May 25 2020 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada remains concerned about a new Chinese bill that experts warn will destroy the last vestiges of the one country, two systems governance model for Hong Kong. But he gave no indication his government is willing to act to protect the 300,000 Canadians living in Hong Kong or to protect […]
May 24 2020 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Despite warnings from national security experts that Canada needs a strategy to deal with hostile foreign takeover attempts post-coronavirus, Finance Minister Bill Morneau won’t say whether the government will consider keeping new rules in place after the economic crisis ends. In an interview with The West Block‘s Mercedes Stephenson, Morneau was asked about a warning […]
May 21 2020 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is not surprised to see that China‘s ambassador directly linked the country’s arbitrary detention of two Canadians with the legal arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou in a recent interview with Global News. During a daily media briefing at Rideau Cottage, Trudeau was asked by a Global News journalist […]
May 16 2020 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — The Chinese government would be open to some sort of review of the coronavirus pandemic, according to its ambassador to Canada. But Cong Peiwu says that would need to be “inclusive” and be run by the World Health Organization, which has come under criticism during the crisis over concerns it is too deferential to Chinese […]
May 15 2020 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — China‘s ambassador to Canada is insisting his country is being victimized by a campaign of disinformation about its role in the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The claim, however, comes amid growing criticism of China’s handling of the crisis and accusations that its own diplomats are circulating false information designed to cover up their handling of early spread. In an interview […]
May 13 2020 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there will be questions “particularly” for China about how the coronavirus pandemic began and its handling of the early days of the crisis. His comments to journalists during a daily press briefing come on the heels of a new Angus Reid poll that finds an overwhelming majority of Canadians do […]
May 10 2020 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Conservative leadership candidate Erin O’Toole says while he would not walk away from longstanding policies acknowledging Chinese claims over Hong Kong and Taiwan, he would modify them. In an interview with The West Block‘s Mercedes Stephenson, O’Toole was asked whether he would take a more forceful stand recognizing Hong Kong and Taiwan if he were […]
May 8 2020 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday thanked the island nation of Taiwan for donating medical masks to Canada amid the coronavirus pandemic, one day after his foreign minister dodged repeated requests to do the same. During a daily briefing with journalists outside Rideau Cottage, Trudeau was asked about Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne refusing to […]
May 7 2020 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — When China donated medical supplies to help Canada in battling the coronavirus pandemic, Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne turned to Twitter to thank the country directly. But after the small island nation of Taiwan did the same, Champagne did not post about the donation on his Twitter account and when pressed to thank the nation […]
May 5 2020 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan says interest in a new federally-funded program to put oil industry workers back to work cleaning up abandoned wells in Alberta amid the coronavirus pandemic has been “significantly higher” than expected. During a virtual meeting of the House of Commons on Tuesday, O’Regan was pressed by Conservatives on why the […]
May 4 2020 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there is no timeline for when his government will table a federal budget because of the “extraordinary” uncertainty posed by the coronavirus pandemic. The government had been scheduled at the end of March to release its first budget since winning re-election as a minority. But that release was scrapped when […]
May 1 2020 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Public Safety Minister Bill Blair took meetings with two high-profile Canadian gun lobby groups as the government was putting the finishing touches on plans to ban “assault-style” weapons. According to lobby registry records, Blair agreed to meet two days before the House of Commons suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic with Charles Zach, executive director […]
Apr 30 2020 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government will share details within days of its plan to ban what it has been describing since the fall election as “assault-style” firearms. The term is not a legal classification of guns in Canada but is commonly used to refer to automatic or semi-automatic centrefire weapons capable of firing […]
Apr 29 2020 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — There are reports a Canadian NATO helicopter has crashed off the coast of Greece. The Associated Press wire service has published a report saying that a military helicopter operating off of a Canadian frigate went missing while taking part in a NATO operation in the Mediterranean.
Apr 29 2020 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says while there could be a role for using apps and virtual tracking to trace coronavirus cases in Canada, those measures would likely need to be voluntary to earn public support. In a daily briefing with journalists outside Rideau Cottage on Wednesday, Trudeau was asked about the possibility of using measures […]