Monday Post

A thing for every season ...




Game on, Andy:

Andrew Scheer is challenging Justin Trudeau to follow through on a threat to sue him over his assertion that the prime minister politically interfered with the criminal prosecution of Montreal engineering giant SNC-Lavlin.

The Conservative leader revealed Sunday that he received a letter on March 31 from Trudeau’s lawyer, Julian Porter, threatening a libel suit.

“If Mr. Trudeau believes he has a case against me, I urge him to follow through on his threat immediately,” Scheer said in a statement.

“Canadians want this scandal to be investigated in a legal setting where Liberals do not control the proceedings.”

Scheer said he looks forward to Trudeau testifying under oath in open court.

 
It's quite a challenge for Scheer.

If Justin proceeds with this and opens his fool mouth under oath, he goes to prison. If he walks away, he still looks guilty.

Either way, the entertainment value of this will be awesome.


Also:

Set aside the core issues of political and accountability and transparency that were so exhaustively and effectively explored by Andrew Coyne this past weekend. Let’s just look at the SNC-Lavalin scandal purely as politics: the Liberal response has been terrible. They have not been able to answer the public’s questions about the affair, they have not been able to change the channel and they have not been able to simply move on, weathering the attacks. In fact, almost everything they’ve done has had the opposite effect of what was intended.

Oh, please! That is so 2016!:

The world's major social media companies are not doing enough to help Canada combat potential foreign meddling in this October's elections and the government might have to regulate them, the cabinet minister in charge of ensuring a fair vote said on Monday.

Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould spoke shortly after Canada's electronic signals spy agency said it was very likely that foreign actors will try to meddle in the election.

Gould expects Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google to help safeguard the vote by promoting transparency, authenticity, and integrity on their platforms, and said she has been disappointed by the slowness of talks with the companies.

Asked whether Ottawa could regulate the companies, Gould said Canada would "need to look at other mechanisms" if it did not see enough progress, and noted that Britain proposed a social media regulator on Monday.

 
The Russians have been infiltrating governments and turning people from their countries for decades. They do not get caught and they do not handle these things with the clumsy idiocy of Liberals covering for SNC-Lavalin.

Why would the Russians want to toy with the Canadian election? Are they expecting the Canadians to fight over the Arctic Circle?

No, the Liberals are covering their pampered tushies in the event they lose big-time in October and they are using censorship to do it.


Also:

The Russian Defense Ministry has deployed a surveillance drone with an artillery division to a group of islands controlled by Russia but claimed by Japan, a Russian newspaper reported on Monday.

The drone will be used for patrolling coastal areas and surrounding waters, as well as for rescue operations, according to the newspaper, Izvestia.

The artillery unit is stationed on two of the four Russian-controlled islands off the coast of Hokkaido, known in Japan as Etorofu and Kunashiri.

Where are the Red Menace people now?





Something laissez-faire immigration proponents don't like talking about:

The Globe identified 45 immigration consultants, recruiters and employment agents, with scores of complaints, lawsuits and charges against them. They are accused of exploiting at least 2,300 foreign students and workers in recent years, by charging exorbitant, sometimes illegal fees and misleading them about their chances of earning permanent residency, by working or studying in Canada.

 Many taxpayers in Ontario might be getting child-care rebates:

Sources close to the government say the Progressive Conservatives intend to reveal the rebate on daycare costs when Finance Minister Vic Fedeli tables the budget on Thursday.  

The PCs promised the rebate during last year's election campaign. It's one of the few Ford campaign promises that is laid out in fine detail, as it was adopted wholesale from former PC leader Patrick Brown's platform, dubbed the "People's Guarantee."

The sources could not say whether the daycare rebate to be presented in the budget will be exactly what the PCs previously promised.

Ford's spokesperson is neither confirming nor denying the plan. 

"We can't confirm tax changes that may or may not be in the budget," Simon Jefferies, the premier's director of media relations, said in an email to CBC News. He said Ford and the PCs "campaigned on making child care more affordable and accessible, while ensuring parents have the flexibility and choice to make the best decisions for their family."

In this approaching Passover/Easter season, does the province of New Brunswick really want to risk the ten plagues of Egypt?:

A Green Party politician who opposes mandatory Christian prayers in the New Brunswick legislature is suggesting it shift to periods of silence as practised in two other provinces.

Kevin Arseneau says when the house returns in May he'll bring in his motion to end the practice of only speaking Christian prayers for the Queen, the legislature and the Lord's Prayer before business commences.

However, the push for change by the legislature member from Kent North has been swiftly shut down by Tory Premier Blaine Higgs.

He has said he finds it sad that some are attempting to "pick away" at historical traditions of the province's political institutions.