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Dear friends,
In 2025 Justin Trudeau will finally step down as Prime Minister. This comes on the heels of a fall parliamentary session featuring virtually no government legislation, Liberal scandals like the “Green Slush Fund”, gimmicky government announcements, a circus-like tabling of the Fall Economic statement, and the resignation or firing of nine Liberal ministers.
Trudeau also announced the prorogation of Parliament until March 24. This means that all bills in progress (except Private Members’ bills), are terminated, all Parliamentary committees cease to exist, and no meetings or votes in Parliament can occur – depriving MPs of the tools to hold the government to account.
The Government must pass new spending authorization before the end of March for the government to continue operating. There must be a vote for this spending and it must occur within days of the resumption of Parliament. Such votes are “confidence votes”. I will vote non-confidence in the government. The other opposition Parties have publicly committed to voting non-confidence. If they are true to their word, the government will be defeated and an election will be called, and Canadians will finally have the opportunity to vote for a new government.
Before the winter break, I continued to press the government on many issues important to Canadians including releasing the Green “Slush Fund” documents, the Liberal government’s economic vandalism, and the GST gimmick. See my statements in Parliament here: |
