella (Saint-Laurent) > > Lamoureux, Kevin (Winnipeg North) > > Lapointe, Viviane (Sudbury) > > Lattanzio, Patricia (Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel) > > Lauzon, Stéphane (Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation) > > LeBlanc, Hon. Dominic (Beauséjour) > > Lebouthillier, Hon. Diane (Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine) > > Longfield, Lloyd (Guelph) > > MacAulay, Hon. Lawrence (Cardigan) > > MacKinnon, Hon. Steven (Gatineau) > > Maloney, James (Etobicoke—Lakeshore) > > Martinez Ferrada, Hon. Soraya (Hochelaga) > > May, Bryan (Cambridge) > > McDonald, Ken (Avalon) > > McGuinty, Hon. David J. (Ottawa South) > > McKay, Hon. John (Scarborough—Guildwood) > > McKinnon, Ron (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) > > Miao, Wilson (Richmond Centre) > > Miller, Hon. Marc (Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Soeurs) > > Morrissey, Robert J. (Egmont) > > Ng, Hon. Mary (Markham—Thornhill) > > O'Connell, Jennifer (Pickering—Uxbridge) > > Oliphant, Hon. Robert (Don Valley West) > > Petitpas Taylor, Hon. Ginette (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe) > > Powlowski, Marcus (Thunder Bay—Rainy River) > > Qualtrough, Hon. Carla (Delta) > > Robillard, Yves (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin) > > Rodriguez, Hon. Pablo (Honoré-Mercier) > > Rogers, Churence (Bonavista—Burin—Trinity) > > Romanado, Sherry (Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne) > > Sahota, Hon. Ruby (Brampton North) > > Sajjan, Hon. Harjit S. (Vancouver South) > > Saks, Hon. Ya'ara (York Centre) > > Samson, Darrell (Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook) > > Sarai, Randeep (Surrey Centre) > > Scarpaleggia, Francis (Lac-Saint-Louis) > > Schiefke, Peter (Vaudreuil—Soulanges) > > Sgro, Hon. Judy A. (Humber River—Black Creek) > > Shanahan, Brenda (Châteauguay—Lacolle) > > Sheehan, Terry (Sault Ste. Marie) > > Sidhu, Maninder (Brampton East) > > Sidhu, Sonia (Brampton South) > > Sorbara, Francesco (Vaughan—Woodbridge) > > St-Onge, Hon. Pascale (Brome—Missisquoi) > > Sudds, Hon. Jenna (Kanata—Carleton) > > Tassi, Hon. Filomena (Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas) > > Thompson, Joanne (St. John's East) > > Valdez, Hon. Rechie (Mississauga—Streetsville) > > Vandal, Hon. Dan (Saint Boniface—Saint Vital) > > Virani, Hon. Arif (Parkdale—High Park) > > Yip, Jean (Scarborough—Agincourt) > > Zuberni, Sameer (Pierrefonds—Dollard) > > Fonseca, Peter (Mississauga East—Cooksville) > > Kusmierczyk, Irek (Windsor—Tecumseh) > > O'Regan, Hon. Seamus (St. John's South—Mount Pearl) > > Wilkinson, Hon. Jonathan (North Vancouver) > > Statement: > > Canadians are done with the first-past-the post system as it favours the powerful few over the needs of the many, forcing folks to often choose between 2 bad choices at the ballot or their vote is spoiled. We cannot continue with first-past-the-post as it enables corrupt politicians to vote against a fairer electoral system that would represent 95% of the vote instead of 40%. Canadians deserve a electoral system that will allow them to vote for their favourite candidate and to hold the government accountable without having to vote for the most popular opposition in order to fire the corrupt MPs of the government. > > We need to build up the pressure and force the corrupt MPs to listen to the voices of everyday Canadians. > > Here's what you can do: > > Send a letter to your MP and demand they support proportional representation and advance electoral reform immediately. (Letters do not require stamps) > > Use Open Parliament to watch their next moves. > > Use 338Canada to watch the polls. > > Protest against them on the streets. > > Hold strikes demanding proportional representation be passed without a referendum, try to push for a national general strike. > > Vote them out. > > Bring the topic of proportional representation up when meeting with them in person. > > Talk to your family, friends and neighbours about proportional representation. > > We have more than a year to pass proportional representation, so lets get it done before the next election and force the corrupt MPs to do the right thing and make our democracy fairer. > > Sources: > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1REoZ89VAqdcT2eqoGrkQpBOyxUWB9Dioc_-mpgvGZ9g/edit#heading=h.wcvuwdkfukli > > https://www.fairvote.ca/21/02/2024/vote-result-mps-from-all-parties-vote-for-motion-m-86-for-a-citizens-assembly-but-not-enough-to-win/
- B.C. Green under pressure as party battles to maintain legislature presencewww.pqbnews.com B.C. Green under pressure as party battles to maintain legislature presence
B.C. Greens nominate replacement for outgoing MLA Adam Olsen in what is their most promising riding
- RCMP interviews witnesses in Greenbelt criminal probewww.thestar.com RCMP interviewing potential witnesses linked to Doug Ford’s government in Greenbelt criminal probe
In a statement to the Star on Friday, Premier Doug Ford's office confirmed that aides and former staffers were being interviewed.
