By Staff
December 3rd, 2024
BURLINGTON, ON
I offered them a chance to bring forward a confidence vote and they voted it down.
Speaking in the House of Commons today Burlington MP Karina Gould, who is the Government House Leader said:
“You just can’t trust anything these Conservative MPs say. We are offering Canadians a tax break for the holidays and the Conservatives voted against it.
“I offered them a chance to bring forward a confidence vote and they voted it down.
“Time and time again we see them talk a big game but when it comes down to it, they can’t deliver. In contrast, we are delivering a tax break for Canadians this holiday and moving forward with important measures to help make your life a little bit easier and a little bit more affordable, even as Conservatives play their ridiculous partisan games.”
This reply is for Philip W.
Maryam Monsef was given a mandate by the Prime Minister to reform how federal parliamentarians were elected. That mandate was not extended to Karina Gould when she took over the ministry vacated by Monsef. The Prime Minister creates the mandate letters for each of his ministers. Trudeau ended parliamentary reform, not Gould.
The second issue, and this concerns me more than passports, is your reference to “your friends at the CBC”. To my knowledge you and I have never met. How do you know who my friends are? I am acquainted with Pepper Parr and we act friendly towards each other, even when we disagree from time to time, but we are not friends.
This reply is for Bob. Bob please go to https://www.ourcommons.ca/en. This is the website for the House of Commons. There you will find that Maryam Monsef was the Minister of Democratic Institutions and it was she, and not Karina Gould, who had the task of changing how the federal members of parliament were to be elected. You will also find that the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship is responsible for passports, and that Karina Gould has never had this portfolio. Also, I have met and spoken with Karina Gould and I can confirm that there is nothing unusual about her breath.
Peter, not to split hairs, but your analysis of Gould’s role in changing how members of parliament were to be elected is not quite accurate.
“In the mandate letter provided to Monsef by Trudeau, she has been instructed to table an action plan outlining proposals to reform the operations of the House of Commons of Canada in order to increase the role of individual Members of Parliament in the House and its committees. Proposals include allowing more free votes, giving committees more authority, increase research budgets, allowing chairs of house committees to be elected rather than appointed by the prime minister, giving MPs a role in choosing which committees they sit on rather than having them assigned by the prime minister or government house leader. She oversaw the formation of the all-party Special Committee on Electoral Reform and appeared as its first witness.
Following criticism of her handling of the portfolio, Monsef was named Minister of Status of Women on February 1, 2017 and Karina Gould was appointed in her place. On February 1, 2017, Gould announced that her mandate would no longer include exploring potential changes to the Canadian electoral system.” In fact, Gould ended parliamentary reform, likely at the direction of Justin Trudeau.
Further, Karina Gould was the Minister of Children, Families and Social Development October 26, 2021 – July 26, 2023 but during this time, the passport office fell under her responsibilities. On June 23, 2023 your friends at the CBC reported, “Families Minister Karina Gould, the minister responsible for passport services, said Thursday the government is adding more staff on the ground to help triage hours-long lineups at many passport offices as tens of thousands of people look to get their hands on travel documents.”
FACTS MATTER!!!
I don’t want to be seen as gushing, but as I said the other day in my first ever comment via the Gazette, I am getting to know Burlington and current topics M ch better by reading the Gazette. Again thank you.
I wonder why those here who are condemning the Liberal government for its 2 month GST tax break are not at the same time condemning the Ontario Provincial Conservative government for its $200 refund checks, which it will be sending out to all Ontario taxpayers; rich and poor alike. That $200 tax refund check will cost Ontario $3 billion. Would $3 billion not be better spent if it was reallocated to healthcare or education. Both could do with the money. My preference would be healthcare. Both the federal and provincial government refunds/tax breaks are certainly election gimmicks.
The elimination, okay only for 2 months, of the 13% GST amounts to an 11.50% cut (100/113) in the current after tax price of the goods purchased. A 16% increase in the carbon tax is not a 16% increase in the price of goods. Why? Because it is a 16% increase in a very small component of the price of the goods. One cannot compare percentages. There is also of course the carbon tax rebate provide to the vast majority of taxpayers.
This coming from the minister who was in charge of changing our First past the Post elections and couldn’t do it. Who was moved and was in charge of the passports when getting one was a fiasco. If there’s anyone in the house besides Trudeau who’s breath has a distinct smell from a farm it’d be Ms Gould.
