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Canada’s finance minister and RCMP boss are not related

Published on Friday 20 September 2019 at 00:00
A rumor that began in late August on Twitter claims that Canada’s Liberal Finance Minister Bill Morneau is related to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) High Commissioner Brenda Lucki and that this is the reason why the RCMP has not investigated Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government’s handling of the SNC-Lavalin affair. This is false; Morneau and Lucki’s husband are not cousins, the RCMP and the finance minister’s campaign team told AFP.
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The Liberal Party’s housing policy does not include a capital gains tax on primary home sales

Published on Wednesday 18 September 2019 at 23:47
Dozens of social media posts claim that the Liberal Party of Canada plans to tax the sales of primary residences by up to 50 percent if reelected, while including a photo of a policy proposal from a Liberal MP as alleged proof. This is misleading; the document, while real, is a town hall report that never became part of the official policy. The Liberal plan, revealed last week, focuses on loans for first-time buyers not capital gains taxes on owners.
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Canadian Conservatives and abortion: 2018 photo does not show full party vote

Published on Wednesday 18 September 2019 at 22:43
A photo shared on Twitter and Facebook claims to show Conservative Party of Canada members voting in favor of reopening the abortion debate. This is misleading. Conservative Party members did win such a vote at the party’s convention in Halifax in 2018, but the proposal was voted down when it was considered by the party’s national delegates. The Conservatives have been criticized for being ambiguous on the topic, but official party policy does not question the legality of abortion.
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Fired for wearing a hijab: truth and fiction on Quebec’s secularism law

Published on Friday 13 September 2019 at 16:57
Two online articles claim that two Muslim teachers were fired in Canada’s province of Quebec for refusing to remove their headscarves. This is false; while a recently passed bill bans teachers from wearing religious symbols at work, the law does not apply to those who held teaching jobs before March 27, 2019. The online articles misrepresented the story of two Montreal women who were not hired because they refused to remove their hijab.
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No, foreigners cannot vote in Canadian elections

Published on Thursday 12 September 2019 at 17:40Updated on Friday 13 September 2019 at 09:57
A picture of voter registration invitations sent to international students ahead of provincial elections in Nova Scotia provoked rumours of fraud in the upcoming Canadian federal elections in October. However invitations to vote are sent to all high school students in Nova Scotia upon turning 18, regardless of their immigration status. Only citizens can actually register to vote in provincial and federal elections in Canada.
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