committee https://canadianriley.com Canadian Riley From Parliament to You Independent Political News Blog Sun, 04 Jun 2023 02:42:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://i0.wp.com/canadianriley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-canadian-riley.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 committee https://canadianriley.com 32 32 214541444 Parliamentary Committee on the Declaration of Emergency Meeting #14 https://canadianriley.com/parliamentary-committee-on-the-declaration-of-emergency-meeting-14/ https://canadianriley.com/parliamentary-committee-on-the-declaration-of-emergency-meeting-14/?noamp=mobile#respond Thu, 06 Oct 2022 16:18:06 +0000 https://canadianriley.com/?p=2118 Parliamentary Committees on the Declaration of Emergency:

Description: Meeting No. 14 DEDC – Special Joint Committee on the Declaration of Emergency

Witnesses:

As an individual

  • Peter Sloly, Chief of Police (Retired), Ottawa Police Service

 

Date: Thursday, Oct 6, 2022

]]> https://canadianriley.com/parliamentary-committee-on-the-declaration-of-emergency-meeting-14/feed/ 0 2118 Michelle Ferreri & Tourism Canada in parliamentary committee testify about issues with ArriveCAN app https://canadianriley.com/michelle-ferreri-tourism-canada-in-parliamentary-committee-testify-about-issues-with-arrivecan-app/ https://canadianriley.com/michelle-ferreri-tourism-canada-in-parliamentary-committee-testify-about-issues-with-arrivecan-app/?noamp=mobile#respond Sat, 01 Oct 2022 04:00:14 +0000 https://canadianriley.com/?p=2042 Conservative MP Michelle Ferreri in parliamentary committee where tourism Canada is testifying about the issues and loss of revenues they have had with the ArriveCAN app. Accountability is desperately missing from the Liberal Government.

]]> https://canadianriley.com/michelle-ferreri-tourism-canada-in-parliamentary-committee-testify-about-issues-with-arrivecan-app/feed/ 0 2042 Parliamentary Committee on the Declaration of Emergency Meeting #13 https://canadianriley.com/parliamentary-committee-on-the-declaration-of-emergency-meeting-13/ https://canadianriley.com/parliamentary-committee-on-the-declaration-of-emergency-meeting-13/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 30 Sep 2022 00:12:06 +0000 https://canadianriley.com/?p=2124 Parliamentary Committees on the Declaration of Emergency:

Description: Meeting No. 13 DEDC – Special Joint Committee on the Declaration of Emergency

Witnesses:

House of Commons

  • Patrick McDonell, Sergeant-at-Arms and Corporate Security Officer

Parliamentary Protective Service

  • Larry Brookson, Acting Director

Senate

  • Julie Lacroix, Director, Corporate Security

 

Date: Thursday, Sep 29, 2022

]]> https://canadianriley.com/parliamentary-committee-on-the-declaration-of-emergency-meeting-13/feed/ 0 2124 Privacy Commissioner Learned of RCMP Use of Spyware from the Media https://canadianriley.com/privacy-commissioner-learned-of-rcmp-use-of-spyware-from-the-media/ https://canadianriley.com/privacy-commissioner-learned-of-rcmp-use-of-spyware-from-the-media/?noamp=mobile#respond Thu, 18 Aug 2022 23:10:07 +0000 https://canadianriley.com/?p=1895 Canada’s privacy commissioner said the RCMP did not inform his office of its use of spyware technology that could be remotely installed on devices and used to monitor unsuspecting individuals.

While appearing before the House of Commons Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee on Aug. 8, Philippe Dufresne said he first learned about the RCMP’s use of the software from the media and that his office was not consulted about its potential privacy risks.

]]> https://canadianriley.com/privacy-commissioner-learned-of-rcmp-use-of-spyware-from-the-media/feed/ 0 1895 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 Did You Take Notes? Chrystia Freeland Grilled by NDP MP Matthew Green: Did Liberals Take Notes About Decision to Invoke the Emergencies Act? https://canadianriley.com/did-you-take-notes-chrystia-freeland-grilled-by-ndp-mp-matthew-green-did-liberals-take-notes-about-decision-to-invoke-the-emergencies-act/ https://canadianriley.com/did-you-take-notes-chrystia-freeland-grilled-by-ndp-mp-matthew-green-did-liberals-take-notes-about-decision-to-invoke-the-emergencies-act/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 17 Jun 2022 17:08:16 +0000 https://canadianriley.com/?p=610 Did You Take Notes? Chrystia Freeland Grilled by NDP MP Matthew Green: Did Liberals Take Notes About Decision to Invoke the Emergencies Act?

The Emergencies Act Committee has repeatedly been asking for transparency and documentation to back-up the Liberals decision to invoke the Emergencies Act with no luck.

Green stated during the meeting “So I’m going to put the question to you directly: What were the economic impacts of the occupation? And were they significant enough to meet the threshold of a threat to national security under Section 2 of the CSIS act?” said Green, referring to CSIS’s definition of threats to national security.

Freeland did not answer directly but honed in on Green’s comment about Canada’s reputation, saying the country’s reputation was key to a strong economy.

“Canada’s reputation as a reliable trading partner, as a reliable investment destination, as a country with peace, order and good government, as a country with stable and effective political institutions, these are some of the most precious things we have as an economy, and they are the foundation for our prosperity.”

Green responded “That’s not the question I asked you,” repeating his previous questions on economic impacts. “I’m not talking about pontification, I’m talking about facts here.”

Freeland replied “I don’t believe I’m pontificating”, “The economic impact was absolutely, clearly there.”

 

]]> https://canadianriley.com/did-you-take-notes-chrystia-freeland-grilled-by-ndp-mp-matthew-green-did-liberals-take-notes-about-decision-to-invoke-the-emergencies-act/feed/ 0 610 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 Parliamentary Committee on the Declaration of Emergency Meeting #10 https://canadianriley.com/parliamentary-committee-on-the-declaration-of-emergency-meeting-10/ https://canadianriley.com/parliamentary-committee-on-the-declaration-of-emergency-meeting-10/?noamp=mobile#respond Tue, 14 Jun 2022 21:05:28 +0000 https://canadianriley.com/?p=2121 Parliamentary Committees on the Declaration of Emergency:

Description: Meeting No. 10 DEDC – Special Joint Committee on the Declaration of Emergency

Appearing:
• Hon. Chrystia Freeland, P.C., M.P., Minister of Finance
• Hon. Bill Blair, P.C., M.P., Minister of Emergency Preparedness

Witnesses:
Department of Finance
• Isabelle Jacques, Assistant Deputy Minister, Financial Sector Policy Branch
• Jenifer Aitken, Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Law Branch
• Sarah Paquet, Director and Chief Executive Officer, Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada

Date: Tuesday, Jun 14, 2022

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