Or both at the same time.
Liberal Minority Government 2025 - ???
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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.
True and true.
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
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Governments abusing ATI laws? Say it ain't so sarcasm
www.theglobeandmail.com
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
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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.
openparliament.ca
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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Gov. Gen. Simon ‘deeply committed’ to French training as criticism continues
Crushing out a whopping 2 hours per week.
Carney should just tell Canada he's taking her out of french school and Quebec can go have a big sad about it.
Meh. If she only spoke English I’d see an issue, but she speaks Inuktitut as well. I’m good with that.
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Sigh….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
Where to even begin on this one…
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Made in Canada solution is code for "shovel buckets of unaccountable money to IMP while retaining all cost and schedule risk to the Crown".
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You forgot the part about “clapped out airframes with dodgy wingboxes” and “Transport Canada has a stated policy of never again allowing civil registry of an ex-military airframe” and then, my favourite- “if the feds wade into this, they will own the air tanker problem for Canada as each Province will (cleverly) decide they can avoid spending money on tankers AND blame the Feds every summer when there aren’t enough to around”.
I should go into consulting….
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Fun fact: Canada bought expired Herc Hs from the US to refurbish our Herc H fleet because theirs were less expired than our in-service aircraft.