- 10 mansions that ‘common man’ Pierre Poilievre has fundraised inbreachmedia.ca 10 mansions that ‘common man’ Pierre Poilievre has fundraised in ⋆ The Breach
Tour the homes of uber-wealthy Canadians who are connecting the Conservative leader to elite donors
- Universities, police spread ‘jaw-dropping’ misinformation about encampmentsbreachmedia.ca Universities, police spread ‘jaw-dropping’ misinformation about encampments ⋆ The Breach
Internal emails, leaked recordings, and interviews at six universities reveal a pattern of misinformation targeting pro-Palestinian student encampments before and after crackdowns
- This Conservative MP is 'best friends' with Trump running mate J.D. Vance
> VP candidate and MP Jamil Jivani bonded over being outsiders at a top U.S. law school
- Canada’s Prime Ministers: More like Monarchs than You Think | The Walrusthewalrus.ca Canada’s Prime Ministers: More like Monarchs than You Think | The Walrus
The key to fixing our democracy? Dismantle an electoral system that panders to the culture of celebrity
Obligatory mention of proportional representation, which is the most important improvement that we could make to our democracy, but this article describes another issue - that the Prime Minister most likely has too much power in this country.
> Canadian prime ministerial powers fall into two main categories. The first is the ability of the prime minister, backed by their staff in the Prime Minister’s Office—the PMO—and the Privy Council Office—the PCO—to direct and control what happens in government and in Parliament. The second is the astonishing unchecked power of patronage Canadians give their prime minister to appoint all the leading figures in the country’s public life, judiciary, and administration.
> Backbenchers in the House of Commons no longer see themselves primarily as representatives of the people who elected them and therefore owing prime loyalty to the interests of their constituents. Canadian MPs see loyalty to their party and its leader as their duty beyond any other. A 2020 study by the Samara Centre for Democracy found that Canadian MPs vote as they are instructed by their party whips 99.6 percent of the time.
> I have become convinced that the key to unlocking the barriers to repairing our democracy is to dismantle this electoral system that revolves around the celebrity and curb appeal of a handful of individuals. If Ottawa worked as it should—if it worked as a representative system based on discussion and resolution of communal issues—then the other problems with the Canadian polity and federation can be overcome. In a country of immense diversity, no other democratic model will work. Fundamentally, the overriding problem for Canadian democracy is the unaccountable power that has gathered into the hands of the prime minister. Until that problem is addressed and redressed, until a sustainable working relationship between the prime minister and Parliament is restored, no tinkering with the other levels of our institutions will work.
- Unhappy with new greenwashing rules, Alberta and fossil fuel companies push back
> Amendments to the Competition Act that became law last month under Bill C-59 require companies to be able to prove environmental claims made to promote a product or business interest. > > Schulz said the changes caused "a lot of concern for industry."
- Where do Canada’s soaring corporate profits go? Not ‘back into the country’breachmedia.ca Where do Canada’s soaring corporate profits go? Not ‘back into the country’ ⋆ The Breach
Loblaw and other corporate giants are investing less of their profits than ever before, putting the lie to the ‘trickle down’ promise of neoliberalism
- Snap election unlikely in Canada as European campaigns send incumbents packingwww.timescolonist.com Snap election unlikely in Canada as European campaigns send incumbents packing
Speculation over whether he will send voters back to the polls before the fixed election date of October 2025 has been percolating for more than a year.
- Singh makes his case to Alberta’s new NDP leader amid party separation talkswww.pqbnews.com Singh makes his case to Alberta’s new NDP leader amid party separation talks
But Nenshi intends to ask party members if they want to separate from the federal party
> Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe both often draw links between their NDP opponents provincially, and Trudeau’s decisions in Ottawa, many of which have been backed by Singh and the federal NDP. Smith and Moe contend Trudeau is overstepping into provincial jurisdiction including in health care, energy and the environment.
