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Saturday, July 5, 2025

Seamus O’Regan to resign from cabinet, will not seek re-election

By
Isaac Lamoureux, True North Wire
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Source: Facebook

Minister of Labour and Liberal MP Seamus O’Regan confirmed his resignation and that he will not seek re-election in the next federal election in a statement on Thursday. His resignation as Minister of Labour and Minister of Seniors comes into effect on Friday.

O’Regan joins 16 other Liberal MPs to declare that they’re not running for re-election. 

Despite resigning as minister of labour and seniors, O’Regan confirmed his intent to remain as a Member of Parliament until the next federal election.

O’Regan said he is stepping down due to family reasons.

“I need to be a better husband, son, uncle, and friend, and this job means, and deserves, a lot of time in order to do it well,” said O’Regan. 

The Liberals are expected to name O’Regan’s replacement on Friday. 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet is set to meet virtually on Friday for approximately 30 minutes, where a cabinet shuffle could occur.

Following the shocking byelection victory for the Conservatives in the Liberal stronghold of Toronto—St. Paul’s, political insiders have urged Trudeau to reverse course or resign. 

Friday’s meeting will be the party’s first since the byelection loss. 

Various rumours have been speculating about former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney taking over the Liberal party or Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland being shuffled out of her role as finance minister. 

Trudeau recently admitted that he’s been trying to recruit Carney to join his government and told reporters that Freeland remains a close ally and partner.

“I think he would be an outstanding addition at a time when Canadians need good people to step up in politics,” said Trudeau.

The Prime Minister’s Office said that Trudeau wasn’t considering a demotion for Freeland. 

A recent Ipsos poll showed that 68% of Canadians said it was time for Trudeau to resign.

O’Regan said that he remains indebted to Trudeau for giving him his chance and remains confident in his leadership.

“I’ll miss working with this Prime Minister, as I have. I believe he’ll be regarded as one of the most consequential and important leaders in our country’s history. His strength, endurance, and vision are unmatched, and they will see us through the next election,” said O’Regan.

O’Regan has been a friend of Trudeau for decades, previously serving as a member of his wedding party in 2005. 

Before joining politics, O’Regan was a national correspondent for CTV news and a host of the network’s morning show, Canada AM.

He was first elected to the House of Commons in 2015 and re-elected in 2019 and 2021. O’Regan has held several cabinet positions, including heading the ministries of veteran affairs, Indigenous services, natural resources, and, most recently, the labour ministry in 2021.

O’Regan currently represents the constituency of St. John’s South—Mount Pearl in Newfoundland and Labrador. 

O’Regan told his constituents in his riding what he said when first elected.

“I’m not here for the show, I’m here to do the job,” said O’Regan.

“We live in hectic times. They’ve been hectic almost from the time we took office in 2015. Nerves are rubbed raw,” he said. “But we have a choice. This is a time to unite not divide, create not destroy, and build rather than break this great country of Canada. It is a treasure. It’s worth fighting for.”

The Andrew Lawton Show | Trudeau stealing Poilievre’s housing policy

By
Andrew Lawton
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Source: Facebook

Justin Trudeau has said that the federal government will not provide funding to municipalities that don’t build more homes. Sound familiar? It should, True North’s Andrew Lawton says, as it’s right in line with the “gatekeeper” messaging and policies that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been talking about.

Also, major flooding in Toronto this week has exposed huge gaps in the city’s infrastructure priorities, but Mayor Olivia Chow and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau say the real culprit is climate change. Toronto Sun columnist Brian Lilley joins the show to discuss.

Plus, an American Home Depot cashier has been terminated after she was exposed on social media for having posted on her Facebook page that she wished the assassination attempt on Donald Trump had been successful. Is this an appropriate response or cancel culture gone too far

Rumours swirl of another Liberal cabinet shuffle involving Mark Carney to rebrand image

By
Quinn Patrick, True North Wire
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Source: Facebook

The Liberal cabinet is said to be holding a virtual meeting to discuss “appointments” on Friday, leading some to speculate if the prime minister is considering another cabinet shuffle. 

The meeting comes at a time when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing calls to step down as party leader after last month’s Toronto–St. Paul’s byelection defeat. 

The loss was a watershed moment for the party, foreshadowing the difficulties it’s likely to face in the coming federal election.

