Oct 18 2018 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — Conservative leader Andrew Scheer isn’t promising to keep cannabis legal if his party wins the 2019 election. Instead, he said they’ll scrutinize the rollout of legal pot and go from there. “The Conservative Party will do our due diligence, examine the consequences of this decision, and we’ll examine the reality on the ground,” he told […]
Oct 18 2018 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — A day after announcing his budding career in the pot business, former prime minister Brian Mulroney said the massive social change Canadians are experiencing with cannabis legalization is comparable to society’s acceptance of same sex marriage. Still, he has no plans to smoke it. “If you had told me when I was prime minister say […]
Oct 15 2018 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — The man who led Canada’s troops in Afghanistan said the Canadian peacekeeping mission in Mali has “no prospect of immediate success.” “The political overtones and what’s going on in this country and this mission are ugly,” retired major-general David Fraser told CTV’s Power Play host Don Martin on Monday.
Oct 10 2018 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV Power Play — In the wake of the controversial appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court, former prime minister Jean Chretien issued harsh criticism of Canada’s own, recently changed, judicial appointments process. “If you have a bad judge in Canada, you know who is responsible. You know. It is the minister of justice and the […]
Oct 1 2018 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — Canada’s Ambassador to the United States said the renegotiation of NAFTA and concessions on dairy haven’t been a “great win” but, rather, a “great save.” David MacNaughton made the comment Monday on CTV’s Power Play. The ambassador wasn’t the only one to weigh in. After news broke late Sunday night that Canada had achieved an […]
Sep 10 2018 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he is going to defend supply management – despite rumours that the federal government is considering concessions on dairy in order to get a NAFTA deal signed. “I can’t speculate [on NAFTA], I’m not sitting at the table. I know one thing: I’m going to protect supply management and I’m […]
Sep 8 2018 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — With an indefinite delay looming over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, the federal government still won’t provide a timeline for getting shovels in the ground — or reveal the cost of delay. “We were hoping … that the construction could proceed this year. Obviously in light of the Federal Court of Appeal decision that’s not […]
Sep 7 2018 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — Newly minted Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc rejected Alberta UCP Leader Jason Kenney’s claims of brewing separatism in Alberta during an interview with CTV’s Power Play Friday — and alleged Kenney is contributing to division in the province. In response to questions about rising separatism in the province, the minister in charge of managing inter-government […]
Sep 5 2018 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — Alberta’s loyalty to Canada may be waning after the justice system dealt a blow to the province’s pipeline plans. At least that’s what Jason Kenney, leader of Alberta’s United Conservative Party, told CTV’s Don Martin on Power Play Wednesday. “I would not be surprised if a significant and growing minority of Albertans are entertaining [separatism],” […]
Aug 14 2018 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — A new e-petition is set to force the government to respond to a sexual misconduct allegation against the prime minister from nearly two decades ago. The petition, which first opened for signature on Aug. 1 and is buried in Parliament’s e-portal for official petitions, points out that since Justin Trudeau became party leader five years […]
Jul 4 2018 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — Conservative MP James Bezan wants to see Russian President Vladimir Putin tried at The Hague for war crimes — and he’s sponsored a parliamentary petition to try to make it happen. “We, the undersigned, Citizens of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to declare Putin a War Criminal,” reads the petition, which was published […]
Jun 21 2018 — Rachel Gilmore — iPolitics — The government’s inaction when it comes to issuing pardons for those convicted of soon to be legal cannabis offences is one of the biggest mistakes Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made in the process of legalizing the drug, according to the Leader of NDP. “That is a grievous error that was made by this government,” […]
Jun 19 2018 — Rachel Gilmore — iPolitics — A leadership race and harassment allegations are among the factors that contributed to the NDP’s poor showing in Monday’s byelection, Jagmeet Singh says. “The problem is we had a lot of time where we weren’t there, for a few years,” the NDP leader told reporters Tuesday. “We had a period of time where we had […]
Jun 19 2018 — Rachel Gilmore — iPolitics — Shortly after being stripped of his industry critic portfolio, Conservative MP Maxime Bernier has lost his seat on the industry committee as well. A report was quietly tabled in the House of Commons on June 14, two days after Bernier got the boot from Conservative leader Andrew Scheer’s shadow cabinet. It called for Conservative MP […]
Jun 18 2018 — Rachel Gilmore — iPolitics — The man tasked with helping address the Rohingya crisis is now speaking out on behalf of another group who have been subjected to “cruel” and “shameful” treatment at the U.S.-Mexico border. Bob Rae is calling on Canada to help the 2,000 children, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has separated from their parents in the […]