Jun 3 2023 — Mackenzie Gray — Global News — A Chinese warship came within 150 yards of hitting American destroyer USS Chung-Hoon, during a rare joint Canada-U.S. mission sailing through the Taiwan Strait, the latest aggressive military move from Beijing in the South China Sea. Global News has been travelling on the HMCS Montreal, the Canadian frigate participating in the mission, since May 25th […]
Jun 9 2022 — Mackenzie Gray — CTV News — While Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre has called for his removal, Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says he will “leave the politics to the politicians.” “We welcome diverse views, we welcome analysis, we welcome criticism of our work and our decisions,” said Macklem. “Canadians should be asking us tough questions.” Poilievre has said he […]
Jun 9 2022 — Mackenzie Gray — CTV News — With interest rates set to keep rising, the Bank of Canada is sounding the alarm on the risk record high house prices and an increasing number of households with high mortgage debt could have on the Canadian economy. “In Canada, elevated levels of household debt and high house prices remain two key interconnected vulnerabilities,” the […]
Jun 2 2022 — Mackenzie Gray — CTV News — One day after raising the key interest rate by 50 basis points to 1.5 per cent, the Bank of Canada is warning Canadians that rates could rise above previously targeted levels in order to deal with what the bank calls “entrenched inflation.” “We must raise interest rates, both to bring demand in line with supply […]
Dec 16 2021 — Mackenzie Gray — CTV News — As provinces ramp up vaccinations amid the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the federal government won’t say when the doses required to provide every fully-vaccinated Canadian a booster shot will be delivered. The federal government has signed agreements to purchase up to 76 million doses of Pfizer and 36 million doses of Moderna […]
Dec 10 2021 — Mackenzie Gray — CTV News — Marci Ien, minister for women and gender equality and youth, is self-isolating for COVID-19, after potentially being exposed to multiple cases of the virus at an event in Toronto, according to her office. Organizers of Sunday’s “The Giants of Africa” gala, which Ien attended, notified attendees on Thursday that multiple COVID-19 cases could be linked […]
Oct 9 2016 — Mackenzie Gray — CTV News — RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson, who delivered a tearful apology to hundreds of female RCMP members who allege they were harassed, abused and sexually assaulted, previously dismissed their claims as “outlandish.” In 2013, Paulson appeared in front of a Senate committee tasked with studying sexual harassment in the RCMP, and was critical of female RCMP members […]
Sep 11 2016 — Mackenzie Gray — CTV News — Immigration Minister John McCallum slammed Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch’s proposal to screen immigrants for Anti-Canadian values, calling it “dog-whistle” and “Orwellian.” Speaking for the first time since Leitch’s proposal, McCallum told Evan Solomon, host of CTV’s Question Period, that Canadians aren’t interested in having a debate of this nature. “I think it’s very sad […]
Sep 4 2016 — Mackenzie Gray — CTV News — Former prime minister Brian Mulroney says that growing trade between Canada and China depends on Justin Trudeau approving the Energy East Pipeline. Mulroney told Evan Solomon of CTV’s Question Period that Trudeau “could have a nation building exercise that would then allow him to service the Chinese and others more beneficially for Canada,” if Energy […]
Sep 4 2016 — Mackenzie Gray — CTV News — “It’s something we would consider amongst a number of different things,” David Lametti, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of International Trade, said on CTV’s Question Period with Evan Solomon. Lametti says Canada needs to rebuild a relationship with China, and then begin to focus on trade deals and “consider investment or the attempt to attract […]