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?

If you thought that it was only the Conservatives accusing the Liberal Marco Mendicino of lying when it comes to invoking the Emergencies Act think again.  The leader of the Bloc Quebecois Yves-François Blanchet also accuses Marco Mendicino of citing falsehoods to invoke the Emergencies Act.

]]> https://canadianriley.com/bloc-leader-blanchet-accuses-mendicino-of-citing-falsehoods-to-invoke-the-emergencies-act/feed/ 0 890 https://canadianriley.com/jagmeet-singh-uses-his-baby-as-a-prop-for-childcare-and-inflation-in-the-house-of-commons/ https://canadianriley.com/jagmeet-singh-uses-his-baby-as-a-prop-for-childcare-and-inflation-in-the-house-of-commons/?noamp=mobile#respond Sun, 26 Jun 2022 23:27:57 +0000 https://canadianriley.com/?p=886 Props are not permitted in the House of commons but that didn’t stop Jagmeet Singh to use his baby to promote federally funded childcare and inflation.  Liberal minister of families Karina Gould refers to Jagmeet’s baby as “little person”.

]]> https://canadianriley.com/jagmeet-singh-uses-his-baby-as-a-prop-for-childcare-and-inflation-in-the-house-of-commons/feed/ 0 886 https://canadianriley.com/bill-blair-under-fire-denys-any-federal-interference-into-nova-scotia-mass-shooting-investigation/ https://canadianriley.com/bill-blair-under-fire-denys-any-federal-interference-into-nova-scotia-mass-shooting-investigation/?noamp=mobile#respond Sat, 25 Jun 2022 02:12:00 +0000 https://canadianriley.com/?p=847 Bill Blair came under fire during question period Wednesday over allegations of political interference that suggested RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki was acting on the orders of the Liberals in the wake of the mass shooting in Nova Scotia in April 2020.

Facing multiple questions, Blair came to the defense of Commissioner Brenda Lucki, who is at the center of the controversy, which has generated calls for emergency parliamentary hearings.

“There was no pressure brought to bear and no interference with the operational decisions of the RCMP,” Blair told reporters on Wednesday. “I made no effort to pressure the RCMP to interfere in any way with their investigation. I gave no direction as to what information they should communicate. Those are operational decisions of the RCMP. And I respect that and I have respected that throughout.”

Candice Bergen Presses the Liberals To Tell The Truth About Nova Scotia Mass Shooting Investigation

Conservatives repeatedly were seeking the truth in the House of Commons, but Bill Blair denies any Federal interference into Nova Scotia mass shooting investigation.

]]> https://canadianriley.com/bill-blair-under-fire-denys-any-federal-interference-into-nova-scotia-mass-shooting-investigation/feed/ 0 847 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/ 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/?noamp=mobile#respond Tue, 21 Jun 2022 21:45:17 +0000 https://canadianriley.com/?p=774 Liberals Feeling the Inflationary Heat in HOC! Inflation is So Bad That Both the NDP and the Conservatives are Grilling the Liberals. The Finance Minister must be wearing industrial grade noise cancelling earphones to avoid hearing the calls from economist to Qatar government’s over the top spending. She knows that it’s only adding gas to the inflationary fire. The Prime Minister has said that anything that has a hint of fiscal risk considering restraint he is austerity. He acts Bill Morneau for wanting to get COVID Post COVID spending under control is she worried that if she presents anything to the prime minister that remotely resembles a cat that she might suffer the same fate of her predecessor, who went from finance minister more no to finance minister.

“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/canadians-are-experiencing-long-delays-for-passport-applications-and-are-paying-a-premium-to-expedite/ https://canadianriley.com/canadians-are-experiencing-long-delays-for-passport-applications-and-are-paying-a-premium-to-expedite/?noamp=mobile#respond Sun, 19 Jun 2022 16:23:25 +0000 https://canadianriley.com/?p=689 Unprecedented demand for Canadian passports has led to delays in processing times, putting eager travelers in limbo ahead of the summer travel season.

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.”