Liberal Minority Government 2025 - ???

[brihard]

All true & good points. Still, provinces asking is a non-zero factor (although admittedly far from the only one).

So, depending on the political glasses someone's wearing, Ottawa is either 1) being the adult and telling provinces, "no, we can't bring THAT many more people in," or 2) ignoring the will of a level of government closer to most people than the feds are.

Or both at the same time.

 

[Jarnhamar]

Where did most of those come from? SPs - so education and PNPs which is the provincial nominee program. The provinces asked for this on both counts.

When your kid asks for ice cream for supper you shouldn't give it to them.

Of course provinces will ask for both. It amounts to cheap, practically slave labour.

The feds arent without blame and they need to scrap the broken TFW system yesterday

True and true.

but the provinces wanting these people and then doing nothing about the housing stock under their jurisdiction created a firestorm.

Letting them in the door in the first place created the firestorm. Provincial failures added fuel.

The Liberals brought in 2 million souls last year knowing there wasn't enough places to live and not enough social services like doctors.

 

[MilEME09]

Governments abusing ATI laws? Say it ain't so sarcasm

Ottawa abusing access to information law to avoid releasing documents, watchdog says

The Information Commissioner is calling on the government to stop relying on legal exemptions she says are overused

www.theglobeandmail.com

 

[daftandbarmy]

Gord Johns and his petition to repurpose our 'left over' C-130s



Madam Speaker, it is an honour to table this petition on behalf of petitioners from my riding of Courtenay—Alberni, who are on the front line of wildfires this season. They highlight that the increase in intensity and cost of wildfires in Canada, not just in British Columbia but across the country, requires bold and timely action.

Without a national air tanker fleet, each province must weigh the cost of purchasing or contracting aviation resources, with no guarantee that resources will be available when and where they are needed most. Fighting wildfires and addressing the climate crisis demands a wartime level of effort and commitment. Other countries retrofit retired military aircraft for aerial firefighting and providing rapid response capability and national resilience.

The conversion of Canada's retired CC-130 Hercules fleet into state-of-the-art air tankers would protect communities and critical infrastructure, and it would help meet climate commitments by reducing catastrophic carbon releases from wildfires.

The petitioners cite that they are calling on the government to work in partnership with the private sector, in collaboration with potential first nations partners, to retrofit a portion of Canada's retired CC-130H Hercules fleet into large air tankers for wildfire suppression; deploy these aircraft as part of a strengthened national wildfire response capacity, to be shared with provinces and territories and, where appropriate, to be available for international humanitarian and emergency response missions; and, finally, prioritize this made-in-Canada solution, which leverages Canadian engineering and global expertise and delivers clear benefits in protecting lives, communities and the environment.

Gord Johns on Petitions | openparliament.ca

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