The NDP is fundamentally, or should fundamentally be a left-leaning workers’ party. In theory, its base should be a combination of idealistic left-wing university-educated urbanites, as well as public and private sector union workers. Under the leadership of Jagmeet Singh, the NDP has deepened its support in the first category but lost out on the second one. Failing to stand up for the rights of the truckers probably permanently damaged that blue-collar support.
You are talking to a middle-class Canadian man or woman who is double vaccinated but still gave $50 to the freedom convoy because they wanted to end the mandates and passports. How do you convince them that their money would be safe in a Canadian bank?
Yesterday the Ontario Provincial Legislature passed a motion unanimously to allow the Speaker of the legislative assembly to bar Independent MPP Randy Hillier from entering the chamber due to “continued disreputable conduct.”
As of 4 pm EST today, the federal government has revoked the Emergency Measures Act, nine days after being invoked, ostensibly to provide the City of Ottawa with more resources to end what remained of the Freedom Convoy protestors and their vehicles, which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other left-wing politicians labeled an “occupation.”
Lich being denied bail is not surprising knowing that Justice Bourgeois is a Liberal Party donor and former federal Liberal candidate.
This morning the hashtag #TrudeauWasRight trended on Twitter, with many Liberal activists putting out messages supportive of Trudeau cracking down on his political opponents.
This morning Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich was denied bail for the crime of “counseling to commit mischief”, a charge that until last week no one had ever heard of or thought could carry a potential 10-year prison sentence. Yet, here we are in Trudeau’s Canada under his Emergencies Act.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau knows his use of the Emergencies Act is extremely unpopular with the majority of Canadians and realizes the only way he can have his use of the act approved is by making political threats.
The owners of the Iconic Cafe, Enrico and Deborah Kuhn, near Parliament in Ottawa are being harassed by police and threatened with arrest for staying open while the Freedom Convoy was in the city.
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has officially declared that the Alberta government will be launching a court challenge against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the federal Liberal government’s unjustifiable use of the Emergencies Act.
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