Rumours are also spreading that former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney may be entering the Liberal fold, potentially to replace Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland.

“I think he would be an outstanding addition at a time when Canadians need good people to step up in politics,” Trudeau told reporters last week.

The Globe and Mail reported Tuesday that Trudeau met with Carney on Sunday and urged him to join the government. The sources interviewed for the story said Carney was not specifically offered the role of finance minister.

Freeland said that she’s grateful for “any support” that Carney can offer her and that the two speak “often” but that she intends to stay in her position. 

“What I will say to everyone here, speaking for myself, is I do have the confidence that I need to do my job effectively,” Freeland told reporters in Markham, Ont. on Tuesday.

Carney could seek a seat in a byelection or hold out until the next federal election, currently slated for October 2025. He is currently the chair of Brookfield Asset Management and a United Nations climate envoy.

Carney did not respond to a request for comment from True North.

The Prime Minister’s Office did not respond to True North for comment but did release a statement last week denying reports that Trudeau was considering a demotion for Freeland, saying they are “not accurate.”

“The Prime Minister, and his office have full confidence in Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Chrystia Freeland,” reads the statement. 

However, the Liberals are under immense pressure to do something to change the public’s plummeting opinion of them, with several former Liberal cabinet ministers calling for Trudeau to step down. 

Former B.C. premier Christy Clark has called for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s to resign, urging Liberal MPs to lobby him behind closed doors to step aside if he doesn’t do it on his own.

New Brunswick MP Wayne Long called for the resignation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a letter to caucus members last month. 

“Colleagues, after reflecting on this week’s defeat in Toronto—St Paul’s and then seeing the response, I want you to know clearly and directly where I stand,”  wrote Long. “For the future of our party and for the good of our country we need new leadership and a new direction. The voters have spoken loud and clear they want change. I agree.”

From out west to Atlantic Canada, most Canadians are feeling the same sentiment, with a recent Ipsos poll revealing that 68% of respondents across the country said it was time for Trudeau to resign.

That sentiment was felt highest in Alberta (79%) and Atlantic Canada (76%). 

“This is as bad as we’ve seen it for Trudeau. It’s close to rock bottom,” said Ipsos CEO Darrell Bricker in June.

The Daily Brief | “Safe supply” drugs are fuelling drug crisis

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Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
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Source: Ted McGrath / Flickr

Police in Ontario are finally admitting that so-called “safe supply” drugs are being exchanged on the streets for fentanyl.

Plus, Immigration Minister Marc Miller admits gang members are exploiting Canada’s immigration system and slipping into the country undetected.

And another legacy media outlet continues to falter as the parent company of Global News saw its stock price hit 12 cents on Tuesday.

Tune into The Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Isaac Lamoureux!

“I don’t care”: Toronto cop shouts at anti-Iranian regime protester attacked at march

By
Clayton DeMaine, True North Wire
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Source: Daniel Bordman - X

An anti-Iranian regime protester is calling out the Toronto Police Service for turning a blind eye to what he says is an assault against him witnessed by an officer.

Salman Sima, a former Iranian political prisoner and a regular on the Toronto protest circuit, and Daniel Bordman, a journalist with the National Telegraph, are accusing Toronto police of being unprofessional and ignoring targeted violence against them when they attended a Shiite Muslim procession in Toronto.

The Ashura march commemorated the death of Imam Husayn Ibn Ali, a warrior and the grandson of Muhammad, the founder of Islam.

Sima said he goes to the march every year to protest at the march because he believes the organizers are connected to the Islamic Regime in Iran and to protest the other attendees’ support for the dictatorship and its military.

Sima was walking alongside the protesters, holding a sign with photos of victims of the Iranian regime. 

The other side of Sima’s sign said, “Fight for freedom in Iran.” Footage taken by Bordman shows increasing hostility towards Sima from members of the demonstration.

Sima and Bordman told True North that the attacks were due to Sima holding his sign and on Bordman for recording it. They each said the attacks happened in front of Toronto police, though no action was taken against the attackers.

“They assaulted us in front of (a police officer). With the stick of the flag (the marchers) targeted my head,” Sima told True North. “Two times they tried to grab (Bordman’s) phone, even some non-Iranian immigrants, Pakistani or Afghanistani immigrants told us to leave. Who are (they) to say to the people on the sidewalk where they can and cannot stand?”

