{"id":23525,"date":"2019-04-11T20:46:11","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T00:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=23525"},"modified":"2019-04-11T20:46:20","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T00:46:20","slug":"mps-report-march-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/mps-report-march-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"MP’s REPORT: March in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Leona Alleslev, MP
Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spring feels like it is a long time coming, but my team\nand I were busy both in Ottawa and in the riding last month. As our democracy\ncontinues to be shaken by the SNC-Lavalin scandal, I have called on the Prime\nMinister to protect the independence of our judicial system and preserve the\nrule of law. In the constituency, I hosted a town hall to discuss federal\npriorities with local families and attended community events across Aurora\u2014Oak\nRidges\u2014Richmond Hill. Read my highlights for March below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Ottawa – Fighting for Democracy and for Canadians to hear the truth<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Prime Minister stated his continued attempts to get a\nDeferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) were in the interest of protecting 9,000\njobs but SNC-Lavalin proved that wasn\u2019t true when they said these jobs were\nnever at risk. The Justice Committee released Jody Wilson-Raybould\u2019s recorded\nphone call with former Clerk of the Privy Council Michael Wernick, where she\nmade it clear that there was inappropriate and unrelenting pressure for her to politically\ninterfere in a criminal prosecution. Wernick stated \u201c[Trudeau] is gonna find a\nway to get it done one way or another. So he is in that kinda mood\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The former Attorney General replied, \u201cthis is not about\nsaving jobs \u2013 this is about interfering with one of our fundamental institutions\n\u2013 this is like breaching a constitutional principle of prosecutorial\nindependence\u201d. She later responds \u201c\u2026we are treading on dangerous ground here,\nand I am going to issue my stern warning\u2026because I cannot act in a manner\u2026 that\nisn\u2019t independent, I cannot act in a partisan way and I cannot be politically\nmotivated. All of this screams of that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democracy is fragile. Once a government starts messing\nwith the checks and balances between our executive, legislative and judicial\nbranches then our democracy begins to fail. As Members of Parliament, we have a\nresponsibility to ensure Canadians are given the truth. We owe it to Canadians\nto do our job in the Opposition to hold this Government to account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My Conservative colleagues and I were also marathon voting\nfrom Wednesday March 27th into the early morning hours on Friday March 29th to\npressure this government to end the cover-up on the SNC-Lavalin scandal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had several opportunities to question the Prime\nMinister during Question Period about the SNC scandal. I encourage constituents\nto visit my website www.leonaalleslevmp.ca<\/a>\/video-gallery\/\nto see my questions in the House as well as my Facebook Live session with\nPierre Poilievre, Shadow Minister of Finance, where we discuss why this\nmarathon vote was so important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the riding<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Families from my riding joined me at our Policy and\nPlaytime Town Hall to discuss how an Andrew Scheer government will make life\nmore affordable for Canadian families. Local parents shared their concerns\nabout the challenges with and constant increases in our tax system, and how we\ncan tackle climate change with real, proportional and achievable approaches\nthat aren\u2019t just a Carbon Tax. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tours out West<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had the privilege to travel across British Columbia to\nmeet with the men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces and Canada\u2019s defence industry\nin my role as Shadow Minister of Global Security. I visited our Navy at CFB\nEsquimalt including HMCS Vancouver and the submarine HMCS Chicoutimi, our Air\nForce at 19 Wing Comox (my first posting as an Air Force Logistics Officer!),\nand Seaspan in Vancouver where new naval support ships will be built, to learn\nfrom our military and defence industry on how we can work to improve our\nmilitary capabilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 I also participated\nin Economic and Global Security Roundtables with my colleagues across British\nColumbia and in Edmonton. I met with Canadians and local stakeholders to\ndiscuss the challenges around Canada\u2019s trade relationships, national security,\nand our inability to meet defence commitments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow me online!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay connected and see what I\u2019m up to in Ottawa and the\nriding on Facebook (www.facebook.com\/LeonaAlleslev<\/a>),\nTwitter (www.twitter.com\/LeonaAlleslev<\/a>),\nInstagram (www.instagram.com\/LeonaAlleslev<\/a>)\nand on my website (www.leonaalleslevmp.ca<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As always, do not hesitate to contact me by email: Leona.Alleslev@parl.gc.ca<\/a>,\nby phone: 905-773-8358, or drop by my office at 202-12820 Yonge St., in\nRichmond Hill. My team and I are always here to help. <\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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