Jul 21 2021 — Ian Bailey — Globe and Mail — Former Green Party leader Elizabeth May says she is not involved in the turmoil that has been a challenge for her successor, Annamie Paul. “Rumours have prompted media to continue to ask for clarification if I am playing some role in party matters,” Ms. May said in a statement on Tuesday. “I have no role […]
Jul 19 2021 — Ian Bailey — Globe and Mail — Green Party Leader Annamie Paul will not face a non-confidence vote this week that could have led to her being ousted from her role as a federal election looms. The party’s 13-member governing party had been scheduled to make their vote on Tuesday; however, former leadership contender Dimitri Lascaris said it is his understanding that […]
Jun 29 2021 — Ian Bailey — Globe and Mail — The leader of the federal Green Party says she no longer has to follow through on an order of her party’s federal council that directed her to repudiate an aide who criticized members of caucus. Annamie Paul said in an interview Monday that the party’s federal council had decided not to pursue the order. However, […]
Jun 12 2021 — Ian Bailey — Globe and Mail — Two political aides to federal Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan travelled to Newfoundland and Labrador at taxpayers’ expense amid the pandemic and spent part of their time on the island door-knocking for the provincial Liberals during the province’s recent election campaign. Publicly accessible records show that Geordie Summers-Lubar and Ian Cameron both travelled to the […]
May 24 2021 — Ian Bailey — Globe and Mail — Quebec’s legislation to further enforce the use of French in the province creates an “opportunity” for the federal Liberals as a national election looms this year, says a veteran Quebec senator. “Crisis equals opportunity,” said Dennis Dawson, who was appointed to the Senate in 2005 on the recommendation of then-prime minister Paul Martin after three […]
May 17 2021 — Ian Bailey — Globe and Mail — Public opinion research for Natural Resources Canada shows many Canadians are giving the federal government poor grades on key goals in the fight against climate change. The executive summary of research report Natural Resource Issues in a Low-Carbon Economy says more Canadians rate the federal government’s performance as poor, as opposed to good, on implementing […]
May 6 2021 — Ian Bailey — Globe and Mail — The federal Immigration Minister says he is working to address concerns about a program launching this week that is aimed at creating a pathway to permanent residency for 90,000 people. Marco Mendicino said he is committed to working with stakeholders and that he is open to the criticisms of various migrant groups as the program […]
Apr 5 2021 — Ian Bailey — Globe and Mail — Rank-and-file New Democrats have begun voting on hundreds of motions that include a call for a 100-per-cent tax on billionaires and the removal of all statues honouring Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald. The party will hold a convention this weekend to come up with planks for a platform Leader Jagmeet Singh can […]
Mar 31 2021 — Ian Bailey — Globe and Mail — Federal Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole told a B.C. audience questioning his climate-change plan on Tuesday that he has consulted with Gordon Campbell, but the former premier told The Globe and Mail he supports the kind of carbon tax the Tory leader opposes. In virtual remarks to the Burnaby Board of Trade, Mr. O’Toole said he […]
Oct 20 2020 — Ian Bailey — Globe and Mail — A group of hereditary chiefs is calling for the resignation of provincial NDP candidate Nathan Cullen, a former MP and leadership prospect for the national party, for remarks about a BC Liberal Haida candidate that NDP Leader John Horgan dubbed “stupid.” Mr. Cullen is the latest candidate to get into trouble ahead of the Oct. […]
Sep 25 2020 — Ian Bailey — Globe and Mail — Former B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver says he’s supporting NDP Leader John Horgan in the upcoming provincial election, a high-profile endorsement that comes as his Green successor accuses Mr. Horgan of rewriting history for saying his collaboration with the party was holding back his agenda. In a campaign speech on Thursday in Maple Ridge, […]
Aug 17 2020 — Ian Bailey — Globe and Mail — A former federal Liberal cabinet minister is working to ensure his friend, businessman David Sidoo, can serve a 90-day fraud sentence in the U.S. college admissions scandal in Canada, arguing that forcing Mr. Sidoo into a U.S. prison, as planned, would put him at undue risk of COVID-19. Herb Dhaliwal, whose posts under former prime […]
Apr 21 2020 — Ian Bailey — Globe and Mail — British Columbia’s public-health officer is challenging the province’s embattled restaurant industry, largely closed as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, to come up with innovative options to allow for in-restaurant dining when B.C. eventually eases its pandemic restrictions. In her daily briefing Monday, Bonnie Henry said the challenge is to figure out how to proceed […]
Sep 27 2019 — Ian Bailey — Globe and Mail — Former prime minister Jean Chrétien dismissed questions about revelations that Justin Trudeau has worn blackface by saying it’s “over,” and defended the Liberal Leader’s decision to purchase a pipeline as a practical necessity as he rallied party volunteers during a Vancouver-region campaign swing. The blackface issue came up after Mr. Chrétien, who led the country […]
Jul 15 2019 — Ian Bailey — Globe and Mail — The B.C. Speaker has launched a second investigation into the conduct of the legislature’s Sergeant-at-Arms, even though he was cleared by an earlier probe into allegations of questionable overseas travel, inappropriate expense claims and benefits. Late last year, Gary Lenz and former legislature clerk Craig James were accused by Speaker Darryl Plecas of misspending of […]