Greed is not a social policy
OTTAWA—When the CBC sought comment about efforts by Tim Hortons heirs Ron Joyce Jr. and Jeri Lynn Horton-Joyce to recoup benefits from employees soon to be making $14 an hour, the reporter was told the pair wouldn’t be available to comment because they were at their winter home in Florida. Of course it wasn’t only […]
What Scheer can learn from the Tory team’s rise from Reform to the Harper government
ST. JOHN’S, N.L.—The public conversation about Canadian politics has changed a lot since the Trudeau Liberals replaced the Harper Conservatives. Reasons extend beyond the realities of a new government and the fresh faces who have an ambitious centre-left agenda. Social media continues to turn traditional politics upside down. There is an unsettling fascination with the […]
Trudeau should let cabinet ministers in on the limelight
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has begun his second annual townhall tour across Canada, speaking to Canadians off the cuff in campaign-style events that are sure to generate headlines and photos of him with shirt sleeves rolled up, surrounded by regular Canadians, before Parliament returns at the end of this month. Canadians have seen a lot […]
PMO scoops up ex-national manager for ministers’ regional offices
Katherine O’Halloran has exited her role as the national manager of ministers’ regional offices in Public Services and Procurement Minister Carla Qualtrough’s office to instead serve as the Atlantic regional desk adviser in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office. Ms. O’Halloran was tapped early last year to serve as the national manager overseeing ministers’ regional offices […]
Fire and Fury, a.k.a. rich old white-guy entitlement run amok
While much of the armchair analysis of the portrait of Donald Trump delivered by Michael Wolff in his new book, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, has focused on the mental health of the intemperate president, there’s a nuance to his behaviour that may not be getting enough space. Based on his reporting, Wolff has […]
Legislative framework essential for UN declaration
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples provides a crucial framework to achieve reconciliation. In December, NDP MP Romeo Saganash opened the second reading debate on his private member’s bill, C-262, with support from the Trudeau government. In The Hill Times, Dwight Newman and Ken Coates assert that Bill C-262 on the […]
Liberal majority defeats motion to have Trudeau appear before House Ethics Committee on Aga Khan affair
The Liberal majority on the House Ethics Committee has defeated a Conservative motion to have Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appear before the committee to discuss his vacation on the Aga Khan’s private island in 2016. The motion, introduced by Conservative MP Peter Kent (Thornhill, Ont.), was supported by all opposition members on the committee at […]
Independent Senators Group calls for investigation into whether Sen. Beyak breached Senate Ethics Code
Members of the largest group in the Senate are calling for an internal investigation into whether Sen. Lynn Beyak broke rules of conduct for the Senate by posting controversial letters about Indigenous people on her parliamentary website. In a statement released Tuesday, Sen. Yuen Pau Woo (British Columbia), facilitator of the 39-member Independent Senators Group, […]
Ethics commissioner clears Morneau of wrongdoing in share sale
Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson has cleared Finance Minister Bill Morneau of any wrongdoing related to his sale of Morneau Shepell shares in late 2015, saying a high-income earner tax hike proposed by the Liberals that could have affected share prices was publicly announced weeks before the sale date. In a letter sent to Mr. Morneau […]
Sen. Beyak refutes claims from Scheer that she refused to remove ‘racist’ letters
PARLIAMENT HILL—Sen. Lynn Beyak is disputing allegations by Conservative leader Andrew Scheer that she refused to remove what he termed as “racist” letters from her parliamentary website, saying she or her staff never spoke to him at “any time” prior to her dismissal from the Tory caucus. In a statement released Monday, Ontario Sen. Beyak […]
