"Canadians who work hard and play by the rules should be able to get ahead. Unfortunately, under Justin Trudeau, Canadians are still paying among the most expensive cell and internet bills in the world and now, despite their conditions, Liberals just decide to make it worse by approving the Rogers-Shaw merger.
Right now, Rogers and Shaw CEOs Tony Staffieri and Bradley Shaw are popping the champagne and toasting the Liberal government for the helping hand.
Justin Trudeau and his team are showing once again that when push comes to shove, they are taking the side of the rich and powerful over the interest of working people.
MP Jenny Kwan Calls For Removal of Immigration Minister Lena Diab
Enough is enough. I am calling on Prime Minister Carney to immediately fire the Minister of Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship, Lena Diab.
We have now learned that the minister responsible for Canada’s refugee system did not appear to know about the Singh case—the landmark Supreme Court decision that established fundamental Charter protections for refugee claimants and helped lay the foundation for Canada’s refugee determination system. That is not a minor gaffe. It is a profound failure of leadership.
Sadly, this is not an isolated incident. Not only has she proven herself to be inaccessible and unresponsive to major stakeholders including her own colleagues across all parties in parliament, Minister Diab has repeatedly demonstrated a complete lack of command over her portfolio, as she lurched from one disaster to another. To just name a few examples, these include the debacle in the revocation of Lost-Canadian families' citizenship certificates and passports; the back-pedalling of her stated timeline to process Palestinian graduate student visas within 10 days; and her use of "commercial and monetized social media platforms" to drop partial details about an upcoming temporary resident to a permanent resident program creating mass public confusion, speculation and an environment for predatory actors to exploit vulnerable applicants.
Minister Diab has overseen one of the worst periods of immigration policy in Canada in decades with drastic cuts to Canada's immigration levels plan, resettlement organizations and staffing resources. Her lack of leadership coupled with IRCC 's capacity crisis has only further escalated significant processing delays causing immense undue hardship for thousands of applicants and their families. She led the draconian asylum restrictions in Bill C-12 which is now subject to an active court challenge.
This government cannot keep asking people to pay the price for its incompetence. Minister Diab has lost the confidence of many this system is supposed to serve. I stand with frontline advocates and families who are calling for an immediate reset. Prime Minister Carney should fire Minister Diab.
