Bob Long Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 8 minutes ago, Gurn said: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/wave-of-threats-against-mps-has-rcmp-protective-unit-stretched-thin-assistant-commissioner-says/ar-BB1qewcC?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=a286c6cf4d4947f6842334bc0abd3f99&ei=67 " The head of the RCMP unit responsible for protecting politicians says her division needs to grow in order to address a rising tide of threats and harassment targeting MPs. Michele Paradis, the RCMP assistant commissioner in charge of protective policing, told CBC News Network's Power & Politics that the number of MPs asking for protection has almost doubled since 2018. "That spike has been something we've never seen before. Requests for protection have increased exponentially," she told host David Cochrane on Thursday. Earlier this week, the Globe and Mail reported that RCMP documents indicate the protective unit urgently needs to fill 235 positions. Paradis said the unit is fully staffed and the number cited by the Globe and Mail is actually a projection of how much the unit needs to grow over the next five years. "We need to grow. Right now, our staff is stretched," she said. "It's like an elastic band that's about to snap and that's just because of what we're seeing — an increase in threats." The recent assassination attempt targeting former U.S. president Donald Trump has forced the RCMP to examine how it protects Canadian politicians, Paradis said. She drew comparisons to the 2022 murder of former Japanese president Shinzo Abe. "Every one of these [incidents], unfortunately, leads to us re-examining how we deliver our service, and of course we're going to be talking to our American counterparts," she said. Paradis said the RCMP is also looking to the recent U.K. election for lessons on how to protect politicians on the campaign trail. Canada is scheduled to hold a federal election in the fall of 2025. "We're taking all of that in. We're assessing. We'll be providing all of the parties with security briefings as we go along, safety briefings. We're looking at training their drivers, all of this," she said. Harassment of MPs jumped 800% in 5 years Patrick McDonell, House of Commons sergeant-at-arms and corporate security officer, said earlier this year that harassment targeting MPs has jumped almost 800 per cent in the past five years. "In 2019 there was approximately eight files we opened up on threat behaviours, either direct or in direct threat towards an MP, and in 2023 there was 530 files opened," McDonnell told a House committee in May. Former public safety minister Marco Mendicino is calling for the creation of "protective zones" around political constituency offices to protect members of Parliament and their staff from threatening behaviour. "We have to take parliamentary security more seriously," the Liberal MP told the Canadian Press. "We need as Canadians to open our eyes and recognize that political violence is not something that just occurs somewhere else, but that it is happening here in our own communities." Mendicino said his idea is to impose harsher criminal penalties, up to and including including jail time, on anyone who intimidates or otherwise harasses people within a buffer zone of 50 to 100 metres around an MP's office. Montreal police are investigating after a building housing the office of Immigration Minister Marc Miller was vandalized this week. While Paradis said what happened to Miller's office is a criminal act, she is concerned about what she called "lawful but awful" activities. "The rhetoric around those comments that are awful but lawful is what concerns me," she said. "If you're [a politician and you're] not going to go to an event because you're starting to hear that, that has an effect on our democracy. So what we want to do is we want to keep people safe, to be able to do their job and stay in politics." We can't let the creepy little bullies take over our democracy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4petesake Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 15 minutes ago, Sharpshooter said: How do they clutch their ‘Pearl necklaces’? At best it’s with a tissue. Or the same way Big Bird lays eggs. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Arrogant Worms Posted July 19 Popular Post Share Posted July 19 1 4 1 1 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maninthebox Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 17 minutes ago, Bob Long said: We can't let the creepy little bullies take over our democracy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 https://www.msn.com/en-ca/video/news/vandals-target-montreal-constituency-office-of-canada-s-immigration-minister/vi-BB1qePA7?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=124df98928a14a089c8423a9c3dcc952&ei=15 An investigation is underway after federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller’s Montreal office was vandalized overnight. Windows were smashed and the walls were covered in pink paint and graffiti. There’s been vandalism at Marc Miller’s office before, but not like this. Mike Armstrong has the details. ----------------------------- 1:09 vid shows damage and police statement. