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The Rockliff Liberal Govermment is getting things done to deliver lower power prices for Tasmanians.

Under our plan, both now and in the future, Tasmanians will always pay among the lowest power prices in the nation, the Treasurer said.

We have the most generous electricity concessions of any State and weve also got among the lowest regulated power prices in the country.

Labors so-called power price cap is a con-job that is unaffordable and undeliverable.

In fact, Labor tried the exact same thing on at the 2010 election (5% price cap guarantee) only to ignore it when they were re-elected in partnership with the Greens.

"It was a hoax then and is a hoax again now.

Unlike Labors false promises, well continue to deliver real action on power prices for Tasmanians, as weve done from day one."

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Its hard to imagine a labour dispute more cut and dried than the one before us, in which more than 150,000 workers in the federal bureaucracy across the country are striking.

During tax season, and with an only just recently cleared passport backlog, employees are walking off the job demanding working conditions most Canadians could only dream of.

The Trudeau government, not known to be unkind to the public sector, has offered boosts of three per cent a year. Thats a more-than-fair offer, as two per cent is the standard annual change in the consumer price index.

Record inflation is coming down, and it will likely return to regular levels as the Bank of Canada takes extraordinary measures to dampen demand.

Even if that werent true, it would be a dangerous move to award what the majority of these workers are asking for: 13.5 per cent in wage hikes over three years. Those who work for Canada Revenue Agency want even more, 30 per cent.

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If all employers gave in to these kinds of wage demands, wed have seven per cent inflation forever, and the savings of ordinary Canadians would collapse in value.

Some low-income workers do need emergency raises just to eat, as grocery costs rise. But PSAC members are not those workers. Its simply not fair for the rest of the labour force to endure corporate austerity and price increases while government employees dine out.

Another important piece of context is the pandemic.

In the lockdown era of COVID-19, millions of Canadians saw their income disrupted, with workers in entire industries turning to CERB and employment insurance payments to keep their homes and put food on the table.

Government workers didnt lose an hour of pay, even as much of the economy ground to a halt. The privilege of working from home, which these workers are fighting to maintain, was a temporary measure to serve public health, not another perk for bureaucrats looking to avoid a daily commute and parking fees.

Do these people have no idea how tone-deaf they sound to the rest of the country? It is ordinary working citizens who pay to support the public sector, with its bloated salaries, defined-benefit pensions and work-from-home lifestyle.

To heck with them. They dont deserve another a fat raise while impairing service delivery across the country. The federal Liberals, if they have any sense, will break the strike and send these entitled employees back to work.

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VANCOUVER - The approval of the expansion at the Fraser Vancouver Port known as Roberts Bank Terminal 2 is a likely death sentence for several species, according to the Green Party of Canada.

"Honestly, I am shocked. The scientific information is clear. The Western sandpiper, the Fraser Chinook salmon and the Southern Resident Killer Whales are close to extinction and this is likely to push them over the edge. It brings new meaning to the word 'terminal.' ," said Green leader, Elizabeth May, MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands.

The federal impact assessment of the project was very negative about its environmental impacts:

The Panel concluded that two populations of Fraser Chinook salmon, the Lower Fraser and South Thompson River populations, are particularly vulnerable to Project effects due to their life history and extensive utilization of Roberts Bank habitat. The Panel concludes that the Project would result in a residual adverse effect and an adverse cumulative effect on ocean-type juvenile Chinook salmon populations from the Lower Fraser and South Thompson rivers. The effects would be significant (Impact Assessment Agency, 2020).

"Last year, in an open letter (February 2022) many prominent scientists urged federal environment minister, the Hon. Steven Guilbeault, to reject the expansion," it is unbelievable that this strong warning could have been ignored," said Deputy Leader Jonathan Pedneault. (see letter here:https://fraserestuary.scienceletter.ca/letter/)

"We deal on a daily basis with the contempt for environmental impacts as the Fraser Vancouver Port Authority uses the waters of the Salish Sea for free parking for its idling freighters," added Ms May. "It is time to review the whole structure of the unaccountable port authority system."