Following is additional context for Gazette readers:
The House of Commons Speaker has intervened to end a parliamentary impasse by ruling that opposition business will happen later this week — after the Conservatives blocked their own motion to bring down the government Monday morning.
Greg Fergus has scheduled opposition days for Thursday and Friday, meaning the government could face another non-confidence vote as early as Monday.
His decision follows an unsuccessful attempt this morning by Liberal House leader Karina Gould to temporarily stop a filibuster that has taken up much of the Commons’ time for nearly two months.
The Conservatives signalled their intention to introduce a non-confidence motion quoting NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s criticism of the Liberals, in a bid to get his caucus to vote to bring down the minority government.
But the Tories rejected Gould’s offer to have that motion heard today. The party said it would only end its filibuster if the Liberals provide documents they’re demanding, or if the NDP agrees to vote non-confidence in the government.
The filibuster is part of an ongoing privilege debate related to a Conservative demand that the Liberals provide unredacted documents to the RCMP about allegations of misspending at a now-defunct green technology fund.
Opposition parties must be given four days to introduce their own motions before Dec. 10 — also the deadline for the House to vote to approve billions of dollars in spending, without which some government departments risk running out of money.
Two Conservative opposition motions declaring non-confidence in the government were defeated in September, with the Bloc Québécois and the NDP voting against them.
The Bloc has since pledged to work with the other opposition parties to defeat the government after the Liberals refused to adopt a Bloc bill to raise old age security payments for seniors under age 75.
Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet said his party would only vote in favour of non-confidence motions if the party deems that to be in the best interests of Quebec.
Singh has said his party will take each non-confidence vote as it comes. He has said that while his party is ready for an election, it does not want to push for one immediately.
Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservatives-non-confidence-motion-1.7398805
Following is more context on the above that I am sure the Gazette wouled want readers to have:
“The House of Commons Speaker has intervened to end a parliamentary impasse by ruling that opposition business will happen later this week — after the Conservatives blocked their own motion to bring down the government Monday morning.
Greg Fergus has scheduled opposition days for Thursday and Friday, meaning the government could face another non-confidence vote as early as Monday.
His decision follows an unsuccessful attempt this morning by Liberal House leader Karina Gould to temporarily stop a filibuster that has taken up much of the Commons’ time for nearly two months.
The Conservatives signalled their intention to introduce a non-confidence motion quoting NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s criticism of the Liberals, in a bid to get his caucus to vote to bring down the minority government.
But the Tories rejected Gould’s offer to have that motion heard today. The party said it would only end its filibuster if the Liberals provide documents they’re demanding, or if the NDP agrees to vote non-confidence in the government.
The filibuster is part of an ongoing privilege debate related to a Conservative demand that the Liberals provide unredacted documents to the RCMP about allegations of misspending at a now-defunct green technology fund.
Opposition parties must be given four days to introduce their own motions before Dec. 10 — also the deadline for the House to vote to approve billions of dollars in spending, without which some government departments risk running out of money.
Two Conservative opposition motions declaring non-confidence in the government were defeated in September, with the Bloc Québécois and the NDP voting against them.
The Bloc has since pledged to work with the other opposition parties to defeat the government after the Liberals refused to adopt a Bloc bill to raise old age security payments for seniors under age 75.
Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet said his party would only vote in favour of non-confidence motions if the party deems that to be in the best interests of Quebec.
Singh has said his party will take each non-confidence vote as it comes. He has said that while his party is ready for an election, it does not want to push for one immediately.”
Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservatives-non-confidence-motion-1.7398805
Wow, the Liberals give you a tiny tax break for 2 months then wallop you with a big, permanent Carbon Tax increase. Face it folks this Carbon Tax is a tax plan not a climate plan. Karina Gould and her Liberal Party has screwed up our country in so many ways. Vote for Conservative Emily Brown to start to fix our once great country.
Does she honestly believe the nonsense she spews????
Did Leslie Van Houten?
By stopping the GST for 2 months, you put all Canadians in further debt. Our children and grandchildren will be paying this debt back for years and years to come!!
So, you may save ten cents on a bag of chips??? How ridiculous. It’s just a ploy to obtain more Votes for the Liberals at the Taxpayers expense.
And then on April 1st, the Carbon Tax will increase by I believe an additional 19%.
Who is trying to fool who??