Articles by Amanda Connolly

Dec 8 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Government House Leader Pablo Rodriguez is rejecting criticisms that last week’s throne speech ignored the problems facing Alberta and Saskatchewan because it included no reference to their names. In an interview with The West Block‘s Mercedes Stephenson, Rodriguez said suggestions that the Liberals weren’t paying attention to the western provinces in the speech last week, […]

Dec 1 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says potential reforms to the fiscal stabilization program will be a likely focus of the upcoming meeting between provincial leaders and the federal government. Premiers are set to met in Toronto for two days beginning on Monday with Deputy Prime Minister and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland.

Dec 1 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Frustration about Andrew Scheer’s continued Conservative leadership is sucking up all the oxygen from every other topic the party should be examining, and he needs to be replaced for that reason, a former top Tory says. In an interview with The West Block‘s Mercedes Stephenson, Jenni Byrne, former campaign director for Stephen Harper, said there’s […]

Nov 28 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Canada pushed directly with the United Nations human rights chief for an investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi Arabia. One official, speaking on background, confirmed to Global News that Canada asked the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, as well as others, to launch an investigation into the killing, which shocked […]

Nov 27 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — In the weeks following the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, Canadian officials were looking at options to pursue an international investigation of the matter. But at least one determined that “most, if not all” members of the UN Security Council, which includes allies, appeared to have a “vested interest” in making sure no such probe took […]

Nov 25 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — James Bezan, Conservative MP for Selkirk–Interlake–Eastman, says the United States has fired a “warning shot” with a diplomatic letter strongly critical of the Canadian government’s failure to hit agreed-upon international targets for defence spending increases — and that it must be taken seriously.

Nov 25 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland will be in Alberta on Monday for meetings with Western leaders in the first trip of her new role. Freeland, formerly the minister of foreign affairs, was promoted in last week’s cabinet shuffle and named both deputy prime minister and minister of intergovernmental affairs in what has been billed as […]

Nov 22 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Transport Minister Marc Garneau says the federal government is focusing on finding a negotiated end to the CN Rail strike even as calls for Ottawa to intervene and force workers back on the job grow louder. But experts say he has no choice than to call for that unless the government wants to recall Parliament […]

Nov 11 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Canadian leaders and packed crowds gathered at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on Monday morning to remember those who have died for this country. The commemorations began with the traditional Remembrance Day veterans’ march through the streets on a chilly sub-zero morning in the capital. Thousands pack the streets each year to be part […]

Nov 10 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is defending Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer’s refusal to answer whether he believes being gay is a “sin.” In an interview with The West Block‘s Mercedes Stephenson, Kenney was asked about Scheer’s refusal to answer when a reporter put that question to him last week, following Scheer’s first caucus meeting with new […]

Nov 7 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Veteran Liberal cabinet minister Ralph Goodale says the government has a big challenge ahead tackling climate change while also addressing the alienation resonating in Western Canada. Goodale spoke to reporters Thursday ahead of the first Liberal caucus meeting since the election last month in which he lost his Regina-Wascana seat to a Conservative challenger.

Nov 4 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Eleven Canadian senators have broken away from their affiliated groups and caucuses to form a new group focused on promoting regional interests. In a press release Monday morning, the Canadian Senators Group (CSG) noted that part of the founding goal for the Senate was that it be able to represent the regional interests of members […]

Nov 3 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — The Kurdistan Regional Government’s envoy in North America says Canada and the West must bring back their ISIS detainees to face trial. And she says if the law is not able to support their prosecutions, maybe the laws need to be changed.

Nov 3 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer’s performance in the TVA French campaign debate was the death blow for his party’s electoral hopes, one failed Quebec candidate and former provincial political organizer suggests. In an interview with the West Block‘s Mercedes Stephenson about why Scheer failed to win over voters in Quebec — and whether he now needs […]

Oct 30 2019 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Almost 100 new members of Parliament gathered in Ottawa for orientation meetings on Tuesday. There are 98 new MPs who were elected across the country, and they have been taking part in orientation sessions on everything from how to run their office budgets to hiring staff, understanding the rules and privileges that apply to them […]