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Liberal MP Justin Trudeau is upset that a Tory MP publicly questioned his Catholic faith. He even went as far as to indicate that he might not be suitable to speak to Catholic school students.

The upsetting Facebook comments were made by parliamentary secretary to the Prime Minister Dean Del Mastro on October twelfth. Justin said he was raised Catholic by his father and went to Church every Sunday and did his nightly family prayers. Del Mastro stands by his original comments, saying Trudeau’s public positions are often not in accordance with the Catholic faith.

Trudeau added that he sees no problem with combining Catholicism with the rights of gays and lesbians. He notes that he is personally very opposed to abortion, but still believes nobody can tell a woman what she should do with her body. 

Last month’s “It Gets Better” video, which a group of Conservative MPs took part in, brought up a debate between religion and politics. Some MPs had opposed the extension of marriage rights to gays and one even called homosexuality a sin. Gay rights advocates say the main concern was that Conservatives have taken little concrete action on Parliament Hill to stop discrimination or promote rights in legislation.

Thursday November 3rd at 7:05am The Saquatch will be interviewing The Jimmyriggers. Who'll be the headlining band for the first Born on the AM concert series on Wednesday November 9th.

Tune into The Wake Up Call with The Sasquatch to hear what this Con U based band has to say about their band, and their most recent album "I Stand in the Weeds"

Financial fraudsters will have to face longer sentences now that the federal government has passed part of its tough-on-crime legislation. Bill C-21 stipulates that white-collar criminals who commit financial fraud of more than $1 million face tougher sentencing.

Federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson was in Montreal on Tuesday to announce the legislative change. 

Judges now also have the power to consider aggravating factors in cases of fraud. For example, they can the age of the victims and the amount of money stolen. 

That is welcome news to people like Joey Davis. His parents were defrauded by West Island fraudster Earl Jones.

However, Quebec is speaking out against the costs associated with the federal government’s omnibus crime bill. Those costs include the expansion of the prison system. Justice Minister Jean-Marc Fournier says Bill C-10 would cost Quebec hundreds of millions of dollars. The federal government estimates the cost of the bill is $78.5 million over five years.

What’s more, Fournier says the legislation will only increase recidivism because of its lack of focus on rehabilitating and reintegrating prisoners. 

The Arab League is asking Syria to strat a talk between its officials and members of the country's opposition for Wednesday.

This comes after the league asked the Syrian government to put a stop to all brutality against its people, as well as having all military vehicules return to their bases and political prisoners set free.

Monday was the first time Syrians met to write a new constitution. However, the news did nothing to calm the protests.

According to the Local Coordination Committee, Monday also saw 13 people killed across the country.

Over 3,000 people have died since mid-March, when the revolution against the government started.

While NATO condems the attack on the civilian population of Syria, it says it has no plans to intervene in the country.