Designated terrorists have obtained Canadian entry. The documented cases: → A PFLP member convicted over a 1968 attack that killed a civilian — granted residency 1987, removed only in 2013. → A UN-listed al-Qaeda financier — Canadian citizen. → IRGC: 28 found inadmissible, 1 removed.

PM Mark Carney chaired Brookfield's board until Jan 2025 — weeks before becoming PM. He still holds ~US$6.8M in Brookfield stock options. Brookfield owns 31,211 Canadian homes. April 2026: Parliament's Ethics Committee said his blind trust isn't enough — recommended mandatory divestment.

$100M for 200 Indian students (UofT pledge during PM Carney's March 2026 India visit). $138M/year shortfall on First Nations water operations (Parliamentary Budget Officer). 40 long-term boil-water advisories still in place on reserves. Two real numbers. Same year. Same political moment.

Canadian tankers: banned from BC's north coast since 2019. U.S. tankers from Alaska: still passing through. Saudi tankers: still delivering crude to New Brunswick. The Alberta-to-NB pipeline that would have replaced those Saudi imports — Energy East — was cancelled in 2017.

When Quebec tried to leave Canada in 1995, the Crees voted first. Oct 24, 1995: 96.3% of Crees voted No to a sovereign Quebec. Oct 30, 1995: Quebec voted No by just 0.58%. 2026: Treaty 6/7/8 chiefs are doing the parallel work on Alberta — including meeting King Charles III.

The Snowbirds will fly their final show on October 11, 2026. After 55 years and ~140 million viewers, 431 Squadron stands down until at least the early 2030s. Their replacement aircraft is a turboprop, not a jet. Sources + full breakdown →

The CRTC just tripled what Netflix owes Canada — from 5% to 15% of Canadian revenues. Liberals: "It's a contribution, not a tax." Streamers + US: "It's a tax." Honest answer: legally a regulatory charge. Functionally — on your bill — a tax. Both are true. Sources + full breakdown →

Before 10 years of Liberals: Canada produced 2,393,890 vehicles in 2014. After 10 years: 1,339,288 vehicles in 2024. A 44% decline. https://parliamentaudit.ca/n/canadian-auto-industry-2014-vs-2024-44-percent-decline?s=bsky&c=auto-2026-05-25

RCMP surveilled Tommy Douglas — the man who built Medicare — for 30+ years. CSIS told police Indigenous land defenders at Ipperwash were armed in 1995. They were not. 3 days later, OPP fatally shot Dudley George. CSIS later spied on pipeline protesters. (CBC, BCCLA) Sources + full breakdown →

In 2014, the European Court of Justice struck down the EU's mandatory metadata-retention directive. Same category of data. Comparable retention period (6 months–2 years; C-22 proposes 1 year). The Court called it a "particularly serious" rights interference. Sources + full breakdown →

Bill C-22 lets the Public Safety Minister order a telecom to build a surveillance capability into their service. The telecom must comply. The telecom is legally barred from telling you. Meta, Apple, the EFF, and Michael Geist all oppose this provision. Sources + full breakdown →

Bill C-22 creates new surveillance powers + a 1-year metadata retention regime + secret capability orders. The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has no statutory role in any of it. Every prior lawful-access bill (C-30 in 2012, C-2 last year) included one. C-22 doesn't. Sources + full breakdown →

Bill C-22 doesn't allow police to read your texts. It doesn't have to. Metadata = who you called, when, for how long, where you were, what device. A year of that, on every Canadian. Michael Hayden, former NSA + CIA director: "We kill people based on metadata." Sources + full breakdown →

Bill C-22 is at committee. The 12 Liberal MPs who put it there: → Sponsor: PS Min Anandasangaree → Cabinet speakers: Fraser, Sahota, Lattanzio → House Leader: MacKinnon → SECU (7): Duclos (chair), Acan, Dandurand, Housefather, Powlowski, Ramsay, Sodhi Contact info in the article.

The parliamentary budget officer costs out the World Cup: $1.07 billion, but only $473 million from the federal government (most of which is transfers to other governments).

