Bill Blair repeatedly denies any involvement or influence in the investigation. Bill Blair went so far as to say that “there was no promise” contrary to what RCMP commissioner Lucki has stated. RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki said that she made a promise to the Minister of Public Safety, and the Prime Minister’s Office, that she would release information on the April 18th-19th shootings.

Somebody is not telling the truth, is it the RCMP, is it the Liberals or both?

“Another week and more chaos at our airports and even if you want it to go anywhere getting a passport is turning into a Canadian made nightmare. “

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Don't worry, there are no issues. It's completely normal to send in police to control crowds at passport offices.https://t.co/qHtHm7gncf

— Brian Lilley (@brianlilley) June 21, 2022

Passport Delays Are So Bad Even the Bloc are Expressing Their Concern to the Liberals in the HOC. The Federal fiasco is becoming dangerous. At this point, the police have had to intervene in lineups at passport offices, and they’re not just managing people’s anger. They’re answering questions on behalf of federal employees.

“The Federal fiasco is becoming dangerous. At this point, the police have had to intervene in lineups at passport offices.”

Police Had to be Sent to Calm Citizens Waiting in Long Line Ups for Passports pic.twitter.com/KQfvb2ncyx

— Canadian Riley (@TiaRileyCanada) June 22, 2022

“At every hour in every riding, and I’m sure it’s true in all 338 ridings, citizens are desperate and they’re calling us about passports again over the weekend, a nurse had to take time off instead of going to take care of sick people and is waiting in line to have access to passports and Laval police officers had to be sent to calm the discontent of citizens.”

“They keep talking about things that they were doing or should have been doing before inflation struck. The fact is, Canadians are worried about losing their homes. They’re worried about feeding their families.”

]]> https://canadianriley.com/liberals-feeling-the-inflationary-heat-in-hoc-inflation-is-so-bad-that-both-the-ndp-and-the-conservatives-are-grilling-the-liberals/feed/ 0 774 https://canadianriley.com/is-justin-trudeau-headed-for-defeat-the-liberals-face-a-summer-of-discontent-conservatives-call-trudeau-a-disaster/ https://canadianriley.com/is-justin-trudeau-headed-for-defeat-the-liberals-face-a-summer-of-discontent-conservatives-call-trudeau-a-disaster/?noamp=mobile#respond Tue, 21 Jun 2022 20:14:45 +0000 https://canadianriley.com/?p=759 Is Justin Trudeau headed for defeat?
The Liberals face a summer of discontent.
Conservatives call Trudeau a disaster.

With headlines like these and trending hashtag’s like this: #TrudeauMustGo, have we seen the end of Trudeau?

Between Covid, vaccine mandates, Canada’s inflation, NDP-Liberal collision, invocation of the Emergencies Act, high gas prices, gun policies, WEF, internet censoring and passport delays to name a few, confidence and trust in the Trudeau Government is at a low.

Candice Bergen calls out: The Liberals are a disaster they can’t get anything right.

“You know it everything these liberals touches a disaster”

Conservatives: It’s Time to End this Spiral of Chaotic Liberal Incompetence.

“who will have the courage to stand up the Prime Minister.”

According to the federal government, a fraction of the passports that are normally filed in a year were filed over two years of COVID-19, so during the pandemic, passport staff were given other work. Now, Service Canada is trying to shift that workload elsewhere, hire more staff and open more access points, but has no idea when the backlogs will be resolved.

So what’s behind all of the passport delays?

According to Blacklock’s Reporter many of Service Canada’s employees are still working from home:
“Of 26,136 Service Canada’s employees that handles passport applications, a total 18,362 are working from home.”

DOCUMENTS: Of 26,136 employees @ServiceCanada_E agency that handles passport applications, a total 18,362 are working from home.

“I completely understand the frustration Canadians are facing right now.”
— Minister @karinagould https://t.co/tohWEIRBdg @PassportCan #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/9uOOtCTQO8

— Holly Doan (@hollyanndoan) June 15, 2022

Passport offices have been experiencing staffing shortages.

According to Blacklock’s Reporter the agency that runs passport offices suspended hundreds of staff under vaccinate mandates.

Agency that runs #passport offices suspended hundreds of staff under #vax mandates, data show: "Incompetence is reaching unprecedented heights" https://t.co/yCt7lzdgtr #cdnpoli @MarcDalton @karinagould pic.twitter.com/3qG7qBgomd

— Blacklock's Reporter (@mindingottawa) June 21, 2022

Passport Delays Are So Bad The Provincial Police are Having to Clean Up The Liberal Federal Government’s Mess

Passport Delays Are So Bad Even the Bloc are Expressing Their Concern to the Liberals in the HOC. The Federal fiasco is becoming dangerous. At this point, the police have had to intervene in lineups at passport offices, and they’re not just managing people’s anger. They’re answering questions on behalf of federal employees.

“The Federal fiasco is becoming dangerous. At this point, the police have had to intervene in lineups at passport offices.”

Are passport delays due to employees still working from home?
"We need to authorize the return to work to employees on site." pic.twitter.com/bE3HEwTt7s

— Canadian Riley (@TiaRileyCanada) June 22, 2022

“To get a passport, people have to bring their tent and spend the night on the sidewalk that’s happening here in Canada, a G7 country.”

Citizens spent the weekend seeing for themselves that no one from the federal government was there at work to help.

People Camping Outside Passport Offices Watched All Weekend and No Workers Came.