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*one time use only* Conservative MP Dave MacKenzie risesduring Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Friday February 18, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Adrian WyldAdrian Wyld/The Canadian Press

Having retired after two decades as a Conservative MP, Dave MacKenzie says he is now supporting a Liberal seeking to become his Southwestern Ontario ridings next representative citing concern over the Conservative nomination process for the race.

Mr. MacKenzie told The Globe and Mail on Monday that he is backing local realtor and former educator David Hilderley, who is aiming for the Liberal nomination in the eventual by-election in the riding of Oxford.

The by-election, which must be called before July 29, is required to replace Mr. MacKenzie Oxfords MP from 2004 to the end of this past January, when he stepped down.

The way this thing has gone in my riding from my former party, I just find David an easy switch for me, he said.

Since Mr. MacKenzies resignation, a nomination fight for the Oxford riding broke out that saw one candidate removed by the party, and senior Tories Pierre Poilievre and Andrew Scheer endorse the nomination campaign of the eventual winner, Mississauga lawyer Arpan Khanna.

Mr. Khanna served as Ontario campaign chair for Mr. Poilievres successful bid to be Conservative Leader and is currently the partys outreach chair. He ran unsuccessfully for the Tories in Brampton, Ont., in 2019.

Mr. Khanna won over a field that included Mr. MacKenzies daughter. But other party members in the riding were vexed, claiming they were poorly treated by party headquarters. Two Conservative Electoral District Association executive members in Oxford quit their posts after Mr. Khannas nomination.

Mr. MacKenzie said he has been concerned that Mr. Scheer strongly backed Mr. Khanna for the nomination: Why would Andrew Scheer want to bring a guy in from Brampton? he said.

Its not Stephen Harpers party or Peter MacKays party right now. It just operates differently.

I am not knocking Pierre. Pierres got some people around him that he might question at some point.

Mr. MacKenzie said there are still a few years left in his Conservative membership, and he has no plans to take out a Liberal membership.

Neither Mr. Khanna nor the Conservative Party responded to a request for comment.

A former police chief in the city of Woodstock, Mr. Mackenzie said he has not yet actually spoken to Mr. Hilderley, but plans to contact him soon to find out what help he can provide him for the nomination and the eventual by-election.

When I am in the riding, a lot of people say they are not happy, and they are looking for somewhere else to go. And people know David, and as soon as you say hes going to run, they are happy, Mr. MacKenzie said.

Mr. Hilderley, who previously ran provincially and to be mayor of Woodstock, was taken aback when informed of Mr. MacKenzies support.

Thats a very nice surprise a welcome one for sure, he said in an interview Monday.

I think the local party is very, very disturbed with what has happened in terms of a selection by their leadership, Mr. Hilderley said, referring to Conservatives in Oxford. They just want to have a local representative, a local voice, someone who knows the community representing them in Ottawa.

During the 2021 election, Mr. MacKenzie won the riding with 47 per cent of the vote compared with 20 per cent for the Liberal candidate. He said he would not presume his political shift will have a great deal of weight, but that he knows that some in the riding will be attentive.

Mr. Hilderley said the political situation in the riding may be shifting in a way that would give the Liberals their best opportunity to win the seat since John Finlay held it for them between 1993 and 2004.

We want to capitalize on that, he said.

Mr. Hilderley said he has lived in the riding all his life except for three years teaching in London, Ont. He spent 34 years working as a teacher, vice-principal, principal and consultant. He has run a bed-and-breakfast operation, and has been a realtor for 17 years.

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The Liberal government's controversial online-streaming bill is back in the upper chamber today, where a senator who opposed it expects it to pass.

After more than a year of debate and revisions, Alberta Sen. Paula Simons says she would really like to see Bill C-11 "done and dusted" this week.

She says this is not because she wants to ram it through, but because the Senate has already shown its worth through changes to the bill.

Last month, the House of Commons adopted most of the Senate's amendments, which reinforce the promotion of Indigenous languages and Black content creators.

They would also seek to ensure that funds collected from tech giants go toward promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.

If passed, Bill C-11 would update broadcasting rules to include online streaming and require tech giants such as YouTube, Netflix and Spotify to make Canadian content available to users in Canada -- or face steep penalties.

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