Harper denies PMO interfered in Syrian refugee applications

A Conservative government would look at banning public servants from wearing the niqab, Stephen Harper told the CBC on Tuesday.

A few refugee advocates are demanding independent oversight after revelations that the Prime Minister’s Office interfered earlier this year with the processing of Syrian refugees.

All refugees undergo security and medical checks before being approved for a visa to enter Canada; the difference between a government-assisted refugee and a privately sponsored one is how they are selected.

There are concerns that PMO involvement slowed down the application process for refugees coming to Canada. Harper is also seen as the least risky leader on the economy by a plurality of voters, the poll found.

As autoworkers protested against the pact outside the factory hosting his visit, Mr Harper – who has a very slight lead in polls – insisted it would expand the industry.

Harper did not take questions from the media at the end of his speech.

Prime Minister Harper’s legacy is the envy of the world.

Maggi said the latest results show a trending decline in support for the NDP across Canada, particularly in Quebec and British Columbia.

“In just a matter of months, you will be receiving more money from a Liberal government”, said Trudeau, standing beside a pair of shopping carts groaning with the groceries the party says could be bought under his proposal.

He denied a report from the Globe and Mail newspaper that said political staff in his office wanted to have the final decision in approving applications.

Canada’s election is scheduled for October 19. “What we need is federal leadership that works with them to actually reduce emissions”.

The long campaign has worked for the governing Tories, then, because they managed to put the clutter and clatter of the last 10 years behind them before Labour Day, when the “real” contest began.

An estimated 90 per cent of refugees in the region identify as Muslim so it’s likely the majority of the people referred to Canada by the United Nations are Muslim as well, though hard numbers aren’t available.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau proposes legalizing marijuana – selling and taxing it much like alcohol – while the NDP’s Tom Mulcair has come out in favour of decriminalizing pot.

Despite U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton recently announcing her opposition to the pipeline, Trudeau said he is confident a Liberal government would “engage in a productive, non-ideological way with whoever ends up being President”. It has been more than a decade since the Liberals have felt good about their campaign.

Mulcair has insisted the NDP would not be bound by the “secretive” TPP agreement, which he has repeatedly warned would kill jobs on Canadian soil.

So the toxic issues that were supposed to defeat the Conservatives (the Senate, the pre-campaign exodus of leading members of the Harper cabinet, the inability to build even a kilometre of oil pipeline toward the Gulf or B.C coasts) dissipated in the clear blue skies of August.

Odd, since Trudeau was against deficits before he was for them, apparently understanding until recently that you can’t spend yourself rich, before changing his mind.

Trudeau and Harper earned similar support for their economic plans from those between age 30 and 49, while the Liberal leader led among 18-to-29 year olds, and among those 50 and over.