The Toronto Police Service did not respond to True North’s request to comment.

“There’s a less than 10% chance that no police witnessed what happened, and that’s being generous to the cops,” Bordman said. “One of the (marchers) who attacked me and threw punches came right up in Salman’s face and goes with a sort of forward head butting thing, very clearly assault type behaviour, and this is again, in front of four or five cops at least watching this.”

Bordman said after the attack, a Toronto police officer treated them as though they were the problem.

In one video, Bordman tells the police, “We were assaulted. It is on video.”

An officer  shouts at them, “I don’t care because you are disturbing the peace.”

“We’ve been telling you to leave,” the officer continued, his voice raising. “Leave. Leave. Leave. Go somewhere else.”

Bordman questioned how showing the victims of state violence at the hands of a government that is a stated enemy of Canada and holding a camera as a journalist at a public event could be a breach of the peace.

“If saying that we oppose a country whose leaders say they want to destroy Canada is somehow a breach of the peace, what does it say about the (marchers)?” Bordman said. “The logic you would have to use to say we broke the peace with those signs is that it is a pro-IRGC mob, and…they are anti-Canada.”

Bordman said the interaction was made difficult because the officer in charge didn’t speak English well. The situation was only defused when other police arrived and confirmed Bordman and Sima were not breaking any laws.

Sima said the incident reminded him of the country he fled.

“I don’t want to lose my freedom here again,” Sima said. “I see how Shia Islamists backed by IRGC and the regime, supported by communist lefties, have ruined my beautiful country in Iran. I don’t want the same thing to happen to my second country, Canada.”

Boissonault’s co-founder confirms the elusive “Other Randy” never existed

By
Quinn Patrick, True North Wire
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Source: ParlVu

The “Other Randy” scandal took another plot twist as Global Health Imports co-founder Stephen Anderson spoke before a committee of MPs and confirmed that the company had only ever employed one Randy, Liberal MP and cabinet minister Randy Boissonault. 

Anderson was called to testify before the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics on Wednesday as MPs grilled him on the identity of the “other Randy” referenced in text messages. The saga stems from questions about whether Boissonault remained active in managing the business he co-owned following his cabinet appointment, involvement that would violate ethics rules.

After a slew of text messages referring to “Randy” were presented to the committee, Anderson not only claimed that they were not referring to Boissonnault, but that they were a series of accidental text messages about someone with a different name. 

While Anderson would not provide the identity of who the “autocorrected texts” were referring to, he repeatedly stated that it was not Boissonnault.

Initially, the defence was that there are many “Randys” in Canada and that the text messages would have likely just been referring to another Randy employed at the 121-person company that Boissonnault co-founded with Anderson in 2020. 

Anderson maintains that Boissonault left the company before taking office in 2021.

Committee member Anthony Housefather defended Boissonnault, going as far as to present the fact that 28,000 Randys were born in 1956, saying that Canada has “a lot of Randys.”

However, after Conservative MP Mike Barrett got confirmation from Anderson that there was only ever one person named Randy employed with GHI and that it was Boissonault, the defence narrative shifted to the claim that another name was autocorrected to “Randy” in nine text messages. 

You sir, are the person who said Randy’s name” said Barrett, referring to the string of text messages. “Is it your testimony today that, how many times did you use it? Nine. references to Randy. Every one of those nine is an autocorrect?” asked Barrett.

“Yes,” answered Anderson. 

“You used the term Randy at least eight times,” said Conservative MP Dane Lloyd. “You expect us to believe that you autocorrected eight times without correcting yourself even once?”

Anderson responded by saying, “That is the truth, yes.” 

Lloyd then asked why the Ghaoui Group, a California-based personal protective equipment procurement company on the other end of the text messages weren’t wondering who “Randy” was, considering no one was employed at the company with that name in 2022, at the time of the text exchange. 

“Why didn’t the Ghoaui Group ever ask ‘who’s this Randy person that we’re dealing with?’ if it was an autocorrect?” asked Lloyd.

Anderson responded by saying that the Ghaoui group never had “any linkage to Randy Boissonault” and that he was a “private citizen with nothing to hide.”

Boissonault had initially claimed to not know who the other “Randy” was when he testified before the committee but a spokesperson for his office confirmed that the other “Randy” served as “head of logistics” for GHI and also happened to be a 50% shareholder in the company.

