Opposition MPs call on China to respect the ‘one country, two systems’ agreement
A Conservative and an NDP MP are calling for the Chinese government to respect the “one country, two systems” agreement that governed the reunification of Hong Kong to China. “When the handover took place with Hong Kong, China actually promised not just Britain, but the rest of the world, that they would respect the ‘one […]
Britain’s poor pay for trade negotiators hampered recruitment of Canadian trade officials
The British government has tried to poach Canadians, including a senior ambassador, as it built a new trade negotiation team in the midst of its looming departure from the European Union. Some of those offers were rejected for having inadequate salary, however, according to multiple sources and a report in the British press. Canada and […]
‘Fundraiser-in-chief’: Trudeau tops list of big-ticket political fundraisers
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau headlined more big-ticket Liberal fundraisers than anyone else over the past two years, far outpacing other members of his cabinet and reinforcing his role as the face of the Liberals. Disclosures filed by the party since early 2017 showed that of the 164 political fundraisers the party held at the local […]
Liberal nomination in Pierrefonds-Dollard expected to be multi-ballot, nail-biter contest, say candidates
The Liberal nomination contest in the coveted Quebec riding of Pierrefonds-Dollard officially opened up only last week, but already 6,000 members have been signed up and contestants expect a nail-biter competition that won’t be decided on the first ballot. “There’s some really well-organized people who’ve been working hard on the ground,” said Kim Manning, a […]
Media struggles to separate politics from climate story, hurting coverage, say experts
Many reporters are struggling to disentangle politics from the facts around climate change in their coverage, compromising their ability to serve in the public interest, say veteran journalists. The politicization of climate change is “making journalists hesitant to cover this issue as aggressively as they should,” said Sean Holman, journalism professor at Mount Royal University […]
Greens to pitch fiscal prudence, as it looks to widen appeal among voters
In hopes of appealing to Canadians as more than a one-issue party, the Green Party is planning to share a platform this fall that emphasizes fiscal prudence by promising a balanced budget in the last year of its mandate, should it come into power. Speaking to The Hill Times, Jo-Ann Roberts, one of two deputy […]
Politics This Morning: Opposition parties call for emergency committee meeting
Happy Friday, Ethics commissioner Mario Dion has been called to testify about his report before the House Ethics Committee next Wednesday. The request from opposition parties comes a day after the commission released his report on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who he says broke federal ethics rules in his attempts to press his then-attorney general to drop the […]
Politics This Morning: Trudeau ‘takes full responsibility’ for ethics watchdog’s findings of wrongdoing in SNC case
Good Thursday morning, Ethics commissioner Mario Dion has ruled that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ran afoul of federal ethics rules in trying to get his attorney general at the time, Jody Wilson-Raybould, to grant SNC-Lavalin, which is facing fraud and corruption charges, a deferred-prosecution deal. Mr. Trudeau said he “takes full responsibility” for the report’s findings, though says he doesn’t […]
Ethics watchdog says Trudeau broke conflict-of-interest rules in SNC-Lavalin affair
Canada’s federal ethics commissioner says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau violated conflict-of-interest rules in attempting to convince his then-attorney general to cut a deal with embattled engineering giant SNC-Lavalin. In a 63-page report released on Wednesday, a few weeks before the election campaign, Mario Dion found that Mr. Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) used his position inappropriately to […]
Shorter fall campaign anticipated by many political watchers
There are less than 10 weeks left until voters go to the polls as scheduled on Oct. 21 and it’s an open question as to when the federal election campaign will officially begin, but many political observers anticipate a shorter campaign this fall, close to the 36-day minimum. “What is abundantly clear from everything I’ve […]
