Apr 15 2019 — Maura Forrest — National Post — It was a curious remark, seemingly unrelated to the scandal that had brought the Clerk of the Privy Council before the justice committee of the House of Commons to testify for a second time. Towards the end of his opening statement on SNC-Lavalin, Michael Wernick suggested the committee might want to look into an obscure […]
Mar 5 2019 — Maura Forrest — National Post — Since Jane Philpott’s resignation from cabinet on Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s remaining ministers have rallied around him, declaring he still has their support. Many backbench MPs have also said they still have faith in the prime minister, despite the fallout from the SNC-Lavalin controversy. Still, there are some rumblings of uncertainty. On Tuesday morning, […]
Feb 12 2019 — Maura Forrest — National Post — Trudeau said if anyone in the cabinet thought anything improper had happened, they had a duty to raise it with him at the time, and Wilson-Raybould never did. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau went on the offensive Tuesday evening after former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould’s sudden resignation from cabinet. In his strongest statement to date, Trudeau […]
Jan 24 2019 — Maura Forrest — National Post — Two weeks before Jagmeet Singh was elected leader of the federal NDP, his predecessor, Thomas Mulcair, told reporters on Parliament Hill that it would be “a heck of a lot better” if his replacement had a seat in the House of Commons. It seemed like a direct shot at Singh, the only one of the […]
Jan 5 2019 — Maura Forrest — National Post — NDP MP Charlie Angus is criticizing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for shooting an end-of-year fundraising video in his office on Parliament Hill, in violation of rules that prevent MPs from using parliamentary resources to raise money. The video, posted to Trudeau’s Facebook page on Dec. 28, shows the prime minister in his Centre Block office, […]
Dec 11 2018 — Maura Forrest — Postmedia — After more than a year spent outside the House of Commons, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh will soon get his chance to win a seat and take on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau face-to-face. Trudeau is expected to announce a long-awaited byelection for early February in Burnaby South, where Singh was nominated in September. Singh says he’s […]
Nov 22 2018 — Maura Forrest — National Post — The federal government has paid nearly $2.3 million to house asylum seekers in Toronto hotels from August to the end of October, after the city complained earlier this year that its shelter system was overflowing from the influx of refugee claimants. Ottawa will continue to rent some hotel rooms until Jan. 4 for asylum seekers […]
Oct 10 2018 — Maura Forrest — It’s a Thursday evening on a wide residential street in suburban Burnaby, lined with manicured lawns and cars parked on both sides of the road, and a dapper man in a yellow turban is speaking into an intercom outside somebody’s front door. “It’s Jagmeet Singh, leader of the NDP,” he says. There’s a pause. Then: […]
Sep 7 2018 — Maura Forrest — National Post — Despite a deadline that has come and gone, the federal government is refusing to say which provinces failed to submit carbon-pricing plans to Ottawa by Sept. 1, and is reluctant to criticize those that have not. In an interview Friday with the National Post, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc struck a conciliatory tone in the […]
Sep 6 2018 — Maura Forrest — National Post — With its tropical climate, oceanfront estates and dearth of taxes, the Bahamas has a lot to offer a wealthy young celebrity. But when news broke this week that tennis pro Eugénie Bouchard had become a resident of the Caribbean nation, she found herself the unlikely target of the man expected to be Quebec’s next premier. […]
Aug 23 2018 — Maura Forrest — National Post — Stevan Utah fled to Canada in 2006, on the run from an Australian biker gang he said was out to kill him. A former informant for an Australian intelligence agency, Utah said he was outed that year by the very authorities who had employed him, and was nearly murdered by members of the Bandidos motorcycle […]
Aug 13 2018 — Maura Forrest — National Post — Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is hitting back at Rachel Notley after coming under scathing criticism from the Alberta premier last week for comments he made about oil imports from Saudi Arabia. “I know that Premier Notley’s in a tough political fight. But I’ve always felt and I believe that personal attacks are beneath her,” […]
Aug 10 2018 — Maura Forrest — National Post — The federal government has cancelled a controversial Arctic surf clam licence that was intended to help Indigenous communities gain a foothold in a lucrative fishery, but instead led to criticism from First Nations and an investigation by the federal ethics watchdog. The fisheries department announced on Friday that the new licence, which would have awarded […]
Aug 9 2018 — Maura Forrest — National Post — U.S. President Donald Trump may want to build a wall along the Mexican border, but, in recent years, studies suggest the majority of unauthorized immigrants settling in the U.S. have arrived legally — not by crossing the border unlawfully. And according to a new U.S. government report, the largest group of people who enter the […]
Jun 27 2018 — Maura Forrest — National Post — New Brunswick Premier Brian Gallant is pushing back against calls from Alberta and Saskatchewan to reform Canada’s equalization program, saying changes to the formula would be “disastrous” for his province and others. “Every province has benefited at one point from equalization… which means that it is a program that has helped all provinces and all […]