“That person is not me,” Boissonault told the ethics committee last month, His office refused to make the last name of the other “Randy” public.

“And by pure coincidence, the minister of employment by the same name founded Global Health Imports and is a 50% shareholder. Now we just heard the minister say that he’s not involved, but isn’t he at all curious about who this Randy fellow is that’s committing fraud at a company he owns 50% at? Why won’t he tell us who this Randy is?” asked Conservative MP Dane Lloyd in June.

The “other Randy” scandal began after Boissonnault became embroiled in a conflict of interest investigation regarding text messages of alleged business dealings done while holding public office.

“New text messages unearthed today in a House of Commons Committee suggest that Randy Boissonnault continued to direct his company while he was a minister in Justin Trudeau’s government,” reads a statement from Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s office.

“In fact, Boissonnault’s companies received nearly $120 million in government grants and contracts, including during the time when he was a minister. If Boissonnault continued to influence his company while serving as a cabinet minister, then this is a clear violation of Canada’s ethics laws.”

Poilievre rips Trudeau gov’s purchase of luxury condo for top diplomat in New York

By
Noah Jarvis, True North Wire
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Source: X

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre accused the Liberal government of spitting in the face of Canadians struggling through a cost-of-living crisis by purchasing a multi-million dollar luxury condo for a top diplomat in New York.

Last week, it was revealed that Global Affairs Canada had purchased the condo for $9 million in the heart of New York City for the Consul General in New York.

In a social media post, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre slammed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for the purchase while Canada is in the midst of a housing affordability crisis. He also promised to fire the current consul general to New York, former journalist Tom Clark.

“Trudeau spent $9 million on a luxury ‘Billionaires’ Row’ condo for his Liberal media hack, Tom Clark, whom he made Consul General—whom I will fire,” wrote Poilievre on X. 

“Life has never been better for Trudeau’s friends, and it’s never been worse for working Canadians.”

In the accompanying video, Poilievre’s office spliced a video of Trudeau talking about making housing more affordable against a tour of the luxury New York condo, claiming Trudeau is “not worth the cost.”

The condo is located at 111 West 57th Street, a luxury condo building described as the skinniest skyscraper in the world. The building is filled from top to bottom with multi-million dollar condo units costing as much as $50,000,000.

The 3,600 square-foot condo features three bedrooms, four and a half bathrooms, and is outfitted with some of the finest amenities and built with luxury materials. 

The listing shows that the condo features white Macauba stone floors, a powder room with jewel onyx finishes, a wet bar with Cristallo Gold quartzite countertops and backsplash, a bathroom clad in Italian white Venato marble, and more. 

Global Affairs Canada defended the decision to purchase the luxury apartment, claiming the current residence for the Consul General was purchased back in 1961 and is in desperate need of expensive repairs. GAC claims Canadian taxpayers will be spared around $2 million, as the condo is smaller and more economical.

Poilievre’s promise to fire Clark comes as the long-time broadcastor has faced criticism from Conservatives for around a decade. 

Clark, a long-time broadcast journalist, was appointed by Trudeau as Canada’s consul general in New York last year, a position meant to service Canadians residing in several American states. 

Back in 2014, Clark was scrutinized for an interview he had done with Liberal Leader Trudeau on a plane in which he asked the future prime minister softball questions, including what shampoo he uses. 

Clark had also moderated the official debate for the 2022 Conservative leadership election, in which Clark’s performance as moderator was widely panned for asking questions not relevant to voters, especially Conservative party members.

All but two out of 71 guns seized in record Peel bust were smuggled from the U.S.  

By
Isaac Lamoureux, True North Wire
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Source: Peel Regional Police - YT

Peel Regional Police have won a major battle against gun trafficking.  

According to law enforcement, 97% of the illegal firearms seized during the operation known as Project Chrome were smuggled from the United States.

The police force announced on Wednesday that the project, which began in Sept. 2023, had wrapped up successfully.

Ten individuals were arrested and charged with 185 criminal offences, with some already released on bail. 

Of the 71 firearms that were seized, firearm tracing confirmed that 69 of them were smuggled into Canada from the United States.

“We believe the firearms seized in this investigation would have ultimately wound up in the hands of offenders to be used in shootings, carjacking, home invasions, and other acts of violence,” said Detective Sergeant Earl Scott.

