Feb 28 2023 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Canada’s ban on the use of the popular but controversial short-form video application TikTok has come into effect for government-issued mobile devices. And the country’s most popular politician on the app, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, is now planning to pause his use of the social media platform as he “evaluates the privacy risks.” Singh, who […]
Feb 27 2023 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has suspended his TikTok account — and he’s expecting his MPs to follow suit, according to a spokesperson for his office. As of Monday afternoon, Poilievre’s account on the popular social media application had more than 230,000 followers. But just hours after the government announced its plan to ban the use […]
Feb 26 2023 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Canada will be purchasing additional tanks to replace the ones being sent to Ukraine, Defence Minister Anita Anand said. Her comment comes on the heels of an announcement Friday that Canada will be sending an additional four Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine, bringing the total number of tanks being sent by the government to […]
Feb 25 2023 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Canada needs a public inquiry into allegations of Chinese election interference, Canada former spymaster says. Speaking in an interview with The West Block‘s Mercedes Stephenson, airing Sunday, Richard Fadden, the former head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and former national security advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, said he “can’t see any compelling reason […]
Feb 24 2023 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Ottawa is weighing recent moves by allies that banned the controversial social media application TikTok from government devices, but there’s no word yet if a similar ban could happen here. The Treasury Board Secretariat, the nerve centre of federal government processes and functioning, said in a statement sent to Global News on Friday that it […]
Feb 23 2023 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Canada’s federal privacy watchdog has launched a joint investigation with three provincial counterparts into the controversial social media application TikTok. The federal privacy commissioner announced Thursday that their office will join privacy watchdogs in Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta to “jointly investigate the short-form video streaming application,” a post on the federal watchdog’s website said. […]
Feb 7 2023 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Canada is sending $10 million in aid to help with the response to the devastating earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says. At least 5,000 people have died and thousands more injured after the magnitude 7.8 earthquake — and a subsequent earthquake of nearly equal strength — reduced homes […]
Feb 6 2023 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Procurement Minister Helena Jaczek will be in the hot seat during a House of Commons committee meeting on Monday, where she’ll face questions as part of a probe into a spike in contracts awarded to the consulting firm McKinsey since the Liberals were elected in 2015. The House of Commons government operations and estimates committee […]
Feb 3 2023 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — The government has withdrawn a controversial amendment to its proposed firearm legislation — one that critics warned could have restricted access to hunting rifles. The Liberal amendment to gun law reform Bill C-21, which was tabled in a committee meeting in November, faced questions about how far it would have expanded the scope of weapons […]
Feb 1 2023 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — The federal government spent just shy of $389 million over three years on its designated COVID-19 quarantine facilities, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada. In a statement provided to Global News on Wednesday, a spokesperson for Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada said there were a total of 38 sites […]
Feb 1 2023 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Dominic Barton, a former ambassador and past director of consulting firm McKinsey, is set to face questions from members of Parliament amid concerns about the number of contracts it has received under the current Liberal government. Barton will appear before the House of Commons government operations and estimates committee at 4:30 p.m. ET, where he’ll […]
Jan 31 2023 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is standing behind Amira Elghawaby, Canada’s first special representative on combating Islamophobia, as officials in the Quebec government continue to call for her resignation. Elghawaby, who was appointed last Thursday, has faced criticism since her appointment was announced over an opinion piece she co-wrote in 2019. In the piece, […]
Jan 30 2023 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino is slated to testify before a parliamentary committee on Monday about federal contracts awarded to a firm that has ties to the Chinese government — a revelation that came amid increased concerns about foreign interference last month. Last month, reports emerged that Ontario-based Sinclair Technologies had been given 24 contracts […]
Jan 28 2023 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Is Canada’s military facing a new decade of darkness amid persistent personnel challenges and growing demands on the force from around the world? “History will tell,” said Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Wayne Eyre in an interview with The West Block’s Mercedes Stephenson, airing in full on Sunday. “I think it’s too early to […]
Jan 27 2023 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Canadians cannot be complacent as antisemitism and hatred grow across the country, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says. Speaking at a Holocaust Remembrance Day memorial in Ottawa on Friday, the prime minister warned that in times of peace, people “look back at this atrocity, bewildered at how it could ever have been permitted to happen.” “We […]