While speaking at a security forum in the United States, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland expressed concerns about media being overly funded by the government and said that tech companies should foot the bill instead. “I think there’s a real challenge with news organizations deriving a great deal of their revenue from the public sector,…
Freeland Sees Issue With Government Funding of Media, Says Big Tech Should Pay
Intel Review Committee Seeks More Government Engagement: Annual Report
The committee of parliamentarians in charge of reviewing intelligence matters in Canada is deploring the government’s lack of response to many of its recommendations to improve processes and policies. The National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) tabled its annual report on July 19, which discusses the different challenges the committee faces. “Committee believes…
Liberal Party in Talks to Reintegrate MP Han Dong: Report
A Liberal cabinet minister says he will meet with now-independent MP Han Dong in the coming weeks in order to evaluate his potential return to the party caucus. “I’m still going through the process. It’s something the prime minister asked me to do (and) I want to do it properly,” Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc…
John Robson: Gone Are the Days When Careful Thought Was Put Into Waging Just War
Commentary When the Canadian prime minister shows up at a NATO conference with empty pockets, then criticizes his allies for giving cluster munitions to Ukraine as the wrong kind of help, it’s tempting to tune him out. But just as an alcoholic might be right that you drink too much, you should sometimes read a…
Former Tory Minister Baird Criticizes CBC for Saying He ‘Praised’ Trudeau
Former Conservative cabinet minister John Baird is criticizing the CBC after it reported that he had praised the prime minister’s “political acumen” while introducing him at an event. “The Liberal Party’s publicly funded spin machine is back at it. Political success does not equal competent leadership of Canada,” tweeted Mr. Baird on July 18. “The…
Trudeau Blames ‘American Right Wing’ for Muslim Protests Against Gender Ideology
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau placed blame on what he called the far-right for protests against the teaching of gender ideology in schools, arguing that many Muslim parents are falling prey to misinformation and disinformation being spread by right-wingers in the United States. “There is an awful lot of misinformation and disinformation on social media, particularly…
Nearly 1,000% More COVID Cases in Public Service After Vaccine Mandate, Labour Board Hears
Federal public service employees put on leave without pay for refusing mandatory COVID-19 vaccination told a labour tribunal that infections in the workforce rose tenfold after the mandate was implemented, citing the government’s own data. “Why did people become sick in such great numbers in the public service if they were immunized?” asked Bernard Desgagné,…
Canada’s Vaccine Approver Says She Was Not Pressured Politically on COVID-19
The official who had final authority to approve new vaccines in Canada says at no time was she pressured to authorize the COVID-19 shots, even though the prime minister had said vaccination was the only way to go back to normal. “No one ever told me that the prime minister wants this to be done,”…
Ukrainian Officer Cadets to Train at Royal Canadian Military College in Quebec, Says Trudeau
Ukrainian officer cadets will take part in an “intensive training program” at the Canadian military’s Royal Military College in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., as part of a NATO-developed partnership, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Mr. Trudeau made the announcement while speaking to reporters in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 12 as the NATO Leaders’ Summit comes to a close after…
Ottawa Must Boost Defence Spending to Meet NATO Targets, Support Canadian Troops, Say Tories
The Conservatives are calling on the government to increase defence spending to meet NATO’s target for all members and also to support the Canadian military, which is currently experiencing retention and recruitment woes. The call came as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Latvia ahead of the the NATO Leaders’ Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, this week….
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