Scott presented the findings at a Wednesday press conference alongside other officers.

Nishan Duraiappah, the chief of police for the Peel Regional Police, said that officers have seized nearly 200 firearms so far this year, almost one per day. So far in 2024, the region of Peel has seen as many shootings as it did in all of 2023.

Toronto saw a similar climb, with shootings up nearly 70% and deaths more than double.

Police also seized 180 rounds of ammunition, prohibited magazines, 5.5kg of cocaine, 1.5kg of fentanyl, crack cocaine, Xanax pills, and $25,000 in Canadian and U.S. currency. The total value of the drugs seized is estimated to exceed $1 million.

Graham McGregor, MPP for Brampton North and parliamentary assistant for Ontario’s solicitor general, said that it only takes two milligrams of fentanyl to kill someone, meaning this quantity of fentanyl could, in theory, have killed 750,000 people.

The Liberals’ strategy to combat gun violence involving illegal foreign firearms has focused on targeting law-abiding Canadian gun owners.

True North previously reported that legal firearm owners are seldom involved in gun homicides. 

Pierre Poilievre pledged to stop attacking legal gun owners if he’s elected.

“Nearly 100% of our carjackings and home invasions, where firearms are used, represent illegal firearms that have been imported into our country,” said Deputy Chief Nick Milinovich.

The Ontario government and the Ministry of the Solicitor General funded Project Chrome. The project was a partnership between the Peel Regional Police, the Ontario Provincial Police, five municipal police forces, and the Canada Border Services Agency. Investigators also worked with the United States Homeland Security border task force. 

“Seven of these individuals were held for bail hearings. Two are still waiting for their bail hearing date, so they’re in custody. Two have been denied bail, and the others have been granted bail,” said Duraiappah. 

Peel Police Service Board Chair Nando Iannicca said it’s challenging for law enforcement to apprehend criminals, only for them to be released on bail the next day.

He thanked the mayor of Brampton, Patrick Brown, for telling Ottawa that “something had to be done with this revolving door justice.”

“It sounds like a joke… We’ve talked about the problem with car thefts, but (this) actually happened here in our GTA jurisdiction. Some guy’s up before a judge for having a stolen car, gets let off (on bail), and went into the parking lot courthouse and stole another car. You can’t make this stuff up,” said Iannicca. “But can you imagine what it does to our enforcement people that say, here we are doing what it takes: the countless hours, efforts, energy, risk, and then we find out it’s a bit of a catch and release system.”

Iannicca said everyone from the federal government and below needs to seriously re-evaluate the catch-and-release system.

“When we allow people who are the perpetrators of crime to freely go out, and the record shows, commit more crime while they’re waiting for a hearing date, something’s got to give. My heart goes out to the victims and to the people in uniform that say, they must just want to beat their heads against the wall when they get home some nights and say, what is the point of this if I know these people are back out on the street?”

Iannicca concluded that they need stronger results on the catch-and-release file from the federal government.

Border patrol arrest four aboard boat in St. Clair River human smuggling attempt

By
Quinn Patrick, True North Wire
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Source: Friends of the St. Clair River

A boat smuggling three passengers from Canada into the United States using the St. Clair River was intercepted by U.S. Border Patrol last month, leading to four arrests. 

Smugglers snuck three people onto the Michigan shore, who then entered a waiting vehicle upon landing.  

According to a media release from U.S. Border Patrol, “agents from the Marysville Border Patrol Station arrested four individuals after observing a vessel which originated in Canadian waters on the St. Clair River make landfall on to U.S. shoreline” on June 25. 

“The vessel dropped off three passengers who then got into a waiting vehicle.”

The St. Clair River runs between Ontario and Michigan, beginning near Sarnia, Ont. before opening up into Lake St. Clair.

U.S. Border Patrol said that it made “collaborative efforts” with Canadian law enforcement partners which resulted in the “arrest of the driver of the vessel after he returned to Canada.”

All four were charged and one suspect is slated to appear in a Sarnia court in September. 

The three boat passengers were charged in the U.S. with reentry after removal and the driver was charged with alien smuggling, confirmed U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The border service did not provide the nationalities of those involved. 

“Our commitment to our community’s safety was on full display here. Using all our assets we were able to end a smuggling operation,” said chief patrol agent John R. Morris of the Detroit Border Patrol Sector. 

