Must be one of the funniest headlines I have ever read. And not the @TheBabylonBee either. "Entry standards wouldn't be strict."
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I'm lol'ing in my office.

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.

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.

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.

🚨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.

Alright folks.

🚨Here it is!🚨

Finally found some time to review all the messages and do some checking on the Do You Believe the Polls sweater people.

I'm still missing some pieces, so feel free to comment or DM me. I will keep it anonymous.

Here we go 🧵👇 First of all, the man and woman on the right are Paul and Shara Micucci. They are husband & wife and are the Chair and the Founder of the Meadowvale Business Association (MBA) in Mississauga. Some others have some resemblance to others in Association photos, but I can't be as certain.

How did Chandra Arya's son become Director & CFO of Infrastructure for India at Mark Carney's company?👇 He's 32. Has only a BComm from Carleton (!) & yet he is handling billion-dollar transactions for Brookfield in India? Seems odd to me.

One would expect someone a little more experienced with maybe an MA from a more prestigious school? Harvard? Even Rotman or John Molson.

🚨Remember this Tweet?🚨

Ever wonder how much migrants get when they arrive?

Sit down & buckle up. You'll probably want to bookmark this one. Let me break it down 🧵👇 First off, here's the link to Federal support. Just Federal. There are provincial programs in addition. You can go have a look for yourself: canada.ca/en/immigration…

A small town's worth of Indians came to Canada on a study permit & never went to class. Where are they & what are they doing?

For those who don't have access to the Globe, I'll break it down a little 👇 theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic… Some used the study permit as a backdoor route to work & settle in Canada. They claimed asylum if need be.

Mark Carney just wrote his own attack ad.

The millionaire governor of two central banks, an Oxford & Harvard-educated, in-law of hereditary peer Lord Rotherwick, is using Trudeau's closest advisors to help him win the Liberal leadership.

🧵 on the self-proclaimed "Outsider"👇 Let's start from the top. Here he is with then-Prince Charles, now King Charles III. They've met multiple times. Not much more 'insider' than the King. express.co.uk/news/royal/740…

Former Lib MP @frankbaylis has declared his intention to run for Liberal Leader.

You may remember his company - Baylis Medical - was part of a consortium which got a $237 million sole-sourced contract during COVID to provide 10000 ventilators.
hilltimes.com/story/2025/01/… The contract went to FTI professional Grade, a company that was 7-days old & had two employees.

It was then subcontracted to Baylis.

The Baylis ventilators cost 10k more than the US model they were based on.

Overall the contract was said to cost $100 million more than it should have.

Who gets a pension if the next federal election is after October 20th?

Here's a list ⬇️

Let's dig into it a bit. Long 🧵.

Please give it a r/t & let's get it out there. A few things about the list before we start.

First, I have tried to be thorough, but if there is an error, please comment & I will r/t it. I want to ensure accuracy.

The names scratched out are no longer MPs and they didn't qualify for a pension.

Names with * are not running again & have voted to bring down the government, thereby forgoing the gold plated pension

Conservatives @GeraldSorokaMP & @GaryAVidal are the only brave two to do this.

** means they were elected previously & already qualified for a pension.

One NDP, one Bloc, & 3 Tories fall under this category.

I remember about a year ago Liberal Twitter was all ablaze because some AFN delegates turn their back on Poilievre.

Now they're heckling Trudeau.

The one obvious difference is that one has had ten years to do something, whereas the other isn't PM yet.

The reality though is 🧵

https://twitter.com/harry__faulkner/status/1864718372912378015

There are 600+ reserves in this country. With each Chief plus whomever else, the National AFN conference is a big one.

Some Chiefs are hugely pro-Conservative (usually from the more successful reserves), some are far-left NDP, but I would estimate most are (unenthusiastically) Liberals.

4 of 5 "Independent" Senators have strong Liberal connections. One was a Liberal MP. Let's stop the charade. 🧵

https://twitter.com/canadianpm/status/1719358675855212544

Roger Cuzner, former Liberal MP.