Jun 30 2022 — CTV News — Canadian Forces veteran James Topp was joined by Conservative Party leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre on his march through Ottawa today, as part of the final leg of his cross-country march to protest COVID-19 vaccine requirements. Topp’s arrival comes as Ottawa prepares to host the first in-person Canada Day events in three years, and the city […]
Jun 30 2022 — CBC — Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich will remain in custody over the Canada Day weekend after she was arrested this week for allegedly breaching her bail conditions. Lich was taken into custody in Medicine Hat, Alta., on Monday after Ottawa police issued a Canada-wide warrant for her arrest. She was brought back to the nation’s capital […]
Jun 30 2022 — Carl Meyer — The Walrus — When the Alberta government announced a sweeping suspension of environmental rules to almost all companies in the province’s oil and gas industry in the spring of 2020, it claimed it would continue “all” critical monitoring activities needed to protect public health, the environment and to prepare for emergencies. But a recent report from a provincial […]
Jun 30 2022 — The Canadian Press — The Royal Canadian Navy will need to wait an extra two years for the delivery of new support ships, the federal government said Thursday, meaning Canada will need to rely on a civilian ship and the goodwill of allies to resupply its naval fleet for the foreseeable future. The first of two new support ships […]
Jun 30 2022 — Alex Binkley — National Newswatch — Cattlemen’s campaign appears to have changed Health Canada’s plans. Ottawa–A campaign by beef and pork groups against a proposed federal health warning label has paid off with the government’s announcement in late June that those products will be exempt when labels come into effect in 2026. The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA), which led a concerted […]
Jun 30 2022 — David Akin — Global News — Canada is set to provide the Ukrainian armed forces with more than three dozen new armoured personnel and some new drone cameras, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said as the NATO leaders’ summit in Madrid ended Thursday. Additionally, Canada will host two new NATO research centres, one which will focus on new security challenges brought on […]
Jun 30 2022 — The Canadian Press — New federal regulations to force down the greenhouse gas emissions from gasoline and diesel will cost Canadians up to 13 cents more per litre at the pump by 2030. An impact analysis of the Clean Fuel Regulations published Wednesday estimates they will cut about 18 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in 2030, or five […]
Jun 30 2022 — National Post — ‘If I can’t be let back on because I won’t apologize, I could care less,’ Jordan Peterson told National Post after Twitter suspended his account over a tweet about Elliot Page. Jordan Peterson has been temporarily suspended from using Twitter after the social media platform said he violated the site’s hateful conduct policy.
Jun 29 2022 — Hannah Thibedeau — CBC — Brampton, Ont. Mayor Patrick Brown says he’s considering a run for re-election if it seems he’s going to lose to Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre in the party’s September leadership race. Brown said he’s ruled out running under the federal party banner if Poilievre gets the top job and his recourse may be to ask Brampton […]
Jun 29 2022 — National Post — A city hall opponent is asking Brampton, Ont., Mayor Patrick Brown to confirm what his rivals for the federal Conservative leadership also want to know: which race will he actually finish? Brown is in the midst of a leadership campaign, but that does not preclude him from running again for mayor this fall. “In my […]
Jun 30 2022 — The Canadian Press — The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld expansions to Canada’s rape shield laws made by the Liberals four years ago. In a 6-3 ruling today, the court says the expanded rules to further prevent a sexual assault complainant’s past from being used against them in a trial are entirely constitutional.
Jun 30 2022 — Elizabeth Thompson — CBC — The federal government has to do more to counter the threat of ideologically motivated violent extremism in Canada, including strengthening terrorist financing laws to counter it, the House of Commons public safety committee has recommended. In a report tabled before the House of Commons rose for the summer, the committee also recommended the federal government […]
Jun 30 2022 — Murray Brewster — CBC — Ukraine’s long-standing pleas — and prayers — for advanced Western weapons are about to be answered as NATO has formally said it will help the eastern European country convert to modern military kit. It was part of a series of historic decisions made over a two-day summit of leaders of the Western military alliance in […]
Jun 29 2022 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — Bill Blair said that while serving as public safety minister it was his job to gather information about how the RCMP was responding to the worst mass shooting in Canadian history, but he did not interfere politically in the investigation. Blair, who is now serving as emergency preparedness minister, was dogged by questions from reporters […]
Jun 29 2022 — Global News — A new report calls on Ottawa to stick to its spending plans amid criticism that the federal government isn’t doing enough to combat surging inflation, while some experts suggest policymakers could crack down on price gouging without adding fuel to the fire. Decades-high inflation levels in Canada have turned up the political heat on Ottawa […]