Aug 22 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Canada has suspended all work travel to China for some staff at the consulate in Hong Kong. The move comes after China confirmed on Wednesday it has detained Simon Cheng Man-kit, a trade and investment officer at the British consulate in Hong Kong, who had reportedly travelled to the mainland for a business event two […]
Aug 22 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has rejected the idea that there are any links between the detention of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou by Canada at the request of the U.S. and the detention just days later of two Canadians by China. During his first official visit to Ottawa on Thursday, Pompeo pushed back at […]
Aug 21 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is renewing his call for the Liberal members of the House of Commons ethics committee not to block an opposition request for the ethics commissioner to testify on his scathing SNC-Lavalin report.
Aug 21 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Unifor head Jerry Dias has written to media members of his union, telling them he hears the concerns many have been voicing about how his partisan attacks on conservative politicians reflect on them — but won’t stop his rhetoric during the upcoming campaign.
Aug 20 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — The Department of Justice put its social media plans to promote a new impaired driving law on hold earlier this summer after it received sharp criticism online over a now-deleted tweet that one senior departmental official described internally as “inaccurate and misleading.”
Aug 20 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — It appears the damning report last week that found Prime Minister Justin Trudeau broke federal ethics with his political interference in the SNC-Lavalin scandal isn’t resonating much with voters. A new Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News suggests the Liberals and Conservatives are in a virtual dead heat, with the Grits up two points […]
Aug 19 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and ousted former NDPer Pierre Nantel are set to make a “major announcement” on Monday, according to a press release. The release was sent to media just three days after the NDP ejected Nantel from its caucus on Friday, citing “confirmed reports” that he was in talks with another party […]
Aug 19 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has sent another letter to RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki urging her to “use all the resources” at her force’s disposal to investigate whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may have obstructed justice by interfering in the criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin.
Aug 18 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Saying sorry is about as Canadian as poutine and maple syrup — except, it seems, when it comes to politicians apologizing for themselves. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been under renewed pressure to apologize after Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion ruled last week he broke the Conflict of Interest Act by repeatedly and improperly pressuring the […]
Aug 15 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Liberal MP Adam Vaughan is apologizing after he falsely accused a provincial conservative cabinet minister of blaming education funding cuts on refugee children earlier this week in a tweet that immediately prompted criticism online.
Aug 4 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — The agreement announced last week by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to spend millions on social and community housing in Nunavut marks progress but is not a solution to the problem, said one northern senator.
Aug 2 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — The process to bring a third shipyard into the National Shipbuilding Strategy is officially getting underway. Whichever firm is selected will be tasked with building six newly announced icebreakers that will operate in the Atlantic Ocean and through the St. Lawrence waterways, officials say.
Jul 31 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may have only mentioned Ontario Premier Doug Ford by name once in a rally speech to Liberal candidates on Wednesday, but the specter of him was woven throughout his remarks criticizing conservative politicians promising to work “for the people.” At a meeting of nominated Liberal candidates on Wednesday in Ottawa, Trudeau […]
Jul 28 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale heads out for the Five Eyes meeting in London on Sunday, and while there, he says the challenges posed by those who use the internet for “illegitimate” means will be going under the microscope.
Jul 28 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Canadians have “nothing to fear” from new U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson despite the similarities being noted between him and U.S. President Donald Trump, says the former editorial director of the British Broadcasting Corporation.