Articles by Catherine Lévesque

May 26 2023 — Catherine Lévesque — National Post — The NDP supported Liberal attempts to pressure Conservative and Bloc MPs to get the security clearance needed to read Johnston’s secret intel. NDP MPs teamed up with Liberals Thursday to block Conservative attempts to accelerate the timetable for David Johnston to appear before a House committee, after the “independent special rapporteur” on foreign election interference […]

May 11 2023 — Catherine Lévesque — National Post — Anti-abortion advocates attending the annual March for Life on Parliament Hill Thursday applauded a private member’s bill from a Conservative MP meant to include pregnancy as an aggravating circumstance when committing a violent crime, calling it a win for “human life.”

May 9 2023 — Catherine Lévesque — National Post — A Liberal MP accused Conservatives of engaging in “character assassination” of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the House of Commons debated allegations that China tried to intimidate MP Michael Chong and his family back in Hong Kong in 2021.

Apr 27 2023 — Catherine Lévesque — National Post — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s brother says he is prepared to appear in front of a parliamentary committee to tell MPs everything he knows about the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation in an effort to protect its reputation. “I want to testify in front of the committee that is taking care of this. I’m prepared to say […]

Apr 24 2023 — Catherine Lévesque — National Post — The prime minister’s brother, Alexandre (Sacha) Trudeau, will not have to testify before a parliamentary committee probing the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation and allegations of foreign interference in federal elections. On Monday, MPs who are on the Standing Committee on Public Accounts unanimously agreed to launch a brief study composed of two hearings into the […]

Apr 19 2023 — Catherine Lévesque — National Post — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he has probably visited a longtime family friend’s luxurious estate in Jamaica “dozens and dozens of times” in past decades, but his most recent trip during the winter holiday period was the only time he went there as prime minister.

Mar 20 2023 — Catherine Lévesque — National Post — All eyes will be on New Democrats on Tuesday as they decide whether they will support the Conservatives’ motion to compel the prime minister’s chief of staff to testify on alleged Chinese interference in past elections. Conservatives used their opposition day motion — which provides an opportunity for parties to bring forward a motion of […]

Mar 17 2023 — Catherine Lévesque — National Post — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said his party is pushing once again for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chief of staff Katie Telford to testify in front of parliamentarians about Chinese’s alleged interference in past elections because she “knows all the secrets.”

Mar 7 2023 — Catherine Lévesque — National Post — Liberals filibustered a committee meeting to prevent opposition parties from forcing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s longtime chief of staff to testify about allegations that China interfered in the past two federal elections.

Feb 21 2023 — Catherine Lévesque — National Post — A Liberal MP accused Conservatives of using “Trump-type tactics” in questioning past election results amid new reports of Chinese interference in the 2021 election, during a committee meeting tasked with examining the issue on Tuesday. Jennifer O’Connell made those inflammatory comments as MPs were recalled during Parliament’s two-week break to consider extending the committee’s mandate […]

Feb 15 2023 — Catherine Lévesque — National Post — At least one Liberal MP is hinting he might vote against his party’s own bill on official languages if it contains elements of Quebec’s Charter of the French Language. Anthony Housefather, MP for Mount Royal in Montreal, said that would erode the rights of the province’s English-speaking communities.

Feb 14 2023 — Catherine Lévesque — National Post — Conservatives sided with the Bloc Québécois in voting for the right to provinces to pre-emptively use the notwithstanding clause. The Liberals and the NDP voted against the motion, as did Green Party MPs Elizabeth May and Mike Morrice and independent MP Kevin Vuong.

Feb 10 2023 — Catherine Lévesque — National Post — The Bloc Québécois is forcing a vote on the pre-emptive use of the notwithstanding clause by provinces. The debate in the House of Commons prompted the Liberals and the NDP to team up to firmly denounce its use and the Conservatives to tiptoe around the issue. Bloc leader Yves-Francois Blanchet chose to use his party’s […]

Feb 7 2023 — Catherine Lévesque — National Post — Liberal MPs pushing back against a key component of C-13, the official languages bill — after the Liberal government abruptly reversed course on a controversial gun ban and delayed expansion of medically assisted dying — has observers questioning whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is losing control over his caucus. University of Ottawa’s Geneviève Tellier said […]

Jan 24 2023 — Catherine Lévesque — National Post — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is launching consultations on a proposal to let First Nations communities collect more directly the federal tax revenue generated by resource projects on their lands. In an interview with the National Post, Poilievre said he has been listening to First Nations leaders who say they want less red tape and more […]