A number of federal offices paid a total of over $23,000 over more than three years to a think tank chaired by former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney, according to a report. The Liberal cabinet in an Inquiry of Ministry tabled in the House of Commons said that 11 separate federal departments and agencies paid…
Federal Offices Paid Over $23K to Think Tank Chaired by Mark Carney: Report
Sex Assault Trial Starts for Military Officer Who Led COVID-19 Vaccine Campaign
Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin’s sexual assault trial is scheduled to begin in a Gatineau courthouse this morning. The trial comes more than a year after the senior military officer was abruptly removed as head of the federal government’s COVID-19 vaccine campaign in May 2021. Fortin was later charged with one count of sexual assault in August…
Filomena Tassi, Helena Jaczek Swap Federal Cabinet Roles in Minor Shuffle
OTTAWA—The Prime Minister’s Office says two cabinet ministers from Ontario—Filomena Tassi and Helena Jaczek—are swapping roles in a minor shuffle at Rideau Hall today. Tassi moves from the Procurement Department to become the minister responsible for Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, while Jaczek moves to the procurement portfolio. The changes come after Tassi…
Federal Ministers Say Hiring Spree Helping With Visa, Immigration Delays
The federal Liberal government says hundreds of additional staff have been added in recent months to address long wait times and backlogs at Canadian airports as well as visa and immigration offices. Yet while cabinet ministers say the additional hires have started to make a difference, they acknowledge that far more work is needed when…
Over 45,000 Federal Employees Bumped to Six-Figure Salary During Pandemic
Over 45,000 more federal bureaucrats received a six-figure salary than before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) says. A total of 114,433 federal government employees received a salary of more than $100,000 in 2021. The number of federal government employees receiving more than $100,000 increased by 45,426 during the pandemic, according to access…
Joe Oliver: The Liberal Cabinet Needs an Intervention
July 27, 2022
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Commentary Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet would benefit from an intervention since it appears they need professional help with their obsessional behaviour. I offer this suggestion more in alarm than astonishment, because they are poised to do to the agricultural industry what they have been doing to the oil and gas sector—which will…
On Government Debt and Inflation, Freeland Continues to Mislead
June 30, 2022
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Commentary Recently, federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland commented on Canada’s inflation challenges and the federal budget. Unfortunately, many of these statements were misleading, with Freeland doubling down on the Trudeau government’s approach to fiscal policy. Responding to questions about the government’s approach to addressing inflation, Freeland repeated the claim that the latest federal budget was…
Planned Luxury Tax Would Reduce Sales and Tax Revenues: Budget Watchdog
The new tax on luxury purchases of planes, boats, and high-end vehicles announced in the 2021 federal budget will negatively impact the sale of these items and reduce sales tax collected by federal and provincial governments, the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) says. The Legislative Costing Note from the PBO estimates the measure would increase government coffers…
Opposition Parties Lay Out Priorities Ahead of Liberal Government Budget Next Week
OTTAWA—The four opposition parties in Ottawa are making demands of the minority Liberal government ahead of next week’s federal budget, but their leverage is limited. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has pledged not to trigger an election regardless of what the budget has in store on April 19, a move that potentially weakens New Democrats’ say…
Questions Remain Over Canada’s Vaccination Drive Amid Delays and Fresh Applications
February 1, 2021
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Canada’s national vaccine rollout seems poised to dominate COVID-19 discussions in the coming week as Canada enters the 11th month of life during a global pandemic. The federal government, which is overseeing the nationwide effort, has been facing strong criticism as it struggles to ensure there are enough immunization doses to go around. The two…
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