Category Archives: Government

Minister confirms another misuse of TFW program by Alberta-based contractor

By Brandon Kostinuk Earlier this month, via an anonymous source, Thinkpol.ca received information that an Alberta-based contractor for the oil and gas industry was recently granted approval for 10 temporary foreign workers (TFWs) while Canadian workers were left in the

Listen to Canadians before reforming Bill C-51, joint open letter urges Trudeau

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to listen to Canadians before bringing forward a reform package on Bill C-51, according to a joint open letter penned by a broad range of civil society groups and privacy experts, who say Canadians need

Majority of Canadians oppose Trudeau’s Syrian refugee resettlement plan

A slim majority (54%) of Canadians oppose Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s refugee resettlement plan while 42% support it, according to a new poll. The latest public opinion poll from the Angus Reid Institute conducted three days after the terrorist attacks

In wealthy Canada, hunger is rapidly growing: food bank report

More than 850,000 Canadians rely on food banks each month to put food on the table − a figure that has gone up by 26% since 2008, according to the 2015 Hunger Count report released by Food Banks Canada today.

Thousands to converge on Ottawa for a 100% clean economy by 2050

Thousands of Canadians are to converge on Parliament Hill urging the new Liberal government to take strong action on climate change and transition Canada to a 100% clean renewable economy by 2050, a diverse civil society coalition announced today. “A

Federal government drops niqab appeal

Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould and Immigration Minister John McCallum announced today the formal withdrawal of the federal government’s request to the Supreme Court for an appeal of a federal court decision allowing women to wear the niqab at citizenship ceremonies.

Trudeau must rally the world against Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey to defeat ISIS

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to pull the CF18s out of Syria is not a display of cowardice, as the Conservatives would have you believe, but a demonstration of wisdom. As US Vice President Joe Biden put in very candid

Syrian refugee among Paris terrorists, Greece confirms, but Trudeau will go ahead with resettlement plan

Syrian refugee among Paris terrorists, Greece confirms, but Trudeau will go ahead with resettlement plan A Syrian refugee was among the terrorists who slaughtered 129 civilians during the attack in Paris last night, the Greek government has confirmed, but the

Trudeau to military staff: Canada needs to take care of you the way you take care of Canada

The message below was sent out to military staff and DND civilian staff: Message from Prime Minister Trudeau to the Canadian Armed Forces and Department of National Defence During my travels across Canada, I have had the honour of meeting

Tory cabinet minister slams Liberals for deficit new government will inherit

A former Conservative cabinet minister slammed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government Tuesday for the for the string of deficits that the newly minted Liberal government is projected to inherit. Tony Clement, the MP for Parry Sound-Muskoka who served as the