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gurn Posted July 19 Popular Post Share Posted July 19 world be getting wacked. Getting real tired of idiots fucking everything up for the rest of us. 2 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Long Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 1 minute ago, Gurn said: world be getting wacked. Getting real tired of idiots fucking everything up for the rest of us. It's almost like running things by angry feelings isn't the way to go 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Long Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 19 minutes ago, Maninthebox said: More like 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4petesake Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 56 minutes ago, The Arrogant Worms said: Ongoing investments—including in the Canada Child Benefit, Canada-wide affordable child care, housing construction, and enhanced benefits and pensions for seniors—are making life more affordable for Canadians and improving access to housing. Investments in economic growth and competitiveness are already showing results—Canada received the highest per capita foreign direct investment in the G7 in the first three quarters of 2023 (Chart 2). Chart 1 Growth in Employment Since 2020, G7 Economies Notes: Last data points are March 2024 (Canada, U.S.), February 2024 (Germany, Italy, Japan), 2023Q4 (U.K., France). Compares to the level of February 2020, except for France and the UK (2019Q4). Source: Haver Analytics. Chart 2 Per Capita FDI Inflows, 2023Q1 to 2023Q3, G7 Economies 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 7 hours ago, Bure_Pavel said: It sounds more like they want a shield from people criticizing them to their face/protesting outside their office and want the ability to jail them for it. If someone is actually harassing them or threating them they should call the police its already against the law. MPs and staff should have the same rights as all citizens, they don't need special protections and no one is trying to assassinate them haha. 45 minutes ago, Gurn said: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/video/news/vandals-target-montreal-constituency-office-of-canada-s-immigration-minister/vi-BB1qePA7?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=124df98928a14a089c8423a9c3dcc952&ei=15 An investigation is underway after federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller’s Montreal office was vandalized overnight. Windows were smashed and the walls were covered in pink paint and graffiti. There’s been vandalism at Marc Miller’s office before, but not like this. Mike Armstrong has the details. ----------------------------- 1:09 vid shows damage and police statement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Long Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 18 minutes ago, 4petesake said: Ongoing investments—including in the Canada Child Benefit, Canada-wide affordable child care, housing construction, and enhanced benefits and pensions for seniors—are making life more affordable for Canadians and improving access to housing. Investments in economic growth and competitiveness are already showing results—Canada received the highest per capita foreign direct investment in the G7 in the first three quarters of 2023 (Chart 2). Chart 1 Growth in Employment Since 2020, G7 Economies Notes: Last data points are March 2024 (Canada, U.S.), February 2024 (Germany, Italy, Japan), 2023Q4 (U.K., France). Compares to the level of February 2020, except for France and the UK (2019Q4). Source: Haver Analytics. Chart 2 Per Capita FDI Inflows, 2023Q1 to 2023Q3, G7 Economies Broke-ish? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Long Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 PP is going to demand an early election if things keep improving. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Warhippy Posted July 19 Popular Post Share Posted July 19 19 minutes ago, Bob Long said: PP is going to demand an early election if things keep improving. All out nightmare scenario. Economy keeps improving. Immigration gets cut by almost 2/3's. Housing affordability comes down due to increased builds and air bnb units coming available for rent/sale. Carney takes the reigns financially. Wasteful spending stops. Trudeau no longer makes endless public appearances and stupid statements. Keystone XL sells and all the numbers show how beneficial it is as it is generating almost as much to the GDP as the entire economy of the province of BC (seriously check it out it's insane) Engagement with the north happens and development begins in earnest on real infrastructure. The first of the real fleet of new warships and F-35s come online. Ford in Ontario keeps pissing off the voters and wasting money ensuring a push away from Conservatives. Pierre keeps pissing off Quebec. Another defeat snatched from the jaws of victory 1 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolt Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/marc-miller-montreal-office-vandalized-1.7267583 Pro-Palestinian group destroys Marc Miller's