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Ottawa admits committing over $3.3 billion to electric vehicle manufacturing — including tens of millions to bankrupt Lion Electric

https://www.rebelnews.com/ottawa_admits_committing_over_3_3_billion_to_electric_vehicle_manufacturing_including_tens_of_millions_to_bankrupt_lion_electric

The Liberal government has confirmed it has committed more than $3.3 billion in taxpayer funding to electric vehicle manufacturing projects in Canada, including tens of millions of dollars to companies that have since collapsed.

The disclosure appears in a written response to an Order Paper Question from Conservative MP Dalwinder Gill(Calgary McKnight).

According to the response from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, $3.386 billion has been committed since 2016, with $1.41 billion already disbursed through federal programs such as the Strategic Innovation Fund.

Among the recipients is Lion Electric, which has since entered bankruptcy protection. Ottawa committed $50 million to the company and has already paid out nearly $32 million to support a battery assembly plant and “centre of expertise” in Quebec.

Other heavily subsidized firms include:

Stellantis – $529 million committed, $222 million disbursed

NextStar Energy (LG–Stellantis battery plant) – $500 million committed, $491 million disbursed

General Motors – $259 million committed, $242 million disbursed

Honda Canada – $132 million committed, $90 million disbursed

Ford – $295 million committed, $34 million disbursed

PowerCo (Volkswagen) – $700 million committed, $4.5 million disbursed

Umicore – $551 million committed, $57 million disbursed

Most of the funding went to projects in Ontario and Quebec for vehicle assembly, battery plants and critical-minerals processing.

The Order Paper response shows that many of the contributions are non-repayable, meaning taxpayers will not recover the money if the projects fail. Some agreements include job-creation requirements, while others contain repayment provisions that are not publicly disclosed.

Several projects list no public production capacity, despite receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidies.

The government says the spending is meant to support Canada’s transition to electric vehicles and build a domestic battery supply chain. Critics say the disclosures confirm Ottawa is gambling billions of public dollars on politically favoured corporations — and in at least one case, backing a company that has already gone bust.

The Order Paper response provides the clearest accounting yet of Ottawa’s EV manufacturing subsidies, highlighting both the scale of public spending and the financial risk now borne by taxpayers.

Ottawa admits Carney spent nearly $770,000 on hotels and catering — refuses to disclose flights or security costs

https://www.rebelnews.com/ottawa_admits_carney_spent_nearly_770_000_on_hotels_and_catering_refuses_to_disclose_flights_or_security_costs

The Liberal government has disclosed that Mark Carney’s travel has already cost taxpayers at least $770,000, according to responses to an Order Paper Question, while refusing to reveal the total cost of flights or security.

In a written response to Parliament, Global Affairs Canada reported that $470,000 was spent on hotel accommodations related to Carney’s travel. The department refused to disclose which hotels were used, claiming that doing so could jeopardize security.

The response did not explain how identifying hotels already stayed in would pose a security risk.

A separate response from the Department of National Defence shows an additional $300,000 was spent on in-flight catering, with officials noting that further costs are still being processed and have not yet been fully tallied.

The government declined to disclose the cost of flights themselves, as well as the expense of security details associated with Carney’s travel.

Taken together, the partial disclosures confirm that Carney’s travel has already generated well over three-quarters of a million dollars in expenses, with the final total expected to be significantly higher once outstanding charges are included.

The Order Paper Question posed by Conservative MP Phil Lawrence sought a full accounting of Carney’s travel costs, including transportation, accommodations, catering and security. Instead, the government provided only selected line items while withholding the most.

This is not the first time Carney’s taste for high-end travel has been charged to the public purse.

In 2018, while serving as Governor of the Bank of England, Carney defended what The Guardian described as a “staggering” expenses bill after it was revealed he had racked up more than £300,000 in travel costs over two years. At the time, British lawmakers questioned business-class flights and international travel tied to elite global financial forums, with Carney arguing the spending was justified by the Bank’s international role.

By withholding flight and security expenses, the government has made it impossible for Parliament to determine the true price tag of his international schedule.

What the Order Paper response makes clear is that Ottawa is willing to release some numbers, just not the ones needed to calculate the full bill.

So far, taxpayers are on the hook for at least $770,000. And the meter is still running.

Signs point to Liberals again considering ban on Elon Musk’s X in Canada

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/signs-point-to-liberals-again-considering-ban-on-elon-musks-x-in-canada/

A Conservative MP sounded the alarm that Liberals might be flip-flopping on a promise not to ban Elon Musk’s X social media platform after Canada’s Artificial Intelligence Minister said the government is now “investigating” it yet again.

Speaking to reporters last Friday, Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon told reporters that the “Privacy Commissioner has started an investigation into X.”

“And again, there was already an investigation before, but he’s added an investigation.”

Conservative MP Dean Allison warned in a post on X last Friday regarding Solomon’s X comments that the Liberal minister’s tone is “lingo” for his true intentions to ban the social media platform.

“A week ago, I said the Liberals will ban @X. They denied it,” he wrote.

“Now they’re back to ‘investigating it’ which is government lingo for ‘give us enough time for the story to die down, then we’ll ban it.’ Liberals censor speech. Conservatives support free speech. Simple as that, folks.”

Reports surfaced earlier this month that Australia and the United Kingdom were looking to ban X. Because of this, Canada’s federal government denied rumors that it would follow suit with a ban of its own of the popular platform.

