Dec 3 2019 — Katie Simpson — CBC — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be seeking an update on the status of NAFTA talks in the U.S. when he meets with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the NATO summit. The leaders will sit down together at the official U.S. residence in London, known as Winfield House, at 3:30 p.m. local time, […]
Nov 15 2019 — Katie Simpson — CBC — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is being urged to move Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland into a new portfolio and give her additional powers by naming her deputy prime minister. The idea has been discussed behind closed doors, according to a source with direct knowledge of the talks. However, sources close to Freeland say she enjoys […]
Oct 23 2019 — Katie Simpson — CBC — The Conservative Party of Canada has started the post-mortem process on the 2019 election campaign, trying to work out what went wrong in the weeks leading up to Monday’s vote. In a Facebook live video shot Wednesday afternoon, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer acknowledged his campaign did not go as well as he’d wanted. “Obviously, we’re […]
Oct 20 2019 — Katie Simpson — CBC — It was the final Thursday of the election campaign, and inside a small community hall in Little Harbour, N.S., Jill Scheer stood near the back of the room with a big smile on her face. As the energetic rally with a few hundred people started to wind down, she picked up the two-month-old daughter of […]
Oct 11 2019 — Katie Simpson — CBC — Canada’s foreign affairs minister says Canada is ready to act as signs emerge of a renewed push in the United States to get the re-negotiated NAFTA ratified. During an interview with Carol Off on CBC Radio’s As it Happens, Chrystia Freeland, who is seeking re-election, described a recent flurry of cross-border conversations updating Canada on […]
Sep 29 2019 — Katie Simpson — CBC — A volunteer helping out with the re-election campaign of Quebec Liberal Anthony Housefather was caught disposing of Conservative literature out on the campaign trail. The incident was witnessed by a Conservative volunteer who happened to be canvassing the same apartment building in Côte Saint-Luc, Que., on Sept. 25. Documents shared with CBC News show that […]
Sep 18 2019 — Katie Simpson — CBC — Andrew Scheer’s people say they’re not troubled by the modest turnout of supporters at some of the Conservative leader’s public campaign events. In fact, they say it’s all part of the strategy. While that might sound counterintuitive, a senior Conservative source said the campaign would rather see its volunteers out knocking on doors and handing […]
Sep 15 2019 — Katie Simpson — CBC — Andrew Scheer says if a Conservative candidate has made racist or homophobic comments in the past he will stand by the candidate as long as they apologize and take responsibility for those comments. Scheer denied the party is re-vetting candidates after Liberal party researchers discovered and published a trove of controversial social media posts made […]
Sep 4 2019 — Katie Simpson — CBC — The Trudeau government has picked a trusted economic adviser as its new ambassador to China. Sources tell CBC News that Dominic Barton will be heading to Beijing to take on the role after the Chinese government formally accepted his appointment. Barton serves as the chair of the finance minister’s advisory council on economic growth and […]
Aug 11 2019 — Katie Simpson — CBC — Ever heard of dry January? It’s an attempt by those who practice new year’s resolutions to swear off alcohol for the first month of the year. Not that I want to fulfil stereotypes, but as a journalist, I’ve never been successful in doing a full dry month. Just for fun, I often joke around with […]
Aug 4 2019 — Katie Simpson — CBC — Liberal strategy: Speak positively, but carry a big stick. Out of the blue this week, I was summoned to an Ottawa coffee shop for a meeting with a senior government official. As a journalist, my ears and eyes are always open, so I was happy to have the opportunity. In a conversation that lasted about […]
Jun 11 2019 — Katie Simpson — CBC — Canadian municipalities are “sitting ducks” for “cyber terrorists,” says the mayor of Stratford, Ont. — the latest Canadian community to find itself targeted by an online ransom attack. Dan Mathieson said that if his fellow mayors across the country don’t start working together on the problem, more communities may be hit by online extortionists holding […]
Jun 6 2019 — Katie Simpson — CBC — As far as television audiences in Canada go, you can’t do much better than live sports events. It’s a bonus when a Canadian team is in the hunt for a playoff win. On Sunday, more than 10 million Canadians watched all or part of Game 2 of the NBA finals, when the Golden State Warriors […]
Jun 4 2019 — Katie Simpson — CBC — An offhand comment by Canada’s ambassador to the United States about Cuba touched off a minor diplomatic flap between the federal government and the U.S. State Department, CBC News has learned. About two months ago, officials in the Trump administration reached out to the Prime Minister’s Office to float the idea of U.S. Vice President […]
May 26 2019 — Katie Simpson — CBC — Ontario Liberal MPs want to pitch voters on a “sugar sweetened beverages levy” — more commonly known as a soda tax — in the coming federal election campaign, according to a list of caucus platform priorities obtained by CBC News. While the proposal is ranked 18th out of 19 items on the list, several MPs […]