MPs will not hold a priority debate on how to release the names of politicians implicated in a foreign interference report released earlier this year. House Speaker Greg Fergus ruled Monday that the question of privilege raised by NDP MP Jenny Kwan in June didn’t rise to the level of a “prima facie” violation of MPs’ … Read more
When the NDP and Liberals signed the confidence and supply agreement in 2022, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet said the agreement caused the pendulum of power to swing so far in one direction that the interests of Quebec were not being served. Since NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh terminated that governance agreement, Blanchet said, the pendulum has swung even harder back in … Read more
Tensions flared between NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre during a raucous Thursday question period, with Singh at one point walking into the aisle to yell at the Conservative leader. Poilievre used his first round of questions to criticize the Bloc Québécois and NDP after both parties announced they wouldn’t support a … Read more
If the Conservatives want to bring the Liberal government down over the carbon tax, they won’t have the help of the Bloc Québécois, one Quebec MP says. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been pressuring the other opposition parties to help him force a “carbon tax election” this fall. To do that, Poilievre would need both … Read more
Canada is selling its former Manhattan residence, which used to house its consulate general in New York. The 12-room, five-bedroom apartment located on Park Avenue was listed Thursday at over $13 million, which is expected to exceed the purchase of its new $9-million Manhattan condo located on Billionaires’ Row. Global Affairs Canada said the new … Read more
Groups representing minority communities are warning that a recently introduced law giving Canada’s intelligence agency and the federal government new powers to counter foreign interference is open to abuse. Bill C-70 received royal assent on June 20. The law introduces new criminal provisions against “deceptive or surreptitious acts” done “for the benefit of or in association … Read more
Only a day after Conservatives won a federal byelection in the longtime Liberal stronghold of Toronto-St. Paul’s, ending a race that was largely viewed as a referendum on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s leadership at the head of the governing party, a new potential contender says he is considering a bid to replace him. Former Liberal … Read more
After a two-year study of abuse in sports, a parliamentary committee is calling for sweeping changes to better protect athletes from sexual and physical abuse — including mandatory criminal record checks for all officials, coaches and volunteers and a new database to search past complaints, arrests and convictions. The standing committee on Canadian heritage is also calling on … Read more
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet says that while he plans to read the unredacted version of the intelligence watchdog report that’s been stirring up debate in Ottawa for more than two weeks now, he’s in no rush to do so. Earlier this month, the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP), a cross-party committee … Read more
The Liberal government plans to force the Conservatives to vote this coming week on changes to the country’s capital gains tax regime set to go into effect on June 25. A senior federal government source said Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will start the legislative process on Monday morning. Freeland is expected to table a ways and means motion in the … Read more