“These arrests display the great teamwork between our Border Patrol agents, Air and Marine operators, and our Canadian law enforcement partners.”

There have been several arrests linked to human smuggling across the St. Clair River in recent years. 

Five people were arrested last winter for attempting to do the same thing in February. 

After being spotted by U.S. Border Patrol they were apprehended, drenched and shivering due to the freezing temperatures. 

They told the security agency that they had fallen into the river while attempting to get onto the boat, entering from the Walpole Island area of Ontario.  

“The smuggler tried to take advantage of darkness and freezing temperatures to mask his criminal activity. Bad people will go to great lengths to avoid arrest, placing themselves and others in danger,” said chief patrol agent Robert Danley at the time. 

“Thankfully, Detroit Sector agents and communication specialists are protecting our Nation around the clock, even in adverse weather.”

Saskatchewan agrees to secure funds for feds until the provinces carbon tax challenge resolves

By
Clayton DeMaine, True North Wire
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Source: Facebook

Saskatchewan has agreed to secure half of the funds the feds say it owes for refusing to pay the federal carbon tax, though the legal battle isn’t over.

The province has accepted a security agreement with the Canadian Revenue Agency, committing to hold half of the funds the agency claims it owes until the dispute is resolved.

The province said Tuesday it would hold 50% of the roughly $56 million the CRA says it owes under the federal carbon tax scheme as a letter of credit.

The agreement was struck a week after Saskatchewan was granted an injunction to block the federal government from taking from its coffers. Saskatchewan earlier this year stopped collecting the federal carbon tax, prompting a standoff between the two levels of government culminating in Canada Revenue Agency taking the province to court earlier this month.

“Saskatchewan has offered to establish a letter of credit, which is common practice for companies and other large entities and explicitly provided for under the federal carbon tax legislation. It will remain in place until our dispute is determined by the Tax Court of Canada,” Saskatchewan Attorney General Bronwyn Eyre said in a statement.

The letter will be held until the dispute within the federal tax court is resolved. This will ensure that if the federal tax court rules against the province, it will have at least half of the funds owed set aside and ready to be paid.

“While an outstanding amount remains to be paid, this agreement ensures that Saskatchewan complies with the law on the funds they owe the CRA,” Marie-Claude Bibeau, the federal national revenue minister, said in a statement posted on X.

CRA told True North this is a “common practice” in such matters.

“It’s common practice under the acts we administer for the CRA to consider security on a case-by-case situation when amounts assessed are being contested yet payable, such as large corporations for 50% of the debt,” a representative from the CRA told True North in an email.

The agency said that the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, the law mandating the carbon tax, permits the national revenue minister to collect at “any time and irrespective of any dispute” up to 50% of the money the agency has accessed the province owes.

Eyre shared the news of the agreement as a victory for the province.

“We stopped them. The Government of Saskatchewan has been successful in preventing the federal government from its unconstitutional attempt to grab money out of Saskatchewan’s bank account,” Eyre said. “The province’s bank account and general revenue fund are safe and sound, and all monies remain there, thanks to the court’s early intervention.”

She said as early as June 26, Saskatchewan offered the CRA alternatives to garnishing funds out of the province’s Consolidated Revenue Fund, the bank account through which the province pays public funds to the federal government. 

However, she said the agency ignored those alternatives and unconstitutionally attempted to take the funds themselves.

The battle between the province and the feds began when Premier Scott Moe announced that his province would not charge its citizens for the carbon tax on natural gas. This was in response to the Liberal government giving Atlantic Canada an exemption on home heating oil.

On Tuesday, at a meeting between the premiers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Moe told reporters that he would rather see an end to the carbon tax than this agreement and legal challenges with the feds.

“(The carbon tax) is largely what is pushing up inflation in our nation and in our province,” he said. 

Moe pointed to Saskatchewan’s and Manitoba’s success in having the lowest cost of living in the country, which he attributes to Manitoba’s removal of the fuel tax on products and Saskatchewan’s removal of the carbon tax on home heating.

“That is really a part of pushing down our consumer price index or our inflationary rate in Saskatchewan to a level that is about half of the national level and one of the lowest in Canada,” he said.

The federal tax court date for resolving the dispute has yet to be announced.

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