Liberals Whip SNL Comedian Like Lupita Nyong #39;o Over Slavery Skit
SNL #39;s new writer and comedian, Leslie Jones faced the Liberal whip after her sketch on "Slave Breeding" aired Saturday. The Tweeterverse went bonkers again. A slew of "How dare she #39;s", "You...
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Future transit construction will be in jeopardy if the Ontario Liberals are not elected to another term in office, Leader Kathleen Wynne warned Tuesday.
And she also vowed never to privatize public transit if she wins the June 12 vote.
Commuters have a choice between our achievable plan to build transit or the Hudak PCs, who have promised to cancel infrastructure projects in the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area, she said at a construction site for the $5-billion Eglinton LRT in Toronto. Or the NDP, who simply do not have a transit plan at all.
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The Liberals are promising to pour $29-billion into building LRTs, subways, highways and bridges over the next decade.
Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak has pledged to build the downtown relief subway line in Toronto, as well as subway extensions to Richmond Hill and Scarborough. He has said he would cancel light rail lines in the Toronto suburbs to help pay for the subway plan.
Mr. Hudak has not said what exactly he would kibosh. In addition to Eglinton, the Grits are currently planning LRTs in Hamilton, Mississauga, and on Finch and Sheppard avenues in Toronto.
NDP Leader Andrea Horwath wants to move the downtown relief line to the top of the construction list and hike corporate taxes to help pay for it. She also supports most of the Liberals transit-building ideas, but wants to defer the Richmond Hill extension.
Ms. Horwath this week accused the Liberals of planning to privatize the TTC, because the governing party has hired a private company to build and maintain the Eglinton LRT. The line will, however, be run by the TTC.
Ms. Wynne on Tuesday said Ms. Horwaths claims are made up.
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OTTAWA -- The Liberals are proposing a series of fixes to Ottawa's troubled temporary foreign worker program as fresh allegations of abuse emerge almost daily.
MP John McCallum, the party's immigration critic, proposes five reforms to the program that focus partly on better monitoring of employers who apply to bring in foreigners.
He adds that the government should scale the program back and focus on its original purpose -- to fill labour shortages when there is a legitimate need.
In recent weeks, a spate of allegations suggests some companies are turning to the program in sectors and regions of the country where there are no labour shortages.
Helicopter pilots, waitresses and mall workers are among those who have stepped forward to complain.
Employment Minister Jason Kenney has pledged to lower the boom on those abusing the program and has already banned restaurants from applying for temporary foreign workers.
New rule changes are expected soon, including beefing up the auditing powers of federal inspectors.
McCallum points out that between 2005 and 2012, the number of temporary foreign workers in Canada more than doubled.
He wants the government to tighten the so-called labour market opinion process. Employers must apply for a positive labour market opinion if they want to hire a foreigner on a temporary basis.
McCallum also repeated his demand for a review by the auditor general.
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TORONTO - The campaign buses have barely rolled out for the June 12 election and already there's a flurry of open letters, accusations and even legal claims in a $2-million libel suit.
The Progressive Conservatives are denying they did anything wrong when they suggested that Premier Kathleen Wynne "oversaw and possibly ordered the criminal destruction of documents" related to the $1.1-billion cancellation of two gas plants.
In a statement of defence in response to a lawsuit launched by Liberals last month, the Tories say they had a "legal, social and/or moral duty" to make the statements the Liberals claim were defamatory.
The Tories are claiming qualified privilege, saying the public had "a corresponding interest" in hearing that information.
They say in the statement dated May 2 that they were diligent in trying to verify the allegation and that it was an urgent matter of public importance.
Asked whether it was a mistake to file the libel suit against the Opposition party, Wynne responded Monday that she felt it was important to challenge the Tories' allegation.
"I am willing to debate facts anywhere, anytime. I'm always willing to talk about facts and I have answered questions about the decisons around relocating the gas plants," she said at a high school in Richmond Hill, north of Toronto.
"But when there are false allegations made, it's very important that I stand up to those and that I make it clear that that's unacceptable. So the legal process will carry on."
Meanwhile, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath has sent an open letter to her rivals challenging them to participate in five debates, with one focused on jobs and the economy.
Speaking to host Matt Galloway on CBC's "Metro Morning" on Monday, Horwath said she was not concerned that big union leaders like Unifor head Jerry Dias had questioned her decision not to support the budget, which was seen as labour friendly.
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