May 19 2019 — Kathleen Harris — CBC — A promised overhaul of Canada’s citizenship guide remains a work in progress with just months left in the Liberal government’s mandate. That leaves newcomers to the country with the existing guide — which is riddled with historical gaps and outdated information — as their primary document for preparing for the citizenship test. The government is […]
May 19 2019 — The Canadian Press — Newfoundland and Labrador’s recent election resulted in a rare minority government, partially due to wins by two Independent candidates — and both former Liberals say they won’t be swayed to rejoin any political party. Eddie Joyce and Paul Lane both crossed the floor to sit as Independents since Dwight Ball’s Liberal majority government took office […]
May 19 2019 — Global News — A Canadian man detained in China for two years says the government should keep the detention Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig top of mind when it comes to interactions with Chinese officials.
May 19 2019 — CTV News — One Canadian and four Americans were killed after a small plane crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Roatan, a popular island destination on the Atlantic coast of Honduras. Officials initially gave conflicting reports about the victims’ nationalities, suggesting all five of the victims were Canadians; however, the country’s armed forces later said […]
May 19 2019 — The Canadian Press — The federal team charged with finding a replacement for the government’s troubled Phoenix pay system will present the Liberals with options within weeks that are expected to include “multiple pilot projects,” government officials say. The plan could pit at least two of the three potential bidders on the projects against each other in a competition […]
May 18 2019 — Elise von Scheel — CBC — Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government is going “full steam ahead” with ratifying the new NAFTA trade deal now that metal tariffs are out of the way. Canada and the U.S. reached an agreement on Friday to end the reciprocal tariff war that has been raging for almost a year. The tariff deal […]
May 17 2019 — David Pugliese — Ottawa Citizen — Bev Norman was watching television in her home in the east-end Ottawa suburb of Orleans around 5 p.m. when the screen flashed images of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. It was April 6, 2017, and the prime minister was taking questions from journalists. One of them was about Bev’s husband, Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. Mark Norman was […]
May 18 2019 — David Cochrane — CBC — The SNC-Lavalin affair helped turn the party’s best political asset – the prime minister – into a burden. Justin Trudeau was elected in 2015 in part because he changed the way many Canadians felt about politics. But if Trudeau is going to be reelected in 2019, party insiders admit he needs to change the way […]
May 19 2019 — The Canadian Press — The Quebec government is crediting its new gun registry law for a major spike in the number of long guns voluntarily handed over to police for destruction. Between April 1, 2018 and March 31, 2019, 5,250 long-guns were voluntarily given to authorities to be destroyed, according to provincial police spokeswoman Joyce Kemp. The previous year, […]
May 19 2019 — The Canadian Press — Canada’s parole officers say the country’s corrections system is at a breaking point due to workloads that are “insurmountable” — a situation they say poses real risks to public safety. A recent survey of parole officers by the Union of Safety and Justice Employees suggested more than two-thirds of parole workers are worried they’re not […]
May 18 2019 — Eric Grenier — CBC — There was no shortage of interesting results from Thursday’s election in Newfoundland and Labrador. It produced the province’s first minority government in nearly a half century. The House of Assembly will be a fragile kaleidoscope of red, blue, orange and grey. Newfoundlanders and Labradorians could be voting again sooner rather than later. But also noteworthy […]
May 17 2019 — NY Times — Last month I sat down with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for an extended interview, the first since his government had been rocked by the resignations and political turmoil created by its handling of SNC-Lavalin’s criminal prosecution.
May 17 2019 — CBC — Canadian news media company Postmedia has hired Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s former chief of staff to lobby the new United Conservative government on how it could be involved with the new “energy war room” promised by Kenney during the recent Alberta election campaign. Nick Koolsbergen became chief of staff for Kenney after he won the […]
May 18 2019 — CTV News — Canadian Ambassador to the United States David MacNaughton said he’s “ecstatic” that the White House lifted its tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum, and he expects the new NAFTA agreement to become official this summer. In an interview with CTV’s Question Period, MacNaughton said he expects U.S. Congress to pass the renegotiated USMCA deal (or […]
May 18 2019 — CBC — As October approaches, the federal parties are refining their plans to win votes. The official campaign period won’t kick off until after the summer, but the unofficial race is already on. Chris Hall, host of CBC Radio’s The House, spoke with Liberal Party national director Jeremy Broadhurst, Conservative campaign chair Hamish Marshall and Green Party […]