Jun 18 2018 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — The Liberal government’s bill to legalize recreational marijuana has cleared another vote in the House of Commons — but it still has to get a final stamp of approval from an unpredictable Senate before it can become law. The Senate had proposed 46 amendments to The Cannabis Act but the Liberal government rejected several major […]
Jun 14 2018 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — Even with tensions simmering between the U.S. and Canada, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said today the two countries will continue to negotiate NAFTA through the summer. Freeland capped off a brief trip to Washington with a meeting with United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer this morning. She said the two agreed to continue NAFTA […]
Jun 12 2018 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said today Canada expects “moments of drama” from Washington and will remain calm when they happen — even after President Donald Trump expanded his verbal assault against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to include a warning for “the people of Canada.”
May 31 2018 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — Canada is looking for a “sweet spot” when it comes to retaliating against the U.S.’s decision to slap punishing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, according to a senior government source. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced Thursday the U.S. is following through with its threat to impose tariffs of 25 per cent on imported […]
May 20 2018 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — Sometimes it doesn’t take much to make air travellers go bananas. Last year, a passenger was so peeved after their container of mashed bananas was seized by airport security they fired off an email to the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) conflating the incident with national identity. “Bananas are allowed and it is unfair […]
May 12 2018 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — The Conservative Opposition is accusing the Liberals of risking public safety by clearing former sex offenders to work with Canada’s most vulnerable — but the government argues it had to change the vulnerable sector check program after discovering officials “improperly” applied the law before 2016.
May 7 2018 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — It didn’t take long for new RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki to come up against an awkward question regarding her gender. Just a few minutes into her appearance before the Commons standing committee on public safety and national security today, a Liberal member of Parliament asked how Lucki — a “lady” — would be able to […]
May 3 2018 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — Saskatchewan MP Erin Weir, who was under investigation following harassment complaints, has been expelled from the NDP caucus by party leader Jagmeet Singh. But the reason for his expulsion is in dispute. The party says the third-party investigator found one claim of harassment and three claims of sexual harassment against him were sustained. The report, […]
May 3 2018 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — It’s one way to do delivery. Even though no one has called 24 Sussex Drive home for more than two years, staff have been using the kitchen there to prepare meals for the Trudeau family, which are then ferried across the way to Rideau Cottage. It’s not clear that there’s anything wrong with the kitchen […]
Apr 30 2018 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — With just hours remaining before Canada’s exemption from new U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum was set to expire, the United States postponed its decision on whether to impose the tariffs until June 1. U.S. President Donald Trump ordered sweeping tariffs in March of 25 per cent on steel imports and 10 per cent on […]
Mar 27 2018 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — One of the co-founders of the Canadian firm at the heart of the Brexit spending scandal could soon find himself forced in front of a House of Commons committee, if the NDP gets its way. Timmins-James Bay MP Charlie Angus urged the standing committee on access to information, privacy and ethics to call Jeff Silvester […]
Mar 14 2018 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — The prime minister’s official residence has more asbestos in it than previously thought, according to a third-party review. When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau moved into government, he opted not to move his family into 24 Sussex — instead choosing Rideau Cottage over the drafty and deteriorating official residence that was his childhood home.
Mar 12 2018 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — A flag mix-up caused Canada a bit of embarrassment today — day one of a state visit by the king and queen of Belgium, the first such visit in over 40 years. Belgian journalist Wim Dehandschutter was the one who first pointed out that the flag marking a tree Belgium’s Queen Fabiola planted on the […]
Mar 4 2018 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — The RCMP is taking issue with changes the Liberal government made to criminal background checks and the pardons system, pointing to cases of people with “disturbing” records applying to work with vulnerable individuals, CBC News has learned. The force’s concerns were summarized in a briefing note prepared by public safety staff to update Public Safety […]
Feb 20 2018 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — The federal government is easing its foot off the gas pedal on a proposal to lower the legal blood-alcohol limit. Last spring Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould floated the idea of lowering the criminal limit to 50 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood from 80 milligrams and asked for input from her provincial and […]