Dan Albas MP · [email protected]

October 28, 2020 at 7:00 PM

Consequences of the pandemic

Consequences of the pandemic A report from the Public Health Agency of Canada raises some very troubling concerns regarding the mental health and well being of Canadians. View this email in your browser Each week when …

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October 21, 2020 at 6:42 PM

A tense situation

A tense situation As I write this week’s report we are currently in a tense situation in Ottawa as there is a serious threat of a possible fall election View this email in your browser As I write this week’s report we …

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October 14, 2020 at 10:11 PM

Single Use Plastic Ban

Single Use Plastic Ban With so many different media stories in circulation, the announcement regarding the potential ban of certain single use plastics may have been missed. View this email in your browser One of the c…

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October 7, 2020 at 9:23 PM

What are your priorities?

What are your priorities? Having prorogued Parliament, a situation is created where the Government must start over in submitting legislation through the House of Commons.  View this email in your browser With Prime Min…

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September 30, 2020 at 7:00 PM

Prime Minister turns his back on Parliament

Prime Minister turns his back on Parliament By proroguing Parliament the time that could have been spent properly debating and reviewing this this bill at committee stage was entirely lost. View this email in your browser …

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September 23, 2020 at 10:17 PM

Speech from the Throne more déjà vu all over again

Speech from the Throne more déjà vu all over again The throne speech took many previous promises made by Prime Minister Trudeau, that ultimately became broken promises, and promised them yet again. View this email in your browser …

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September 16, 2020 at 9:27 PM

Do you use Weather Radio Canada Transmitters?

Do you use Weather Radio Canada Transmitters? Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) is soliciting feedback on decommissioning of 48 of these 230 Weathe Radio Canada transmitters View this email in your browser M…

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September 9, 2020 at 10:10 PM

Canadians expect us to get to work to produce results.

Canadians expect us to get to work to produce results. From your own views on the environment and climate change, what are your top concerns? View this email in your browser This week the new Official Opposition leader…

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  Dan Albas MP · [email protected]

September 2, 2020 at 10:07 PM

MP Report for this week

MP Report for this week Privacy leak at the CRA View this email in your browser In my November 2018 MP report, I focused on newly discovered revelations that Statistics Canada was “demanding access to certain Canadians…

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  Dan Albas MP · [email protected]

August 19, 2020 at 7:42 PM

Why prorogue Parliament?

Why prorogue Parliament? Why prorogue the House of Commons when it is already adjourned?  View this email in your browser As you may have heard this week the Prime Minister asked the Governor General to prorogue the Ho…

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  Dan Albas MP · [email protected]

August 12, 2020 at 9:37 PM

MP Report for this week

MP Report for this week Fall election. Yes or No? View this email in your browser Back in May of 2020 the Trudeau Liberal Government announced their preference of four summer sittings of the House of Commons 'special C…

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August 5, 2020 at 8:49 PM

Sometimes a no-win situation is unavoidable

Sometimes a no-win situation is unavoidable The COVID app is only compatible with smart phones that are not older than five years and have the latest operating systems from Apple or Android. View this email in your browser …

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July 29, 2020 at 11:19 PM

BC wine to cost more

BC wine to cost more the Trudeau Liberal government will, over the course of the next two years, remove the excise exemption for 100% Canadian grown and produced wines View this email in your browser While it would be …

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July 22, 2020 at 6:24 PM

Response to COVID-19

Response to COVID-19 How satisfied are you about the current actions undertaken by all levels of Government to contain COVID-19? View this email in your browser PHOTO CREDIT: Nicholas Johansen/Castanet This week th…

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July 15, 2020 at 7:20 PM

WE have a problem

WE have a problem $900 million was directly awarded to WE Charity who intended to use teachers and camp operators to recruit students to become paid volunteers.  View this email in your browser PHOTO CREDIT: ASHLEY FRASER/POSTMEDIA …

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July 8, 2020 at 9:10 PM

Fiscal sticker shock

Fiscal sticker shock The numbers, in a word, are staggering. View this email in your browser There has been growing demand for a fiscal update of the federal government finances following the spending response to the C…

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  Dan Albas MP · [email protected]

July 1, 2020 at 8:08 PM

Happy Canada Day!

