May 18 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Justice Minister David Lametti is defending his finding that Bill C-10 doesn’t threaten Canadians’ charter rights, despite concerns from experts about the impact the legislation could have on free speech online. Lametti’s comments came after the justice department took a second look at the charter statement for the bill, which was signed off on by […]
May 14 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault won’t say whether Bill C-10 will give the CRTC the power to regulate the algorithms that decide what you see on your Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. The issue came up when he sat in the hot seat at the Canadian heritage committee on Friday, where MPs pressed him on a […]
May 13 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — The Conservatives deleted a tweet on Thursday that leader Erin O’Toole has said was “detracting” from important conversations about the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Canada. “A ‘one dose summer’ is not good enough for Canadians,” the tweet read. The tweet had a meme attached, which showed a group of people smiling and throwing confetti in […]
May 13 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Bill C-10’s amendments regulating everything you post on social media don’t pose any charter-related free speech concerns, Canada’s Justice Minister David Lametti said in the second charter review of the bill. The finding was issued Thursday after a second charter statement was conducted on the bill. Opposition MPs had requested the new charter statement after […]
May 6 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Canadians could be getting their COVID-19 vaccines “sooner than originally anticipated,” federal officials said Thursday. To date, more than 41 per cent of Canadian adults have received at least one vaccine dose, according to deputy chief public health officer Dr. Howard Njoo.
May 5 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — A Conservative bid to ask Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to fire his top aide over her handling of a 2018 allegation against Gen. Jonathan Vance has failed. In an opposition day motion, the Conservatives alleged that the prime minister’s chief of staff Katie Telford was “complicit in hiding the truth from Canadians” when she didn’t […]
May 5 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Health Canada is authorizing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents aged 12 to 15, meaning that the jab is now approved for anyone over the age of 12 in Canada. Until now, the jab had only been approved for Canadians over the age of 16. “This is the first COVID-19 vaccine authorized in Canada for […]
May 4 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — The Bloc Quebecois plans to block a Conservative-led push to have the prime minister fire his top aide, following the revelation that Katie Telford was aware of sexual misconduct allegations against Gen. Jonathan Vance — but did not tell the prime minister. In an opposition day motion, the Conservatives contend Telford was “complicit in hiding […]
May 3 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — The government is bringing forward an amendment to make it “crystal clear” that content individual users upload to social media sites like YouTube and Instagram won’t be regulated by Bill C-10, according to Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault. He confirmed the news in a statement sent to Global News on Monday, following pushback from politicians and […]
May 2 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan refused to say whether he was aware of the sexual nature of the misconduct allegation against Gen. Jonathan Vance that was brought to his attention in 2018. Despite being asked five separate times whether he was aware of the sexual nature of the allegation, Sajjan refused to give a clear “yes” […]
Apr 30 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Liberal MPs have talked out the clock on a Conservative-led push to haul Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Chief of Staff, Katie Telford, before committee. And while the committee has agreed to suspend the meeting, its Liberal chair would not set a firm date for the debate to resume. That means the debate will resume during […]
Apr 25 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — As Canada endures the third wave of COVID-19, a virus that has already claimed tens of thousands of lives within our borders, a World Health Organization adviser has a message for Canadians: “dawn is coming.” Dr. Peter Singer’s comments come on the heels of soaring COVID-19 case counts in Canada, which peaked at over 9,000 […]
Apr 25 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is apologizing to ‘any woman’ who experienced harassment while serving in the military — though she says she never knew about the allegations against former chief of defence staff Gen. Jonathan Vance. An investigation is currently underway into the allegations of misconduct levied against Vance, as well as into a separate […]
Apr 24 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Conservative MP David Sweet has apologized after issuing a tweet on Friday claiming there is “no evidence” that COVID-19 lockdowns work, stating they are the “the single greatest breach” of civil liberties “since the Internment Camps during WW2.” He did not, however, walk back his comments about lockdowns — which a doctor said were a […]
Apr 21 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — It’s almost “impossible” to keep concerning mutations of COVID-19 out of the country, Canada’s top doctors warned on Wednesday. Since April 6, more than 100 international flights landing in Canada have carried at least one positive COVID-19 case on board, according to the federal government. “We know that, with viruses, it’s practically impossible to prevent […]