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CTV NEWS: Liberals shut down opposition bid to hear from ethics czar on SNC-Lavalin report ... Liberal members of the House of Commons Ethics Committee have shut down an opposition bid to hear from Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion following the release of his report into the SNC-Lavalin affair. The committee met Wednesday to discuss whether Dion would be invited to testify about his recently-released report, which found that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had contravened the federal Conflict of Interest Act by seeking to influence Jody Wilson-Raybould in "many ways. " .... This is so sad, in so many ways.   It should be no surprise to anyone that I would never vote for a Liberal candidate in a government led by Justin Trudeau; and it seems his standing with Canadians just keeps falling lower and lower. What do Canadians think about the latest in this scandal involving Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau. Ethical certainly wouldn’t be a word on the minds and...

Justin Trudeau’s spending is out of control, and Canadians are paying the price – literally, says Canada Proud. A recent study by the Fraser Institute found that in 2018 Canadians paid an average of 44% of their annual income in taxes.   That’s more than housing, food, and other necessitates costs combined. So where is all of this money actually going? Well, in the Summer of 2018 dropped 43 billion dollars is a spending spree, with a majority of funds going to Liberal riding's.   One of the most ridiculous places the money went was $50 thousand dollars to a Quebec meat processing company so that they could develop a new line of sausages with a “distinctive’ flavour. But the most part of the summertime spending spree was that Veterans Affairs didn’t receive a single penny. “I am looking straight at Canadians and being honest the way I always have ... we said we are committed to balanced budgets and we are ... and we will balance that budget i...

Justin Trudeau is warning voters to be wary of fear-mongering about immigration, suggesting the issue will be a hot-button topic during the federal election campaign this fall ... made the prediction Thursday during a town hall meeting in northern New Brunswick ... Trudeau's upbeat tone changed when he suggested the world has become increasingly fearful, insular and anxious about immigration ...   ... people trying to create fear, intolerance and misinformation about immigration across Canada, he said, though he did not name any individuals or groups. CLICK HERE for the full story: Canadians are not, and never have been, fearful of immigrants or immigration.  We are, however, less tolerant of ineptitude and stupidity. Trudeau’s off-the-cuff decision to rush in 40,000 Syrian refugees to Canada, based on seeing a photo of a drowned boy in the newspaper, was a stupid, grandstanding play for a photo opportunity when the ink hadn’t ev...