“RCMP has given to financial institutions names of leaders & organizers of protests & of people whose trucks were part of occupations & blockades. That’s the ONLY information, according to #RCMP, that RCMP has given to financial institutions.”
…Information was requested from #RCMP by MP @achamb and tabled as INQUIRY OF MINISTRY in House of Commons.
“They’re not interested in transparency & they don’t respect Parliament…
Even @PrivacyPrivee has confirmed his office is investigating how information was handled.”
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2/4 • ACCESS TO INFORMATION #cdnfoi: Justice Department spends $15K/week fighting Residential School claim
• EMAILS: Digital Services Minister questioned feds' reliance on #China contractors for 90% of Covid supplies when #Taiwan one of world’s largest producers of #PPE
3/4 • STATISTICS CANADA: Canadians used #CERB cheques to pay off $16.6 billion in credit card debt
• COMMISSIONER OF ELECTIONS: Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland faces #CPC complaint over misleading social media post tagged by Twitter
2/6 * lobbyist contacted cabinet seeking contract for his son
* lobbyist won $118 million contract for client after boasting of “getting things done”
3/6 * former aide and ex-riding president lobbied for millions in contracts
* former MP’s firm won a $237 million contract before ventilators were approved
“I am in charge of stock”: Sally Thornton, manager of @GovCanHealth $300M #pandemic medical supply stockpile. Thread. #cdnpoli
2/ @HoCCommitee on Health:
* MP Jansen: “I’m assuming you keep it in the stockpile because you need it?”
* Thornton: “We keep a minimum level…”
* MP Jansen: “What’s your minimum level of stock on masks?...”
* Thornton: “I couldn’t tell you.”
3/ Thornton: “We were not that familiar with what provinces had in their respective stockpiles”. Could not recall when @GovCanHealth began keeping electronic inventory. Thornton confirmed 3 warehouses closed incl. Regina depot that landfilled 2M N95 masks and 440K gloves. #skpoli