Bombshell allegations of political interference into the criminal investigation of the Nova Scotia mass murders were published by the Halifax Examiner on Tuesday.[i] The resulting explosion forced Bill Blair to defend himself and the Prime Minister from this latest scandal while Justin Trudeau, after testing positive for COVID-19 just a week ago,[ii] flew off to an in-person meeting of … [Read more...]
New Public Safety Minister as Misguided as the Last Two
Politicians of all stripes love to parade in front of television cameras while making grand (but meaningless) pronouncements. Bill Blair, the former public safety minister, chose to ignore violent criminals in his obsessive pursuit of headlines and press releases touting how he tackled and won the battle over illegal guns. He did nothing of the sort. Just like his predecessor Ralph Goodale, … [Read more...]
Bill ‘Conspiracy Theory’ Blair Sees Extremists Under Every Gun License
[Version Française] “I tell you… not every person who’s in the gun lobby is an extremist, but everybody who’s extremist is in the gun lobby,” said Bill ‘Conspiracy Theory’ Blair at a recent Liberal Party event. This nonsense is so easily debunked we’re shocked that Captain ‘Conspiracy Theory’ would even say it out loud. That he did is likely evidence that Bill Blair either skipped his … [Read more...]
Bill Blair Admits His Failure at Preventing Extremists from Legally Obtaining Firearms
[Version Française] “I tell you… not every person who’s in the gun lobby is an extremist, but everybody who’s extremist is in the gun lobby,” Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said during a Liberal Party panel event. ( at 21:00 minutes in) In the full light of the camera's gaze, Blair admitted that Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government knowingly and routinely grant extremists firearm licenses so … [Read more...]
Meet Your Low-Information Minister of Public Safety
[Version Française] Bill Blair doesn’t even know what’s in his own legislation “This legislation proposes to introduce some of the strongest gun control measures in our country's history.”[i] If that were true, Bill C-21 would keep illegal guns out of the hands of drug dealers, gangs and other violent offenders. Instead, Minister Blair will create another long gun registry for the … [Read more...]
What Will Your Firearm Confiscation Compensation Scheme Cost, Minister Blair?
On November 25, 2020, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair tabled his 2020/2021 Main Estimates and Supplementary Estimates for the Public Safety Portfolio in his opening remarks to the Standing Committee on Public Safety (SECU).[i] Despite a meeting specifically on budget estimates for his department, Minister Blair refused to offer any clues as to how much his gun ban by Order in Council would … [Read more...]
FAIL! Bill Blair Cuts CBSA Funding, Redefines the Word ‘Invest’
Bill Blair, Minister of Public Safety, misleads both the House of Commons and the Canadian people when he says he increased funding for the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). For the past three years, Minister Blair has repeated the same announcement, $51.5 million over five years to beef up border security. He’s a broken record, repeating the same tired announcement every time a microphone … [Read more...]