National
Poilievre promises ‘non-confidence’ vote against Trudeau at ‘earliest possible’ moment
From LifeSiteNews
Poilievre said that it is “put up or shut up time for the NDP” under its leader Jagmeet Singh, who pulled his official support for Trudeau’s Liberals on September 4.
Leader of Canada’s Conservative Party Pierre Poilievre said that at the “earliest possible opportunity” he will bring forth a non-confidence motion against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government which, if successful, would force an immediate election.
“I’m announcing the common-sense Conservatives will put forward a non-confidence motion at the earliest possible opportunity,” said Poilievre to reporters at a press conference in Ottawa Wednesday.
Poilievre said that it is “put up or shut up time for the NDP” under its leader Jagmeet Singh, who pulled his official support for Trudeau’s Liberals on September 4.
“If you’re pulling out, you have to vote non-confidence. If you don’t, you’re still in the agreement, no matter what your video stunt would have everyone else believe,” said Poilievre.
He then questioned whether the NDP will vote non-confidence to “bring down the costly coalition and trigger a carbon tax election,” or if Singh instead will “sell out Canadians again?”
For a non-confidence motion to be successful, Poilievre will need the direct support of both the NDP and separatist Bloc Québécois.
Parliament is set to resume sitting next week.
As reported by LifeSiteNews, the Bloc Québécois recently hinted that an alliance between the separatist party and the Liberals under Trudeau could become a reality. However, Bloc leader Yves-François Blanchet has since flip-flopped and said this would not be the case.
As for Singh, on Wednesday he would not commit to voting with the Conservatives, instead saying he would “make a determination of what’s in the best interest of Canadians.”
Regardless of the outcome, Trudeau political woes continue to mount. LifeSiteNews recently reported how national elections campaign director for the Liberal Party announced he was stepping down because, according to sources close to the party, he does not think Trudeau can win a fourth consecutive election.
The most recent poll, which was taken after Singh terminated his agreement with Trudeau, shows that were an election held today, Poilievre’s Conservatives would grab 51 percent of voters in Ontario alone, the highest number ever recorded.
Canada-wide, 45 percent of Canadians said they would vote Conservative, with the Liberals coming in at second place with 25 percent, followed by the NDP at 15 percent
Addictions
WATCH: “Government Heroin” documentary exposes safer supply scandal in London, Ontario
New documentary produced by the Canadian Centre For Responsible Drug Policy features a 25-year-old student who purchased thousands of diverted “safer supply” opioids.
The Centre For Responsible Drug Policy, parent organization of Break The Needle, has launched its first mini-documentary: “Government Heroin.” The film follows the story of Callum Bagnall, a 25-year-old student from London, Ontario, who purchased thousands of opioid pills diverted from government-funded “safer supply” programs. Callum recounts how rampant fraud has turned these programs into a an abject disaster, leading to new addictions and immense profits for organized crime.
The film also features Joanne, his anxious mother, as well as Dr. Janel Gracey, an addiction physician whose clinical experiences make it obvious that safer supply is causing a wave of relapses and getting teenagers hooked on “government heroin.”
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Economy
Ottawa’s emissions cap will impose massive costs with virtually no benefit
From the Fraser Institute
By Julio Mejía and Elmira Aliakbari
The resulting reduction in global GHG emissions would amount to a mere four-tenths of one per cent (i.e. 0.004 per cent) with virtually no impact on the climate or any detectable environmental, health or safety benefits.
Last year, when the Trudeau government said it would cap greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from the oil and gas sector at 35 to 38 per cent below 2019 levels by 2030, it claimed the cap will not affect oil and gas production.
But a report by Deloitte, a leading audit and consulting firm, found that the cap (which would go into effect in 2026) will in fact curtail production, destroy jobs and cost the Canadian economy billions of dollars. Under Trudeau’s cap, Canada must curtail oil production by 626,000 barrels per day by 2030 or by approximately 10.0 per cent of the expected production—and curtail gas production by approximately 12.0 per cent.
According to the report’s estimates, Alberta will be hit hardest, with 3.6 per cent less investment, almost 70,000 fewer jobs, and a 4.5 per cent decrease in the province’s economic output (i.e. GDP) by 2040. Ontario will lose more than 15,000 jobs and $2.3 billion from its economy by 2040. And Quebec will lose more than 3,000 jobs and $0.4 billion from its economy during the same period.
Overall, the whole country will experience an economic loss equivalent to 1.0 per cent of GDP, translating into lower wages, the loss of nearly 113,000 jobs and a 1.3 per cent reduction in government tax revenues. Canada’s real GDP growth in 2023 was a paltry 1.1 per cent, so a 1 per cent reduction would be a significant economic loss.
Deloitte’s findings echo previous studies on the effects of Ottawa’s cap. According to a recent economic analysis by the Conference Board of Canada, the cap could reduce Canada’s GDP by up to $1 trillion between 2030 and 2040, eliminate up to 151,000 jobs by 2030, reduce federal government revenue by up to $151 billion between 2030 and 2040, and reduce Alberta government revenue by up to $127 billion over the same period.
Similarly, another recent study published by the Fraser Institute found that an emissions cap on the oil and gas sector would inevitably reduce production and exports, leading to at least $45 billion in lost economic activity in 2030 alone, accompanied by a substantial drop in government revenue.
Crucially, the huge economic cost to Canadians will come without any discernable environmental benefits. Even if Canada were to entirely shut down its oil and gas sector by 2030, thus eliminating all GHG emissions from the sector, the resulting reduction in global GHG emissions would amount to a mere four-tenths of one per cent (i.e. 0.004 per cent) with virtually no impact on the climate or any detectable environmental, health or safety benefits.
Given the sustained demand for fossil fuels, constraining oil and gas production and exports in Canada would merely shift production to other regions, potentially to countries with lower environmental and human rights standards such as Iran, Russia and Venezuela.
The Trudeau government’s proposed GHG cap will severely damage Canada’s economy for virtually no environmental benefit. The government should scrap the cap and prioritize the economic wellbeing of Canadians over policies that only bring pain with no gain.
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