OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday accepted a watchdog’s report that he breached ethics rules by trying to influence a corporate legal case but refused to apologize, saying he had been trying to defend jobs. Independent ethics commissioner Mario Dion said Trudeau and his team attempted last year to undermine a […]
The Liberals were warned on the eve of an election year about the political consequences of following through on a four-year-old campaign promise to review the employment insurance system, newly released documents show. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had asked one of his senior ministers to conduct a sweeping review of the social safety net program […]
Ottawa is pushing back against Saskatchewan’s request to have the Supreme Court of Canada delay hearing its challenge of the federal carbon tax. The press secretary for federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna calls Saskatchewan’s move an irresponsible example of Conservative politicians battling climate action using taxpayers’ money. Sabrina Kim says the federal […]
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is promising the premiers that he would increase health transfers and a social transfer by at least three per cent every year should he become prime minister. In a letter to provincial and territorial premiers, Scheer says he wants to put the commitment in writing because he anticipates his opponents will […]
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and the federal infrastructure minister disagree over a timeline for projects the province says are critically important. Moe is accusing Ottawa of delaying infrastructure projects worth $200 million from starting this construction season. A letter to federal Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Francois-Philippe Champagne posted on Moe’s Twitter account says the […]
Provincial NDP leader Ryan Meili is once again calling for a pair of Saskatchewan Party MLA’s to resign seeing they are also candidates for the Conservatives in the upcoming federal election. Meili says both Corey Tochor (toker) and Warren Steinley should resign before August 6 with byelections being called. If they don’t, Premier Moe doesn’t […]
(Photo: Moises Canales/620 CKRM) Conservative Party of Canada leader Andrew Scheer was at the Conexus Arts Centre in Regina Tuesday afternoon as part of the Regina and District Chamber of Commerce 2019 Luncheon Series. Scheer was the guest speaker for today’s event as he spoke to an audience of a couple hundred. In attendance […]
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he will fight the passage of two federal environment bills on multiple fronts — starting in court. Kenney says he is filing constitutional challenges to Bill C-48 and Bill C-69 because he believes they unfairly target his oil and gas province. Kenney says Bill C-48, which bans tanker traffic on […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave Canada’s controversial Trans Mountain pipeline expansion a second lease on life Tuesday, framing the decision in starkly political terms that portrayed his Liberal government as best positioned to walk the narrow tightrope between economic development and environmental protection. Trapped between the need to find new markets for Canadian oil and […]
The federal government is releasing a national strategy on dementia today that focuses on preventing the affliction, supporting caregivers and finding cures. According to federal statistics, more than 419,000 Canadian seniors have been diagnosed with some form of dementia, and they rely on an average of 26 hours a week of help from relatives and […]
