Mar 19 2019 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — Finance Minister Bill Morneau has tabled his government’s 2019 budget, getting around a threat by the Opposition Conservatives to stir up a disruption because Liberal MPs on the justice committee had shut down an investigation into the SNC-Lavalin affair. Morneau was set to deliver his budget speech just after 4 p.m. ET in the House […]
Mar 19 2019 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — The Conservatives are promising to disrupt today’s budget speech after the majority Liberal MPs on the justice committee shut down an investigation into the SNC-Lavalin affair. “We’re certainly going to make sure that Canadians understand that what is going on in Parliament regarding Justin Trudeau’s coverup is really important to know,” Conservative MP Lisa Raitt […]
Mar 17 2019 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — t’s been exactly one year since the Cambridge Analytica scandal landed with a deafening thud on the front pages of major news outlets. It’s the day Canadian-born Christopher Wylie, with his signature pink hair, went public with allegations that the British consulting firm Cambridge Analytica had harvested private information from more than 50 million Facebook […]
Mar 15 2019 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — A Conservative MP has cancelled an event with a keynote speaker accused of sympathizing with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the wake of mosque shootings in New Zealand which left at least 49 people dead. As CTV first reported, Conservatives MPs Garnett Genuis and Kelly Block were already facing criticism for hosting Baroness Caroline Cox, […]
Mar 12 2019 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion, the man looking into potential violations of federal ethics rules in the SNC-Lavalin affair, is temporarily stepping away from his duties for health reasons. A statement issued by his office today says Dion will be away for a “prolonged period for medical reasons.” “Commissioner Dion will resume […]
Mar 11 2019 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is making veteran MP Alexandre Boulerice the party’s new deputy leader in a bid to cosy up to Quebec voters ahead of the October election. In a statement, the party said Boulerice is the best person to support the party’s “ongoing efforts to reconnect with progressives in Quebec.” The MP for […]
Mar 8 2019 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said today he “didn’t hear” a question about an infamous — and debunked — conspiracy theory connecting the Clinton Foundation to a child sex ring during a town hall event in Kitchener, Ont. last night. At one point during the event, a member of the audience rose to ask a two-minute […]
Mar 4 2019 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — A Liberal MP says his party believes the SNC-Lavalin is “entitled” to a deferred prosecution agreement — a legal mechanism that would allow the Quebec engineering firm to avoid criminal prosecution. “Our belief is that this company is one that is, like its competitors around the world, entitled to a deferred prosecution agreement, like they […]
Mar 1 2019 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — Many words have been tossed around to describe the allegations that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office pressured former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould in the SNC-Lavalin affair: bombshell, shocking, explosive, inappropriate. But one word could take this scandal from a House of Commons committee room to a courtroom: illegal.
Feb 12 2019 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — If former Justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould felt she was being pressured by the Prime Minister’s Office to help Quebec-based engineering firm SNC-Lavalin avoid criminal prosecution, she had an obligation to bring those concerns up with the prime minister, Justin Trudeau said Tuesday.
Feb 6 2019 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — The NDP is asking Canada’s elections watchdog to immediately launch an investigation after a series of ads claiming Leader Jagmeet Singh lives in a multi-million dollar mansion popped up online in the lead up to Burnaby South byelection later this month. As the Tyee first reported, an ad claiming Singh owns a $5.5 million mansion […]
Feb 1 2019 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — Someone went to the RCMP with an allegation of sexual assault — only to see their most closely-guarded private information being leaked. The force is now apologizing after the wrong label was applied to an outgoing package containing three operational files dealing with sexual assaults. Those files included a complainant’s name, date of birth, address, […]
Jan 16 2019 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — The Opposition Conservatives are asking Parliament to examine Canada’s security screening process following two CBC investigations that pointed to flaws in system. “Recently, there have been a number of concerning incidents that have shown clear gaps in our immigration screening system,” Conservative MP Michelle Rempel, the immigration, refugees, and citizenship critic, said in a statement. […]
Jan 16 2019 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — A person of “national security concern” was granted permanent residency “due to a series of failures” by the Canadian border agency and immigration department. In light of the incident both departments have had to introduce changes in what the public safety minister’s office is calling a “completely unacceptable” mistake. The changes were outlined in a […]
Jan 7 2019 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — One of Canada’s former ambassadors to China says the parliamentary delegation in Shanghai is “completely wrong-headed” for not putting the plight of two detained Canadian men on the agenda. David Mulroney, who served as ambassador from 2009 to 2012, said he was astounded and concerned to hear that the issue of Michael Kovrig’s and Michael […]