Category: Justin Trudeau

Ottawa ‘Very Concerned’ About Leak of CSIS Documents on Election Interference: Trudeau

The federal government is “very concerned” that Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) documents were leaked to the press detailing Beijing’s election interference objectives in Canada’s 2021 federal election, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trudeau was asked at a press conference in Halifax on Feb. 23 why he believes top-secret CSIS documents were being leaked to…


Prime Minister Tells Quebec Farmers Government Working on Targeted Inflation Aid

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is looking at how it can provide targeted aid to farmers who are struggling with inflation. Trudeau, who made the comments at a meeting with farmers at the headquarters of Quebec’s farmer’s association, the L’Union des producteurs agricoles, in Longueuil, says he wants to ensure that any aid for…


Trudeau Responds to Poilievre’s Call to Close Roxham Road Border Crossing

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today responded to Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s call for Ottawa to close the Roxham Road unofficial border crossing within 30 days, saying that the action would not reduce the high number of asylum-seekers entering Canada. “Could somebody put up barricades and a big wall?” Trudeau said while speaking to reporters on…


Closing Roxham Road Won’t Stop Asylum-Seekers From Entering Canada, Trudeau Says

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today responded to recent calls for Ottawa to close the Roxham Road unofficial border crossing, saying that the action would not reduce the high number of asylum-seekers entering Canada. “For years we have been focused on closing Roxham Road. The challenge is not to say ‘oh, we should close it’—the challenge…


Beijing Election Interference Reports ‘Not a Partisan Issue,’ Trudeau Says

Recent reports citing Canadian intelligence information detailing Beijing’s strategy to interfere in the 2021 federal election should not be a “partisan issue,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says. “We have talked openly for many, many years about the real threat of interference and attempts at interference that countries like China continually do within our democracies,” Trudeau told reporters…


Poilievre Calls on Trudeau to Close Roxham Road Unofficial Border Crossing Within 30 Days

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to close the unofficial border crossing at Roxham Road in Quebec within the next 30 days. “If Canada is a country, then it has borders, and if the prime minister is the head of the government, he is responsible for protecting those borders,” Poilievre…


House Committee Expands Study on Beijing Foreign Interference in Light of Leaked CSIS Reports

Members of Parliament on the Commons procedure and House affairs committee decided on Feb. 21 to expand their study of foreign election interference after classified CSIS documents on Beijing’s involvement were leaked in the press. “If these reports are true … this campaign of interference is not trivial, it is not a case of one…


John Robson: CSIS Leak: What Will It Take for Trudeau to Start Expelling Chinese Diplomats?

Commentary Apparently the Canadian government is justified in taking drastic measures to combat threats to national security or someone’s “self-realization” from, say, a truck horn. But if a totalitarian tyranny attempts to fiddle our elections, well, all good clean fun. At any rate, the prime minister declares himself thoroughly vindicated by the Rouleau report. But…


Rouleau Report Addresses Six Questions Raised During Emergencies Act Hearings

Throughout seven weeks of public hearings in Ottawa, the Public Order Emergency Commission heard from more than 100 witnesses and released thousands of pages of documents. This evidence raised many questions about the actions taken by the Liberal government. Here are some key questions Justice Paul Rouleau addressed. Can the commission make a determination without…


Emergencies Act Inquiry to Release Its Report on Feb. 17

The report into the first-time use of the Emergencies Act by the Trudeau government last year will be tabled in Parliament on Feb. 17, the Public Order Emergency Commission has announced. After having presented the report to Parliament, Commissioner Paul Rouleau will read a statement which will be broadcast live on the inquiry’s website. The…