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HoCStaffer

@HoCStaffer

Feb 26

Alright, so pretty exciting news today. But it's one of those parliamentary things which most people don't know about so I'm going to break it down a bit. 🧵

First up, here's the email:

Sounds pretty snoozy, right?

Well, it's not. This is actually fairly important.

You know oftentimes you hear about some Bill - often a Private Member's Bill or PMB (which is different than a Government Bill) - that is pretty loopy?

They're the ones fundraisers, associations, influencers & others focus on in order to raise money or get clicks.

Guaranteed Annual Income, for example.

Now whether they know that:

1) PMBs can't spend money, 2) PMBs don't usually get passed, 3) You can have as many PMBs as you want "introduced" in the House (ie 1st Reading), but that only 1 can move to debate..

I don't know if they do. I suspect some do, others not.

But these sorta Bills often used to whip regular folks into a rage, all the while those who know the process just roll their eyes because they know they probably won't pass & in the rare chance they do, they don't mean much.

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HoCStaffer

@HoCStaffer

Nov 10, 2025

Must be one of the funniest headlines I have ever read. And not the @TheBabylonBee either.

"Entry standards wouldn't be strict."
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I'm lol'ing in my office.

A "tiger team." 🤣

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HoCStaffer

@HoCStaffer

Aug 5, 2025

Immigration in Canada.

Who wants to talk about it?

Conservatives do. In fact they have a 2-hour meeting today to clarify policy on it.

Since about half of the CPC Caucus follows me on here, it's a good place to drop your comments on Canada's immigration policy.

I'll start👇

Everyone knows it's an issue, but there are disagreements in Caucus about how strong a stance needs to be taken.

Today's meeting may do it, or there may be more to come. Everyone needs to sing off the same hymn sheet.

It will take work.

Provinces - even regions and cities in the same province - are really different when it comes to immigration needs or lack thereof.

Just one such example: high seasonal tourism areas rely on TFWs. Often the local real estate market is geared towards second homes & rentals. There isn't affordable real estate for actual Canadians to live and work there with hospitality wages.

Agricultural areas - especially fruit and vegetables - suffer from a need for massive numbers of pickers for like a month or two. That's all. Sometimes it can be locals, but the picking season corresponds usually with the school year. Not entirely feasible to do it only with locals.

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HoCStaffer

@HoCStaffer

Jun 25, 2025

Correspondence to an MP.

Just want to highlight a few things & give some clarity to folks about it.

I welcome feedback & happy to try to answer any questions folks have about day-to-day life on the Hill.

Small 🧵 on sending emails to MPs👇

First point about correspondence:

1) If you're not from the riding we don't care.

Now, that's not to say your issue is not important, but MPs can get hundreds of emails a day. Some original, many automated ones.

They - or more specifically their staff - have more than enough to do without answering messages from outside the riding.

Fun fact: MPs are answerable to their constituents, not ALL Canadians.

2) The actual MP almost never answers your email.

Occasionally if they know the person or it's a quick "hey MP, I'm happy you voted this way," the MP may send a quick reply. But 99+% of the time it is staff sending the email.

Oh? Your reply was signed by the MP?

Lol. No it wasn't. Staff have access to the "MP" accounts and send emails on the MP's behalf with the MP's signature.

(All MPs have their own private parl accounts which are not public for important correspondence)

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HoCStaffer

@HoCStaffer

Jun 4, 2025

Ever wonder why an MP doesn't just create a Bill for something?

Or did you see a loopy Bill and worry it may get passed?

Well, the "Results of the draw for Private Members’ Business" should interest you then.

This not-so-exciting sentence actually plays an important role in determining which Private Members' Bills make it to a vote.

It's a pretty misunderstood part of the parliamentary process, so here is a small (& somewhat nerdy & procedural)🧵 for you:

I see a lot of stuff online where people freak out over some Bill (like guaranteed annual income) because they 1) don't understand the difference between Government and Private Members' Bills (PMB) and/or they don't understand the PMB process.

Before we tackle PMBs, let's get Government Bills out of the way.

Government Bills start with C-1 (Commons-1) and go from there.

They went as high as C-79 in the last Parliament.

These Bills are put forward by the government and have the full weight of the government behind them.

They also get the most debate time in the House.

They are for your standard things like the budget, changes to laws etc.

60 of them passed in the last Parliament.

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HoCStaffer

@HoCStaffer

Apr 21, 2025

🚨Absolutely SHOCKING report quietly released by the Government in January which predicts what Canada may look like in 15 years.🚨

A must read!

I've seen some references to it on here, but no summaries of the whole report. I decided to dig a little deeper. 🧵👇

First things first, thanks to @hollyanndoan of Blacklock's Reporter for bringing it to the public's attention. It's how I discovered it.

The document was released by Policy Horizons, which is a bit of an internal Think Tank for the gov't.

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