Liberals gambling on help from provinces to fulfill new daycare promise
The federal Liberals are planning to press the provinces and territories to help them make good on their election promise to slash daycare fees and create 250,000 new spaces. The Liberals promised last week to create 250,000 new before- and after-school daycare spaces for school-aged children if they are returned to power. They also promised […]
Politics This Morning: Trudeau hit with scathing ‘brownface’ report, Scheer in Quebec, while Singh heads to Hamilton
Good Thursday morning, Nine days into the 40-day federal election campaign, Prime Minister and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau was hit with a bombshell report from Time Magazine last night detailing his appearance in brownface makeup, robes and a turban at a private school in British Columbia where he was teaching in 2001. The magazine ran a […]
‘I didn’t think it was racist at the time,’ says apologetic PM, confirming he will not step down amid scathing ‘brownface’ Time report
OTTAWA—Following a bombshell Time Magazine report on Wednesday night detailing a 2001 incident in which he appeared in “brownface” at an event, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said “he didn’t think it was racist at the time,” expressed regret, and confirmed he would not be stepping down. “I’m pissed off at myself for having done it, […]
Statistics say: biotechnology in Canada
Biotechnology is a rapidly evolving industry. It is also somewhat misunderstood. Biotech has wide-ranging applications outside of the most obvious field, medicine. These graphs seek to answer some basic questions on the state of the biotech industry in Canada. According to the 2018 Deloitte Biotech Industry Data survey, nearly half (45 per cent) of Canadian […]
ISED working with BIOTECanada to get better, much-needed industry data
BIOTECanada, the industry association that represents more than 200 Canadian biotechnology companies, has been in talks with Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada for “over a year” in an effort to get much-needed, comprehensive federal statistics on the biotechnology industry in Canada, says BIOTECanada president Andrew Casey. The department did not respond directly to questions […]
Arctic policy framework released ‘last minute’ ahead of October election, say experts
After nearly three years of waiting, the release of the Trudeau government’s much-anticipated Arctic policy framework was rushed ahead of the looming election, possibly with the aim of avoiding a campaign “vulnerability” for the Liberals, say experts. The Arctic and Northern Policy Framework was released with little fanfare on Sept. 10, just a day before […]
Pakistani envoy urges Canada, world to be ‘more forceful’ with India on ‘humanitarian disaster’ in Kashmir
As the world looks on, Kashmir is in the midst of a “humanitarian disaster,” says Pakistani High Commissioner to Canada Raza Bashir Tarar, who is calling on Canada and the international community to be “more forceful” in efforts to push India to ease its crackdown in the disputed region. More than a month has passed […]
Savoie’s new ‘magnum opus’ book argues federal public service has been ‘knocked off its moorings’
Although he says he didn’t plan for the release of his “magnum opus” in the final weeks leading up to the Oct. 21 election, Donald Savoie’s new book, Democracy in Canada: The Disintegration of Our Institutions, argues that if Canadians wish to locate political power, “they should not look to Parliament, political parties, cabinet or […]
Powerful Senate committee owes public answers on harassment plans, Meredith report, say Independents
The public deserves answers from the Senate’s Internal Economy Committee, say its Independent members, after the powerful body recently voted to discuss harassment policies in private, citing legal advice, confidentiality concerns, and the need to protect the Upper Chamber. At the heart of the Independent Senators’ objections is the Senate’s handling of harassment and the […]
Liberal, Conservative campaigns ‘at war,’ Scheer ‘vigorously swinging to land a punch’ on Trudeau: pollster
The Liberal and Conservative campaign teams are “at war” trying to unsettle each other, and the possible minority Parliament that could result could be dysfunctional, carrying “significant instability,” says a high-profile pollster. “The war rooms are at war with each other,” said Nik Nanos, chief data scientist and founder of Nanos Research. “If it’s a […]
