Feb 4 2019 — Ryan Maloney — Huffington Post — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is resisting Conservative calls to fire a parliamentary secretary over a tweet calling on people to “whack” Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Tory House Leader Candice Bergen pressed the issue in question period, days after Toronto MP Adam Vaughan apologized for what he said was just a cheeky reference to whack-a-mole, a […]
Jan 25 2019 — Huffington Post — A lot can change in three years. Senator Patrick Brazeau knows that better than many people — something he didn’t hesitate to point out on Twitter last week. “3 years ago today, I tried to commit suicide because I had no job, no money, no self worth… I survived to write this message. Life is […]
Jan 23 2019 — Zi-Ann Lum — Huffington Post — Liberal MP Nicola Di Iorio has yet to submit his letter of resignation to the Speaker of the House of Commons despite a much-publicized pledge to do so on Jan. 22. House Speaker Geoff Regan’s office told HuffPost Canada Wednesday that they haven’t received Di Iorio’s resignation letter. Di Iorio did not respond to HuffPost’s […]
Jan 14 2019 — Zi-Ann Lum — Huffington Post — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended a surprise move Monday to shuffle senior cabinet minister Jody Wilson-Raybould into veterans affairs, calling the B.C. MP a sharp navigator of difficult files. Speaking to reporters outside Rideau Hall after the swearing-in ceremony for five new ministers, Trudeau was asked if Wilson-Raybould’s performance merited the apparent demotion. She had […]
Jan 13 2019 — Zi-Ann Lum — Huffington Post — Experts consulted by the Bank of Canada discussed including a reference to the Black Lives Matter movement on the new $10 bill featuring civil rights activist Viola Desmond. Documents obtained by HuffPost Canada through the Access to Information Act show the idea came up on Nov. 2, 2016 in a design workshop. A little over […]
Jan 8 2019 — Zi-Ann Lum — Huffington Post — An NDP MP criticized People’s Party of Canada (PPC) leader Maxime Bernier Tuesday for failing to denounce “shallow and disturbing” campaign tactics against NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. An image of Singh speaking to constituents was shared by a PPC riding association on Sunday — the same day the NDP leader rallied with volunteers in Burnaby […]
Dec 16 2018 — Althia Raj — Huffington Post — Frustrated air travellers who’ve been bumped from their flight or stuck on the tarmac for hours because of mechanical failures will soon see their right to compensation enshrined in law, HuffPost Canada has learned. Transport Minister Marc Garneau is scheduled to unveil on Monday the details of the government’s long-promised passenger bill of rights. The […]
Dec 13 2018 — Huffington Post — Having run through his first choices for his chief of staff vacancy without any luck, President Donald Trump is considering his own son-in-law for the job. Jared Kushner, the husband of Trump’s daughter Ivanka and already an official White House adviser, met with Trump Wednesday about the job, a top Republican close to the White […]
Dec 9 2018 — Zi-Ann Lum — Huffington Post — Love him or hate him, Maxime Bernier is a newsmaker. The People’s Party of Canada leader has rebranded himself as a political upstart after a highly publicized break up with the federal Conservatives this summer. But is Bernier’s party picking up enough support to spook the Tories?
Dec 6 2018 — Zi-Ann Lum — Huffington Post — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer was booed at the Assembly of First Nations Special Chiefs Assembly Thursday after he was unable to explain how he’s different from Stephen Harper. Scheer had just finished a speech at Ottawa’s Westin hotel, pledging his commitment to reconciliation when the floor was opened to questions. Former prime minister Harper “lost […]
Nov 29 2018 — Althia Raj — Huffington Post — More Canadians living abroad should not be allowed to vote, a Senate committee heard Thursday, because hostile foreign governments might use their mail-in ballots to fraudulently influence federal elections. Speaking to the upper chamber’s legal and constitutional affairs committee, expat journalist David Frum told his sister, Conservative Sen. Linda Frum, and her colleagues that while […]
Nov 23 2018 — Ryan Maloney — Huffington Post — Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh won’t abandon his high-stakes plan to run for a British Columbia seat, even as a prime opportunity presents itself on his home turf. “I made it clear, my decision to run in Burnaby South and I continue to remain clear on that decision,” Singh told reporters in the House of […]
Nov 21 2018 — Samantha Beattie — Huffington Post — Almost two weeks after threatening legal action against some Twitter users, Edmonton MP Kerry Diotte is suing a student newspaper for calling him racist. The Gateway at the University of Alberta published a news story and editorial online earlier this month that criticized Diotte for supporting white nationalist Faith Goldy. Diotte claims the articles made […]
Nov 19 2018 — Althia Raj — Huffington Post — Blindsided by the Ontario premier’s decision to cut French services, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer’s camp is hoping that Doug Ford realizes he’s set off a national debate that could hurt Scheer in next year’s federal election. “We are associated to a decision that we did not help make, that we were not aware of — […]
Nov 12 2018 — Emma Paling — Huffington Post — It was pure coincidence that both meetings happened on the same day. Fourteen participants in Ontario’s basic income pilot project met Aug. 8 at a business incubator in the south end of Thunder Bay after the Progressive Conservative government announced it would wind the program down early.