Tag: Trudeau

Quebec Premier Declares ‘Victory’ for Province in Closing of Roxham Road Illegal US-Canada Border Crossing

Quebec Premier François Legault says the closing of the illegal border crossing at Roxham Road is a “great victory for Quebec.” Legault commented in French on social media March 24 that “Roxham Road will finally be closed.” He thanked the entire Quebec government team, which he said “put a lot of pressure on the federal…


Alberta Premier Requests Trudeau Focus on Energy Security at Meeting With Joe Biden

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has sent a letter to the prime minister, requesting that his meeting with the U.S. president focus on the need for energy security. The letter, dated March 23 and published by the Government of Alberta, says the visit of American President Joe Biden to Canada presents “an opportunity of great significance.”…


Alberta Premier Requests Trudeau Focus on Energy Security in Meeting With Biden

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has sent a letter to the prime minister requesting that he focus on the need for energy security when he meets with the U.S. president during his visit to Canada. The letter says President Joe Biden’s visit presents “an opportunity of great significance.” “It is my request that the federal government…


Biden’s Mistaken Visit to Canada

Commentary President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit Canada on the eve of March 23, which will be the first U.S. presidential visit since President Barack Obama’s trip in 2016. Visits to Canada can be crowd-pleasers. On a trip in 2009, Obama made a surprise stop at an Ottawa bakery for a red maple-leaf cookie. Warm-hearted…


Trudeau Responds to Leaked CSIS Files Saying Beijing Interfered in 2021 Election to Support a Liberal Minority

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has responded to a news report about leaked Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) documents detailing how China used a strategy to interfere in the 2021 federal election in order to return the Liberals to office. The Feb. 17 Globe and Mail article cited top-secret CSIS documents covering the period before and…


Poilievre Backs Alberta’s Concerns Over Federal ‘Just Transition’ Legislation

Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he backs Alberta Premier Danielle Smith over her concerns about what she’s called Ottawa’s anti-oil-and-gas agenda. Poilievre told reporters Wednesday in Calgary that he discussed health care, public safety and defending Canada’s oil sector when he met recently with his Alberta Conservative counterpart in Ottawa. Smith has voiced her…


Taxpayers Federation Taking Legal Action to Force Feds to Disclose Who Stayed in $6,000 Hotel Room

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) will file legal action with the Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) to force the federal government to provide unredacted documents disclosing who stayed in a $6,000 per night hotel room in England, during Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. CTF told The Epoch Times that although an access to information request…


Object Over Yukon Shot Down Because It Posed Threat to Civilian Aircraft, Trudeau Says

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Feb. 12 that the unidentified cylindrical object detected in northern Canadian airspace and shot down yesterday represented a threat to aircraft. Trudeau said the object “entered unlawfully Canadian airspace” and “represented a reasonable threat to civilian aircraft.” He said he gave the order, “to take it down,” and “recovery teams are on…


Sask Premier Moe Says No to Digital ID

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he will not concede to any request by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to have a digital ID be a condition of augmented federal health-care funding. The announcement was made in a response letter from Moe to citizens who inquired with the his office regarding this aspect of upcoming Canada Health…


Poilievre Criticizes Federal Anti-Islamophobia Rep for ‘Anti-Quebec, Anti-Jewish’ Remarks; Trudeau Wants Her to Clarify

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has again chosen to “divide” the country, by “appointing someone who has made anti-Quebec, anti-Jewish, and anti-police remarks” to the position of Canada’s first Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia, Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre tweeted on Jan. 27 following Trudeau’s announcement a day earlier. When questioned about the new appointment at a…