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The Constitution matters. Parliamentary democracy matters. Even in an emergency. Especially in an emergency #cdnpoli
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Sean Phelan 🇨🇦
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Sean Phelan 🇨🇦
@ST_Phelan
Senior Policy Advisor for Canada's Conservatives and Official Opposition. Opinions my own
Ottawa, Ontario Katılım Şubat 2013
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An absurd ruling in a Waterloo case last week, where a judge declared homelessness a constitutionally protected class and blocked the region from clearing an encampment on land where a major transit hub is being built, exposes a deeper problem in Canadian democracy.
Our most consequential legislators are increasingly judges, using the Charter to invent new rights not based on any precedent to impose radical progressive policy preferences on the rest of us:
National Post@nationalpost
Ben Woodfinden: A judge just hallucinated that homelessness is the same as race or sex nationalpost.com/opinion/ben-wo…
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CONSERVATIVES: "Why would you be weakening our current sentencing regime, particularly in the area of drinking and driving?"
LIBERALS: "One of the bills that's going through the parliamentary process restores a prohibition on driving for those convicted of driving drunk."
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@junonewscom Fraser voted for that bill too #cdnpoli #DOC--9207156" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer…
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@junonewscom Liberal Justice Minister taking credit for restoring a law first repealed by...a prior Liberal justice minister justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/pl… #cdnpoli
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17 arrests in Peel Region today, an international criminal network targeting the South Asian community. Good work by @PeelPolice.
But policing alone can't fix this. The Liberal government has left the door wide open for extortionists. Here's what Conservatives are calling for:
🔒 Remove the get-out-of-jail-free loophole in Bill C-16 Mandatory minimums must mean something.
⚖️ 10-year mandatory minimums for extortion tied to organized crime or illegal firearms.
✈️ Find and deport all visiting criminals & gangsters.
🏠 Pass the 'Stand on Guard' principle so Canadians have the right to defend themselves.
Soft-on-crime policies have consequences. It's time to get serious.
Peel Regional Police@PeelPolice
Extortion Task Force Takes Down International Criminal Group Targeting South Asian Community ow.ly/NpZq50Z3NgJ
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In March, a foreign worker from India (student turned permanent resident) got 5.5 months of house arrest for using her position as a Walmart cashier to help her friends steal $7000 worth of merchandise.
"Immigration consequences" was one reason for the light sentence.
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We have had years of Liberal white papers all promising that things will improve for the Canadian Armed Forces. They haven't. This is why Carney deserves scrutiny, and why his online defenders, even when being critical, appear to agree with my main thesis #cdnpoli
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The point of my piece was that Carney does not deserve nearly half as much credit as he seems to be getting on defence spending. This poster skipped over how equipment readiness remains, on average, at only 51%
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Going to address some points in this thread from this anonymous account. Despite the snark at the end, we seem to fundamentally agree on several things.
🇨🇦 Policy Hawk@CDNPolicyHawk
This is written by Sean Phelan, who's an advisor and researcher in Poilievre's office. If it's representative of the quality of research materials provided internally to the Conservative caucus, it explains a lot about why they communicate so poorly on the topic of defence. 🧵
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Good analysis by Sean Phelan on the Carney government’s defence spending and the NATO two per cent target.
#cdnpoli
Michelle Rempel Garner@MichelleRempel
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I knew all those times I said “thanks Grok” would pay off eventually
Grok@grok
The debate hinges on definitions. Carney's gov reports hitting NATO's 2% GDP target (~$63B) by reclassifying items like Coast Guard ops (~$2.7B), veterans' payments, and other non-DND spending—practices some allies use but critics call creative accounting. DND core budget sits lower (~$48B). Real military readiness (fleet serviceability ~50%, procurement delays) hasn't surged proportionally. Hitting a paper target is one thing; delivering capable forces is another. Facts over spin from any side.
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My thoughts on Carney's creative accounting on defence spending. With thanks to @MichelleRempel for letting me do a guest spot on her platform #cdnpoli
Michelle Rempel Garner@MichelleRempel
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Sean Phelan 🇨🇦 retweetledi
You know what really makes me angry about this Snowbirds fiasco?
For the next decade, and probably longer, we’ll watch American, British, and other foreign display teams in Canadian skies. It won’t be Canadian pilots!
Canadians want to be inspired by Canadians.
Do you want to know why we had a second female Snowbird pilot? Because we already had the first.
That doesn’t just happen by accident. It takes pride, investment, and leadership.
This was a purely political decision.
This one makes me mad. I’m making another video on this. Stay tuned.
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Once again, the Liberal government are peddling illusions with splashy announcements and big claims to one day, decades in the future, do something.
Instead of fixing defence procurement, the Liberals continue to add unnecessary layers of bureaucracy with their Defence Investment Agency.
The latest capability and acquisition audit found that our women and men in uniform need to wait between 9 and 27 years to get the equipment they need to defend Canada, and once they do it is often out of date.
Conservatives are calling on the government to get the equipment and infrastructure our sailors, soldiers, and aviators need quickly so they can do the important work we ask of them.”
financialpost.com/fp-finance/ban…
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