Globe and Mail

Aug 21 2019 — Nathan VanderKlippe — Globe and Mail — Chinese authorities are taking aim at Canada’s foreign minister, singling out Chrystia Freeland by name in an unusually personal rebuke to her comments about Hong Kong. On Tuesday, China’s foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang rebuked the Canadian government, saying it ”has made irresponsible remarks on Hong Kong affairs repeatedly and grossly interfered in China’s internal […]

Aug 20 2019 — Laura Stone — Globe and Mail — Brampton’s newly appointed integrity commissioner has publicly expressed support for Mayor Patrick Brown in the past and her spouse’s company did paid work for the Ontario Progressive Conservative party under the former leader. Muneeza Sheikh, a Toronto labour lawyer and frequent media contributor, was appointed by Brampton city council to the dual post of integrity […]

Aug 20 2019 — Steven Chase — Globe and Mail — The obstacles that federal Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion faced in investigating the SNC-Lavalin affair demonstrate why an independent body or commission is still needed to fully probe what happened, one legal expert says. Mr. Dion delivered a report last week concluding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau broke the Conflict of Interest Act by improperly putting pressure […]

Aug 19 2019 — Daniel Leblanc — Globe and Mail — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged his government made mistakes in its handling of SNC-Lavalin’s request for a settlement on charges of bribery and fraud, but rejected the Conservative Party’s claim that the actions may have been criminal. Mr. Trudeau has come under fire for refusing to apologize to Canadians after Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion found […]

Aug 19 2019 — Colin Robertson — Globe and Mail — The Hong Kong demonstrations are a reminder that the desire for freedom is the elementary force driving all liberties. Those who should be liberty’s champions – the G7 democracies – are meeting next week in Biarritz. They need to speak out on Hong Kong and keep watch on what is happening. The joint statement on […]

Aug 18 2019 — Dale Smith — Globe and Mail — When times are tough, the tough talk over politicians’ salaries get going. It feels somewhat routine now, whenever a government is faced with a struggling economy. Over the past four years, provinces such as Manitoba and Nova Scotia have implemented wage freezes for members of their legislative assemblies; in Ontario, one has been in place […]

Aug 14 2019 — Globe and Mail — Federal Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau contravened a section of the Conflict of Interest Act by using his position of authority over then-attorney-general Jody Wilson-Raybould to get her to overrule the director of public prosecution’s decision to not negotiate a deal with SNC-Lavalin that would avoid criminal prosecution. Mr. Dion’s report, […]

Aug 12 2019 — Globe and Mail — Elections Canada says two events attended this year by Conservative MPs who ran for the party’s leadership in 2017 violated new fundraising rules for senior politicians.Durham MP Erin O’Toole said he refunded all donations, totalling about $32,000, made at a January event flagged by the agency. Donors at a May event attended by Milton MP […]

Aug 12 2019 — John Ibbitson — Globe and Mail — It is deeply wrong for any government to prohibit a previously legal and legitimate practice out of nothing more than unfounded fear. That is what the Liberals would be doing if they banned handguns. In the wake of a spate of shootings in Toronto – 14 during the August long weekend and another five last […]

Aug 11 2019 — Robert Fife and Steven Chase — Globe and Mail — China’s hostage diplomacy and punishing economic sanctions against Canada have further hardened Canadians’ attitudes toward Beijing’s authoritarian government, according to a new poll. The July Nanos Research poll, conducted for The Globe and Mail, also found that 40 per cent of Canadians surveyed believe the Trudeau government has done a very poor or poor job […]

Aug 9 2019 — Janice Dickson — Globe and Mail — On a misty Thursday evening inside the humid Glace Bay Fire Hall, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer pumped up a crowd of energized Cape Breton Conservatives with his pitch for the fall federal election. “A new Conservative government will live within its means so that the government can put more money in your pocket, so that […]

Aug 9 2019 — Globe and Mail — The People’s Party of Canada is welcoming candidates who were rejected as nominees, abandoned their efforts or left the Conservative Party because of their views on immigration, gender identity, free speech and other issues. The PPC was launched in 2018 by Maxime Bernier, a former long-time Conservative MP who unsuccessfully ran for the federal leadership […]

Aug 8 2019 — Chris Hannay — Globe and Mail — Most Canadians disapprove of provincial leaders wading into the federal election, a new poll suggests. Fifty-six per cent of respondents told Nanos Research they were uncomfortable or somewhat uncomfortable with their premiers actively campaigning for federal parties that the politicians personally support this fall. Forty per cent said they were comfortable or somewhat comfortable with […]

Aug 8 2019 — Michael Geist — Globe and Mail — Four years ago, then-prime minister Stephen Harper used the first week of the 2015 federal election campaign to pledge that, if re-elected, his government would not institute a “Netflix tax.” The Liberals responded with a no-Netflix-tax promise of their own, which became government policy when Justin Trudeau was elected a few months later. Yet as […]

Aug 8 2019 — Globe and Mail — The Liberal government says it is open to new options to address wrongful convictions, including an independent review panel as advocated by David Milgaard. Mr. Milgaard was 16 when he was arrested in 1969 for a murder he didn’t commit and spent 23 years in prison. He was released after the Supreme Court of Canada […]