Trudeau shuffles his cabinet to to get burned by the Washington dumpster fire. The Prime Minister’s ethics are questioned after revelations of a secret vacation with a family friend, the Aga Khan who also runs a nonprofit receiving government funding. The Prime Minister’s flight to the island on Khan-Air likely broke the Conflict of Interest Act. The BC government gives approval to Kinder Morgan with additional conditions. Department of Finance projects deficits until 2055. Focus groups conducted by the Federal Government hint at possible, Netflix taxes, “moonshots” and air and sea port privatization on the agenda for 2017. Richmond decides to ban Airbnb but doesn’t know how. Finally BC election nominations as “bear rescuer” Bryce Casavant becomes the NDP challenger to Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver and independent Vicki Huntington, decides not running again.
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- Chrystia Freeland takes over Foreign Affairs as Trudeau shuffles cabinet: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberal-government-cabinet-shuffle-2017-1.3928723
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- New minister refuses to repeat Trudeau’s promise to replace voting system: http://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2017/01/12/new-minister-refuses-to-repeat-trudeaus-promise-to-replace-voting-system/
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- Justin Trudeau spent vacation on Aga Khan’s island in Bahamas: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-aga-khan-1.3924568
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- Ethics watchdog ‘considering’ investigation into Trudeau’s vacation with the Aga Khan http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ethics-commissioner-trudeau-aga-khan-1.3927846
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- Trudeau took LPC President and MP along with him on Vacation http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/liberal-mp-party-president-joined-trudeau-for-his-controversial-bahamas-vacation-with-the-aga-khan
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- Trudeau Flew in the Aga Khan’s Helicopter http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-aga-khan-helicopter-1.3932827
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- Charity Navigator review of Aga Khan Foundation https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=8881,
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- Conflict of Interest Act: http://www.canlii.org/en/ca/laws/stat/sc-2006-c-9-s-2/latest/sc-2006-c-9-s-2.html
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- All five conditions met for B.C.’s approval of Kinder Morgan pipeline: Christy Clark http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/b-c-government-grants-environmental-approval-for-kinder-morgan-pipeline
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- Notley shrugs off B.C.’s economic deal with Kinder Morgan http://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/notley-shrugs-off-b-c-s-economic-deal-with-kinder-morgan
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- Buried government report reveals looming fiscal crisis http://www.torontosun.com/2017/01/04/buried-government-report-reveals-looming-fiscal-crisis
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- Report: Update of Long-Term Economic and Fiscal Projections http://www.fin.gc.ca/pub/ltefp-peblt/report-rapport-eng.asp
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- Blog post: Looming Fiscal Crisis? Why the Latest Finance Report is Neither a Harbinger of Doom Nor Cause for Complacency http://politicoast.ca/2017/01/09/looming-fiscal-crisis-why-the-latest-finance-report-is-neither-a-harbinger-of-doom-nor-cause-for-complacency/
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- Netflix tax and other “innovations” being focused grouped by liberals https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/liberals-test-netflix-tax-airport-privatization-and-space-balloons-ahead-of-2017-budget/article33587342/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com&service=mobile
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- Richmond Votes to Ban Airbnb: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/richmond-bans-airbnb-1.3930551
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- NDP lines up big name “bear rescuer” Bryce Casavant against Andrew Weaver: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bear-saviour-set-to-run-for-b-c-ndp-1.3931233
- Vicki Huntington: http://www.nanaimonewsnow.com/article/521513/bc-s-only-independent-mla-cites-health-issues-decision-not-run-again
