Oct 15 2021 — Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will unveil on Oct. 26 the roster of cabinet ministers who will shepherd his government into a third mandate focused on finishing the fight against COVID-19 and rebuilding the pandemic-ravaged economy. His ministers will then have about a month to settle into their jobs before Parliament is recalled on […]
Oct 6 2021 — Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The federal Liberals have picked up another seat in Quebec after a judicial recount Wednesday. Elections Canada confirmed that incumbent Brenda Shanahan will be returning to Parliament after the recount declared her the winner in Châteauguay-Lacolle over her Bloc Québécois rival by just 12 votes. That overturns preliminary results from the Sept. 20 […]
Oct 4 2021 — Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — A former diplomat and cabinet minister is denouncing the anti-Asian racism directed at a Canadian senator he's called a mouthpiece for China, while still condemning his views. Chris Alexander told The Canadian Press he has serious concerns that Sen. Yuen Pau Woo retweeted a Toronto Star column that suggested Canada assisted the United […]
Oct 3 2021 — Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Last June, 33 Canadian senators voted to defeat a motion decrying China's treatment of Uyghur Muslims as a genocide. While they all faced criticism from some quarters, only one — Sen. Yuen Pau Woo, leader of the Independent Senators Group — seems to have been singled out as an alleged stooge of China's […]
Sep 29 2021 — Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Governor General Mary May Simon had some very personal reflections Wednesday on the eve of Canada's first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. As the daughter of a white father and Inuk mother, May Simon said in a statement that she was not allowed to attend a residential school. She stayed behind and […]
Sep 28 2021 — Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Conservative incumbent who was defeated in Calgary Skyview in last week's federal election is planning to ask a court to quash the result, given allegations of dirty tricks by the Liberal victor. Liberal George Chahal was captured on a doorbell camera on the eve of the election removing a campaign pamphlet left […]
Sep 28 2021 — Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Canadians may not be thrilled with the outcome of last week's federal election but a new poll suggests few are angry that it produced an almost identical result to the 2019 nation-wide vote. Just 10 per cent of respondents to the Leger survey said they're happy with the outcome, which produced another Liberal […]
Sep 22 2021 — Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Kevin Vuong will not step down after winning election as a Liberal even though he'd been dumped from the party ticket. Vuong said in a statement Wednesday that he intends to serve his constituents in the downtown Toronto riding of Spadina-Fort York despite controversy over a sexual assault charge laid against him in […]
Sep 21 2021 — Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Canadians have chosen another minority Liberal government — almost identical to the one it replaced — to finish the fight against COVID-19 and rebuild the shattered economy. Precisely how stable a minority remains to be seen, as results were still trickling in and there were tight contests in dozens of ridings as the […]
Sep 20 2021 — Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Canadians have chosen another minority Liberal government — almost identical to the one it replaced — to finish the fight against COVID-19 and rebuild the shattered economy. Precisely how stable a minority remains to be seen, as results were still trickling in and tight contests in dozens of ridings as the clock started […]
Sep 10 2021 — Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Federal party leaders jousted over climate change, health care, foreign policy, the economy and Indigenous reconciliation during Thursday's English-language debate — their last, best chance to sway voters before the Sept. 20 election. But the format of the debate may have left many viewers unsatisfied. The five leaders frequently talked over one another. […]
Aug 28 2021 — Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Erin O'Toole warned supporters Saturday that they're not welcome on the Conservative campaign if they engage in harassment and intimidation of other party leaders. The leader's warning came one day after several Conservative campaign workers were spotted among a crowd of raucous protesters who forced the cancellation of a Liberal event featuring Justin […]
Aug 15 2021 — Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pulled the plug Sunday on his minority Liberal government, arguing that Canadians deserve a say on how to finish the fight against COVID-19 and build back the shattered economy. But opposition leaders blasted Trudeau for putting his quest for a majority ahead of the health and safety of Canadians, […]
Aug 4 2021 — Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Canadians may have to wait a few days to find out the final results of a federal election called in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada's chief electoral officer warns. And they may find themselves voting in unusual places or having to go a bit further afield to cast their ballots. But […]
Aug 3 2021 — Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The federal ethics watchdog has concluded Justin Trudeau was not involved in a decision that saw Liberal MPs using their taxpayer-funded budgets to hire the services of a company run by one of the prime minister's lifelong friends. In a letter to Trudeau, Mario Dion says he's satisfied that the prime minister was […]