Chrystia Freeland https://canadianriley.com Canadian Riley From Parliament to You Independent Political News Blog Sun, 04 Jun 2023 02:42:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://i0.wp.com/canadianriley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-canadian-riley.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Chrystia Freeland https://canadianriley.com 32 32 214541444 Liberals think that it’s more important to take climate action than Canadians having food https://canadianriley.com/liberals-think-that-its-more-important-to-take-climate-action-than-canadians-having-food/ https://canadianriley.com/liberals-think-that-its-more-important-to-take-climate-action-than-canadians-having-food/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 30 Sep 2022 15:18:03 +0000 https://canadianriley.com/?p=2026 Angus Reid Institute study finds more than half of Canadians are struggling to eat. Liberals think that it’s more important to take climate action than Canadians having food.

Source: Pierre Poilievre and Chrystia Freeland HOC

]]> https://canadianriley.com/liberals-think-that-its-more-important-to-take-climate-action-than-canadians-having-food/feed/ 0 2026 Candice Bergen the NDP-Liberals are More than Happy to use Inflation to Collect More Taxes https://canadianriley.com/candice-bergen-the-ndp-liberals-are-more-than-happy-to-use-inflation-to-collect-more-taxes/ https://canadianriley.com/candice-bergen-the-ndp-liberals-are-more-than-happy-to-use-inflation-to-collect-more-taxes/?noamp=mobile#respond Tue, 21 Jun 2022 04:35:20 +0000 https://canadianriley.com/?p=736 Candice Bergen speaks out about the Liberals inflation and spending. “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.”

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.”

]]> https://canadianriley.com/candice-bergen-the-ndp-liberals-are-more-than-happy-to-use-inflation-to-collect-more-taxes/feed/ 0 736 Chrystia Freeland Said That She Will Personally Take Responsibility for Invoking the Emergencies Act https://canadianriley.com/chrystia-freeland-said-that-she-will-personally-take-responsibility-for-invoking-the-emergencies-act/ https://canadianriley.com/chrystia-freeland-said-that-she-will-personally-take-responsibility-for-invoking-the-emergencies-act/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 17 Jun 2022 18:35:31 +0000 https://canadianriley.com/?p=624 The risk to Canada’s economic reputation was behind the federal government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act to deter the “Freedom Convoy” blockades across the country, the deputy prime minister and finance minister repeatedly told MPs during her testimony during the Emergencies Act committee.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland testified before the special committee reviewing the Emergencies Act on June 14 but left many questions unanswered, causing some parliamentarians to express frustration.

Even when asked repeatedly Chrystia Freeland wouldn’t say whose idea it was to invoke the Emergencies Act, but said that she will personally take responsibility for it.

It was a collective decision. But at that time, and today I’m talking of the reality for me, I would like to take the personal responsibility for that decision. It was my opinion. It was it was the correct decision.

]]> https://canadianriley.com/chrystia-freeland-said-that-she-will-personally-take-responsibility-for-invoking-the-emergencies-act/feed/ 0 624 Chrystia Freeland Won’t Provide a Copy of Her Binder of Notes to the Emergencies Act Committee https://canadianriley.com/chrystia-freeland-wont-provide-a-copy-of-her-binder-of-notes-to-the-emergencies-act-committee/ https://canadianriley.com/chrystia-freeland-wont-provide-a-copy-of-her-binder-of-notes-to-the-emergencies-act-committee/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 17 Jun 2022 18:19:25 +0000 https://canadianriley.com/?p=621 Chrystia Freeland brought a binder and repeatedly referred to it during her Emergencies Act committee testimony, which led Glenn Motz to ask if it could be submitted to the committee.

“We’ve danced for 90 minutes, and don’t have any answers at all, actually. And it appears as if you refer to that binder a lot. Can you present it to the committee? Yes or no?” Motz said.

“I make no apology for preparing carefully for appearances and I believe in doing my homework,” Freeland replied. “These notes are for my own personal use.”

 

]]> https://canadianriley.com/chrystia-freeland-wont-provide-a-copy-of-her-binder-of-notes-to-the-emergencies-act-committee/feed/ 0 621 Freeland Grilled in Committee for Relying on Fake CBC Story to Justify Emergencies Act https://canadianriley.com/freeland-grilled-in-committee-for-relying-on-fake-cbc-story-to-justify-emergencies-act/ https://canadianriley.com/freeland-grilled-in-committee-for-relying-on-fake-cbc-story-to-justify-emergencies-act/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 17 Jun 2022 02:27:03 +0000 https://canadianriley.com/?p=575 Conservative Larry Brock grilled Chrystia Freeland while testifying in Parliamentary Committee for relying on fake CBC story to justify Emergencies Act.

In a 14-page document tabled to the House of Commons in February, the Liberals directly cited CBC News’ analysis of donor data that claimed a majority of funding for the convoy came from abroad.

The state owned taxpayer funded Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported on February the 10th 2022, that the GoFundMe donations to the Conway protest came from donors located outside of Canada.

