Apr 13 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — Border Security Minister Bill Blair isn’t backing down on Liberal claims that Conservatives are “fear-mongering” on the immigration file, even as his own government comes under fire from refugee advocates who say proposed changes would strip asylum seekers’ rights. He made the comments during an interview with Evan Solomon on CTV Question Period, airing Sunday. […]
Apr 11 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — Speaker Geoff Regan ruled that he has no jurisdiction to rule on Jane Philpott’s claim that the prime minister broke parliamentary law when he booted her and Jody Wilson-Raybould from Liberal caucus. “The Chair is unable to conclude that the member from Markham-Stouffville has been obstructed in the fulfillment of her parliamentary functions. Accordingly, I […]
Apr 7 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — “Shame and guilt.” That’s what Tony Clement said he felt as he grappled with coming clean about the extent of his “improper behaviour.” “I had a severe personal crisis…I went down a deep, dark valley and I tried to get out by myself,” Clement told Evan Solomon in an interview for CTV’s Question Period, airing […]
Apr 4 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — Former cabinet minister turned Independent MP Jane Philpott says she won’t be pushing for a waiver or study to make more information on the SNC-Lavalin affair public, because Canadians already know enough to judge the Trudeau government’s actions. “There is more that I am aware of, conversations that I had for example, that are relevant […]
Apr 3 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — As hundreds of young women descended on Parliament Hill Wednesday to fill all 338 seats in the House of Commons, many came bearing a message: that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s ejection of Jody Wilson-Raybould from caucus was a blow to Indigenous people. The young women gathered for an event called “Daughters of the Vote,” which […]
Mar 31 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — With the federal carbon tax coming into effect in four provinces on Monday, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says residents of those provinces can expect to pay an average of four cents more per litre at the pump. She said 90 per cent of this revenue will be returned to Canadians through a tax rebate. “Yes, […]
Mar 30 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — If NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh wished to work as a police officer in Quebec, he would have to take off his turban. That is, if the province’s new secularism legislation, Bill 21, becomes law. That’s what Quebec MNA Christopher Skeete, who serves as the parliamentary assistant to Quebec’s Premier Francois Legault, told Evan Solomon during […]
Mar 24 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the government is “not ruling out” making national pharmacare an election promise. He made the comment during an interview with Evan Solomon on CTV’s Question Period, airing Sunday. “[Pharmacare has] been, now, something we’ve been working on for more than a year and we’re making really important first steps,” Morneau […]
Mar 20 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes has quit the Liberal caucus. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed the news to reporters on his way into the House of Commons on Wednesday. “I have just been notified by my office that Celina Caesar-Chavannes has decided to sit as an independent. I want to thank her for her service to the […]
Mar 20 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — In the Conservatives’ latest push to keep parliament’s study of the SNC-Lavalin issue alive, the opposition has asked the parliamentary ethics committee to launch a look into the allegations the prime minister’s office interfered in a criminal trial. The move comes just one day after the Liberals quashed the justice committee study of the affair. […]
Mar 19 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — The Parliamentary Justice Committee has ended its study on the SNC-Lavalin issue with what NDP MP Murray Rankin called a “transparent effort to change the channel.” The committee convened behind closed doors Tuesday, to plan the next steps in its study of alleged political interference in the corruption case of Quebec engineering giant SNC-Lavalin. While […]
Mar 15 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen says hateful comments online feed a narrative that can lead to violent attacks such as Friday’s shooting at two New Zealand mosques. The shooting left 49 dead.
Mar 13 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — Liberal MPs have delayed debate on a motion to bring former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould back before the House of Commons Justice Committee. The decision means that there are no answers yet as to whether she will be allowed to appear before the committee once again to give additional details about meetings relating to the […]
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 […]