Jul 12 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — All travellers crossing the border between Canada and the United States can expect to have some of their personal information recorded now that a new phase of a border agreement has been implemented. The program started in 2012, when border agencies for both countries began collecting information on third-country nationals and permanent legal residents at […]
Jul 11 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke to the Canadian Teachers’ Federation at its annual general meeting in Ottawa on Thursday, a row of teachers silently held up letters spelling “Attawapiskat.” The demonstration comes just days after the local band council declared a state of emergency in the Indigenous community amid issues with water quality. The […]
Jul 10 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale’s office is accusing People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier of attempting to legitimize white supremacy and white nationalism. The statement comes after Bernier was photographed with people who appear to belong to an alleged hate group on Sunday in Calgary. The men, wearing vests adorned with the symbols of […]
Jul 10 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion has found a Liberal MP broke ethics rules when she endorsed her husband’s city council bid, but recommended that no sanction be imposed as a result. Dion found that Liberal MP Anita Vandenbeld “attempted to use her position to influence voters’ decisions to further the private interests of a family member” […]
Jun 27 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, who previously opposed the proposed legalization of cannabis, now says a Conservative government would not only keep cannabis legal but would also stay the course with its support of pardons for Canadians convicted of pot possession. “We will maintain…the fact that cannabis is legal, we are not going to change that […]
Jun 13 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — The current diplomatic spat between Canada and China amounts to the “worst crisis” Canada’s former ambassador to China has ever seen in diplomatic relations between the two countries. “It’s really an unprecedented situation,” Guy Saint-Jacques, who served as Canada’s ambassador to China from 2012 to 2016, told Don Martin during an interview for CTV’s Power […]
Jun 4 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — China’s Ambassador to Canada Lu Shaye says national security concerns about Chinese tech giant Huawei are “unfounded” and “baseless,” pushing for Canada to decide for itself whether to go ahead with including Huawei in its core advanced 5G network. “Canada is independent country, and you have institutions very competent to evaluate this problem,” Lu told […]
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 […]