Oct 16 2019 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — Jagmeet Singh returned to the childhood home of former NDP leader Jack Layton today, promising to build on his legacy in Quebec while trying to dispel fears the party could be pushed off the province’s electoral map in Monday’s election. While the New Democrats are experiencing a late surge in the polls nationwide, they are […]
Oct 14 2019 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau deflected questions this morning about the prospect of future alliances in a minority Parliament as the federal election campaign heads into the critical final week. With just seven days to go, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, whose party is enjoying momentum in the polls, has openly been floating the idea of working […]
Oct 11 2019 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh rebuffed suggestions that his proposed tax hikes would send Canadian businesses running for the border as he released his party’s costed platform in Ottawa this morning. The party is promising to raise more than $30.5 billion next year to help pay for its core promises, such as a national pharmacare plan […]
Oct 10 2019 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has started to lay down some of the conditions his party would want to see met in exchange for supporting another party in a minority Parliament scenario. “I’m running to be prime minister. But whether I am prime minister, leader of the Opposition or holding the balance of power, this is […]
Oct 9 2019 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — A Toronto-area Liberal candidate is apologizing for suggesting people “in the black community” like Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau more because he dressed up in blackface. Nearly two weeks ago, Judy Sgro, who is vying for re-election in the riding of Humber River-Black Creek, gave a one-on-one interview with a news organization called GBKM FM. During […]
Oct 8 2019 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said today that, if he’s elected prime minister, he’d have to get involved in Quebec’s controversial secularism law if it makes it all the way up to the Supreme Court. He also said this morning that he has no plans to intervene until then. “One thing I want to make really […]
Oct 7 2019 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — The Green Party of Canada is dropping its candidate in the eastern Ontario riding of Glengarry-Prescott-Russell for comments she made online about abortion. Spokesperson John Chenery said the party voted Sunday night to remove Marthe Lépine and asked her to cease representing herself as a Green candidate. However, the party missed the deadline to remove […]
Oct 4 2019 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said today his personal views on abortion have “evolved” in the years since he stated that, while he opposed abortion personally, he supported a woman’s right to choose. While defending his Catholic faith in a 2011 article, Trudeau said he was personally opposed to abortion but believed nobody should tell a […]
Sep 29 2019 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — The RCMP intelligence director who now stands accused of preparing to leak secrets to a foreign entity or terrorist group kept a large number of encrypted computers at his home, making the investigation harder to crack, CBC News has learned. When authorities entered Cameron Ortis’s ByWard Market condo in Ottawa earlier this year, they were […]
Sep 26 2019 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — The SNC-Lavalin affair returned to the campaign trail today, with the Conservatives promising to launch a judicial inquiry into the scandal if they form government this fall. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer travelled to Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s Papineau riding Thursday morning to make the announcement.
Sep 25 2019 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — The Green Party’s plan to bring in a national pharmacare plan would cost close to $27 billion in its first full year, according to the national budget watchdog. Green Party Leader Elizabeth May released the Parliamentary Budget Office’s costing of her party’s platform this morning during a stop in Halifax. The PBO also posted its […]
Sep 24 2019 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said today the appointment of a known supporter of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as that country’s honorary consul in Montreal is “unacceptable” and is promising to respond to it quickly. “I do think it’s important for all Canadians, especially Syrian-Canadians and people who have fled the Assad regime, to know that in my view this […]
Sep 23 2019 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is promising that, if he’s elected, he’ll review the so-called “stress test” to help first-time homebuyers get approved for mortgages and allow people to take out longer mortgages for lower monthly payments. The stress test, introduced by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), is a financial bar that […]
Sep 17 2019 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki said today the national police force is working to limit security risks among Canada’s intelligence allies and assess potential operational damage in the wake of charges laid against one of its top intelligence officers. “We are aware of the potential risks to operations of our partner agencies in Canada and abroad […]
Sep 13 2019 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — Canada’s intelligence community is reeling after a senior official working with an RCMP intelligence team was charged under the Security of Information Act — an event that is expected to have a ripple effect for years. Cameron Ortis — a civilian director general at the RCMP — faces three charges and multiple counts of the […]