Apr 15 2018 — Postmedia — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised legislated efforts in the weeks to come that will ensure the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline gets built. After meeting with the premiers of B.C. and Alberta Sunday, Trudeau repeatedly said the controversial pipeline expansion will go forward. “We are one country with a federal government that is there to […]
Apr 12 2018 — Marie-Danielle Smith — Postmedia — An audit of Canada’s embassy in Egypt has found serious examples of mismanagement, including the loss of $81,000 in unrecoverable taxes and a decision to buy 20 high-quality televisions, then abandon them for months in a warehouse. The details are revealed in a newly-released report, part of a multi-year review of which Canadian embassies are […]
Apr 3 2018 — Marie-Danielle Smith — Postmedia — When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used Twitter to welcome refugees to Canada last winter, it prompted a spike in inquiries from would-be refugees to Canadian embassies abroad, and resulted in confusion within the federal government, newly released emails reveal. “To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith. Diversity […]
Apr 2 2018 — Brian Platt — Postmedia — In a letter to an employer in his Ontario riding, a Liberal MP says his own government is wrongly invoking the Charter of Rights and Freedoms on its controversial Canada Summer Jobs attestation, and calls the whole thing “regrettable” and a “lamentable state of affairs.” The newly added clause requires applicants for the grant program […]
Feb 5 2018 — Postmedia — Ontario will accomplish an impressive double-feat this year: The province is poised to shed its “have-not” status, while still scooping up hundreds of millions of dollars from the federal equalization program. Celebrations probably won’t be cracking off in Ontario, though — the change in status is mostly due to the relatively poor economic situation in […]
Feb 4 2018 — Postmedia — The federal Conservatives are gaining voter momentum being led by Andrew Scheer, according to a new poll by Forum Research. In a random sampling among 1,408 Canadian voters, Conservative support has risen significantly and now four in 10 – or 43% — say they would support Scheer’s party if an election were held today, up […]
Dec 1 2017 — David Pugliese — Postmedia — In a surprise twist in Canada’s shipbuilding saga, a foreign consortium is offering the country a way to build a fleet of warships at a guaranteed price of $30 billion — a potential savings of $32 billion.
Nov 27 2017 — Marie-Danielle Smith — Postmedia — Candidates will no longer have to pay a $1,000 deposit to stand in federal elections. Citing “openness and fairness,” democratic institutions minister Karina Gould said Monday the government will not appeal an Alberta court decision last month that found the requirement unconstitutional. “My mandate letter commits me to improving our democratic institutions and restoring Canadians’ […]
Nov 24 2017 — David Pugliese — Postmedia — The Canadian government can’t provide parliament with a schedule for the delivery of the navy’s new supply ships or the coast guard’s Polar-class icebreaker because it deems such information secret. But the refusal to provide such basic details to MPs on shipbuilding programs that are costing billions of dollars could be a sign construction of […]
Nov 20 2017 — Postmedia — Most Canadians wouldn’t recognize some of their country’s most senior government ministers if they were next in line at the grocery store. More than half of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet, tasked with managing billions of taxpayer dollars, are unrecognizable to the public, according to a new Angus Reid Institute poll, taken online with a […]
Nov 1 2017 — Anthony Furey — Postmedia — Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau has paid his fine under the Conflict of Interest Act. A notice quietly posted to the ethics commissioner’s website recently details the two sections of the act the embattled senior Liberal minister has been penalized for violating. Both penalties are related to Morneau’s failure to disclose his directorship in the […]
Oct 30 2017 — Tom Parkin — Postmedia — Imagine checking your bank balance to find your account had been drained. Or opening your kids’ education account to see a zero balance. Or logging into your retirement savings and finding it’s gone. Now imagine you know who took it. That politicians let them. That they wrote laws so courts can’t help you. Even that […]
Oct 24 2017 — James Wood — Postmedia — United Conservative Party leadership candidate Jason Kenney says Quebec’s Bill 62 is “overkill” but people should remove face coverings when interviewed by government officials. The law passed by the Quebec legislature last week bans people from providing or receiving public services — including riding on public transit — with their faces covered. It is widely […]
Oct 18 2017 — Anthony Furey — Postmedia — If Monday was bad for Bill Morneau, Tuesday was worse. And no one, least of all fiscal conservatives, should take any pleasure in this. The Conservatives are hammering Morneau over not putting his considerable wealth into a blind trust 120 days after being appointed to cabinet, as per section 27 of the Conflict of Interest […]
Oct 18 2017 — Lorne Gunter — Postmedia — The news conference Monday at a pizzeria in Stouffville, Ont, at which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced a reduction in the federal small business tax rate, was both bizarre and insulting. First the insulting part. The announcement – that over the next 14 months the Liberal government will lower the […]