Solomon himself said at the time, “Contrary to media reports, Canada is not considering a ban of X.”

Recent reports suggest that the UK government was putting together a consortium of nations that would band together and ban Musk’s X as a measure to challenge its AI tool known as Grok.

Claims have been made that Grok has been used to generate sexually explicit images of minors that have been posted on X. Musk himself has addressed the issue, noting, “Anyone using Grok to make illegal content will suffer the same consequences as if they upload illegal content.”

Recent reports suggest that the UK government was putting together a consortium of nations that would band together and ban Musk’s X as a measure to challenge its AI tool known as Grok.

Claims have been made that Grok has been used to generate sexually explicit images of minors, which have then been posted on X. Musk himself has addressed this issue, noting, “Anyone using Grok to make illegal content will suffer the same consequences as if they upload illegal content.”

A January 11 report from GB News claimed that UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer was in talks with Canada and Australia about implementing a potential ban of X.

That prompted John Carpay, one of Canada’s top constitutional legal experts who heads the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF), to warn that Canadians must remain vigilant and that being lazy is “no excuse” to stand by and allow the “takeover” of “free speech” online by government laws.

Canada and India Aim to Boost Trade in Oil and Gas

https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/canada-and-india-aim-to-boost-trade-in-oil-and-gas-5977193?ea_src=ca-frontpage&ea_med=canada-and-india-aim-to-boost-trade-in-oil-and-gas-0

Ottawa and New Delhi agreed to expand trade in hydrocarbons as Energy Minister Tim Hodgson visited India.

The two countries issued a joint statement on Jan. 27 highlighting potential areas of cooperation. The statement says that Canada’s priority to diversify its energy exports, coupled with India being a top consumer of oil and gas, “offers a natural and symbiotic partnership grounded in scale, stability, and long-term opportunity.”

Hodgson and Indian Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri have agreed to deepen bilateral energy trade, with Canada supplying liquefied natural gas (LNG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and crude oil. Meanwhile India, having the fourth largest refining capacity in the world, could supply refined oil products to Canada. The statement adds that Hodgson and his counterpart recognize the “importance of climate-related objectives.”

Hodgson, a former public utility executive, became energy minister after the April 2025 election and has since relayed elevated interest in Canadian energy during his travels abroad.

The joint statement with India on energy is part of the rapprochement between Ottawa and New Delhi that began after Prime Minister Mark Carney took office. The statement notes the meeting between Hodgson and Singh Puri follows the direction provided by Carney and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi when they met at the G7 Summit in Alberta in June 2025.

The two countries agreed to a “new roadmap“ for bilateral relations during a visit to India by Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand in October 2025, with a focus on bilateral trade, climate action, and energy cooperation. Continue…

Canada’s Fertility Rate Hits Record Low of 1.25 Births per Woman: StatCan

https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/canadas-fertility-rate-hits-record-low-of-1-25-births-per-woman-statcan-5977243?ea_src=ca-frontpage&ea_med=canada%E2%80%99s-fertility-rate-hits-record-low-of-1.25-births-per-woman:-statcan-0

Canada’s fertility rate has reached an all-time low of 1.25 births per woman in 2024, with Statistics Canada saying this puts the country in “ultra-low fertility” territory.

The statistics agency said in a Jan. 26 report that this declining fertility is due to a decreased birth rate, as well as more women not having children “by choice, by circumstance or because they are delaying motherhood.”

Statistics Canada said the country’s fertility has been decreasing since 2009, although it fell by a smaller 1.6 percent in 2024 compared to a 5.3 percent decline in 2023 and 6.9 percent decline in 2022.

The agency said Canada entered the “ultra-low fertility” group of countries, which have Total Fertility Rates (TFRs) below 1.30, in 2023. Other countries in the category include Switzerland (1.29), Finland (1.25), Italy (1.18), Japan (1.15), and South Korea (0.75).

By contrast, the World Bank said that in 2023, the countries with the highest fertility were the African countries of Somalia, Chad, Niger, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which had TFRs of 6.1.

Statistics Canada said the average age of mothers at the birth of their first child has also been rising in Canada for decades, and in 2024 it reached an all-time high of 31.7 years. Continue…

Police Charge 4 People After Hazardous Chemicals Discovered at London, Ont., Home

https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/police-charge-4-people-after-hazardous-chemicals-discovered-at-london-ont-home-5977261?ea_src=ca-frontpage&ea_med=police-charge-4-people-after-hazardous-chemicals-discovered-at-london,-ont.,-home-0

Police in London, Ont., have charged four people after finding hazardous chemicals capable of making an explosive device in a home near Western University’s campus.

London Police Service said they were responding to a trespassing call from the university, which led to a discovery of the chemicals in a home in the University Heights neighbourhood, west of campus.

Police responded to the university on Jan. 24 around 1:40 a.m. after a special constable at the university arrested a suspected trespasser following a foot chase. Officers located a loaded handgun at the scene, according to London police.

Police determined that a second man had also been involved in the trespassing incident, and the investigation led them to a home near Chesham Avenue and Chesham Place. Officers found hazardous chemicals that were capable of being used to create explosives.

Two more individuals were arrested at the home, and technicians with the explosives disposal unit assessed the scene.

Police said the home has been under police guard since the incident and members of the public have been asked to avoid the area. The London police service said that its Major Crime Scene team is investigating. Continue…