Liberal MP Greg Fergus wrote a letter to Canada’s broadcast regulator to support a television channel’s application for mandatory carriage, despite federal guidelines that prohibit parliamentary secretaries from making such interventions. The letter was submitted to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission last week to encourage required distribution of Natyf TV, which serves a multicultural…
Liberal Supported TV Application Despite Conflict-of-Interest Guideline
Canadian Special Forces Operating Outside Kabul Airport to Help Evacuees: Officials
OTTAWA—The military’s special forces are operating outside the closed confines of Kabul’s chaotic airport to get people on flights out of Afghanistan, Canadian officials disclosed Monday. The officials would not provide more details, citing the sensitivity of the security situation, but they said they are having success in getting more Afghans to safety. They said…
Additional Wildfire Evacuation Orders Issued in B.C. Because of Wildfires
At least 160 properties have been ordered to evacuate as an aggressive wildfire burns in the south Okanagan. The Osoyoos Indian Band ordered the evacuation of more than 100 properties Monday because of the Inkaneep Creek wildfire on the band’s land, about six kilometres north of Osoyoos. The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen says flames were…
Economy Lost 68,000 Jobs in May, Unemployment Rate 8.2%, Statistics Canada Says
OTTAWA—Statistics Canada says the economy lost 68,000 jobs in May as lockdowns to slow the spread of COVID-19 continued. The losses marked the second consecutive month of declines after 207,000 jobs were lost in April. The unemployment rate was 8.2 percent in May, little changed from the 8.1 percent in April because the number of…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Attend G7 Leaders’ Summit in Person: British PM
OTTAWA—British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will attend the G7 Leaders’ Summit in person next month. A readout of a phone conversation Friday between Johnson and Trudeau says the leaders look forward to seeing one another in person in Cornwall, U.K., in two weeks’ time. Trudeau has previously said he…
Suspect Arrested After Quebec Teacher on Picket Line Struck by Car
MONTREAL—A teacher in Sherbrooke, Que., who was picketing with her colleagues this morning was struck by a car in what police are calling a deliberate gesture. Sherbrooke police spokesman Martin Carrier says the woman was participating in a teachers strike outside her high school around 9:30 a.m. when she was struck by a driver who…
PBO Sees $363 Billion Deficit, Warns of Pitfalls From Liberals’ Promised Stimulus
OTTAWA—Parliament’s spending watchdog says the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic should send the deficit to $363.4 billion. In a report this morning, budget officer Yves Giroux says the deficit should fall over time as emergency spending measures wind down over the next 12 months. The economy too is faring better than Giroux anticipated, and…
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