The Harper government also said last week it would create a phone line for Canadians to report those engaged in “barbaric cultural practices” such as early and forced marriages. With Canada’s economy dragged down by the collapse of oil prices, the pact is portrayed as a force for economic revival by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, a Conservative.
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It is my understanding that the main reason why we are in this situation is a growing dissatisfaction with our current leader Stephen Harper’s personal style of being the commander in chief. “That is abject behavior on the part of a Canadian prime minister”.
Standing in front of a big banner announcing “1.3 million new jobs” Harper said the Conservatives are, “building a Canada that will be the best place on earth” to live and raise a family.
Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party is the most probable outcome of Canada’s October 19 election, a result that could weaken the country’s currency over the longer term, according to the Canadian unit of Macquarie Group Ltd.
Later Thursday, Harper defended the PMO’s audit of the Syrian refugee applications.
“Political staff are never involved in approving refugee applications”, Harper said.
He also reiterated his government’s position that keeping Canada secure is a priority. But local Tory candidates including Vancouver South MP Wai Young and Richmond Centre MP Alice Wong praised Harper as the “clear choice” in the 2015 federal election who can protect Canada’s “fragile conomy” in a “dangerous and uncertain world”.
The Liberals called for resettlement of 25,000 refugees by year’s end and the New Democrats pledged to take in 46,000 over four years.
“This is just one example of Mr. Harper’s callous disregard for government processes, privacy rights, and the plights of refugees -many of whom have escaped incomprehensible violence in their home country”.
In the face of the public outcry after Alan’s death, alongside his brother and mother, the federal government eased the rules that had made Syrian refugee claims painfully slow in Canada.
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair said if elected, he would scrap the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. Trudeau stated publicly in April that he wouldn’t even consider cooperation with the NDP unless Mulcair was personally out of the picture.
“The first thing I would do is to encourage both of them to consider a coalition”, she said.
Mulcair has insisted the NDP would not be bound by the “secretive” TPP agreement, which he has repeatedly warned would kill jobs on Canadian soil.
“That’s almost worse. If people think they already know what the problem is, then why haven’t they fixed it”, said Trudeau. Each party has teams of supporters and paid staff all struggling to get out the vote. His role is to oversee nationally, not to review files.
When questioned about Clinton’s statement Thursday, Trudeau played it safe once again and would not say whether he supported the pact.
The treaty, which came into force on December. 24, 2014, seeks to regulate the global trade in conventional weaponry, from small arms to battle tanks, combat aircraft and warships.
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“Because the election is only 13 days away, the TPP agreement could hardly have been more splendidly timed for the Conservatives”, writes Lawrence Martin in the Globe and Mail.
