Oakville East Conservative Association

08/31/2026

Just FYI.

Oakville developer Emil Toma defends his qualifications to build a transit hub despite having never built a highrise. Read the investigation.

08/31/2026

We hope that PM Carney has a good plan - from our perspective, things aren't looking great for Canada's future if we carry on with the Carney plan. Is it time to send in Pierre Poilievre?

08/31/2026

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08/29/2026

🇨🇦 CUSMA: Why It Matters to Oakville

According to Invest Oakville, our community has more than 9,000 trained and experienced manufacturing workers.

Oakville's automotive and advanced manufacturing sectors are closely connected to supply chains across Canada, the United States and Mexico. Parts, materials and finished products move across borders, making predictable access to North American markets important to local employers and workers.

Strong and predictable trade can help:

• Protect Canadian jobs
• Encourage businesses to invest and expand
• Strengthen our automotive and manufacturing sectors
• Keep Canadian businesses competitive
• Create opportunities here at home

Trade agreements may be negotiated at the national level, but their consequences are felt locally.

For Oakville, strong trade means jobs, investment and economic opportunity. 🇨🇦

Next Tuesday: What's happening with Canada-U.S. trade negotiations?

08/28/2026

Bloc Quebecois leader Yves Francois Blanchet weighs in on the failed CUSMA trade talks:
" I believe that Mark Carney, you know, has created a story to make himself the hero of all of this negotiation."

" I tend to believe neither Mr. Lutnick or Mr. Carney because they both have an interest in what people will believe or not."

08/28/2026

Canada, let's be critical thinkers and we will get the best deal at the trade table. Forget the emotions, let's just get the deal done!

08/27/2026

A measured and thoughtful response on tariffs from Premier Scott Moe.

08/26/2026

Free expression allows bad ideas to be challenged and corrected in public.

Suppressing them just pushes them underground where they go unchallenged.

Studies on content moderation consistently show that transparency about what gets removed, and why, builds more public trust than blanket restriction does.

Where do you think the line should sit between moderating harmful content and preserving open debate? Let us know in the comments.

08/25/2026

Bill C-220 explained: What did it actually propose?

There has been discussion about Bill C-220, so here are the basic facts.

Bill C-220 was a private member’s bill sponsored by Rempel Garner MP for Calgary Nose Hill. Its formal title was An Act to amend the Criminal Code (immigration status in sentencing).¹

The bill proposed adding a new provision to the Criminal Code stating that, when sentencing an offender who is not a Canadian citizen, a court could not consider the potential impact of the sentence on:

•⁠ ⁠the offender’s immigration status in Canada; or
•⁠ ⁠the immigration status of a member of the offender’s family.¹

That means the proposal was about how courts impose criminal sentences. It did not itself create a new criminal offence, and it did not itself change Canada’s immigration law.

What happened to C-220?
This is an important distinction: Bill C-220 is not law.
The bill was defeated at second reading in the House of Commons on March 25, 2026.

The vote was 171 in favour of defeating the bill and 158 against, with 10 members paired. Because it failed at second reading, it did not advance to committee, report stage, third reading or the Senate.²

So, in one sentence:

C-220 proposed that immigration consequences should not be considered when a Canadian court sentences a non-citizen—but Parliament rejected the bill before it could become law.

¹ Parliament of Canada, Bill C-220, first reading.
² Parliament of Canada, LEGISinfo, Bill C-220, 45th Parliament, 1st Session.