Oct 16 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says he’s ‘very confident’ that Canadians will have a national vaccine passport in place by the time the U.S. border reopens for non-essential travel on Nov. 8. While Blair said he always tries to “overperform and under-promise,” he noted that work on the federal proof of COVID-19 vaccination system has […]
Oct 14 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — On the heels of news that the United States will reopen its border to Canadians for leisure travel, calls have grown for the Canadian government to scrap its COVID-19 testing requirement to re-enter the country. When asked about the possibility, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland offered a reminder for Canadians: “the rules are the rules.” […]
Oct 12 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — If you live in Ontario and are planning to travel abroad, you’ll want to download your proof of COVID-19 vaccination before you go. That’s because Ontario’s vaccine website, where Canadians from the province can download the proof of vaccination they need to board their plane ride home, can’t be accessed from outside North America.
Oct 6 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says it’s “true” that leadership “just doesn’t get it” when it comes to the handling of sexual misconduct within the Canadian Armed Forces. Her comment comes after Maj. Gen. Peter Dawe, who wrote a positive reference letter for a sex offender, had been tasked with working on a number of […]
Sep 23 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier had his Twitter account frozen for 12 hours after tweeting the emails of three journalists and directing his followers to “play dirty.” But now, one expert says the tweet didn’t just circulate on Twitter, and it found its way into a chatroom he said represents “a youth white […]
Sep 21 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau led his party to a victory on Monday after voters responded to his snap election call with another minority mandate in the House of Commons. But now that the party’s promises to Canadians have paved the way for it to once again form government, it’s time for the Liberals to actually […]
Sep 15 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Liberal candidate Ahmed Yousef says he does not support the Trans Mountain pipeline, despite the Liberal government’s decision to buy the project in 2018. Yousef, who is the Liberal candidate in Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge, made the comments at an all candidates debate, which was published on YouTube Sept. 9. The video was provided to Global […]
Sep 15 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Conservative candidate Rosemarie Falk says she misspoke when she told an interviewer that her party does not support vaccine passports for entry into or departure from Canada — despite making the assertion twice. She made the comment once during an interview with Kurt Price, the community liaison for a Nissan car dealership in Lloydminister, Alta., […]
Sep 14 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — As politicians cross the country to try to win over the hearts and minds of Canadians, the polls have been predicting a tight election outcome as Liberals and Conservatives sit neck and neck with one another. At times like this, every seat counts — and some of those seats can be decided by just a […]
Sep 12 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — A Liberal candidate in Ontario says his car was vandalized with an anti-Liberal message while he and his family slept on Saturday night. Chris Bittle, who is running for re-election in his St. Catharines riding, said on Twitter that he woke up this morning to find his car spray-painted with the message “FU LIBERALS.” “Last […]
Sep 12 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole says he’s not worried about Maxime Bernier‘s Peoples Party of Canada chipping away at Tory support, even as crowds of PPC supporters gather in large groups across the country. Bernier is running 311 candidates in the federal election. Despite sitting at just four per cent of popular support in public opinion […]
Sep 12 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — The Conservative Party has found an unlikely supporter in the federal election: former Liberal MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes. Speaking in an interview with The West Block’s Mercedes Stephenson, Caesar-Chavannes — who left the Liberal caucus to sit as an independent in March 2019 — said she plans to vote for Conservative candidate Maleeha Shahid in the […]
Sep 11 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said he would “never” ask Jody Wilson-Raybould to lie, after an explosive book excerpt from the former Liberal cabinet minister alleged he wanted her to do just that. In the book, Wilson-Raybould describes conversations she had with Trudeau about what would later become publicly known as the SNC-Lavalin affair.
Sep 10 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Green Party Leader Annamie Paul has spent almost the entire election campaign in Toronto — and she said that’s in part because her own candidates don’t always want her stopping by their ridings. Her admission came during a press conference on Friday, when a reporter asked Paul whether she regrets her decision not to campaign […]
Sep 10 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — After weeks of being hammered by opposition leaders for plunging the country into a federal election during the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is standing firmly behind his decision. Speaking to reporters during a Friday press conference, Trudeau was asked if he has any regrets about triggering the election and […]