Your Government At Work

 "Work" is used rather loosely here:

The $144.9 million earmarked in the 2019 budget for cybersecurity of Canada’s critical infrastructure still hasn’t been put to use after two years, despite warnings that systems such as energy grids and telecom networks could be targeted by hostile actors.

The 2019 budget outlined the money would be spent over five years “to protect Canada’s critical cyber systems including in the finance, telecommunications, energy and transport sectors.” The funding was dependent on new legislation to “introduce a new critical cyber systems framework,” which still hasn’t materialized.

We've heard similar things over the years.

All untrue:

Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson yesterday promised cabinet will not further increase the carbon tax. Cabinet made a similar pre-election promise in 2019 before raising the tax 240 percent: “No, we do not intend to.”

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Cabinet will not tax Canadians’ home equity, the Commons finance committee was told last night. “Just for the record,” said Liberal MP Sean Fraser (Central Nova, N.S.), parliamentary secretary for finance: “Any suggestion to the contrary is entirely false.”

(Sidebar: this Sean Fraser.)

These rich Canadians:

A proposed federal tax on “extreme wealth” would affect about 16,000 people, records show. Data indicate most Canadians with employee stock option deductions had claims worth an average $7,000: “There are so few people in the top one percent.”

I'm sure they keep all of their assets on Canadian soil, too.

Where indeed?:

The Commons finance committee is asking what became of billions spent to Covid-proof public school classrooms. The Canadian Teachers’ Federation yesterday said pandemic supplies have been scant, and teachers have paid out of pocket to keep children safe: “I’m shocked.”