NOTHING TO SEE HERE. MOVE ALONG

Both the Tories and the NDP have complained about the partisan Liberal background of Ms. Meilleur, who, as an officer of Parliament, would be expected to operate independently of the government and would report directly to the House of Commons or the Senate

   The revelations are likely to ramp up criticisms from the Conservatives and New Democrats that the selection of Ms. Meilleur as bilingualism watchdog is partisan. Both parties are attempting to block the appointment of the long-time Ottawa MPP, one of the eight officers of Parliament who are expected to operate independently of the government. The parties also claim they were not consulted before her nomination, as is required by law.

 

LIBERAL LAMENT OF LONG GUN REGISTRY DESTRUCTION

Firearm-marking regulations are the Sasquatch of Canada's gun safety policies: much talked about, but no one has ever seen them in action.
Parliament passed legislation in 2004, but it has never been enacted.
Its purpose was to help police trace guns used in crimes and to bring Canada into compliance with several international conventions, including the United Nations Firearms Protocol.

PLAN 2014 IN ACTION ON THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY

Chamber of Marine Commerce president Bruce Burrows said suspending shipping traffic would be an expensive proposition with far reaching economic fallout.

“Those affected in Canada and the U.S. could potentially lose over $50 million in sales per day,” he told CTV Ottawa in a statement.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE LETTERS W-T-F

Homolka reportedly supervised kindergarten children from Montreal’s Greaves Adventist Academy on a field trip in March and once brought her dog to the school for students to pet. The academy, a private Christian school, was aware of Homolka’s criminal past before she started volunteering there.

43 TO 44 IN BC

Christy Clark may not have enough seats to win a confidence vote, but she won’t resign without a fight.
Clark told reporters Tuesday she would test the confidence of the house rather than give up her post as premier. That test will come as early as next month, she said.

THE POPE AND THE PM

NP:  Pope Francis is wiser, better and presumably grateful now that Justin Trudeau has bestowed a visit upon him. At least I gather as much from the Canadian media coverage.
   But I wonder whether Pope Francis raised abortion, same-sex marriage, or euthanasia — all vital issues where Trudeau blithely defies his church. Or even humility. If so, it apparently wasn’t newsworthy.

BLOCKING THE TRANS MOUNTAIN PIPELINE

If there was any hope for pipeline peace in our time, it’s gone now, deflated by B.C. Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver’s attack on Premier Rachel Notley.
He was patronizing, petty, inaccurate and inflammatory. Weaver gave not the slightest nod to Notley’s climate-change policy, which is far more vigorous than B.C.’s.
NDP Leader John Horgan stood right beside him, smiling and nodding at everything Weaver said. So much for Notley’s hope of a friendly wave from her coastal NDP counterpart.