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Aug 18 2018 — Althia Raj — Huffington Post — In an effort to prevent Canadian charities from becoming U.S.-style super PACs, HuffPost Canada has learned, the federal government may strip the status of some registered charities while it lifts all limits on the amount of non-partisan political activity institutions can engage in. Two officials, who would only speak on condition of anonymity, told HuffPost […]

Aug 15 2018 — Althia Raj — Huffington Post — The federal government will appeal an Ontario Superior Court decision that opened the door for registered charities to devote significantly more time on non-partisan political activities, HuffPost Canada has learned. Justice Ed Morgan found in July that efforts by the Canada Revenue Agency to limit the ability of registered charities to speak out on public […]

Aug 15 2018 — Zi-Ann Lum — Huffington Post — For some reason Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s name found a place in former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman’s controversial new book Unhinged. Trudeau’s name appears in a section where Manigault Newman describes her close relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump during the administration’s first 100 days. “I was always standing nearby or seated behind […]

Aug 9 2018 — Zi-Ann Lum — Huffington Post — Ontario Premier Doug Ford sidestepped a question about his government’s decision to cancel a basic income pilot project by accusing an NDP MPP of making a threat to hurl an explosive in Queen’s Park on Thursday. NDP MPP Judith Monteith-Farrell had asked the premier in question period when participants of the now-cancelled project were informed […]

Aug 8 2018 — Ryan Maloney — Huffington Post — An Ontario cabinet minister picked the wrong time to troll her rivals about Toronto. Lisa MacLeod, the minister of children, community, and social services, has sparked plenty of headlines lately by publicly jostling with the federal government over the costs of housing asylum seekers and scrapping the province’s basic income pilot project.

Jul 31 2018 — Huffington Post — Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government refused to answer questions from the Official Opposition on Tuesday after accusing a veteran NDP MPP of mocking the accent of a fellow legislator. A war of words erupted as the NDP peppered the PCs with questions on new legislation that aims to drastically reduce the number of city councillors in […]

Jul 4 2018 — Zi-Ann Lum — Huffington Post — Conservative MP Michelle Rempel is going after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s feminist credentials following his recent response to an 18-year-old groping allegation that he can’t remember such an incident. “Well I’m sure Harvey Weinstein said that he couldn’t recall things either,” Rempel told HuffPost Canada in an interview Wednesday, referencing the disgraced Hollywood film mogul […]

Jul 4 2018 — Althia Raj — Huffington Post — When Kelly Craft was growing up, her father, Bobby Guilfoil, encouraged her to think for herself. “My dad was the kind of person who, Republican or Democrat, he didn’t put a label on anybody,” her brother Marc says. The Guilfoils lived just outside Glasgow in central Kentucky (population: 14,000). Bobby farmed and served as the […]

Jun 11 2018 — Althia Raj — Huffington Post — Donald Trump is picking a fight with Justin Trudeau because he needs someone to blame for failing NAFTA talks, a former United States ambassador to Canada says. Bruce Heyman, a former appointee of president Barack Obama, told HuffPost Canada on Monday that he believes this weekend’s comments from the U.S. president and his senior advisers […]

Jun 8 2018 — Ryan Maloney — Huffington Post — A majority win for Doug Ford in Canada’s largest province is “good news for Alberta,” Jason Kenney says. The leader of Alberta’s United Conservative Party released a statement Thursday lauding Ford’s victory in the Ontario election, setting up a fight with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the federal government’s plan to impose a national price […]

Jun 3 2018 — Huffington Post — Candidate Donald Trump bragged that he could shoot someone on New York’s Fifth Avenue and not lose any support, and now President Donald Trump’s lawyer says Trump could shoot the FBI director in the Oval Office and still not be prosecuted for it. “In no case can he be subpoenaed or indicted,” Rudy Giuliani told […]

May 25 2018 — Ryan Maloney — Huffington Post — An Ontario NDP candidate is saying she finds Adolf Hitler “abhorrent” after Progressive Conservatives highlighted that she had shared a meme of the Nazi leader on Facebook years ago. Tasleem Riaz, who is running in Scarborough-Agincourt, released a statement to media saying she is “horrified that an inappropriate meme” appeared on her Facebook page.

May 23 2018 — Althia Raj — Huffington Post — Canada’s Senate passed legislation Tuesday affirming that the Trans Mountain expansion project is of general advantage to Canada, but so far the Liberal government won’t say whether it will support the bill. Bill S-245 was introduced by Alberta Independent Sen. Doug Black back in February — two months before Kinder Morgan, the company behind the […]

May 17 2018 — Zi-Ann Lum — Huffington Post — Justin Trudeau said he’s not going to engage with Jason Kenney after the former Conservative MP mocked the prime minister this week for having the “political depth of a finger bowl.” Speaking to reporters in New York City, Trudeau was asked if there’s anything he’d like to say to Alberta’s United Conservative Party leader. After […]

May 9 2018 — Althia Raj — Huffington Post — The federal government’s new election bill falls seriously short of expectations when it comes to safeguarding Canadians’ private information, Canada’s former chief electoral officer says. Marc Mayrand, the man who ran Elections Canada from 2007 to 2016, sat down for a feature interview with HuffPost Canada’s political podcast, “Follow-Up,” last week to discuss the Liberals’ […]