office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bure_Pavel Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 14 hours ago, Bob Long said: PP is going to demand an early election if things keep improving. Think he is safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Long Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 3 minutes ago, Bure_Pavel said: Think he is safe. from what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bure_Pavel Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 14 hours ago, 4petesake said: Ongoing investments—including in the Canada Child Benefit, Canada-wide affordable child care, housing construction, and enhanced benefits and pensions for seniors—are making life more affordable for Canadians and improving access to housing. Investments in economic growth and competitiveness are already showing results—Canada received the highest per capita foreign direct investment in the G7 in the first three quarters of 2023 (Chart 2). Chart 1 Growth in Employment Since 2020, G7 Economies Notes: Last data points are March 2024 (Canada, U.S.), February 2024 (Germany, Italy, Japan), 2023Q4 (U.K., France). Compares to the level of February 2020, except for France and the UK (2019Q4). Source: Haver Analytics. Chart 2 Per Capita FDI Inflows, 2023Q1 to 2023Q3, G7 Economies Our current GDP is lower than it was in 2018 and 2019, the only reason it looks better from 2020 is because we handled covid worse than all the other G7 countries. It was all just bounce back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bure_Pavel Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 1 minute ago, Bob Long said: from what? improvement before the next election, spending money and improvement are two different things. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bure_Pavel Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 14 hours ago, Warhippy said: All out nightmare scenario. Economy keeps improving. Immigration gets cut by almost 2/3's. Housing affordability comes down due to increased builds and air bnb units coming available for rent/sale. Carney takes the reigns financially. Wasteful spending stops. Trudeau no longer makes endless public appearances and stupid statements. Keystone XL sells and all the numbers show how beneficial it is as it is generating almost as much to the GDP as the entire economy of the province of BC (seriously check it out it's insane) Engagement with the north happens and development begins in earnest on real infrastructure. The first of the real fleet of new warships and F-35s come online. Ford in Ontario keeps pissing off the voters and wasting money ensuring a push away from Conservatives. Pierre keeps pissing off Quebec. Another defeat snatched from the jaws of victory Except economy has show very little growth and GDP growing slower than expectations, immigration at an all time high, housing has not gotten more affordable, some people are waiting on the sidelines for rate cuts when they jump back in it will be at all time unaffordability. If they can replace Freeland with Carney that is a huge win, I will give you that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bob Long Posted July 19 Popular Post Share Posted July 19 1 minute ago, Bure_Pavel said: improvement before the next election, spending money and improvement are two different things. lol, only a PP supporter could be upset by us projected to lead the G7 next year 1 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bure_Pavel Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 (edited) 1 hour ago, Bob Long said: lol, only a PP supporter could be upset by us projected to lead the G7 next year I'll believe it when I see it. Its also a two edged sword, need to increase GDP while lowering spending. Any company can increase revenue by throwing money at it for example but net profit is real number you want to increase. That said if they are able to replace Freeland with Carney, having a finance minister that knows finance will help tremendously. Better yet if they replace Trudeau with Carney I would vote for him. Edited July 19 by Bure_Pavel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 4 hours ago, bolt said: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/marc-miller-montreal-office-vandalized-1.7267583 Pro-Palestinian group destroys Marc Miller's office. He's a lib and in charge of the evil immigrants flooding our country so it's ok though. Or? Are we caring now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Pettersson Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 17 hours ago, Bob Long said: PP is going to demand an early election if things keep improving. He'll still win in a landslide... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spur1 Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 1 hour ago, Elias Pettersson said: He'll still win in a landslide... Maybe a minority government. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 1 hour ago, Elias Pettersson said: He'll still win in a landslide... Today yes. 6-10 months from now, debateable. The funny thing bout absolutes is that they rarely age well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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