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Jun 1 2020 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — Canada’s first Somali-Canadian cabinet minister says that despite his high profile position, anti-black racism is a part of his life — and that of so many others. Families, Children and Social Development Minister Ahmed Hussen told CTV’s Power Play that, as a black Canadian, he has a visceral reaction when police vehicles are nearby. “Instinctively, […]

Jun 1 2020 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — Amid protests in Canada following the police-involved killing of George Floyd, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says “we can’t pretend that racism doesn’t exist” in Canada. “Anti-black racism is real. Unconscious bias is real. Systemic discrimination is real. And they happen here, in Canada,” Trudeau said, speaking from the front steps of Rideau Cottage on Monday. […]

Jun 1 2020 — Rachel Aiello — CTV News — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that the federal government will be offering cities an advanced transfer of $2.2 billion in infrastructure money to help cover COVID-19-prompted budget shortfalls, as the start of a new month marks the beginning of more regional re-openings. The 2020-21 funding will be sent through the federal Gas Tax Fund, […]

May 31 2020 — Sarah Turnbull — CTV News — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is imploring the prime minister to exercise the powers within the federal government’s scope to help provinces tackle the crisis at long-term care homes. In an interview on CTV’s Question Period with host Evan Solomon, Singh said he’s been looking to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to “show some leadership” on national […]

May 29 2020 — Sarah Turnbull — CTV News — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday weighed in on the escalating protests in the U.S. this week following the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, who died following an encounter with police. Trudeau took a moment at the end of his daily press briefing to acknowledge the situation south of the border where […]

May 29 2020 — Rachel Aiello — CTV News — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is looking into possible tweaks to the current Canada-U.S. border restrictions that could allow immediate families to reunite. “We have been looking at ways of perhaps allowing close family members, children, spouses, or parents of Canadian citizens or permanent residents to be able to reunite under strict […]

May 28 2020 — Sarah Turnbull — CTV News — The federal government is on the verge of signing a bilateral agreement with the provinces to help support child care services across the country as parents begin to head back to work amid economic reopening. The bilateral contract will extend the government’s previous three-year arrangement that expired in March and will see $400 million go […]

May 28 2020 — Don Martin — CTV News — The time for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s years-long footdrag is over. Ban. Huawei. Now. The proof that the company’s controversial integration into our 5G network development comes with an unacceptable security risk was oh-so-clearly unmasked in a B.C. courtroom on Wednesday.

May 27 2020 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — When Paul MacLellan first heard the government was going to give seniors up to $500 to help with the rising costs of COVID-19, he said he was “excited.” Now, two weeks after the announcement and with no timeline of when he can expect the funds, MacLellan and others like him say they feel like they’ve […]

May 27 2020 — CTV News — A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled that a critical test in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou has been met, and the extradition process will continue. In her 23-page decision, released Wednesday morning, Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes indicated that taken as a whole, the Huawei’s CFO alleged crimes would also constitute […]

May 27 2020 — Rachel Aiello — CTV News — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used his 65th morning press conference since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in mid-March to implore Canadian businesses to re-hire their employees, and encouraged young people to look into the 45,000 job postings available to those looking for work this summer. “During the first few weeks of the crisis, people’s lives […]

May 27 2020 — CTV News — Quebec has made public a report by the Canadian military into conditions at the province’s long-term care facilities, which have been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The office of Premier Francois Legault confirmed to CTV News that the government received the report late last night. Legault will be available to answer questions about it at […]

May 26 2020 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — Former Liberal Health Minister Jane Philpott, who was ejected from caucus last year during the SNC-Lavalin scandal, says it’s time for a national inquiry into conditions in Canada’s long-term care (LTC) homes. This comes after a report released Tuesday detailed horrific conditions in five Ontario LTC homes.

May 26 2020 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — The day before the British Columbia Supreme Court is slated to release a key decision in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government doesn’t need to apologize for decisions made by the independent Canadian justice system. “One of the good things about having a truly independent justice […]

May 26 2020 — Rachel Aiello — CTV News — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government is increasing its orders of personal protective equipment, noting that so far more than 40 planeloads of supplies have arrived in Canada, as domestic companies continue to produce much-needed medical gear. Trudeau used his Rideau Cottage address to update on the national push to procure personal protective equipment, […]