Grocery Code of Conduct to address transparency in agri-food industry set for April release
The federal government received a draft of the code in late 2022, following more than a year of negotiations between industry groups representing farmers, national retail chains, independent grocers and food processors.
Politics This Morning: Conservatives look to Ethics Committee as Liberals filibuster at House Affairs
Plus, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to drop pre-budget breadcrumbs in speech at Oshawa union training centre.
Johnston reprises role as ‘adult in the room’ as special rapporteur on foreign interference, but a ‘big question mark’ remains on timeline and scope, say observers
Political scientist Lori Turnbull says the government would have been aware that David Johnston’s connections to the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation may be questioned, but the ‘strength of the appointment’ meant the government was willing to ‘risk manage whatever mud can be flung.’
Politics This Morning: Sajjan in Brussels
Plus, an immigration announcement coming in Etobicoke.
‘Too much, too quickly’: economists warn of Liberal ‘pro-business’ immigration policy
The government’s rhetoric doesn’t match reality when it comes to higher immigration targets and labour shortages, say three labour economists. But the Century Initiative’s Lisa Lalande argues that economists who are critical of the higher immigration targets are taking a ‘very narrow perspective,’ and should be looking at measures of economic prosperity besides per capita income.
Politics This Morning: Johnston to the rescue
Plus, Trudeau meets on NAFTA.
Trans Mountain’s next private sector loan likely to be significantly more expensive than last year’s ‘sweetheart deal,’ say observers
Former Liberal staffer Elliot Hughes says it was just fortunate timing that the pipeline company secured its first private loan last year while interest rates were still low, and not preferential treatment from the banks.
Increased longevity needed for Canada’s foreign minister, says past top diplomat Baird
Canada has had 13 foreign affairs ministers and two acting ministers over the last 23 years.
Link blocking ‘always on the radar,’ but Google’s committee response a ‘threat to legislators’: Bittle
Liberal MP Chris Bittle calls Meta and Google’s intimidation tactics over Bill C-18 a ‘threat to Canadian Parliament’ that needs to be condemned by legislators of all parties.
‘It’s a human issue’: pushing back on misogynist online hate a collective effort, says GG Simon
Women’s freedom of expression and safety are increasingly at risk the longer it takes the federal Liberals to fulfill a 2021 election promise to table legislation addressing cyberviolence, say advocates.
