At least four Canadian premiers are requesting an audience with the House of Commons finance committee to urge the federal government to axe the carbon tax increase coming into effect Monday.

Plus, the Trudeau government has spent $42 million on its gun confiscation scheme without a single firearm purchased.

And taxpayers were billed over $115 million to accommodate asylum seekers in hotels in Niagara Falls last year. Are asylum seekers being treated better than Canadians these days?

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