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Prime Minister Trudeau re-announces light rail funding provided two years ago by Conservative government
OTTAWA, ON – Today Prime Minister Justin Trudeau re-announced $1 billion for stage two of Ottawa’s light rail transit system, even though it was originally announced two years ago by the previous Conservative government. The following is the reaction from Conservative Member of Parliament Pierre Poilievre: “Apparently the Prime Minister wanted to get in […]
Surely anarchy would break out in the streets if the government didn’t approve of little girls selling lemonade!
Last year, two little girls started up a lemonade stand to raise money for summer camp, but they were shut down by the government because they did not have a permit. This year, the current government has produced a permit application form for these young entrepreneurs, with 10 conditions and eight additional conditions that […]
Speech on the Liberals’ punishing new carbon tax that will make everything more expensive
Federal department to spend more than $128 billion without answering a single question about it
OTTAWA, ON – The Trudeau Liberals plan to adjourn the House of Commons early for an extended summer vacation, but the human resources committee still does not have time to review the federal department that spends more than $128 billion per year, the committee’s chair says. On May 4, 2017, finance committee chair Wayne […]
Conservatives table plan to reduce poverty
First, Do No Harm If governments want to reduce poverty, they should stop doing things that make people poor OTTAWA, ON — A new Official Opposition report today called on governments to remove barriers that keep people in poverty. The call comes in a report following extensive study of poverty reduction strategies at the […]
Cover-up confirmed: public servants muzzled from responding to Parliamentary questions
OTTAWA, ON – The Trudeau government muzzled public servants and prevented them from responding to questions from Members of Parliament, newly-released emails show. Despite announcing its carbon tax more than seven months ago, the government has yet to release figures on how it will impact low-income Canadians and affect the prices of household items like […]
Growing evidence of huge carbon tax cost, government still won’t release estimates
OTTAWA, ON – Today Carleton Member of Parliament Pierre Poilievre released the following statement in response to a new University of Calgary report that the Liberal carbon tax will cost between $603 and $1,120 per household per year: “This new report from the University of Calgary adds to the growing evidence that the Liberal […]
Poilievre fights disability tax
MP releases Library of Parliament study showing 115% effective tax rates on some low-income disabled workers OTTAWA, ON — Member of Parliament Pierre Poilievre is calling on all levels of government to “make work pay” for low-income disabled people, after a Library of Parliament report showed minimum wage-earners paying marginal effective tax rates of up […]