Oct 21 2017 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — In the wake of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s meteoric downfall over sexual misconduct allegations and the rise of the #metoo campaign, former interim leader Rona Ambrose said it’s frustrating the Senate still hasn’t passed her bill mandating sexual assault training for judges. “It makes my blood boil, to be honest, because it’s really about creating […]
Oct 17 2017 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — Finance Minister Bill Morneau has asked for a meeting with the conflict of interest and ethics commissioner to ask for guidance on his personal assets and holdings in wake of an escalating controversy questioning whether his personal wealth is being ethically managed given his cabinet role. CBC News first reported that for two years Morneau […]
Oct 5 2017 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — TransCanada is closing the book on its proposed Energy East pipeline, but the political fallout is just beginning to ramp up with Conservatives trying to hammer the Liberals down on their “disastrous” energy policies and Saskatchewan’s premier going so far as to question the West’s role in the federation. On Thursday, the company announced it […]
Sep 9 2017 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — Officials say nearly 300 Canadians have reached out to the Canadian government for help as Hurricane Irma turns its force on Florida after cutting a path of destruction through the Caribbean. “We have people who are stuck in a country or an island who just can’t get out,” said one Global Affairs Canada official. “There […]
Sep 2 2017 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — For the first time in a long time former prime minister Paul Martin, architect of the Kelowna Accord, says he’s happy with where the government is steering its relationship with Canada’s Indigenous peoples. “I feel better about where we’re going now than I have in a long time,” Martin told CBC Radio’s The House in […]
Aug 26 2017 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — An Indigenous MP who called for the renaming of Ottawa’s Langevin Block because of its namesake’s role in the creation of the residential school system, said he does not feel the same way about stripping the name of Canada’s first prime minister from public schools.
Aug 12 2017 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts, the first member of the billionaire baseball family to publicly support Donald Trump’s campaign for the presidency, says he’s telling the U.S. administration to not ruin the trading relationship many states like his have with Canada. With the start of NAFTA negotiations just days away, Ricketts said trade and his state’s […]
Jul 22 2017 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — The leader of the Official Opposition is calling out Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for “mishandling” the North American Free Trade Agreement file, less than a month before negotiations with the U.S. and Mexico get underway. “I’ve always been worried about Justin Trudeau’s attitude towards trade. We saw during the softwood lumber negotiations that he failed […]
Jul 15 2017 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — Canada’s top diplomat says she’s cautiously optimistic about U.S. intentions for the North American Free Trade Agreement after hearing Vice-President Mike Pence call modernization a “win-win-win” situation. But just days before the U.S. is expected to release its trading objectives, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland still won’t say whether she thinks President Donald Trump is […]
Jun 17 2017 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — The chief of the defence staff says he is keeping the F-35 fighter jet on the table as suitable option to bolster the air force’s fleet, despite the Liberal’s campaign promise not to buy the jet. “The most critical thing for me, as I look to the long term health and capacity of the institution, […]
Jun 9 2017 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — The head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization says he is expecting Canada to increase its presence on missions now that the Liberal government is promising to spend more on soldiers, ships and fighter jets. “We are not able to tell exactly today what kind of missions and operations we will have in five to […]
Jun 3 2017 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — Bob Rae, a lead negotiator during the 1992 Charlottetown Accord talks and the man who oversaw the federal Liberal Party before Justin Trudeau took over, has some words for the prime minister: don’t shut the door on constitutional conversations. This week, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard announced plans to start a cross-country dialogue on Quebec’s role […]
Jun 2 2017 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — NDP Leader John Horgan, who is poised to form the next government in British Columbia, says he’s prepared to go court over the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, but is trying to determine which legal challenge would make the most sense to join.
May 24 2017 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — Bill Wilson, a hereditary chief and the father of federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, says the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls is a “bloody farce” and the commissioners leading it need to be replaced. “I would think that young [Justin] Trudeau should darn well know that this thing is not […]
Apr 28 2017 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — According to former Canadian ambassador to the U.S. Raymond Chrétien, the Trudeau government has a small window to settle the softwood lumber dispute out of court before U.S. President Donald Trump kicks off his renegotiation of the North America Free Trade Agreement. The two countries’ dispute over softwood lumber goes back years, and in the […]