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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 House of Commons Committee on …

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 food, gas, and home heating. …

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 carbon tax will be very …

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 to 115%. When disabled people …

Liberals did not consult Agriculture Department about where to put hospital OTTAWA, ON – The federal department responsible for the Central Experimental Farm saw “little to no consultation” during the Liberal government’s review of the future site of the Ottawa Hospital, even though four of the sites supposedly considered were on the Farm. The revelation came from a letter Agriculture …

Read the letter here.