Western Standard - The NewsRoom： Opposition MPs say finance minister 'too busy' to mind budget bills.

Another crazy news week in Canada and lots of crazy stories to get you up to speed. Today we have a story on a Jewish human rights organization condemning the city of Ottawa for allowing a conference in a city facility involving a member of the Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine (PLP) and a story about the Gong shows that are going on at airports as people are trying to get back into travelling and facing six hour waits at airports and still not missing their flights and missing them!

00:00:00.000 uh today uh we have a story up on jewish human rights organization condemning the city of ottawa

00:00:06.000 for allowing a conference in a city facility involving a member of the popular front for

00:00:10.960 liberation of palestine calling them a terrorist organization that the government is allowing in 0.96

00:00:16.800 canada also federal agencies are warehousing millions of rapid tests as public health agency

00:00:23.920 of canada is stopping the distribution of tests to provinces chief public health officer theresa

00:00:30.240 tam said at this stage of the pandemic some responsibilities are falling back to provinces

00:00:36.480 this comes just weeks after parliament voted to spend billions more with covid response suppliers

00:00:43.360 interesting story opposition mps are calling christia freeland finance minister too busy to

00:00:50.400 pay attention to her budget uh her budget bill c19 be as it's being chopped by opposition mps and is

00:00:58.000 struggling to be passed through parliament um over 100 000 has been billed after six canadian

00:01:05.920 officials attended a un climate conference airfare amounted to 37 000 including over 11 000 for

00:01:14.720 environmental minister stephen gilbo just for his airfare travel um after after the conference he

00:01:22.000 didn't mention his air air travel but he did make statements saying that the climate crisis is upon us

00:01:28.320 and we all have to work together so very interesting as he takes presumably private planes uh all over

00:01:35.360 europe or at least first class so he can stretch his legs out i mean those orange jumpsuits can be chafing

00:01:41.680 yes um uh as well with air travel um melanie has a story coming out um later today about the gong

00:01:51.120 shows that are going on at airports as people are trying to get back into traveling and facing six

00:01:57.040 hour waits at toronto pearson and still not missing not uh getting on their flights and missing them

00:02:03.440 so i'll be up later uh but for now uh fans can read up on saskatchewan rough riders and the final cut

00:02:09.520 as we have that break it down on the site another story coming out later today is on a story out of

00:02:16.400 texas an interesting showcase showed last saturday a drag show for all ages videos came out uh showing

00:02:25.200 provocative messaging and dancing and children giving the dancers cash as they danced and whatnot so we'll

00:02:31.520 have that up in a bit today great well always lots on the go so you've jumped back in fee first into

00:02:38.000 another crazy news week so i'll let you get back to it and uh thanks for the chicken thanks corey

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Western Standard - June 06, 2022

The NewsRoom： Opposition MPs say finance minister 'too busy' to mind budget bills.

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