Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government will move to help more people suffering economically due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During his daily COVID-19 update, Trudeau says in addition to those who can access the Emergency Response Benefit, extra measures will be rolled out. “There are some people that don’t yet qualify that do need […]
The federal government is increasing a payroll subsidy to small businesses to try and reduce layoffs due to COVID-19. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government will now cover up to 75 per cent of salaries, a major increase over the original 10 per cent subsidy plan. “Last week, we had announced that we would […]
Outgoing Leader of the Conservative Party, Andrew Scheer commented on the current campaign to become his predecessor. Peter Mackay, and Erin O’Toole have made stops around the country in an effort to replace Scheer as the head of the Tories. Being from Saskatchewan, Scheer is hoping that the next leader will continue to address the […]
Peter Mackay, one of the Conservative Party Leadership candidates, brought his campaign to Regina on Friday. Speaking to members of the Regina Chamber of Commerce at the Atlas Hotel, Mackay spoke about some of the challenges facing Canadians, and the lack of response from the governing Liberals and the Sheer-led Conservatives. Mackay said that as […]
The barricades must come down. Those are the words uttered by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday afternoon when speaking to the media in Ottawa regarding rail blockades in the country. In his statement, Trudeau said the barricades are paralyzing key infrastructure across the country which hurts all Canadians. He added that the federal government […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland have agreed to a teleconference call with Canada’s premiers regarding the rail blockades. The call is scheduled for this evening. This comes after Premier Scott Moe and other provincial and territorial leaders gathered for a phone meeting on Wednesday. The meeting followed with a request […]
CN Rail is hoping rail movement will remain open after protesters blocking rail access to the port of Prince Rupert took down their blockade on Thursday. Sean Finn, executive vice-president of CN Rail, said they are working to fix the grain backlog that started after the protests began. Finn said he’s hopeful the blockades are […]
The Queen City was one of the latest stops for federal minister Mona Fortier during her pre-budget tour. Fortier, minister of middle class prosperity and associate minister of finance, is on a cross-Canada tour to incorporate interests that Canadians believe should be considered for the upcoming federal budget. Regina was Fortier’s first stop in Western Canada, […]
Unifor executive assistant and lead negotiator Scott Doherty was not impressed that he learned about Premier Scott Moe’s offer of a special mediator through Twitter. Doherty felt he and his team should have sat down for a meeting or had a consultation before the premier made the announcement on Monday morning. He told picketers, supporters […]
The federal NDP announced on Tuesday their plan to propose anti-scab legislation that would support workers like the employees affected in the Co-op refinery lockout. NDP labour critic Scott Duvall said that legislation will be re-introduced after the Liberal government voted against the original proposal from the NDP in 2016 that would have banned the […]