> “Naheed Nenshi, Trudeau’s choice for Alberta.”
- [BC] Les Leyne: What John Rustad is pitching: Tax cuts, addiction treatment, nuclear power, fire Bonnie Henrywww.timescolonist.com Les Leyne: What John Rustad is pitching: Tax cuts, addiction treatment, nuclear power, fire Bonnie Henry
B.C. Conservative leader said he’s offering a “common sense” approach to governing
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/23546146
> His common sense vision for public safety involves a big increase in addiction treatment programs, most of them private and some of them involuntary, meaning during incarceration. He wants indefinite apprehension of permanently brain-damaged habitual offenders now wandering the streets, on mental health grounds. That could involve invoking the notwithstanding clause in the charter of rights to bypass constitutional concerns if need be, he said.
> Hospitals now cut services to meet their budget because they look at patients as a cost, he said. “We actually need to reverse that, we need to look at patients as revenue generators.”
- Canada’s settler colonial violence in three acts: Calls for solidarity on National Indigenous Peoples Daytheconversation.com Canada’s settler colonial violence in three acts: Calls for solidarity on National Indigenous Peoples Day
Limiting who public space is for and how it can be used is central to settler colonialism both in Canada and other settler colonial places. Here’s how it’s used to silence and criminalize dissent.
Good explanation of why Canada is supporting Genocide in Gaza.
- Inside the ‘shocking’ police operation targeting pro-Palestine activists in Torontobreachmedia.ca Inside the ‘shocking’ police operation targeting pro-Palestine activists in Toronto
A heavily-resourced Hate Crimes Unit has engaged in surveillance, night raids, and ‘trumped up charges’ against the Palestinian solidarity movement A heavily-resourced Hate Crimes Unit has engaged in surveillance, night raids, and ‘trumped up charges’ against the Palestinian solidarity movement
- Are there any Canadian news and current events comedy options?
I watch a lot of late night shows and British current events shows (have I got news for you, the bugle podcast). Really wish there was something equivalent for Canada. I know there was “this hour has 22 minutes” and Rick Mercer but I don’t think they’re around any more.
Any other Canadian comedic current events options?
- [AB] So many self-inflicted wounds, so few allies. Alberta's energy war room was long doomedwww.cbc.ca /news/canada/calgary/war-room-canadian-energy-centre-jason-kenney-danielle-smith-analysis-1.7233216
> Kenney, at a 2018 gathering of his United Conservative Party, pledged a "fully staffed rapid-response war room in government to quickly and effectively rebut every lie told by the green left about our world-class energy industry." > > That line worked well in a room full of pro-oil partisans who felt their province's main industry under siege. And it surely felt familiar to Kenney himself, who'd spend so many federal elections in the Conservative Party war room, pumping out attack after counter-attack against the Liberals, NDP or any other would-be threat to his own faction.
>It tried to take down Big Green. It instead picked fights with Bigfoot Family.
- NDP leader says he's more alarmed after reading unredacted intelligence report
> Jagmeet Singh said Thursday he's "more convinced than ever" that some parliamentarians are "willing participants" in foreign states' efforts to interfere in Canadian politics after reading an unredacted version of a bombshell report
> May said she was 'relieved' reading the report
> Yves-François Blanchet said Tuesday he's inquired about getting security clearance
> That would make Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre the only major party leader to refuse to obtain the necessary security clearance to read the report.
- Poilievre says Tories will vote against capital gains tax hike, calls it a 'job killer'
'We're stepping up for Canadians. They're stepping up for the rich,' Trudeau says of Conservatives
- [BC] Editorial: Provincial politicians need to decide where loyalties lie | Times Colonistwww.timescolonist.com Editorial: Provincial politicians need to decide where loyalties lie
The Oct. 19 provincial election could be one of those rare watershed elections, like the ones in 1941, 1952, 1972, 1991 and 2017.
- Opposition set to amend election bill to curb MP pension eligibility
> But holding the election on that date would also mean that up to 80 MPs — those who were first elected in the 2019 general election — would have served the six years required to qualify for a parliamentary pension, even if they don't run and win their seats in the next campaign.
[...]
> "Canadians don't want to see members of Parliament putting forward legislation that personally benefits their own pensions," said MP Lisa Marie Barron, the NDP critic for democratic institutions. > > Barron said when the bill reaches the committee, her party will introduce an amendment to strike the date change from the bill and return voting day to Oct. 20 — meaning MPs first elected in the 2019 general election would have to be re-elected in 2025 in order to qualify for Parliament's relatively generous retirement benefits.