]]> https://canadianriley.com/freeland-grilled-in-committee-for-relying-on-fake-cbc-story-to-justify-emergencies-act/feed/ 0 575 More Inflation – Chrystia Freeland and The Liberal’s Plan to Control Inflation https://canadianriley.com/more-inflation-chrystia-freeland-and-the-liberals-plan-to-control-inflation/ https://canadianriley.com/more-inflation-chrystia-freeland-and-the-liberals-plan-to-control-inflation/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 17 Jun 2022 01:13:50 +0000 https://canadianriley.com/?p=568 “I’m confident that our plan is the right one. But I do not underestimate the economic difficulties and, frankly, the uncertainty of the months to come,” says Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland in Toronto speech on government’s proposals to ease the impact of inflation.

Canadian inflation currently stands at 6.8 per cent. This means that the loonie is losing nearly seven cents of purchasing power every 12 months. For a Canadian earning a median income of $55,700 per year, that translates to an annual inflationary loss of $3,787.60.

On the eve of the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian federal debt stood at $686 billion. That’s now ballooned to more than $1.1 trillion. Even after a sharp scale back in government spending for the 2022 budget, Canada is still spending well above pre-pandemic levels; this year’s $52.8 billion deficit represents $1,400 per Canadian in new debt

Government spending has been so massive, in fact, that the average Canadian was ultimately sitting on more cash than if a pandemic had never happened. Or, as the Bank of Canada put it, “extraordinary fiscal support more than offset (pandemic) income losses, so on balance, household income increased.”

“The five points I’ve spoken about today, respect for the central role of the Bank of Canada, investing in people, fiscal restraint, good jobs, and a new affordability plan will help sustain the robust recovery we’ve made from the COVID recession.”

 

 

]]> https://canadianriley.com/more-inflation-chrystia-freeland-and-the-liberals-plan-to-control-inflation/feed/ 0 568 Freeland Grilled by NDP MP Matthew Green About Being Evasive During Emergencies Act Committee https://canadianriley.com/freeland-grilled-by-ndp-mp-matthew-green-about-being-evasive-during-emergencies-act-committee/ https://canadianriley.com/freeland-grilled-by-ndp-mp-matthew-green-about-being-evasive-during-emergencies-act-committee/?noamp=mobile#respond Thu, 16 Jun 2022 04:08:24 +0000 https://canadianriley.com/?p=556 ‘It’s to the point of almost being contemptible,’ NDP MP Matthew Green says of the Finance Minister’s appearance. NDP MP Matthew Green challenged Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on Tuesday during a special joint committee on the invocation of the Emergencies Act about the answers she was providing, saying she had cited news articles and people spoken to as primary sources. He said they needed to know if the government had “facts that would meet the economic impacts of the occupation to be significant enough to meet the threshold of a threat to national security.”

MP Matthew Green expressed his concern for the lack of facts being provided during questioning “You’re here both as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. I have to say that I’m very concerned with the nature of the answers we have now the fourth intervention. And I’m not sure that you’ve brought any additional facts.”

]]> https://canadianriley.com/freeland-grilled-by-ndp-mp-matthew-green-about-being-evasive-during-emergencies-act-committee/feed/ 0 556 Freeland Not Answering Questions During Committee Testimony on Ottawa’s use of Emergencies Act https://canadianriley.com/freeland-not-answering-questions-during-committee-testimony-on-ottawas-use-of-emergencies-act/ https://canadianriley.com/freeland-not-answering-questions-during-committee-testimony-on-ottawas-use-of-emergencies-act/?noamp=mobile#respond Wed, 15 Jun 2022 03:37:52 +0000 https://canadianriley.com/?p=537 Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland was repeatedly accused of not answering questions during Tuesday evening’s testimony as she appeared before a special joint committee of MPs and senators reviewing the government’s first-ever use of the powers contained in the federal Emergencies Act.

‘It’s to the point of almost being contemptible,’ NDP MP Matthew Green says of the Finance Minister’s appearance. NDP MP Matthew Green challenged Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on Tuesday during a special joint committee on the invocation of the Emergencies Act about the answers she was providing, saying she had cited news articles and people spoken to as primary sources. He said they needed to know if the government had “facts that would meet the economic impacts of the occupation to be significant enough to meet the threshold of a threat to national security.”

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland refused to waive cabinet confidentiality when asked if the government will release documents relating to its decision to invoke the Emergencies Act.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland was asked if the government will waive cabinet confidence and solicitor client privilege in the documents ordered by this committee.  Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland responded “I think everyone here appreciates the importance of cabinet confidentiality.”

]]> https://canadianriley.com/freeland-not-answering-questions-during-committee-testimony-on-ottawas-use-of-emergencies-act/feed/ 0 537 Trudeau and Freeland Say They Have Always Supported KXL Keystone XL Pipeline https://canadianriley.com/trudeau-and-freeland-say-they-have-always-supported-kxl-keystone-xl-pipeline/ https://canadianriley.com/trudeau-and-freeland-say-they-have-always-supported-kxl-keystone-xl-pipeline/?noamp=mobile#respond Wed, 08 Jun 2022 04:10:01 +0000 https://canadianriley.com/?p=210 Justin Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland Say They Have Always Supported KXL Keystone XL Pipeline.

Trudeau responded to reporters “Premier Kenney has made it clear he would still like to see Keystone XL revived. I haven’t had any conversations with our premier in regards to it or any further conversations with President Biden.”  Freeland said “Our government has been very clear that we support KXL. I think it was a mistake to not move forward with KXL.”

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