Getting rid of sexism in Indian Act to cost taxpayers $407-million annually: PBO
The latest iteration of legislation expanding Indian status eligibility to all Indigenous women and descendants who previously lost it or did not qualify would cost the federal government an additional $407-million each year, according to an assessment from the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) released Tuesday. The PBO also estimated that one-time administrative costs could total roughly […]
Politics This Morning: Supreme Court nominee Martin to be quizzed by Parliamentarians; Trudeau meets Chinese president; Scheer campaigns with Findlay in Surrey
Good Tuesday morning, The Trudeau government’s newest Supreme Court nominee will be quizzed by Parliamentarians of all stripes today, as the prospective replacement for Beverley McLachlin continues winding through the assessment process. Sheilah Martin will take part in a question-and-answer session at 11 a.m. in room 100 of the Sir John A. Macdonald Building with […]
Vox Populi on Canada’s energy industry
Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr addressing the First Nations’ National Energy Forum in Ottawa in March 2017: “The world is in the midst of an historic transition, a gradual move from traditional sources of energy—oil, coal, gas—toward new ones: solar, wind, tidal. The transition is unmistakable, but it won’t happen overnight. As large parts of […]
Plenty of challenges for Ottawa to sort through with carbon pricing in 2018, say critics and observers
While the Trudeau government is refusing to back down from its plan mandating provinces and territories impose a carbon levy in 2018, it must still contend with competing concerns over regional pushback, rising American competition, and ever-present political optics, say critics and observers. Most notably, the Saskatchewan and Manitoba governments and Alberta’s popular United Conservative […]
Conservatives, NDP vow to hammer away at Morneau’s bills, but government might not give them a chance in final weeks before Christmas
Conservative and NDP MPs will be using every chance to grill Finance Minister Bill Morneau in the House over the next two weeks, including debate on the bills Mr. Morneau has sponsored that are still in the Chamber, say House leaders for the Conservative and New Democratic parties. They may not get the chance, however, […]
Conservatives playing long game on daily Morneau attacks, Liberals accuse Tories, NDP of an ‘unholy alliance’
The federal Conservatives will keep hammering away at the ethical controversy surrounding Finance Minister Bill Morneau in the coming weeks as part of a long-term strategy, planting seeds for the next election campaign and taking the Liberals off message, say Conservatives. “We will keep pushing. The Canadian people want to have somebody who is in […]
Conservatives open nominations in their 92 held ridings, but deny new rules ‘advantageous’ to incumbent Tory MPs
With new nomination rules in place that some describe as “advantageous” to incumbent Conservative MPs, the federal party has opened up nominations in held ridings, but Conservatives deny the charge that they are favouring MPs in the 2019 nomination process. The nominations in the Conservative-held ridings opened up on Nov. 1 under the new rules […]
Postmedia-Torstar’s deal to close 37 papers a big loss for communities, say MPs, Hill reporters
The Postmedia-Torstar deal announced last week to shut down 37 community newspapers, including nine in Ottawa, is another blow to the business and a loss for those communities, say MPs and Hill reporters. “The local papers present stories that the national papers don’t and honestly can’t. They are the reporters who submerge themselves in issues […]
Trudeau should share national spotlight with other cabinet ministers, say politicos
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may have declared “government by cabinet is back” two years ago when he unveiled his mostly rookie-member cabinet in Ottawa, but some political observers say today he should be boosting more of his top cabinet ministers for the sake of the party. “In the modern world, with the focus mostly on […]
Trans Mountain pipeline’s expansion called into question amid growing concerns
As the clock ticks on regulatory permits, the fate of the Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline becomes less certain. Trans Mountain appealed to the National Energy Board in October regarding its inability to get the proper permits from the City of Burnaby, B.C. to be able to start the project. The Trans Mountain Expansion […]
