By Justin Brake, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Independent Prime Minister Mark Carney is using his majority government to push through a suite of legislative changes Liberal voters did not give him a mandate for, ones that would \u201cmake Stephen Harper blush,\u201d federal NDP leader Avi Lewis said during a visit to St. John\u2019s over the weekend. The democratic socialist slammed the Liberal government\u2019s Building Canada Strong Act, Bill C-39, an omnibus bill that, if passed, will make sweeping changes to federal legislation as part of Carney\u2019s efforts to speed up resource development projects that the Liberals deem to be in Canada\u2019s \u201cnational interest\u201d in response to the Trump administration\u2019s trade war on Canada. Speaking to a room full of New Democrats at the Newfoundland and Labrador NDP\u2019s convention, Lewis… <\/p>\n
By Justin Brake, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Independent Prime Minister Mark Carney is using his majority government to push through a suite of legislative changes Liberal voters did not give him a mandate for, ones that would \u201cmake Stephen Harper blush,\u201d federal NDP leader Avi Lewis said during a visit to St. John\u2019s over the weekend. The democratic socialist slammed the Liberal government\u2019s Building Canada Strong Act, Bill C-39, an omnibus bill that, if passed, will make sweeping changes to federal legislation as part of Carney\u2019s efforts to speed up resource development projects that the Liberals deem to be in Canada\u2019s \u201cnational interest\u201d in response to the Trump administration\u2019s trade war on Canada. Speaking to a room full of New Democrats at the Newfoundland and Labrador NDP\u2019s convention, Lewis... <\/p>\n