Globe and Mail

Apr 25 2019 — Globe and Mail — Top Conservative politicians met with oil-industry executives at a private conference to map out strategy for ousting Justin Trudeau’s Liberals in a sign of growing collaboration between the Alberta-based sector and its political backers ahead of the federal election this fall.The closed-door event reflects the deep ties between federal Conservatives and more activist elements of […]

Apr 24 2019 — Robert Fife and Steven Chase — Globe and Mail — The chief executive officer of a U.S. company that sells cannabis technology attended a Liberal fundraiser featuring Justin Trudeau earlier this month in Toronto and later said in a news release that the Prime Minister encouraged him to make Canada a testing ground for using artificial intelligence to tailor medical marijuana products.

Apr 24 2019 — Bill Curry — Globe and Mail — Elections Canada is putting Facebook, Google and other web giants on notice that they still have to comply with new federal election laws even if they don’t allow political ads on their own platforms. The independent agency will release a new guidance document on Wednesday with detailed explanations about how new election laws will be […]

Apr 24 2019 — Globe and Mail — The Prime Minister’s Office is using a private party database called Liberalist in its background checks on candidates for judicial appointments, a tool that allows them to see whether would-be judges have supported the Liberal Party in recent years, records show. The Liberal Party designed the database to be used for partisan purposes, such as […]

Apr 23 2019 — Globe and Mail — Patrick Brown told a top Ontario Progressive Conservative Party donor to give $5,000 to the then-leader’s girlfriend on the same day he agreed to let the supporter’s candidate run in a controversial nomination race, according to newly unsealed court documents. Mr. Brown was under “pressure” from the Indian consulate to reject the candidate, an individual […]

Apr 20 2019 — Globe and Mail — Few people had ever seen signs of discord, at least in public, between Katie Telford, the Prime Minister’s chief of staff, and Gerald Butts, his principal secretary. But at the Château Laurier last December, something was off. The cracks were already showing when the powerful backroom duo at the heart of Justin Trudeau’s government dined […]

Apr 19 2019 — Globe and Mail — The Ontario government has told local public-health units it is slashing provincial funding for programs such as food safety and water-quality inspections and immunization controls – cuts amounting to almost $200-million over the next two years in Toronto. Mayor John Tory condemned the move, which he said was “hidden” in the recent provincial budget and […]

Apr 18 2019 — Globe and Mail — Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna vowed on Wednesday to impose carbon pricing on Alberta should Jason Kenney’s United Conservatives make good on a campaign pledge to scrap the provincial levy. “I don’t want to speculate on what’s going to happen, but we’ve been clear that it should not be free to pollute anywhere in the […]

Apr 18 2019 — Justin Giovannetti — Globe and Mail — Alberta premier-designate Jason Kenney says he’ll confront provincial barriers to pipelines immediately upon taking office later this month, targeting British Columbia with a threat to stop oil and gas shipments while taking a softer approach with Quebec that will focus instead on selling the merits of the province’s crude. Mr. Kenney, who will be sworn […]

Apr 17 2019 — Brian Greenspan — Globe and Mail — The reputation and integrity of the administration of criminal justice in Canada has recently been challenged by critics who betray a fundamental misunderstanding of the responsibilities of key participants in our justice system. Regrettably, these misconceptions have been fuelled by our former attorney-general, Jody Wilson-Raybould. There is no question that the attorney-general must exercise her […]

Apr 16 2019 — Daniel Leblanc — Globe and Mail — A Liberal-connected law firm that submitted a proposal to revamp how the federal Department of Justice evaluates legal risk was initially told it would be awarded a contract without having to compete. After informal discussions, law firm McCarthy Tétrault had sent a proposal in the summer of 2017 to advise the department on ways to […]

Apr 15 2019 — Globe and Mail — Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party entered the final weekend before Alberta’s provincial election with a comfortable eight-point lead over Rachel Notley’s New Democrats, according to a new poll conducted for The Globe and Mail, near the end of a divisive campaign that has largely focused on the province’s persistent economic problems. If Mr. Kenney turns […]

Apr 12 2019 — Bill Curry — Globe and Mail — An independent senator is facing criticism for spending more than $15,000 from her office budget on a poll that found many Canadians view the Senate as ineffective and a waste of money. Independent Senator Donna Dasko,a nationally recognized pollster who was appointed to the Senate in June, 2018, commissioned the Nanos Research survey and released […]

Apr 11 2019 — Scott Reid — Globe and Mail — Justin Trudeau is a mortal now. That might seem like a ridiculous observation. What right-thinking person ever considered the Prime Minister to be something other than an actual flesh-and-blood, breathing mammal? But if you consider the unique political space he occupied until only recently – if you acknowledge the symbolism and implied promise that so […]

Apr 10 2019 — Steven Chase — Globe and Mail — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer stood outside the House of Commons, without the immunity from lawsuits the chamber would afford him, and repeated word-for-word the March 29 press release on the SNC-Lavalin scandal that sparked the threat of legal action from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Mr. Scheer said he welcomes court proceedings over his statements, adding […]