Public accounts for 2019 partially released, detailing $346-billion in spending
The federal government spent $346.2-billion in 2018-19, up from $330.2-billion in 2017-18 and representing a 4.6 per cent increase, according to the recently released annual financial report. That spending left a budget deficit of just under $14-billion in 2018-19, compared to nearly $19-billion the year prior. Volume one of the 2019 public accounts, released on […]
Politics This Morning: Trudeau’s headed to Thunder Bay; Scheer’s in Quebec, Singh’s in Vancouver, May’s in Halifax before heading to Montreal
Good Wednesday morning, Today is Day 15 of Canada’s 43rd federal election. Prime Minister and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) spent yesterday in Burnaby and Surrey, B.C., where he joined Liberal candidate for Surrey-Centre Randeep Sarai at a Team Trudeau 2019 campaign rally at the Aria Banquet Hall in the evening. Mr. Trudeau announced […]
Politics This Morning: Trudeau’s in Burnaby and Surrey; Scheer’s in Thorold, Cambridge, and London; Singh’s in Winnipeg and Burnaby; May’s in Sackville and Halifax; Bernier’s in Toronto and Bruce Grey-Owen Sound
Good Tuesday morning, It’s day No. 14 in this 40-day, unpredictable election campaign and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) will be in Burnaby, B.C., this morning where he will make a policy announcement at 9:30 a.m. (local time) and will hold a media availability. It’s open coverage. At 7 p.m. (local time), he will […]
Liberal war room may have to stop releasing dirt on Tory candidates, for fear of appearing ‘hypocritical’
In the traditionally Conservative-area of Kanata-Carleton, the Liberals have highlighted the relationship between the Conservative candidate and a far-right activist, but they may have to curtail attacking the alleged detriments of Tory candidates in light of photographs surfacing showing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in brownface and blackface. When Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer (Regina-Qu’Appelle, Sask.) headed […]
Politics This Morning: Trudeau’s in Hamilton, Stoney Creek, and Niagara Falls; Scheer’s in Vaughan, Markham, and St. Catharines; Singh’s in Bathurst and Halifax; May’s in Fredericton, Moncton, and Charlottetown
Good Monday morning, It’s day No. 13 of the 40-day election campaign and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau now appears to be in the fight of his political life, after Time Magazine reported on Wednesday night that he wore blackface and dressed up like Aladdin back in 2001 when he attended an “Arabian Nights”-themed fundraiser for the private […]
GTA to be hotly contested in election, ‘decides whether governments are minorities or majorities’
Political strategists, professors, and candidates agree that voters in the Greater Toronto Area will play a critical role in deciding who will form the next government, with one pollster saying the recent blackface controversy enveloping Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could potentially suppress the Liberal Party’s vote in the upcoming election and lose them some crucial ridings. […]
Blackface/brownface photos will make re-election campaign the fight of Trudeau’s political life: pollsters
Last week’s bombshell pictures showing the prime minister wearing blackface and brownface, at least three times since he was a teenager and the latest in 2001, have made Justin Trudeau’s campaign for a second term in power the fight of his political life, and a lot more complicated, say some pollsters. “This is not a […]
‘Sohi is in huge trouble’: besieged minister Amarjeet Sohi fights to keep his seat
Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi is in the fight of his political life, but says his reputation in Edmonton Mill Woods gives him an edge in the campaign to keep his seat in a province where his Liberal Party is widely unpopular. The recently-surfaced photos of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) wearing brownface “certainly […]
Wilson-Raybould reflects on reconciliation, SNC-Lavalin affair in new book
Moving towards reconciliation and through a “postcolonial door” will require moving past partisanship, and rebuilding Indigenous nations to work with the Crown to overhaul the Indian Act, among other things, says Jody Wilson-Raybould in her new book. Set to be launched on Sept. 20, the one-time justice minister and attorney general-turned Independent MP argues in […]
Politics This Morning: Trudeau’s in Toronto, Scheer to tour Atlantic, May joining climate strikers in Calgary
Happy Friday! It’s Day 10 of the 43rd federal election. After a day dominated by backlash—and apologies—over unearthed photographs and a video of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in blackface and brownface, from the 1990s and 2001, respectively, the Liberal leader will be in Toronto this morning. He’s set to hold another media availability and make a […]