Happy Canada Day! Canada Day has long been one of my favourite days of the year.  View this email in your browser Canada Day has long been one of my favourite days of the year.  It is the one day where we, as a countr…

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June 24, 2020 at 9:11 PM

Claw back confusion

Claw back confusion All of this confusion occurred because the Liberal Government did not clarify that this was not a “retroactive payment” but rather an advance.  View this email in your browser Some citizens currentl…

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June 17, 2020 at 10:38 PM

Transitioning our economy back to work

Transitioning our economy back to work The need to modify CERB to transition the re-opening of our economy is an important one.  View this email in your browser This week the government announced that the Canadian Emer…

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June 10, 2020 at 9:30 PM

No unanimous support

No unanimous support What became obvious early on was that due to being an omnibus bill some measures were not supported by all parties. View this email in your browser As I write this week’s report, the House of Commo…

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June 3, 2020 at 10:07 PM

Is Parliament Essential?

Is Parliament Essential? Do you believe regular sittings of Parliament must be resumed as a priority?  View this email in your browser When the Canadian Emergency Reponse Benefit (CERB) program was launched, Government…

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May 27, 2020 at 7:15 PM

Diminished Parliament equals diminished accountability for Canadians

Diminished Parliament equals diminished accountability for Canadians I am deeply disappointed in the NDP, who have denied the Official Opposition from being able to fully hold this Liberal government to account.  View this email in your browser …

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  Dan Albas MP · [email protected]

May 20, 2020 at 9:05 PM

Oversight of your tax dollars

Oversight of your tax dollars To ignore fraud will put some citizens into a situation where funds will be clawed back where they might not have the funds available View this email in your browser In my report last week…

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  Dan Albas MP · [email protected]

May 13, 2020 at 6:18 PM

Should we ignore fraud?

Should we ignore fraud? While I suspect no one will dispute the desire to assist those in need, the question remains, did the PM direct civil servants to ignore fraud? View this email in your browser There are now curr…

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May 6, 2020 at 9:12 PM

Spoiler alert

Spoiler alert I do not normally issue a “spoiler alert” however this week I will focus on the recently announced semi-automatic rifle ban from the PM. View this email in your browser I do not normally issue a “spoiler …

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April 29, 2020 at 9:59 PM

Tax filing & Commercial Rent subsidy

Tax filing & Commercial Rent subsidy As part of the federal government COVID-19 response effort, the filing deadline has been extended to individuals to June 1st of 2020.  View this email in your browser Normally, …

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April 22, 2020 at 8:54 PM

Questions remain

Questions remain This week, not unlike last week, and the week before, the Government has announced another “Emergency Assistance” program. View this email in your browser This week, not unlike last week, and the week …

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April 15, 2020 at 10:06 PM

Is Team Canada supporting you?

Is Team Canada supporting you? Are you satisfied with the work the Government and Opposition are doing in Ottawa on your behalf? View this email in your browser In many ways the ongoing responses coming out of Ottawa r…

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April 8, 2020 at 7:17 PM

Local journalism more important than ever

Local journalism more important than ever The importance of local journalism is critical to our communities. Local media report on what occurs at your local council, and other community news.  View this email in your browser …

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April 1, 2020 at 10:09 PM

Canadian Emergency Wage Subsidy

Canadian Emergency Wage Subsidy This week after some delay the Finance Minister finally announced more information on the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) program. View this email in your browser This week, after s…

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March 25, 2020 at 9:06 PM

Help is on the way

Help is on the way As I write this report, we just finished an all night session of Parliament passing “An Act respecting certain measures in response to COVID-19”. View this email in your browser At the time I write t…

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March 19, 2020 at 12:10 AM

Financial help for Canadians

Financial help for Canadians People are concerned with whether or not they will qualify or if the payments are issued quickly. View this email in your browser When I first wrote on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) thre…

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March 11, 2020 at 7:43 PM

Update on COVID-19

Update on COVID-19 The World Health Organization (WHO) has upgraded the spread of the outbreak, declaring the COVID-19 to be a pandemic.   View this email in your browser It has been seven days since my report last wee…

