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.
Nov 8 2018 — Zi-Ann Lum — Huffington Post — When news broke Tuesday evening about Conservative MP Tony Clement’s sexting, Claire McWatt wasn’t surprised. She told HuffPost Canada her first interaction with Clement was in 2014 when the Parry Sound-Muskoka MP, who is married and has three children, followed her on Twitter and slipped into her direct messages after midnight. It was a time […]
Nov 2 2018 — Zi-Ann Lum — Huffington Post — The federal government will introduce its Poverty Reduction Act next week, bringing forward new legislation to implement Canada’s first-ever official poverty line, HuffPost Canada has learned. Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Jean-Yves Duclos said in an interview Thursday that having an official measure and target in place will force the government to be […]
Oct 30 2018 — Zi-Ann Lum — Huffington Post — The prime minister rebuffed NDP accusations in question period Monday that he’s manipulating voters by failing to call a byelection in a riding where federal leader Jagmeet Singh is a candidate. Singh has been federal leader of the NDP for more than a year and does not have a seat in Parliament. He declared himself […]
Oct 23 2018 — Zi-Ann Lum — Huffington Post — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has dropped some breadcrumbs for what his eventual climate plan will look like, saying he believes Canada can reduce global emissions rather than domestic — and without a carbon tax. Scheer took shots at the Liberal government’s plan to impose a carbon price on recalcitrant provinces during an interview with CBC […]
Oct 18 2018 — Emma Paling — Huffington Post — Ontario Premier Doug Ford should pour cold water on the rumour that he wants to get into federal politics instead of stoking the flames, a federal Liberal minister suggested. “You get a four-year job, and you’re 10 per cent into it, and you’re already looking to upgrade? I can’t imagine that that’s very constructive,” Intergovernmental […]
Oct 16 2018 — Althia Raj — Huffington Post — They cried out for action, waved their arms in the air, and pleaded with the Liberal federal government to do more to save the planet for their children and grandchildren. They were the three MPs — Liberal Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and NDP parliamentary Leader Guy Caron — who requested an emergency […]
Oct 15 2018 — Althia Raj — Huffington Post — The Green Party and the NDP have joined a Liberal backbench MP’s call for an emergency debate to address what Canada can do to avoid catastrophic climate change. Last week, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a frightening report outlining how the world is headed towards irreversible heating of the planet —and the […]
Oct 14 2018 — Althia Raj — Huffington Post — Canadian charities whose status was targeted by prime minister Stephen Harper’s Conservatives say they are concerned that changes the Liberals are proposing won’t prevent a future government from going after them again. Canada Without Poverty and the Sierra Club Canada Foundation told HuffPost Canada they were distressed to discover Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is […]