Bill C-22 passed second reading April 20 — now at committee. The Lawful Access Act: → 1 year of metadata retention → Secret capability orders by Public Safety → Lower police access threshold Opposition: Geist, EFF, Meta, Apple, the U.S. House Judiciary. Sources + full breakdown →

Canada — a major hydro exporter — was a net electricity importer for three consecutive months (Oct–Dec 2025). Same pattern in early 2024. Dec 2025 imports from the US: 3.1M MWh (+79.3% vs Dec 2024, StatsCan). Drivers: BC/Quebec drought, Ontario nuclear maintenance. Sources + full breakdown →

Canada's Defence Dept. pays Maritime Launch Services $20M/yr for launch-pad access at Canso, NS (March 16, 2026 DND announcement) — separate from MLS's $13,500/yr land-tenure fee. MLS 2025 audited filings: $14,980 revenue, $47M loss, no launches conducted. Sources + full breakdown →

Alberta's independence petition cleared its signature threshold: ~302K signatures vs. a 178K requirement. If certified, the legislature must respond with legislation or a referendum. Quebec's two prior referendums (1980, 1995) were government-initiated. Sources + full breakdown →

Who can vote in a Canadian party's candidate-nomination contest? → Liberal: anyone who "ordinarily lives in Canada" → CPC / NDP / Green: citizen or permanent resident → Bloc: no citizenship or residency requirement The Canada Elections Act doesn't regulate this. Sources + full breakdown →

Budget 2025, by the numbers: → $60.6B in cuts over 4 years → 40,000 public service positions eliminated → CRA: -2,620 jobs (largest) → +$5.3B/yr added to National Defence → Deficit target: $43.1B (2025-26) → $21.8B by 2028-29 Sources + full breakdown →

Budget 2025 cuts 2,620 jobs from the Canada Revenue Agency — the largest workforce reduction of any federal department in the $60B / 40,000-position plan. CRA says automation will offset losses. PSAC warns audit capacity will drop. Sources + full breakdown →

On April 28 at 12:16 PM ET, the Liberal Parliamentary Secretary of Health moved a House Health Committee meeting in camera — two minutes after a Conservative MP moved to have the Auditor General audit PrescribeIT. The vote was 6–5. All six YEAs were Liberal. Sources + full breakdown → #cdnpoli

Sarnia's mayor and the local Conservative riding association president have both publicly called for Marilyn Gladu to face a byelection — matching her own January stance. She has not committed. Sources + full breakdown → #cdnpoli

Health Canada told the Health Committee that detailed PrescribeIT spending "is not centrally tracked." Of the $290M+ spent, only the ~$98M to Telus is publicly accounted for. Conservative MPs have asked the Auditor General to investigate. #cdnpoli

Ottawa spent more than $290 million on PrescribeIT, the national e-prescribing service. Telus Health was paid roughly $98M and kept ~85% of the IP. The federal government holds none. Conservative MPs have asked the Auditor General to investigate. The service shuts down May 29. #cdnpoli

Chris d’Entremont won Acadie–Annapolis by 533 votes as a Conservative in April 2025. Six months later, on budget day, he was the first Conservative to join Carney’s Liberals. Democracy Watch filed an ethics complaint. The Commissioner declined. #cdnpoli

December 2, 2025 — in Hansard, Conservative MP Michael Ma called the Liberals "team feudalism." Nine days later he joined them. He has admitted he was "truly a Conservative" the night before he crossed. #cdnpoli

November 6, 2025: Matt Jeneroux announced his resignation from Parliament, citing family. February 18, 2026: he kept the seat and crossed to the Liberals. Within weeks: Special Advisor to the PM, foreign trips with Carney. #cdnpoli

On January 11, Marilyn Gladu told a local paper that floor-crossing MPs should face automatic byelections — "we deserve a chance to have a redo." On April 8, she crossed the floor to the Liberals. No byelection. #cdnpoli

The good folks at Front Burner have been nice enough (brave enough?) to let me guest host a couple of episodes. Today, on Kash Patel.

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📊Mise à jour Qc125, 23 avril 2026 : un gouvernement du Parti québécois demeure l’hypothèse la plus probable — et de loin ⌨️Mon analyse ici ↓ lactualite.com/politique/ex...

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At the risk of being pedantic, I'm kind of growing to dislike the phrase "majority government." We currently have a Liberal majority, but only the cabinet and parliamentary secretaries are part of the government.

