Aug 13 2020 — Beatrice Britneff — Global News — Executives from WE Charity say the organization — under scrutiny for a now-cancelled deal to deliver a student volunteer grant program — is now registered to lobby the federal government. The charity had been criticized, particularly by opposition MPs, for not being registered to lobby despite its communications with the government over delivering the multi-million-dollar […]
Aug 13 2020 — Stewart Bell — Global News — When the Toronto-based tech company Tucows Inc. discovered it was providing domain registration services to the Pakistani Taliban, it immediately contacted the RCMP for guidance. Days later, it was still waiting for a response. By Tuesday, it had waited long enough and took action on its own, disabling the website’s domain.
Aug 12 2020 — Global News — Two months after Jessica Mulroney was accused of “textbook white privilege” and had her TV show I Do, Redo stripped from streaming channels, the stylist has returned to social media. She posted a brief Instagram video of her twin sons, 10-year-old Brian and John, blowing out the candles on their birthday cake.
Aug 12 2020 — Global News — A Winnipeg MP is looking to convert the Canada Emergency Response Benefit into a permanent fixture. Winnipeg Centre MP Leah Gazan tabled a motion in the House of Commons to convert CERB into a permanent guaranteed liveable basic income. “COVID-19 has demonstrated that we do have the resources. We must ensure all individuals in Canada […]
Aug 9 2020 — Global News — The Conservative Party wants to know who was responsible for outsourcing the federal government’s $84 million rent subsidy program during the novel coronavirus pandemic, which was awarded to a company where the spouse of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chief of staff, Katie Telford, holds a senior vice-president position. Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Conservative finance […]
Aug 9 2020 — Global News — The federal government is backing calls for an independent investigation into what caused the deadly Beirut explosion, Canada’s minister of international development says. “Canada also supports an independent investigation to understand what happened and how we can ensure a tragedy like this never happens again,” Karina Gould tweeted on Sunday.
Aug 8 2020 — Rob Breakenridge — Global News — Based on her actions since taking office, Julie Payette comes across as someone who never even wanted to be Canada’s Governor General, or at least didn’t understand the public profile the job would require. Despite that, however, she seems stubbornly insistent on remaining in the position.
Aug 7 2020 — Global News — WE Charity hired the public relations firm National to help manage part of the federal government’s Canada Student Service Grant (CSSG) in Quebec and French-speaking parts of the country before the deal imploded amid controversy over connections between the charity and members of the Liberal Party. The Quebec-based firm said in a statement it was […]
Aug 7 2020 — Global News — Ontario Premier Doug Ford slammed U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday after Trump said America would be imposing tariffs on Canadian aluminum. “I had a good conversation with the deputy prime minister this morning regarding this and I just have to say how disappointed I am with President Trump right now,” Ford said.
Aug 7 2020 — Beatrice Britneff — Global News — Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the United States’ decision to reimpose a 10 per cent tariff on some Canadian aluminum products is “absurd” and vows that Canada will “respond swiftly and strongly” with retaliatory tariffs valued at C$3.6 billion. “Let me be clear. Canadian aluminum is in no way a threat to U.S. national […]
Aug 4 2020 — Michael Smyth — Global News — According to Justin Trudeau, the reason his government handed a sole-source contract to WE Charity to run a $912-million student-grant program is a pretty simple one. WE Charity was the only organization in Canada capable of doing the job, the prime minister has said repeatedly. “We needed to have a partner to help establish the […]
Aug 2 2020 — Global News — Canada’s budgetary deficit could be “manageable” without a dramatic increase in taxes, the country’s Parliamentary Budget Officer says. Yves Giroux made the comments on The Roy Green Show on Saturday.
Aug 2 2020 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Canada’s new United Nations ambassador, Bob Rae, says his focus will be working to craft a globally coordinated effort to limit the fallout from the ongoing coronavirus crisis. Rae, former Ontario NDP premier and interim federal Liberal party leader, was named to the position last month when Canada’s outgoing ambassador stepped aside following the loss […]
Aug 1 2020 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says the defence offered by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau before a parliamentary committee studying his actions in the WE Charity scandal remains marred by a “pretty big hole” over Trudeau’s admission he knew his family’s ties to the group would be scrutinized. In an interview with The West Block guest host […]
Aug 1 2020 — Global News — U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he plans to ban the social media app TikTok from operating in the country. Reporters accompanying Trump on Air Force One from an event in Florida back to Washington said Trump told them he planned to take action against the popular video-sharing service as soon as Saturday.