Feb 16 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew says the federal Liberal government’s treatment of Jody Wilson-Raybould in the SNC-Lavalin scandal has done serious damage to the party’s reputation with Indigenous people in Canada. Indigenous people have “made up their mind” on the issue, Kinew told CTV Question Period host Evan Solomon during an interview airing Sunday. “Jody […]
Feb 15 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that, if Scott Brison had not stepped down from cabinet, “Jody Wilson-Raybould would still be minister of justice and attorney general.” Trudeau’s remarks come after reports that the Prime Minister’s Office allegedly tried to influence Wilson-Raybould to ask prosecutors to strike a deal with the Quebec engineering giant SNC-Lavalin, which […]
Feb 14 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — A prominent B.C. chief is predicting the prime minister’s treatment of former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould will cost Justin Trudeau “all First Nation votes.” Bill Chamberlin, the vice-president of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC), told CTV Power Play host Don Martin on Thursday that First Nation leaders across the country are “absolutely appalled” […]
Feb 10 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is predicting that Justin Trudeau will be hit with political blowback in the Maritimes if there is a carbon tax in place during the fall election. During an interview on CTV Question Period, Higgs said his province, more than any other, would be hit the hardest by a federally imposed […]
Feb 7 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — Parliamentary Protective Services and the Speaker are investigating allegations that a group of black Canadians who were on Parliament Hill to provide sensitivity training were racially profiled on parliament grounds. “It felt like they brought us in on the boat to show up and then they wanted us to go back on the boats again […]
Feb 3 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — Amid record-breaking fundraising numbers from the Green Party and what leader Elizabeth May called “a rise in support overall,” former NDP leader Thomas Mulcair says the Green Party might woo progressive voters in the 2019 election. “Progressives are looking for a home on environmental issues,” Mulcair said on an episode of CTV Question Period airing […]
Feb 1 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — The Federal Court has rubber stamped a $100-million settlement for veterans with disabilities years after they launched a class-action lawsuit against the government. “The defendant will pay $100 million as the total settlement amount,” the Federal Court decided on Friday. It’s the culmination of a lawsuit that was launched in 2014 after it became apparent […]
Jan 30 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — The government has rejected a Conservative MP’s call to declare Russian President Vladimir Putin a war criminal and refer him to The Hague-based International Criminal Court. In its official response to an e-petition on Parliament’s website, tabled Jan. 28, the government ignored the request to label Putin a war criminal and instead emphasized concern about […]
Jan 27 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — NDP candidate Svend Robinson is standing firm in his opposition to any new oil and gas infrastructure, despite NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s support of the B.C. liquefied natural gas pipeline. “I oppose any new oil and gas infrastructure, including that particular one,” Robinson told Evan Solomon when asked about the B.C. LNG project on an […]
Jan 24 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — Former NDP MP Svend Robinson says he is worried about the state of the party he represented in the House of Commons for over 20 years. “Am I concerned about the state of the NDP? You bet I am. I can read polls like anybody else can,” Robinson told reporters in a press conference Friday. […]
Jan 23 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — Andrew Scheer says if he was prime minister he would fire Canada’s Ambassador to China John McCallum over his most recent comments on Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. “I would fire him,” Scheer told Don Martin in an interview for CTV Power Play, airing Wednesday evening
Jan 21 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — Canada is defending accusations from a U.S. Congressman that the United States is ignoring security issues along the Canada-U.S. border. “It is the longest, most successful international boundary — un-militarized international boundary — in the history of the world, and we’re determined to keep it that way,” Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said in an […]
Jan 19 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — Former Quebec premier Jean Charest says Canada’s best bet for diffusing tensions in China lies with the United States. “The way out for Canada on this is the United States,” Charest told host Evan Solomon during an interview for CTV Question Period, which airs Sunday. “The Trump administration
Jan 18 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — Ambassador John McCallum said a prime ministerial phone call to Chinese President Xi Jinping is bound to happen in the ongoing Huawei dispute, but it’s the “last arrow” in the government’s “quiver.” “The prime minister calling the president is essentially the last arrow in our quiver and I think other actions have to be taken […]
Jan 17 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — John McCallum, Canada’s ambassador to China, will appear before a House of Commons committee Friday to brief members on efforts to secure the release of the two Canadians detained in that country. McCallum is expected to brief the committee in a closed door meeting at 10 a.m. on Friday. The development comes after a joint […]