OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has unveiled a larger cabinet that aims to advance Liberal campaign promises to tackle climate change and promote middle-class prosperity, while attempting to soothe regional tensions exacerbated by last month’s election outcome. The pivotal role in his new cabinet for a minority-government era goes to Chrystia Freeland, who moves from the prestigious Global Affairs portfolio to become […]
Several environment leaders say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to put action on climate change in the mandate letter of every minister he names to his inner circle. Trudeau is set to unveil his first post-election cabinet Wednesday morning. Isabelle Turcotte from the Pembina Institute says climate action is not only for the environment minister […]
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to unveil his new cabinet Wednesday, setting the stage for the opening of Parliament on December 5th. Here are five things to watch for: How many cabinet ministers are there: When Parliament was dissolved for the election, Justin Trudeau had 34 cabinet ministers. He also had dozens […]
OTTAWA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has three things on his wish list when he talks with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a meeting set for today in Ottawa. Moe wants to see overseas oil markets opened by completing pipelines, the reworking the equalization formula, and a one-year hold on the federal carbon tax in […]
Frustration was the main focus of a call between Mayor Michael Fougere and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Fougere spoke with Trudeau over the phone Tuesday morning to go over what has happened since the election last week and how municipalities are reacting. The mayor said he discussed the blue wave across the province and Alberta, […]
Premier Scott Moe is putting out a call to Justin Trudeau less than 24 hours after he won the federal election with a minority government. After last night's federal election, it is clear we need a New Deal with Canada. Read my statement here: pic.twitter.com/DsemIHN3qR — Scott Moe (@PremierScottMoe) October 22, 2019 Moe spoke at […]
It did not take long for the attacks against Justin Trudeau to start from Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer as the federal election campaign is officially underway. Scheer says he plans on showing Canadians how Trudeau has misled them. “He has lied. He has looked Canadians in the eyes and said things he knew was not […]
OTTAWA — The Conservatives’ former leader doesn’t agree with the current leader’s assertion that Canada got taken to the cleaners by Donald Trump on the renegotiated NAFTA. Rona Ambrose, who was interim Conservative leader after the party’s 2015 election defeat, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did make some concessions to get a deal — particularly offering up some […]
OTTAWA — Cries of a coverup competed with claims of pre-election, hyper-partisan excess Wednesday after Liberal MPs blocked an opposition attempt to hold hearings on ethics commissioner Mario Dion’s scathing report into Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s handling of the SNC-Lavalin affair. Only one of six Liberal MPs on the 10-member House of Commons ethics committee supported a Conservative motion to call Dion, […]
OTTAWA — A handful of MPs will be back on Parliament Hill on Wednesday to decide whether to dig more deeply into the federal ethics watchdog’s scathing report on how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau handled the SNC-Lavalin affair. Conservatives and New Democrats pushed for the emergency meeting of the House of Commons ethics committee, where MPs will debate whether to invite […]
