May 23 2019 — Glen McGregor — CTV News — When he sought the leadership of the Conservative Party, Andrew Scheer courted anti-abortion supporters by noting his history of voting in favour of pro-life legislation and promising he would allow free votes on the issue by MPs in Parliament. In a 2017 “Statement on Life Issues” published by his leadership campaign, Scheer said, “I have […]
Mar 25 2019 — Glen McGregor — CTV News — Relations between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and then-Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould first began to fray in 2017 over concerns about her choice to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court of Canada. A year before cabinet discussions about plea deal for Quebec engineering company SNC-Lavalin, Trudeau and Wilson-Raybould disagreed about her recommendation of Manitoba Justice […]
Mar 12 2019 — Glen McGregor — CTV News — Two Conservative MPs are hosting a reception to promote women’s rights in the Middle East that features a keynote speaker who has been accused of sympathizing with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and promoting an anti-Islam film. Conservative MPs Garnett Genuis and Kelly Block are billed as co-hosts of the reception and talk on Parliament Hill […]
Feb 26 2019 — Glen McGregor — CTV News — The Correctional Service of Canada spent more than $100 million over three-and-a-half years to provide inmates with prescription drugs, including revolutionary but expensive biologic medications that some Canadians living with serious illnesses struggle to afford.
Nov 10 2018 — Glen McGregor — CTV News — Claire McWatt was just 23 years old and launching her career in politics when she followed MP Tony Clement on Twitter. “As a young woman in politics, you follow lots of people in politics. So I wasn’t expecting to be followed back,” she told CTV News. But soon after that, the married father of three […]
Sep 6 2018 — Glen McGregor — CTV News — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has turned down Saskatchewan MP Erin Weir’s request to be reinstated in caucus and will not allow him to run for the party in the 2019 election. Weir was expelled from caucus in May following an investigation of sexual harassment allegations. “I recognize that recent public conflicts within the federal NDP […]
Jan 4 2018 — Glen McGregor — CTV News — Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper stands to receive a substantial tax credit for donating records from his nearly ten years in power to Library and Archives Canada. Harper is currently in discussions with Library and Archives to hand over a massive trove of printed and electronic documents, to be included in its collection of prime […]
Oct 17 2017 — Glen McGregor — CTV News — Finance Minister Bill Morneau continues to own shares in his family’s business Morneau Shepell through a corporate structure that keeps him from having to divest or put his shares in a blind trust, CTV News has learned. Morneau has been able to do so by using a loophole in the ethics law that Conflict of […]
Oct 4 2017 — Glen McGregor — CTV News — The Conservatives’ pick to run in former MP Rona Ambrose’s riding once referred to feminists as ‘feminazis,’ — something the 26 year old now says he regrets, but doubts will hurt his political chances. In a Facebook post from 2009 commenting on the Guelph University’s then-decision to close its women studies program, Dane Lloyd wrote: […]
Aug 21 2017 — Glen McGregor — CTV News — Governor General designate Julie Payette is abandoning her legal bid to block access to U.S. court records related to her 2013 divorce proceedings. Payette last month filed a motion to seal the records in a Maryland court — on the same day Canadian media first reported that an assault charge had been laid against her […]
Jun 15 2017 — Glen McGregor — CTV News — The Liberal government says it would violate privacy law to reveal the salary details of top aides to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who are earning at least $150,000 annually. A spokesman for the Privy Council Office said Wednesday evening that fewer than 10 PMO staff earn more than 150,000 but refused to name them or […]
Jun 14 2017 — Glen McGregor — CTV News — More than a dozen of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s staff members are earning at least $150,000 annually but his office is refusing to name them or provide details on their exact rates of pay. CTV News obtained a list of exempt staff working in the Trudeau’s office and their salary ranges, a heavily-redacted document that […]
Jun 1 2017 — Glen McGregor — CTV News — The Conservative Party is blaming “human error” for apparent discrepancies in the final count of ballots cast in last weekend’s leadership contest. The total number of ballots the party said were cast was lower than the figure compiled by Dominion Voting Services, the company responsible for the electronic tabulation of the data. And the party’s […]
May 5 2017 — Glen McGregor — CTV News — Taxpayers spent nearly $30,000 for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take Ivanka Trump and a group of diplomats and business officials to a Broadway musical in March, CTV News has learned. Global Affairs Canada bought 600 tickets for the hit Canadian show Come From Away at an event the department describes as “an important part […]
Apr 5 2017 — Glen McGregor — CTV News — Environment Minister Catherine McKenna is defending the use of her department’s resources to produce videos in which she promotes the Liberal government’s new federal budget. McKenna last week posted two professionally produced videos on social media in which she alone appears on screen discussing the economic blueprint. “Budget 2017 was a big step forward,” she […]