Leona Alleslev also throws her hat into the leadership race
If elected prime minister, Charest is promising to introduce a Critical Infrastructure Protection Act that will make it a criminal offence to blockade, trespass or interfere with critical infrastructure such as pipelines, railways, ports, border crossings and interprovincial highways. That includes their construction, maintenance or operation.
“The rule of law and the Canadian legal system are not a buffet — parliamentarians can’t pick and choose when to follow the law.” In an announcement earlier this week, the former Quebec premier turned Conservative leadership candidate promised to increase military spending to two per cent of Canada’s GDP in order to meet NATO targets and to restore the pre-2006 lifelong pension offered to veterans for their service, among others.Article content
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