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  Dan Albas MP · [email protected]

March 4, 2020 at 10:09 PM

COVID-19

COVID-19 Do you feel that you have the right to know if a COVID-19 infection has been confirmed within your community? View this email in your browser Although the House of Commons is not sitting this week, the Prime M…

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February 26, 2020 at 11:26 PM

Extending Employment Insurance sickness benefits

Extending Employment Insurance sickness benefits Do you agree with the motion to extend special EI sickness benefits in order to support people with serious illnesses, such as cancer. View this email in your browser On…

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February 19, 2020 at 10:57 PM

Healthy democracies don't have to always agree

Healthy democracies don't have to always agree  I would submit that different perspectives and differing solutions that can be meaningfully debated is part of a healthy democracy. View this email in your browser In Ott…

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February 12, 2020 at 7:06 PM

Are all Canadian energy projects equal?

Are all Canadian energy projects equal? Major GHG emitting projects have not been treated equally by this Liberal Government across Canada.  View this email in your browser This week the House of Commons is adjourned t…

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February 5, 2020 at 7:04 PM

Passing legislation in a minority Parliament

Passing legislation in a minority Parliament I will give the Liberal government some credit for introducing bills that will likely to get passed thus far. View this email in your browser It is interesting to note that …

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January 29, 2020 at 9:13 PM

MP Report for this week

MP Report for this week Where is the infrastructure money? View this email in your browser With Parliament now actively underway the new dynamics of having a minority government are beginning to become more defined. B…

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January 22, 2020 at 11:41 PM

Pre-clearance changes at Canadian airports

Pre-clearance changes at Canadian airports Some have suggested that these expanded powers may be contrary to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.  View this email in your browser One of the subjects that has be…

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January 15, 2020 at 9:21 PM

Government consultation on medical assistance in dying

Government consultation on medical assistance in dying What are your thoughts about this potential change to the medical assistance in dying regime? View this email in your browser Before I begin my MP report, I would …

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January 8, 2020 at 10:46 PM

The importance of being proactive

The importance of being proactive Here in the Okanagan we face the very serious threat of aquatic invasive freshwater mussels.  View this email in your browser Recently the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadia…

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January 1, 2020 at 4:58 PM

A tale of two Cabinet Ministers

A tale of two Cabinet Ministers A tale of two different Cabinet Ministers from my time as a Member of Parliament representing the concerns of local citizens here in the riding. View this email in your browser In the sp…

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December 18, 2019 at 10:49 PM

Are you worried?

Are you worried? While the Financed Minister states publicly that he is “not worried” about these indicators, my question this week is....Are you? View this email in your browser Although the House was sitting last wee…

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December 11, 2019 at 9:52 PM

China

China It is no secret that Canada’s relations with China have deteriorated considerably in recent years.  View this email in your browser With the House sitting, there are more events to share than can be summarized in…

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December 4, 2019 at 10:45 PM

What issue should be in the Throne Speech?

What issue should be in the Throne Speech? What is the one issue that you most want to see referenced in this week’s Throne Speech as a priority of the Federal Government? View this email in your browser Finally Member…

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November 27, 2019 at 8:41 PM

BC Forestry deserves to be discussed in Ottawa

BC Forestry deserves to be discussed in Ottawa The BC Forest industry is in a crisis situation. Citizens in Kelowna are deeply concerned that 174 residents who worked at Tolko are out of work. View this email in your browser …

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November 20, 2019 at 10:59 PM

Shuffling the deck chairs

Shuffling the deck chairs Anyone who thought having less seats and a minority Government would in turn result in a smaller cabinet will be disappointed to learn otherwise. View this email in your browser On Wednesday P…

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November 13, 2019 at 11:19 PM

The 43rd Parliament begins December 5th

The 43rd Parliament begins December 5th I believe that Canadians elected a minority government in order to see greater cooperation and compromise in Ottawa View this email in your browser By this time next week it is expected tha…

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November 7, 2019 at 1:38 AM

Honouring Veteran's Week

Honouring Veteran's Week Honouring Veteran’s Week is critically important and I encourage you to take part in your local Remembrance Day ceremony. View this email in your browser This week I am back in Ottawa for the f…

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