Cost of federal bureaucracy surges 73% during Trudeau’s tenure: PBO

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The cost of the federal bureaucracy under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is continuing to climb, reaching nearly $70 billion annually amid a ballooning public sector. Despite the increased costs, performance from bureaucrats has not risen accordingly.

A report issued Wednesday by the Parliamentary Budget Officer revealed that taxpayers are paying $69.5 billion for federal personnel spending in 2023-24.

The year after Trudeau took office, 2016-17, taxpayers paid $40.2 billion for federal bureaucracy, meaning the costs have since increased by 72.9% during that timeframe.

A taxpayers’ advocacy group said that the added cost doesn’t equate to better services. Continue…

Harper to head Alberta Crown corporation in charge of investment, pensions

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Former prime minister Stephen Harper was officially appointed as the Chairman of the Board of the Alberta Investment Management Corporation on Wednesday.

The finance ministry previously told True North that it would officially announce the new chair within a few weeks.

While Harper was rumoured to become the next chair, it was alleged that he had existing conflicts of interest that needed to be addressed before officially taking the position.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith was thankful that Harper accepted the position.

“Our ambitious goal of building the Heritage Savings Trust Fund to more than $250 billion in the next 25 years requires strong governance oversight, which he will provide. His appointment, and that of the rest of the board, are a strong step forward in giving all Albertans confidence in the long-term sustainability and success of AIMCo,” said Smith in a recent statement.

Harper said he would be chairing the board for free because he believes “it is a meaningful act of public service to my adopted home province of the last 46 years.”

He added that he accepted the role because he wants to see AIMCo further embody the values of professional operations, upstanding ethics, and prudent risk management.

Harper said he feels “uniquely positioned to help the organization improve its governance.” Continue…

Judge dismisses Canadian military personnel’s lawsuit against COVID shot mandate

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Associate Judge Catherine Coughlan rejected a lawsuit from more than 300 past and current members of the Canadian military who lost their jobs or were put on leave for not taking the experimental, dangerous COVID shots.

A Canadian federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed on behalf of some 330 past and current members of the nation’s military who lost their jobs or were placed on leave for refusing the experimental COVID shots, because she alleged that their lawsuit lacked “evidence” that the jabs were harmful.

The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members had sought some $1.3 million in damages from the government for having their charter rights violated due to the military’s 2021 COVID mandates, according to their lawsuit.

In a November 13 ruling, Edmonton-based Associate Judge Catherine Coughlan ruled in favor of the Trudeau government, and thus military’s COVID jab mandate, to strike down the case. Coughlan remarked that the plaintiffs’ case lacked “material facts” along with “evidence” and was filled with “vexatious language.”

“The only indications of bad faith are found when the pleadings baldly assert that, among other claims, Canada failed to carry out safety and efficacy testing for the vaccines, and that the Directives were premature and ‘promoted the fraudulent use of the biologics’,” she wrote, overlooking reports of thousands of injuries due to the shots in Canada alone.

As a result of the lawsuit being tossed, all plaintiffs are now on the hook to pay some $5,040 out of pocket in legal costs.

As reported by LifeSiteNews in June, documents obtained by LifeSiteNews show that the number of jab injuries in the CAF rose over 800 percent in 2021, with the most being credited to Moderna’s experimental COVID shot. Continue…