Jun 17 2019 — Globe and Mail — Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said it’s dangerous for politicians to label journalists as the “enemy of the people,” a term frequently deployed by U.S. President Donald Trump. Ms. Freeland made the remarks at a Monday discussion with Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in response to a question about the […]
Jun 17 2019 — Daniel Leblanc — Globe and Mail — The Conservative Party will be campaigning against a ban on specific kinds of assault weapons in the next election, arguing a Liberal Party proposal to prohibit some military-style assault weapons that are currently legal would penalize law-abiding gun owners while failing to address the real cause of gun crime in Canada. “The Liberals are playing […]
Jun 17 2019 — Globe and Mail — The federal government released new details of its First-Time Home Buyer incentive Monday, including that its ultimate cost to home buyers will rise or fall in direct proportion to the value of the property. The program will launch Sept. 2 – more than a month before Canadians head to the polls – according to new […]
Jun 17 2019 — Robert Fife and Steven Chase — Globe and Mail — Ethics in government is shaping up as the biggest issue for voters in the approaching federal vote, outdistancing the economy, the environment and trade with the United States, according to a new poll conducted for The Globe and Mail. A solid majority of 73 per cent of Canadians polled by Nanos Research say that ethics […]
Jun 14 2019 — Adam Radwanski — Globe and Mail — No sooner had a federal panel recommended the implementation of a universal pharmacare system than speculation began about whether Ottawa could attain enough provincial co-operation to make it happen. From a campaign perspective, if not a governance one, Justin Trudeau’s Liberals might consider any such resistance more a feature than a bug. Seeking his first […]
Jun 14 2019 — Globe and Mail — Ottawa has officially ruled out a countrywide ban on handguns, but the Liberals will be running in the next federal election on a plan to prohibit and buy back some military-style assault weapons that are currently legal in Canada, minister Bill Blair said. In an interview with The Globe and Mail, the former Toronto police […]
Jun 14 2019 — Gloria Galloway — Globe and Mail — Canada’s largest First Nation is introducing a citizenship code to take control over its membership lists as the federal government prepares to enact legislation that could create tens of thousands of new status Indians while removing the last vestiges of sexism from the Indian Act. The Six Nations of the Grand River in Southwestern Ontario […]
Jun 13 2019 — Globe and Mail — The federal government is vowing to freeze its carbon tax at $50 a tonne after 2022, as it moves to impose the federal levy starting in January on Alberta consumers following Premier Jason Kenney’s decision to kill the provincial one. Environment and Climate Change Minister Ms. McKenna sent a letter Thursday to Alberta Environment Minster […]
Jun 13 2019 — Adrian Morrow — Globe and Mail — Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is rejecting a proposal from former prime minister Jean Chrétien that Canada stop extradition proceedings against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou to get China to release two arbitrarily detained Canadians and stop punishing Ottawa economically. Ms. Freeland warned it would be “dangerous” for Canada to cave to Chinese pressure and short-circuit […]
Jun 13 2019 — Globe and Mail — Even as Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government planned to make significant cuts to municipal budgets across the province, it provided $200-million in unsolicited cash to rural communities, with 71 per cent of the money going to ridings represented by the party’s MPPs, a Globe and Mail analysis shows. The one-time funding, handed to 405 of Ontario’s […]
Jun 13 2019 — Bill Curry — Globe and Mail — Canadians have strong concerns about how political parties use their personal information, but a new survey of Canadian voters found the vast majority of respondents are unaware that parties are exempt from federal privacy laws. Only 9 per cent of survey respondents said they knew parties are exempt from Canadian privacy laws, while 85 per […]
Jun 13 2019 — Robert Fife and Steven Chase — Globe and Mail — Jean Chrétien is floating the idea of having Canada’s Justice Minister exercise his legal authority to stop the U.S. extradition of senior Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou as the means to normalize diplomatic relations with China, sources say.The former Liberal prime minister, who last week offered to serve as Canada’s special envoy to China to help […]
Jun 12 2019 — John Ibbitson — Globe and Mail — The Canadian Senate should be credible, independent but subordinate. Thanks to Justin Trudeau’s reforms, the Red Chamber today is closer to that ideal than at any time in its past. If Andrew Scheer becomes prime minister, the Conservative Leader should build on these improvements rather than scuttling them, as he has threatened to do. For […]
Jun 12 2019 — Robert Fife and Steven Chase — Globe and Mail — As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau mulls whether to ban Chinese telecommunications equipment giant Huawei from Canada’s next-generation 5G wireless networks on grounds of national security, a new poll shows more than half of Canadians favour barring the company. A majority of Canadians believe the federal government should follow the lead of several of Canada’s Five […]
Jun 11 2019 — Steven Chase and Robert Fife — Globe and Mail — A federal government crown corporation is serving as the principal sponsor of a Canada-Day-themed gala in Beijing later this month even as two Canadians remain jailed in China over what the Trudeau government has called “political reasons.” Destination Canada, formerly known as the Canadian Tourism Commission, is billed as the “principal sponsor” of a “Canada […]