Aug 21 2019 — Zi-Ann Lum — HuffPost Canada — A House of Commons ethics committee meeting Wednesday ended with the defeat of a Conservative attempt to compel a journalist to produce evidence to determine if the prime minister breached cabinet confidence in interviews about the SNC-Lavalin affair. Conservative MP Lisa Raitt made the request after the Liberal majority on the committee defeated two motions […]
Aug 21 2019 — Althia Raj — HuffPost Canada — Liberal MPs flexed their majority in a House of Commons ethics committee Wednesday by rejecting an opposition bid to further probe the SNC-Lavalin affair.
Aug 18 2019 — Zi-Ann Lum — HuffPost Canada — A Senate committee is exploring compensation for employees who raised allegations of harassment and sexual abuse against former senator Don Meredith, HuffPost has learned. But victims are frustrated there seems to be no end to an inquiry process which has taken four years so far. “I just feel like I’ve been shot right in the […]
Aug 16 2019 — Ryan Maloney — HuffPost Canada — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer had an unusual exchange on the noisy streets of Dieppe, N.B. Thursday that is now being promoted in a 12-second clip from Conservatives.
Aug 2 2019 — Ryan Maloney — HuffPost Canada — Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says she was merely “floating an idea” when she proposed getting SNC-Lavalin involved in projects to help deliver safe drinking water on First Nations reserves. It’s a proposal that has been blasted by New Democrats in what May sees as a sign that the upcoming election campaign will be “ugly.” […]
Jul 21 2019 — Zi-Ann Lum — HuffPost Canada — Not everyone makes it to the end of articles. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh accused a CBC journalist on Twitter Friday of “purposely” leaving out quotes from an exchange he had with a woman in a Drummondville, Que. mall about his turban. But here’s the kicker: the quotes were included at the bottom of the story.
Jul 21 2019 — HuffPost Canada — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer told dairy farmers on Wednesday that he would review Canada’s food guide if his party formed government after the October election. He said the new guide was created without enough consultation, and that it was “driven by people” who have a “bias” against milk. He also joked about chocolate milk “saving” […]
Jul 17 2019 — HuffPost Canada — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has vowed to review Canada’s food guide if his party forms government after the election, claiming the current version “seems to be ideologically-driven by people who have a philosophical perspective” and “bias” against milk. Scheer made the pledge to a room of dairy farmers in Saskatoon, Sask. on Wednesday. It was […]
Jul 8 2019 — Althia Raj — HuffPost Canada — As the federal NDP struggles to find its financial footing, the party says it is completely normal that its leader, Jagmeet Singh, has participated in only one $25 fundraising activity this year. That news, however, doesn’t sit well with Svend Robinson, a former longtime MP who has decided to run again. “Are you serious? Since […]
Jul 1 2019 — HuffPost Canada — The Canadian cartoonist who drew a viral depiction of U.S. President Donald Trump and the border crisis is defending his own credibility after his contract was terminated by a newspaper publisher. “It sounds corny, but I have a personal code of conduct. It’s kept me employed for 20 years in a business that’s been dying […]
Jun 21 2019 — Zi-Ann Lum — HuffPost Canada — The House of Commons has officially adjourned for the summer, but NDP MP Romeo Saganash says he’s still working on getting his Indigenous rights bill past the finish line in the Senate. Saganash introduced his private member’s bill more than three years ago, proposing that the federal government adopt and implement the United Nations Declaration […]
Jun 18 2019 — Brittany Andrew-Amofah — HuffPost Canada — Conversations on matters of municipal governance, autonomy and local power have found their way back into mainstream politics — specifically, on the need to empower municipal governments to better address the needs of their cities. But as conversations coalesce around the need for stronger federal-municipal partnerships, little focus has been put on the people of […]
Jun 18 2019 — Zi-Ann Lum — HuffPost Canada — The House of Commons passed a motion Monday evening declaring climate change a national emergency, and Green Party Elizabeth May was the only federal leader present during the debate. “Procrastination has left us where we are right now. There’s no time for incrementalism anymore,” May said.
Jun 12 2019 — Althia Raj — HuffPost Canada — As conservative premiers wage war against the federal Liberals’ agenda, Elections Canada reconfirmed Tuesday that the provinces will be able to spend unlimited amounts of money campaigning against Justin Trudeau’s team in the lead-up to the general election this October. The independent non-partisan agency that runs federal contests and is charged with applying and interpreting […]
Jun 11 2019 — Zi-Ann Lum — HuffPost Canada — A Tory MP was called out by a scientist for sharing “dangerously misleading” information about climate change. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer won’t say whether he thinks extreme weather events have anything to do with climate change and human activity. Over the weekend, deputy leader Lisa Raitt tweeted a link to an article published in the […]