From the Most Corrupt Government Ever Re-Elected

Because rape hotels are not enough to inflict on the Canadian electorate.

They have to be lied to and robbed, as well:

Manitoban Conservative MP Ted Falk posed a question to the Standing Committee on Finance on Friday concerning the revelation from late 2020 that a $237 million contract was awarded by the government to a formal Liberal MP, but received no response from Liberals on the committee. ...

The question from Falk comes months after it was revealed that Baylis Medical, a firm owned by former Liberal MP Frank Baylis, was awarded a $237 million contract to provide ventilators, none of which have been approved for use in any jurisdiction.

The deal was also criticized by NDP MP Charlie Angus, who argued that it reflects a pattern of behaviour after the infamous WE Charity scandal, whereby the Liberals attempted to award a large contract to the charity, which has extensive ties with the Liberal leadership.

"Prior to the We Scandal Canadians had a real sense of trust, that we were in an unprecedented economic and medical crisis, the government is there to work for us, we put our confidence in them, and then we saw the We Scandal," Angus said. "People said, wait a minute: A group that close to the Prime Minister's Office was given that much money? How did that happen?

"The government needs to be on notice that the money they’re spending in a pandemic is an unprecedented amount of money. The money has to go out the door fast, but it has to follow the rules so Canadians' interests are put first, and not just people who know people in the government, not just in the power of the lobbyists."

The government is estimated to have paid $100 million more for the unapproved ventilators from Baylis Medical than it would have for the same number of ventilators from an approved company, according to reports.

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A Liberal lobbyist Elly Alboim who asked political aides to consider a federal contract for his son also lobbied the Prime Minister’s Office for a corporate client but never reported the fact. Lobbying for contracts must be disclosed under federal law: “I was not lobbying.”

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Auditor General Karen Hogan yesterday defended her ties to a Liberal lobbyist. Hogan awarded sole-sourced contracts to a lobbying firm and fed them confidential copies of her audits months before they were available to MPs and senators: “We try to have varied points of view.”

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It's the ability to signal virtue, not determine if a Canadian company is, in fact, causing harm:

In 2018, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government announced it would create a new watchdog that would have powers to investigate the overseas activities of Canadian companies, including the ability to force them to respond to questions and turn over evidence.

But it later scaled back those plans following an “onslaught of mining industry lobbying that got them to change their minds,” said Emily Dwyer, the coordinator of the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (the CNCA), which represents a group of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), churches, trade unions and other civil society organizations.

“It has been gutted,” Dwyer said.

It's not like anyone can be held to account or anything:

Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna yesterday pledged a Crown-owned Infrastructure Bank will finance more and better projects, though nothing has been completed to date. Parliament launched the Bank in 2017 with $35 billion: “Zero cannot be more.”

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Federal auditor general Karen Hogan delivered a stark warning Thursday that government mismanagement is threatening to leave the navy and coast guard without the ships they need to defend Canada and protect its waterways.

... says the government that takes its marching orders from China:

Canadians should be wary of using Chinese social media platforms because information posted there may be used for “hostile activities” by foreign states, says the federal public safety minister.

If you regularly post on Chinese social media platforms such as WeChat, Weibo or even TikTok, the Canadian government has a stern warning for you: be careful, because hostile countries may be watching in an attempt to use that data against Canada’s interests.

This China:

China’s president said his country had achieved the “human miracle” of eliminating extreme poverty in the world’s most populous nation, during a ceremony to put his personal stamp on the victory.

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Hundreds of Chinese vessels, including Coast Guard and Navy ships, routinely enter the waters around those islands, sometimes behaving aggressively, as part of China's gray-zone operations.

Last year, Chinese vessels were spotted around the Senkakus for a record-setting 333 days, including 111 consecutive days of continuous Chinese presence.