📊Les intentions de vote au Québec se sont resserrées au cours des dernières semaines, mais le PQ demeure largement favori pour remporter le plus grand nombre de sièges (98% des simulations) à ce stade-ci de la précampagne. Ma chronique et mise à jour : lactualite.com/politique/ex...

Weeks after crossing, Matt Jeneroux was named Special Advisor to the PM on Economic and Security Partnerships, and joined Mark Carney on a trip to India, Japan, and Australia. What changed since Nov 6 → https://parliamentaudit.ca/news/matt-jeneroux-resigned-then-crossed-floor #cdnpoli

"The night I attended the Conservative Christmas party, I was truly a Conservative member... I had not made a decision at that point." — MP Michael Ma, on the morning he crossed to the Liberals. The account → https://parliamentaudit.ca/news/michael-ma-team-feudalism-then-team-liberal #cdnpoli

In the 5 days after crossing the floor, MP Chris d'Entremont gave at least 3 different reasons. One had to be retracted. One cited the federal budget — which hadn't been tabled yet. Timeline → https://parliamentaudit.ca/news/chris-dentremont-deputy-speaker-ethics-complaint #cdnpoli

Nov 6, 2025: MP Matt Jeneroux announced he was resigning. His words: "no coercion was involved," "my focus must turn entirely to my family." Feb 18: He kept the seat and crossed to the Liberals. Record → https://parliamentaudit.ca/news/matt-jeneroux-resigned-then-crossed-floor #cdnpoli

Sarnia's mayor and the local CPC riding association president have both publicly called for MP Marilyn Gladu to face a byelection — matching her own January 2026 stance. She hasn't committed. Why → https://parliamentaudit.ca/news/marilyn-gladu-byelection-pledge-then-floor-cross #cdnpoli

MP Chris d'Entremont won by 533 votes as a CPC in Apr 2025. 6 months later he crossed to the Liberals. Democracy Watch filed an ethics complaint over his lost Deputy Speaker top-up. Commissioner declined. → https://parliamentaudit.ca/news/chris-dentremont-deputy-speaker-ethics-complaint #cdnpoli

Bill C-225 is one of the few private member's bills to clear committee this Parliament. It would also let courts hold domestic violence suspects for 7-day risk assessments before bail. The full story → https://parliamentaudit.ca/news/bill-c225-baileys-law-intimate-partner-violence #cdnpoli

The government can now cancel permanent resident visas, work permits, and study permits if it's deemed in the "public interest." That term is not defined in the law. Full analysis → https://parliamentaudit.ca/news/bill-c12-immigration-reform-refugee-rights #cdnpoli

Bailey's Law would make killing an intimate partner automatic first-degree murder. It passed second reading with a standing ovation — rare all-party support. What the bill does → https://parliamentaudit.ca/news/bill-c225-baileys-law-intimate-partner-violence #cdnpoli

Dec 2, 2025: In the House, MP Michael Ma called the Liberals "team asset inflation," "team rentier economy," and "team feudalism." Dec 11 — 9 days later — he crossed to join them. Hansard → https://parliamentaudit.ca/news/michael-ma-team-feudalism-then-team-liberal #cdnpoli

Bill C-12 is now law. 30,000 refugee claimants have received letters saying their cases may be ineligible. A new one-year filing deadline is the reason. What changed → https://parliamentaudit.ca/news/bill-c12-immigration-reform-refugee-rights #cdnpoli

Jan 11: MP Marilyn Gladu said constituents "deserve a chance to have a redo" when an MP switches parties. Apr 8: She crossed the floor. She has not called a byelection. Receipts → https://parliamentaudit.ca/news/marilyn-gladu-byelection-pledge-then-floor-cross #cdnpoli

Bill C-9 passed the House 186–137. Liberals + Bloc voted yes. Conservatives, NDP, and Greens voted no. The key issue: removing a decades-old religious speech defence. What the bill does → https://parliamentaudit.ca/news/bill-c9-combatting-hate-act-religious-exemption

74% of Canadians say floor-crossing MPs should face a byelection. That's consistent across party lines — 81% of CPC voters, 68% of LPC voters, 77% of NDP voters. The polling → https://parliamentaudit.ca/news/floor-crossing-majority-without-election