Apr 22 2019 — Postmedia — At an Alberta New Democratic Party event in Calgary one early March day, anxious parents and children flanked Premier Rachel Notley as she waxed apocalyptic. The writ had not yet dropped, but the province’s long-awaited election campaign was effectively already underway, and Notley was there to paint a dire picture of what would happen if […]
Apr 15 2019 — David Pugliese — Postmedia — The Canadian military’s main fleet of transport aircraft have been dogged with problems over the last several years, prompting a warning at one point that the lack of the availability of the planes was having a significant impact. There have been problems getting enough parts for the C-130J Hercules transport aircraft fleet, forcing the Royal […]
Mar 14 2019 — David Pugliese — Postmedia — Two federal ministries are investigating potential violations of privacy laws after government officials shared details about a Postmedia news story and the journalist pursuing it, with representatives of Irving Shipbuilding. Following a tip, Postmedia submitted questions on March 6 to two departments, National Defence and Public Services and Procurement Canada, about possible problems with some […]
Mar 12 2019 — Tristin Hopper — Postmedia — As another round of SNC-Lavalin revelations broke over the weekend, Justin Trudeau was spotted taking a breather in a remote corner of Southwest Florida. “Canada’s prime minister, embroiled in a political scandal, is now escaping to Southwest Florida,” announced NBC 2, a local news affiliate who got exclusive word of the visiting national leader.
Mar 4 2019 — David Pugliese — Postmedia — Vice-Admiral Mark Norman is one of only three individuals over the past two years whose request to the Defence Department for financial help with legal bills was rejected. The Conservative party has been pushing the military to cover Norman’s mounting legal costs as the case against the senior naval officer drags into its second year. […]
Feb 19 2019 — David Pugliese — Postmedia — Taxpayers spent $161,000 for photographers to take images of Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan on his various trips in what the Liberal government says is proof that Canada is re-engaging on the world stage. That cost covers only travel and accommodations for the military photographers and does not include their salaries.
Feb 18 2019 — John Ivison — Postmedia — A day or so after my arrival at Queen’s Park to cover the Ontario legislature for the National Post, a bearded, rangy, 30-something beanpole of a man unfolded himself on the ratty old office couch. That was my introduction to Gerald Butts. It was 2003, he was the principal secretary to the leader of the […]
Feb 16 2019 — John Ivison — Postmedia — The buck stops with any prime minister. He is the public face of those decisions — and in the SNC affair, he has become a figure of public derision It’s never good for a politician when they’re being laughed at. Justin Trudeau’s claim that Jody Wilson-Raybould would still be justice minister if Scott Brison hadn’t […]
Feb 13 2019 — Marie-Danielle Smith — Postmedia — In the ongoing debate over the prosecution of SNC-Lavalin and what kind of “pressure” was put on ex-justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to prevent it, the pundit classes of Quebec and the rest of Canada are singing different songs. Since the Globe and Mail published a report last week alleging the Prime Minister’s Office pushed Wilson-Raybould […]
Feb 12 2019 — John Ivison — Postmedia — In the words of parody news anchor Ron Burgundy: “Boy, that escalated quickly.” Jody Wilson-Raybould’s letter resigning from cabinet Tuesday — in which she thanked all Canadians but, conspicuously, not Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — has left the impression that we have a caricature of a government, as buffoonish and clueless as Burgundy and his […]
Feb 7 2019 — Postmedia — The political scene in Ottawa was rocked by a bombshell story released Thursday morning alleging political interference by the Prime Minister’s Office in a major justice matter. “Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office attempted to press Jody Wilson-Raybould when she was justice minister to intervene in the corruption and fraud prosecution of Montreal engineering and construction […]
Jan 31 2019 — Brian Platt — Postmedia — Canada’s top soldier says he kept no records of discussions he had with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other senior political officials after he moved to suspend Vice-Admiral Mark Norman from duty. Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jonathan Vance testified in court Wednesday as part of a third-party records hearing ahead of Norman’s criminal […]
Jan 28 2019 — David Pugliese — Postmedia — Incidents such as the alleged attempt to withhold records in the Vice-Admiral Mark Norman case and another where senior military officers are accused of hiding documents requested under the law are simply mistakes and should not be seen as an indictment of Canadian Forces or Defence department values, those organizations say.
Jan 16 2019 — Chris Selley — Postmedia — More and more New Democrats seem concerned that Jagmeet Singh mightn’t have been the best choice for leader, let alone deserving of a whopping 54 per cent first ballot victory. His various alleged crimes include rendering himself invisible for months, imposing draconian punishments on popular MPs, and going on TV to suggest we stop importing […]
Jan 3 2019 — Postmedia — In a terse letter to Ontario-based Superior Propane explaining her decision, Sheila Griffith addresses Notley and Trudeau about their failure over Alberta oil. A woman who runs a ranch with her husband west of Calgary is refusing to pay the carbon tax, arguing the province should remove the tax after repeated setbacks to expanding the […]