The Liberals and Finance Minister Bill Morneau

Canada Office of Religious Freedoms: BID TO SAVE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM OFFICE FAILS The Liberals all but flipped off the lights on Canada Office of Religious Freedoms by voting against a Tory motion to keep open the controversial post, according to The Chronicle Herald. Funding for the office expires at the end of this month and the Liberals have signalled there will be no new funding for it in today budget. Finance Minister Bill Morneau has already said the budget will contain spending far beyond the campaign pledge of a "modest" $10 billion shortfall. The office was established by the Conservatives in 2013 to promote religious freedoms around the world. Filippo Grandi, who spent 10 years with the UN agency serving Palestinians, says he encouraged the Liberals to restore the group funding which was cut by the former Conservative government. RESTORE UNRWA FUNDING, FORMER CHIEF URGES The head of the UN refugee agency came to Ottawa this week to talk to the government about Syrian refugees, but didn't ignore the state of his former organization. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.