Oct 18 2021 — Ashley Burke — CBC — The former commandant of the Canadian Forces School of Military Intelligence is continuing to serve in the military after being demoted as a result of an investigation into allegations of inappropriate conduct. In April, the Canadian Forces temporarily removed Lt.-Col. Raphael Guay from his duties overseeing the school in Kingston, Ont. CBC News has now […]
Oct 18 2021 — CBC — A survivor of the Kamloops Indian Residential School is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to show more leadership on reconciliation and pledge additional funding for her community, ahead of a meeting on Monday. In an interview on Rosemary Barton Live on Sunday, Diena Jules, a Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc elder, said it was “quite disappointing […]
Oct 17 2021 — CBC — Canadians will still need to take a molecular test, like the expensive PCR test, in order to return to Canada from the United States after the land border reopens to fully vaccinated travellers in November. In an interview on Rosemary Barton Live on Sunday, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said acquiring a negative test has […]
Oct 17 2021 — Peter Zimonjic — CBC — A number of the federal government’s pandemic supports for individuals and businesses are set to come to an end this week. Most of them can still be extended for the short term without introducing new legislation. Business and industry groups are acutely aware of the coming end to the pandemic supports they say are still […]
Oct 17 2021 — Aaron Wherry — CBC — After the Ontario election of 1985, Bob Rae went looking for a way to avoid what he called the “day-to-day blackmail bullshit” of minority government. The result was a unique accord between David Peterson’s Liberals and Rae’s NDP which saw the New Democrats (with 25 seats) formally agree to support a Liberal government (with 48 […]
Oct 17 2021 — CBC — Forty-nine rookie MPs will be seeking to make their mark when the minority Parliament resumes this fall, while two familiar faces defeated in 2019 — Liberals Randy Boissonnault and John Aldag — will return to the House of Commons after successful political comebacks. And while many observers have claimed the summer federal election changed little, […]
Oct 16 2021 — Ryan Maloney — CBC — Patrick O’Hara was driving home to Léry, Que. from Parliament Hill earlier this month when got the call telling him that he wouldn’t become a member of Parliament after all. In the end, he came up 12 votes short. “There’s a feeling of … what just happened? You’re in awe and shock,” O’Hara said. Two […]
Oct 16 2021 — Chris Hall — CBC — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada stands to collect as much as $4.5 billion dollars a year through a landmark deal involving 136 countries that will require the world’s largest corporations to pay more in taxes. It’s the first time she’s released a revenue estimate from her department since the deal was reached a week […]
Oct 16 2021 — CBC — Shocked and saddened by the killing of a long-serving British MP on Friday, Canadian politicians say the threat of a similar incident in Canada appears to be growing. David Amess, 69, was fatally stabbed around noon on Friday while meeting with constituents in Leigh-on-Sea, a town about 62 kilometres east of London. The Conservative lawmaker […]
Oct 15 2021 — Sophia Harris — CBC — Canadians with mixed vaccines and U.S. travel plans can breathe a sigh of relief tonight. Following weeks of speculation, the United States confirmed late Friday it will accept mixed vaccines when new rules kick in on Nov. 8 requiring that foreign travellers entering the U.S. be fully vaccinated. Individuals inoculated with any combination of two […]
Oct 15 2021 — CBC — The Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Nation in B.C. will meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday, about two weeks after he apologized to the First Nation’s leadership for not responding to invitations to join them to mark the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Nation is located near the site of […]
Oct 15 2021 — Murray Brewster — CBC — The last few weeks should have been among the happiest of Safia’s life. She was supposed to be a new bride by now, on her way to a new life. Instead, the collapse of Afghanistan and the internment in Tajikistan of her fiancé, a former Afghan Air Force pilot, have turned her dream into an […]
Oct 15 2021 — Alexander Panetta — CBC — For months now, a legislative proposal inching its way through the U.S. Congress has been stoking consternation across the border. Canadian policy-makers and businesses have been warily eyeing Buy American proposals designed to shift auto production to the U.S. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said during a trip this week to Washington that she raised […]
Oct 14 2021 — David Cochrane — CBC — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will unveil his new post-election cabinet on Oct. 25 or 26, multiple government sources tell CBC News. Trudeau is expected to add several new faces — while some veteran ministers could be leaving cabinet altogether. Sources also tell CBC News that Bob Rae, Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations, has been […]
Oct 14 2021 — Paul Withers — CBC — The federal government is demanding 4,193 Canadian fishers repay $25.8 million in COVID-19 relief assistance paid out in 2020 under the Fish Harvester Benefit and Grant Program, CBC News has learned. More than half the harvesters issued overpayment letters are in Nova Scotia, where 2,382 have received notices totalling $13.8 million, according to data released to […]