Oct 21 2018 — CTV News — If the Conservatives win the 2019 federal election and try to undo cannabis legalization, the party will face “very substantial backlash,” Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale warns. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has not committed to keeping cannabis legal if his party forms government next year. Scheer accused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday of taking […]
Oct 21 2018 — CTV News — Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is urging Ottawa to cancel a $15-billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia. “We’ve got a regime which has got a serious record of horrible human rights violations against its own people,” Singh told CTV News from Kapuskasing, Ont. on Saturday. “And now,” he added, “its implication and involvement in the […]
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 18 2018 — CTV News — Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould has tabled a new piece of legislation that amends the Criminal Code to crack down on bestiality and animal fighting offences. Bill C-84 proposed to expand the definition of bestiality in the Criminal Code as “any contact, for a sexual purpose with an animal,” and prohibits all forms of this illegal […]
Oct 16 2018 — CTV News — The federal government will announce on Wednesday morning that it intends to proceed with granting pardons to Canadians who have past simple possession charges. Sources have confirmed to CTV News that the government intends to issue pardons, and not record expungements or amnesty, for cases of possession of 30 grams or less, as that will […]
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 15 2018 — Rachel Aiello — CTV News — Amendments to further legislate foreign spending and political advertising leading up to, and during Canadian election campaigns could be made to the government’s key piece of election reform legislation this week, as MPs on the Procedure and House Affairs Committee are beginning what’s set to be a marathon series of meetings on the bill. Monday […]
Oct 14 2018 — CTV News — Michael Buble’s management team says the crooner is not calling it quits despite a media report claiming otherwise. A profile piece in The Daily Mail’s Weekend Magazine says the Canadian singer was going to “retire” after dealing with his son’s “life-changing” battle with cancer two years ago. In his supposed “last interview,” he explained how […]
Oct 14 2018 — Rachel Aiello — CTV News — In 72 hours it will be legal for adults in Canada to purchase, possess, or grow recreational cannabis, with some considerable caveats depending on which part of the country you live in. On Wednesday, Oct. 17 the country will mark a historic moment: the end of the criminal prohibition on marijuana. It also begins the […]
Oct 11 2018 — CTV News — Belinda Stronach spent tens of millions of dollars belonging to her family’s companies on personal expenses, according to a legal filing from her parents. The allegation is one of many set out in a statement of claim filed Oct. 1 by Frank and Elfriede Stronach against their daughter and several other people, including Belinda’s adult […]
Oct 10 2018 — Rachel Aiello — CTV News — People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier paid a visit to Elections Canada’s headquarters Wednesday morning, to submit his application to register a new political party. After handing over a dossier of paperwork to an Elections Canada official, Bernier said this is “a big day for us. It’s another step towards the formation and the […]
Oct 10 2018 — CTV News — If the provincial election was taking place today, Manitoba’s governing party would come out on top according to a new poll. “The governing party is doing very well, the public is giving them a long leash and they have lots of time for them. And the opposition parties are really struggling to get their feet, […]
Oct 7 2018 — Rachel Aiello — CTV News — The federal government is not currently looking at selling the Trans Mountain pipeline project. Though, when that time comes, Finance Minister Bill Morneau says it’d be “good” if there are Indigenous groups looking to buy in. For now, the governing Liberals are occupied with seeing the project go ahead after the federal court threw out […]
Oct 4 2018 — Rachel Aiello — CTV News — he number of premiers and potential premiers who are saying “no” to the “made-in-Ottawa” carbon tax are piling up at the federal government’s door. On Thursday, New Brunswick PC Leader Brian Gallant — who could become premier pending Liberal Brian Gallant’s testing of the confidence of the legislature — doubled down on his commitment to […]