"Citizens spent the weekend seeing for themselves that no one from the federal government was there at work to help." pic.twitter.com/0abwa6eKMg

— Canadian Riley (@TiaRileyCanada) June 22, 2022

“Citizens I camped out all weekend in front of Service Canada offices to try to get a passport. In spite of the wind and the rain, they stayed outside all weekend trying to access this service.”

The NDP-Liberals don't care if you are paying more at the pump, grocery store, or for housing. They’re more than happy to use inflation to collect more taxes. pic.twitter.com/Zl4PFATcvU

— Candice Bergen Harris (@CandiceBergen_) June 20, 2022

Candice Bergen: We are suffering with record high inflation:

“We are suffering with record high inflation, and it’s clear these liberals have no plan to deal with it responsibly, except more of the same mismanagement that got us here in the first place out of control spending.”

According to the federal government, a fraction of the passports that are normally filed in a year were filed over two years of COVID-19, so during the pandemic, passport staff were given other work. Now, Service Canada is trying to shift that workload elsewhere, hire more staff and open more access points, but has no idea when the backlogs will be resolved.

As many Canadians look to travel abroad, some passport seekers say they’ve been forced to camp outside service centers or reschedule trips because of the bureaucratic bottleneck.

This is the lineup for passports at my local @ServiceCanada_E in Montreal. It’s not isolated – it’s a daily occurrence being repeated all across the country. You think this is acceptable @SeanFraserMP @karinagould? We’re a G7 country, act like it. deserves better. pic.twitter.com/p1qkwRklba

— Senator Leo Housakos (@SenatorHousakos) June 16, 2022

Other travelers complain that Passport Canada online application status tracker is not working and no one is answering passport Canada phone number.

Service Canada announced it had hired 600 new employees to help with processing passport applications, had opened more dedicated passport intake counters in Service Canada locations, had created more processing hubs, and had introduced a new workload management system and processing technology to increase efficiency.

Service Canada continues to hire and train more employees, including the integration of up to 600 new employees over the course of the year and the reassignment of up to 600 employees to passport service delivery.

Minister Karina Gould said “We understand that this situation is difficult and stressful. … The minister has directed officials to work as hard as possible to meet the demand and to examine operations to ensure they’re doing everything they can,”

Canadians continue to have to pay Service Canada for expedited passports, despite the minister assuring this house, that this wouldn’t be the case, half the time they’re not even getting the enhanced service they’re being forced to pay for this directive first came out weeks ago. And yet it’s still not being implemented.

The ArriveCAN app was introduced during the pandemic to allow travellers to report their trips and vaccination status and COVID-19-related health information before arriving in Canada.

The calls to drop the app come a day after the federal government announced that it is easing a number of restrictions introduced during the pandemic. It did not announce it was eliminating the ArriveCAN app.

A group of mayors and businesses in communities along the Canada-U.S. border is calling on the federal government to end the ArriveCAN app, saying it is discouraging Americans from visiting and shopping in Canada.

And there we have it. The ineffective and unreliable #ArriveCant app was supposed to be a temporary measure but now we finally know, it’s here to stay. And so, too, will be the crippling delays at our borders and largest airport. https://t.co/vZFPoNhiQO

— Senator Leo Housakos (@SenatorHousakos) June 19, 2022

Canadian and American border cities, urged that keeping the ArriveCAN app will have a “long lasting” impact on the country’s tourism sector.

What’s happening right now is Americans are showing up in the minivan with their family at the border with no knowledge of the ArriveCAN app. There’s a lineup of cars behind them. They can’t get into the country.

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra gave no indication that the federal government is considering scrapping the ArriveCan app for travellers.

My constituent's elderly father was deported from Canada because of the government's mess with ArriveCAN. Just imagine the stress and anxiety this 83y/o gentleman & his family went through. It's time for the Liberals to end their mandatory use of the #ArriveCAN app. #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/VhXjoaWbQT

— Larry Brock (@LarryBrockMP) June 17, 2022

The arrive can app is increasingly unnecessary, and it’s hopelessly broken.

"The arrive can app is increasingly unnecessary, and it's hopelessly broken. So when will the government commit to ending the chaos at our borders and our airports?" pic.twitter.com/zZiw7xf5Ap

— Canadian Riley (@TiaRileyCanada) June 22, 2022

“People tried to contact the CBSA to fix the issue that CBSA told them that they didn’t offer support relating to reentering Canada.  The arrive can app is increasingly unnecessary, and it’s hopelessly broken.”

Sending a senior foreign affairs staffer to a party at Russia’s foreign embassy was offensive and undermines Canada’s mission to hold Russia accountable for its horrific actions in Ukraine.

At first, Joly attempted to paint the situation as entirely the fault of public servants in her department, and suggested the decision wasn’t run by her office beforehand. She wouldn’t say whether she personally knew about plans to attend the Russia Day celebration.

Melanie Joly says a Canadian representative never should have attended a party at the Russian Embassy and that the buck stops with her as the Minister. She didn’t answer if she knew in advance that the representative planned to attend the party or who they were.

Melanie Joly says a Canadian representative never should have attended a party at the Russian Embassy and that the buck stops with her as the Minister. She didn't answer if she knew in advance that the representative planned to attend the party or who they were. #Liberals pic.twitter.com/AEYXcGOPPQ

— Canadian Riley (@TiaRileyCanada) June 17, 2022

The reality is, this should never have happened. And this will not happen again. I’m the Minister and the buck stops here.