Feb 19 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — The Liberals are set to continue facing a hammering from the opposition over unanswered questions in the SNC-Lavalin affair. Both a meeting of the House of Commons justice committee to discuss potential witnesses for a probe of the matter, as well as an NDP motion calling for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to waive solicitor-client privilege, […]
Feb 17 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says the government’s move to implement the carbon tax is a “revolution” to the Canadian Constitution. That’s why he says the province remains committed to fighting the court challenge that saw federal lawyers make their opening arguments last week.
Feb 17 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains says the government is being as clear as possible with Canadians about the allegations of political interference in what has become known as the SNC-Lavalin affair. But he says it is difficult to do so without former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould being able to speak.
Feb 15 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is warning of consequences if Liberal members of the House of Commons justice committee refuse to call key political figures as witnesses in the SNC-Lavain affair when they meet again next week. In an interview airing Sunday with the West Block’s Mercedes Stephenson, Scheer said the opposition is still “holding out […]
Feb 13 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — One Liberal member of the House of Commons justice committee accused opposition members of being on a “witch hunt” in their bid to call key political figures to testify in the SNC-Lavalin affair. Other government members then blocked attempts to immediately call as witnesses key political staff — including former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould and […]
Feb 10 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Alberta Sen. Doug Black says if the Liberal environmental assessment bill currently being studied by the Senate isn’t amended, it could kill the oilsands. And he says that might be the intent.
Feb 8 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Liberal MP Marco Mendicino is questioning the allegations of political interference by the Prime Minister’s Office made in a bombshell report earlier this week, pointing to the fact that the sources were granted anonymity. In an interview airing Sunday with the West Block‘s Mercedes Stephenson, Mendicino took part in a panel discussion about the controversy […]
Feb 7 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Paul Dewar, a prominent former NDP MP, human rights advocate and Ottawan, has died. Dewar succumbed to brain cancer after making public his illness in February 2018 and his terminal diagnosis in June 2018. Officials with the NDP confirmed the news on social media Wednesday evening. He leaves behind a wife, Julia, and two sons, […]
Feb 6 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — This is the last week former Liberal cabinet minister Scott Brison will serve as a Member of Parliament. In a farewell speech in the House of Commons on Wednesday, Brison — who abruptly resigned from his role as president of the Treasury Board last month — told parliamentary colleagues he will resign effective Feb. 10.
Feb 5 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — The Canadian government will not be prioritizing the return of foreign fighters from Syria despite a call from the U.S. State Department on Monday to do so. Instead, the focus will remain on searching for ways to lay charges against those fighters and considering whether it is feasible to retrieve children born to Canadians who […]
Feb 3 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Threats of military intervention by outside actors like U.S. President Donald Trump is a “totally irresponsible” response to Venezuela‘s political crisis. Instead, Canada’s former ambassador to the country says the focus of a Monday Lima Group meeting in Ottawa needs to be on building support for a peaceful transition.
Jan 24 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — With the House of Commons set to resume, the Liberals have launched a bid to get a secretive House of Commons committee to investigate UCP Leader Jason Kenney mere months before the Alberta election gets underway. In a letter sent to Speaker Geoff Regan, chair of the powerful House of Commons’ Board of Internal Economy, […]
Jan 23 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — John McCallum, Canada’s ambasssador to China, told Chinese-language media in a closed-door meeting that Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou can make “strong arguments” her arrest has been politicized and that she should not be extradited to the U.S.
Jan 22 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen is refusing to say whether the Liberals will help pay for the cost of protecting Saudi teen refugee Rahaf Mohammed. In a press conference with reporters on Tuesday, Hussen was asked several times whether the government will pay for the private security firm hired by Toronto’s Costi Immigrant Services, which is […]
Jan 20 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Refusal to act decisively in banning Huawei before the arrest of its CFO, Meng Wanzhou, has turned a business decision into a “hostage negotiation,” according to one former senior CSIS official.