- Liberals' response to Israel-Gaza conflict puts off religious voters: pollwww.canadianaffairs.news Liberals' response to Israel-Gaza conflict puts off religious voters: poll
A new poll shows low support for the Liberals among religious voters, including two groups they've traditionally counted on — Muslims and Jews
> Foreign affairs usually don’t play a role when it comes to voting in Canadian federal elections. But the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza is having an effect on religious voters in this country. That’s the finding of a new poll by the Angus Reid Institute that shows low support for the federal Liberal party among all religious groups, including two groups they have traditionally counted on — Muslims and Jews.
> The poll, which was released in mid-May, shows
- 41 per cent of Muslims support the NDP, 31 per cent support the Liberals and 15 per cent support the Conservatives. By contrast, in a 2016 Environics Institute poll, 65 per cent of Muslims reported voting for the Liberals in the 2015 election, 10 per cent voted for the NDP and just two per cent supported the Conservatives.
- Jewish support for Liberals is also low, with 42 per cent supporting the Conservatives compared to 33 per cent for the Liberals. Liberals have traditionally performed well in federal ridings with significant Jewish populations, the Angus Reid article notes.
- forty-five per cent of Roman Catholics prefer the Conservatives, 24 per cent the Liberals and 16 per cent are for the NDP.
- Among mainline Protestants, 58 per cent are for the Conservatives, 25 per cent for the Liberals and 11 per cent are NDP.
- Seventy-nine per cent of evangelicals would vote Conservative, five per cent for the Liberals and 14 per cent NDP. -Fifty-three per cent of Hindus would vote Conservative, 22 per cent support the Liberals and 18 per cent the NDP.
- For Sikhs, 54 per cent are Conservative, 21 per cent Liberal and 20 per cent NDP.
- The Road to Digital Hell Is Paved With Good Intentionswww.cigionline.org The Road to Digital Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions
This legislative triad would grant the government sweeping new powers to censor and censure, undermining privacy rights.
This legislative triad would grant the government sweeping new powers to censor and censure, undermining privacy rights.
- 16 year olds should legally be allowed to vote in my opinion
Seriously it really grinds my gears that the Canadian government thinks that 16 years olds are mature and intelligent enough to drive a car, work a full-time job, pay taxes, apply for a passport, and are able to live independently on their own without a parent or guardian if they want to and get married with parent consent.
But when it comes to voting the Canadian thinks 16 year olds are not mature and intelligent enough to vote. Its completely ridiculous in my opinion.
- Will Poilievre flip a 'kill switch' on Canada's Constitution? | About That
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I got an email from Leadnow recently and they used this phrase about Poilievre "flipping a kill switch" on the constitution. I usually trust their emails, but this is one of those instances where I wanted to double check this one. I copy pasted the phrase into a search engine and came across this video.
I wanted to ask: What are your thoughts on the notwithstanding clause? How should it be used exactly? How shouldn't it be used? Should it be used/exist at all?
- 'I'll take that call': Housing minister open to negotiating with Albertawww.ctvnews.ca 'I'll take that call': Housing minister open to negotiating with Alberta
Housing Minister Sean Fraser says he is willing to negotiate with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, who plans to adopt the Quebec model of federal-provincial relations when it comes to issues like housing.
- After countrywide pre-budget tour, Liberals reveal Tuesday how they'll pay for it allwww.winnipegfreepress.com After countrywide pre-budget tour, Liberals reveal Tuesday how they'll pay for it all
OTTAWA – With Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland promising to keep the federal deficit from ballooning in Tuesday’s federal budget, all eyes will be on the Liberals’ plan to pay for...
- G7 countries to convene to discuss Iran's attack on Israelwww.winnipegfreepress.com G7 countries to convene to discuss Iran's attack on Israel
Canada and other G7 countries are expected to hold a meeting today to discuss a potential response to Iran’s Saturday attack on Israel. U.S. President Joe Biden said he would convene the meeting of the Group of Seven advanced democracies today to coordinate a united diplomatic response to an attack ...
- What we learned from the inquiry into foreign meddling in Canada's electionswww.ctvnews.ca What we learned from the inquiry into foreign meddling in Canada's elections
Here's what we learned over the past 10 days of fact-finding hearings, which ended Friday and included testimony from politicians, bureaucrats and representatives from several intelligence and security agencies:
- Canada advises against all travel to Israel, West Bank due to heightened riskwww.winnipegfreepress.com Canada advises against all travel to Israel, West Bank due to heightened risk
OTTAWA – Canadians are being told to avoid all travel to Israel and the West Bank because of the “unpredictable security situation” in the region. Global Affairs Canada says there is...