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http://www.blacklocks.ca 08-09-2012 16:01:48
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.Marc Miller ᐅᑭᒫᐃᐧᐅᓃᐸᐄᐧᐤᐃᔨᐣ tells U.S. radio audience Canada is 'open country' for immigrants, explains illegal immigration is minor issue since Canada is bordered by oceans, America and 'a block of ice to the north.' blacklocks.ca/calls-canada-o… #cdnpoli @YfBlanchet Bloc Québécois
Fed #EV subsidies up to $52B, triple the annual GDP of the entire Canadian auto industry, though Justin Trudeau won't discuss cost of aid per job: 'How much is the gov't paying for each?'
blacklocks.ca/wont-detail-su… #cdnpoli Adrian Ghobrial
'Fact checker' is cited for breach of Elections Act with 2019 posts targeting Andrew Scheer: 'Canada Fact Check is not a fact checking website.” Commissioner of Canada Elections blacklocks.ca/anti-scheer-ch… #cdnpoli
DOCUMENTS: Justin Trudeau housing crisis Inventory of vacant gov't property earmarked for development numbers fewer than 400 incl. cattle barns & boat sheds: 'We need to put everything on the table.' blacklocks.ca/inventorys-bar… Sean Fraser
A tenth of pensioners work past 65 because they have to, Statistics Canada data show, mainly in retail: 'Many seniors work past their mid-60s.' blacklocks.ca/no-rest-for-te… #cdnpoli CARP Seamus O'Regan Jr
“The adjective ‘corrupt’ first appears in Hansard in 1867, we have a rich tradition!
But everyone has feelings all of a sudden.”
PODCAST: MP Mark Gerretsen 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 wants Speaker of the HoC to banish use of the word ‘corrupt’ in House of Commons.
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Audit Canada Revenue Agency recommends refresher courses on ethics. Report comes after Commissioner Bob Hamilton misled MPs over firing of 232 staff as CERB cheats: 'Not very many, obviously.' blacklocks.ca/cra-back-to-ba… #cdnpoli #CERB
Budget Office is calculating IRB Canada cost of illegal immigrants; last report in 2018 put expenses at up to $33,700 per person depending on lengths of appeals: 'Staggering.' blacklocks.ca/costing-of-ill… Larry Maguire Parliamentary Budget Officer
Federal report @CIHR_irsc on cocaine: “Buying in bulk may be more economical for people who use drugs.”
PODCAST: Blacklock’s & Richard Syrett @Sauga960AM - “Oh wow. This program has been a smashing success and they’d like to bring it to your town.”
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“Cabinet made a political miscalculation. Canadians expect a frank expression of moral repugnance when confronted with street protests celebrating the killing of Jews. This is unbelievably complicated for Chrystia Freeland even when asked by a Jewish reporter.”
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