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VOL 23 - ISSUE 46
www.theasianstar.com SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2024
NDP's timeline for ousting Liberals comes after leader Jagmeet Singh secures pension in february A top NDP official has said his party is willing to defeat the Liberals in a confidence vote if Justin Trudeau hasn’t resigned by next February or March, a timeline that happens to coincide with leader Jagmeet Singh’s pension eligibility. Speaking on CBC’s Power and Politics last Monday evening, NDP House leader Peter Julian told host David Cochrane that if Trudeau isn’t gone by then, the NDP would “100%” vote to support
a “straight up” non-confidence motion in the House of Commons. “If at the end of February or early March, we have the continued debacle that we’re seeing here, and the prime minister has not stepped out… We simply cannot continue like this,” Julian said. “So yes, the NDP, as the adults in the room, would step up on that. We need to act now to help people and stand up against the Trump administration.” Continued on Page 6...
Two South Asian men guilty of first-degree murder in fatal shootings outside Edmonton hookah lounge Two men accused of firing multiple shots into an SUV in an ambush killing outside a northeast lounge were found guilty of first-degree murder by jurors Saturday night. Jaskaran Singh Sidhu and Prabhjyot Bhatti each faced two charges of first-degree murder in the April 2019 deaths of known drug dealers Jasdeep Singh and Japneet Malhi. The two victims, with Malhi’s girlfriend, had entered Singh’s Mercedes SUV after leaving the Mazaj Restaurant and Lounge off Barlow Trail N.E. when a sedan pulled up in front of their vehicle and shots were fired from the passenger
side. The 12-member jury found Sidhu and Bhatti guilty following a full day of deliberations that began Friday evening. Continued on Page 10...
Dismiss Rana’s petition against extradition to India, US gov't urges SC
The United States government has urged the Supreme Court to dismiss a petition filed by Mumbai-attack convict Tahawwur Rana, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, to avoid his extradition to India. India is seeking the extradition of Rana as he is wanted in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack case. Having lost the legal battle against his extraditions in lower courts and several federal courts, including the US Court of Appeals for the North Circuit in San Francisco, Rana on November 13 filed a “petition for a writ of certiorari” before the US Supreme Court. In a long battle, this is Rana’s last legal chance to avoid extradition to India. Continued on Page 10...
BC's projected deficit grows again to historic $9.4 billion due to NDP gov't spending British Columbia's forecasted record deficit for this fiscal year has grown by another $429 million, reaching $9.4 billion. The province unveiled the latest quarterly update, the first under new Finance Minister Brenda Bailey, showing B.C.'s debt level set to reach $130 billion by the fiscal year's end, which is $1.4 billion higher than September's projections. Bailey says in a statement that the province will see "modest" economic growth projected at
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0.9 per cent for 2024, while next year's growth is expected to come in at 1.9 per cent. But she warns that there is also uncertainty looming, including the tariff threat from U.S. president-elect Donald Trump. Bailey says the NDP government will be "careful" in reducing the record deficit "over time" by growing the economy rather than cutting services, with $13.2 billion in infrastructure spending planned for this fiscal year. Continued on Page 10...
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