SNC-Lavalin case won’t be waved away, prime minister
Did not “direct” doesn’t cut it for a scandal of this magnitude. Andrew Scheer’s Conservatives hit the nail on the head when they cast the response from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his ministers to the explosive Globe and Mail report last week as legalistic jargon. To put it more bluntly, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau […]
Tories need to find a better use for their Twitter fingers
Who would have thought that trying to be a viral edgelord on the internet might have a few drawbacks when you want to be taken seriously? The Conservative Party of Canada is working to position itself as the alternative to a second Justin Trudeau-led Canadian government when voters go the polls in October. Someone should […]
Yellow Vesters: don’t let hate, violence delegitimize valid points of debate
The National Post on Jan. 21 published an article on the Yellow Vest protest movement, “Credibility of Canada’s fledgling yellow vest movement threatened by extremists, fringe groups.” It’s interesting to see this commentary come from The National Post. Most of what has been published by this outlet in recent memory is unabashedly right-leaning and/or conservative […]
Jagmeet Singh’s naivety, lack of political acumen surprising, says Calgary reader
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, who is currently running in the upcoming Burnaby South, B.C., byelection spoke with the CBC’s Rosemary Barton on The National recently where he again doubled down on his commitment to abandon the Trans Mountain pipeline if consultations fail to satisfy all Indigenous stakeholders. Mr. Singh’s intransigence on this issue points to […]
Credible news sources the only way to defeat disinformation
OTTAWA—Last week, Canadian Brigadier-General Jay Janzen gave a presentation at Mount Royal University in Calgary wherein he exhorted all Canadians to be wary of Russia’s alleged disinformation campaign. Brig.-Gen. Janzen’s official title is the director general of military strategic communications, so it is safe to say the he is dutifully spouting the government line. According […]
‘Unjust’ reporting on China not ‘conducive’ to development of Canada-China relationship, says Chinese ambassador in rare press conference
In a rare press conference, China’s envoy in Canada took time to lambaste members of the Canadian press for what he says is “unjust” coverage of China, which he claims has led to a negative view of China among members of the Canadian public. Speaking to a group of reporters at the Chinese embassy, Ambassador […]
Pressed for time: reporters leaving Hill jobs say long hours, increased demand leave little for personal life
The mounting pressure on Parliament Hill journalists to do more with less has caused some, particularly new mothers, to leave the news business for government communications and other opportunities. While there are often multiple factors that play into leaving journalism—including wanting better pay, a more relaxed workplace culture, or a new challenge—familial responsibilities that clash […]
A PMO staffer and a former Chagger aide seek to flip ridings in 2019 votes
Rachel Bendayan will try, once again, to turn the federal riding of Outremont, Que., red, after winning the Liberal nomination over the weekend. Ms. Bendayan was the riding’s Liberal candidate in 2015, losing to then-NDP leader Tom Mulcair who held the seat from 2007 until his resignation last August. Mr. Mulcair defeated Ms. Bendayan by […]
CSIS, RCMP need more access to foil serious acts of violence
OTTAWA—There has been an awful lot of news lately on privacy in the digital space. Facebook, in particular, has been in the hot seat over what it does with our data—data that we willingly provide every time we post a photo or a “like.” As my mother always said, “nothing is ever really free in […]
End of an era: reporters say goodbye to the Hot Room as Centre Block closes for the next decade
Before the two broke the explosive story of the robocalls scandal in February 2012, then Postmedia reporter Stephen Maher and Ottawa Citizen reporter Glen McGregor would work in 350-N of Centre Block, also known as the Hot Room, chipping away at a story that would eventually win them a prestigious Michener Award. While the Hot […]
