April 16, 2026 – As of April 14, PM Carney has a total of 174 votes after five floor crossings (four Conservatives and one from NDP) plus three Liberal MP candidates winning at the April 13 byelections; (in Ontario, two and in Quebec, one). PM Carney is now moving full speed ahead with serious and ambitious new plans to build Canada strong starting with the number one concern of all Canadians: affordability.
At its April 9 - 11 Liberal National Convention in Montreal over 4,500 Canadians met in-person to work together in building a stronger Canada for everyone. Already the Liberal government has cut taxes for the middle class, ensuring 22 million Canadians take home more of every pay cheque.
On April 14, it announced a temporary suspension from April 20 to Labor day (about 4 months) of the federal fuel excise tax to reduce the cost of diesel, gasoline and aviation fuel for everyone.
It has eliminated federal internal trade barriers, passed their 2025 budget with generational investments to build Canada’s economy strong, and secured more than 20 new economic and security partnerships to create more opportunities for Canadian workers and businesses.
Just last month, it announced that Canada achieved the NATO 2% defense spending target – ensuring that Canadian leadership will be defined not just by the strength of its values, but also by the value of its strength.
To defend Canadian sovereignty, it’s rebuilding and reinvesting in the Canadian Armed Forces, and launched its Defense Industrial Strategy to strengthen supply chain and create high paying careers in Canada.
It stressed that the foundation of Canadian sovereignty, independence, and strength lies in what Canadians build at home, together.
It passed the One Canadian Economy Act to build economy, fast-track major projects, bring down costs, and create more opportunities in every region of the country.
By making the National School Food Program permanent and introducing the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit, it is protecting and strengthening the programs that Canadians rely on.
In just one year in office, the Liberals have already made great progress and they were just getting started. Now with a majority government, they will redouble their efforts to fight, to protect, and to build for all Canadians as it starts its second year in office.
According to the latest IMF report, Canada is now the second strongest economy in the G7.
59284 - TACKLING CANADA’S HEALTH WORKFORCE SHORTAGE BY WORKING WITH PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES TO FACILITATE RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN CREDENTIALS
48052 - ENFORCING THE CANADA HEALTH ACT AGAINST PRIVATIZATION: DEFENDING UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE
71261 - ACHIEVING HEALTHCARE FOR ALL CANADIANS: A 21ST CENTURY RESTRUCTURING OF THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
46067 - EXPANDING PHYSICIAN TRAINING CAPACITY TO ADDRESS CANADA’S HEALTH CARE CRISIS
10220 - AGEING IN PLACE: THE ROLE OF THE MUNICIPALITIES
70027 - CANADA STRONG HEALTH CARE
74312 - PROTECTING CANADIAN YOUTH FROM SOCIAL MEDIA HARMS
70049 - TAX EQUITY FOR SINGLE SENIORS
60186 - RESOLUTION FOR INCREASING AND INDEXING THE NORTHERN RESIDENT DEDUCTION
24360 - RESTRICTING ACCESS TO AI AND CHATBOTS FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS
47189 - ELIMINATING THE VISA REQUIREMENT FOR UKRAINIAN CITIZENS
48085 - PROTECTING CANADIAN RIGHTS TO CANADA PENSION PLAN (CPP)
73438 - IMPROVING TECH TRANSFER BETWEEN CANADIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY
35198 - CREATING A NATIONAL PASSENGER RAIL STRATEGY
13304 - MARITIME RAILWAY CORRIDOR
46014 - CANADIAN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GOVERNANCE AND TRANSPARENCY ACT
74292 - ENERGY EFFICIENCY AS A NATION BUILDING PROJECT
12212 - EXPAND AND DIVERSIFY CANADA’S TRADING RELATIONSHIPS
35158 - SAFEGUARDING AND ENHANCING CANADIAN DEMOCRACY
47266 - COMBATTING DISINFORMATION AND MISINFORMATION
72036 - AFFIRMING THE RECOGNITION OF INDIGENOUS RIGHTS AND ADVANCING RECONCILIATION
Editor of Canadian Filipino Net
Eleanor R. Laquian has written four best-selling books, and co-authored four others with husband Prod Laquian. She has served in various capacities at the University of British Columbia’s Institute of Asian Research as manager of administration and programs; editor and chair, publications committee; and primary researcher of the Asian Immigration to Canada project. She has a degree in journalism from Maryknoll College in the Philippines, and a master’s degree in public administration from the University of the Philippines. She did postgraduate studies at the School of Public Communications, Boston University in the U.S.
She has been researching and writing about Filipino immigration to Canada since 1969. For her Master's degree in Public Administration at the university of the Philippines, she conducted in 1972 the first, and up to now, the only nationwide survey of Filipinos in Canada. It was done by mailed questionnaires with self addressed stamped envelopes for replies and followed up by personal in depth interviews of respondents who agreed to be interviewed, Interviews were done on a two-week drive from Ottawa to Vancouver in the summer of '72.
Her Master's thesis was published in 1973 in Ottawa by the United Council of Filipino Associations in Canada. It was titled A Study of Filipino Immigrants in Canada, 1962 - 1972. As the primary researcher of UBC Institute of Asian Research immigration Project, she edited in 1998 a book titled The Silent Debate: Asian Immigration and Racism in Canada published by UBC. In 2005 she co-authored with her husband a book to update her MA thesis and titled it Seeking a Better Life Abroad: A Study of Filipinos in Canada 1957 - 2007. It was published in 2008 by Anvil Publishing in Manila.In 2023 she edited Indomitable Canadian Filipinos, a book on the 70-year history of Filipinos in Canada, published by Friesen Press in Manitoba, Canada.
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