Poilievre called out for saying Canadians 'fleeing,' and rate cut coming? | CAPITAL DISPATCH
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Published 2024-05-31
House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus back in the headlines after a motion to oust him. He survived thanks to votes from the Liberals and NDP, but still faces a rocky road ahead with the Conservatives and Bloc saying they've lost confidence in him – Rachel breaks down the tumultuous week for Fergus.
The other main area of discussion and intrigue on the Hill this week centred around a pair of election-centric bills – The NDP wants to amend the government's electoral reform legislation to scrap a measure that would grant more MPs pensions, and the Conservatives offered to help the Liberals pass a piece of foreign influence-focused legislation. Here's what to know about both.
The Capital Dispatch Quote of the Week features Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne's response to Pierre Poilievre's claim that Canadians are "fleeing" to Nicaragua.
Finally, Rachel looks ahead to a big story that will ripple across Canadian politics next week – will the Bank of Canada make a cut the country's key lending rate.
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All Comments (21)
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WACKO GOTTA GO!
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When the official House of Commons transcript was edited , covering up for Greg Fergus , that was the last straw . This weasel needs to go . .
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Pierre states the truth
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Fergus is as nonpartisan as the Senate
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The only ones that should be getting that highly sought after gold plated lifetime pension, is veterans!!
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I needed 10 days for my military pension. I asked for an extinction for my medical discharge for an injury i received during deployment, and it was denied. These fckrs should be denied as well.
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If MP want their pension, they better work hard and represent citizens. Pushing election day by one week to secure life time pension is just greedy! talk about career politics.
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1st. Called out. Why not call out yourselves? lol
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The election day should not be dictated by MPs pension. That's not a right but a privilege. I guess they should stay in the same day.
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the fact that many Canadians would rather leave Canada than live under Dictator Trudeau is completely understandable. I moved my family out 4 years ago.
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Called out for stating fact??
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The fact that even 22% of Canadians would still vote for Trudeau is just beyond belief. Wacko
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I immigrated to Canada in 2003. I moved to Europe last year because of the unaffordability, wokeness, tax payer abusive government. My daughter and adult grandson will be following soon.
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Pierre is speaking the truth. Obviously Fergus is compromised and needs to go shame 💔🙏👍🙃
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You know its fucked up when the block and conservatives are aligning
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we pay so much in taxes and get so little in return
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We Canadians demand an election as soon as possible!
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You guys misspelled "Poilievre criticized for stating the obvious, again"
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He read the letter about the Gentleman leaving canada..I absolutely did not see or hear Pierre 🇨🇦 say anything out of context..listen I say. Please
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"called out" is a term that is always funny
