Category: Justin Trudeau

Trudeau Announces Half a Billion Dollars More for Rural High-Speed Internet Access

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is announcing an extra $475 million to the federal government’s fund for delivering high-speed internet to rural homes across the country. Trudeau made the announcement today in Oromocto, N.B., where he said the money will help connect another 60,000 homes in Canada to high-speed internet. The money is in addition to…


Ford Said He Can’t Direct Police as Trudeau Told Him the OPP Needed to ‘Act Immediately’ on Windsor Blockade

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Feb. 9 that the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) needed to “act immediately” to clear the Ambassador Bridge blockade in Windsor, according to a call transcript. “What are the next steps? You’ve said the OPP are going in. Are they keeping you apprised and do they…


Ford Said He Couldn’t Direct Police When Trudeau Told Him the OPP Needed to ‘Act Immediately’ on Windsor Blockade

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Feb. 9 that the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) needed to “act immediately” to clear the Ambassador Bridge blockade in Windsor, according to a call transcript. “What are the next steps? You’ve said the OPP are going in. Are they keeping you apprised and do they…


Trudeau Told Ford Existing Legal Tools Sufficient to Clear Windsor Blockade Days Before Invoking Emergencies Act

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Feb. 10 that additional legal authorities were not needed to clear the Ambassador Bridge blockade in Windsor, a few days before his government invoked the Emergencies Act. “First of all, they’re not a legal protest. They’re occupying a municipal street and are not legally parked….


PM Free to Reopen Constitution If He Has Problem With Notwithstanding Clause: Ford

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is free to reopen talks with the provinces about the notwithstanding clause and the Constitution, though he’d recommend against it. Ford made the comments today after being criticized for pre-emptively invoking the notwithstanding clause in legislation that imposed a new contract for 55,000 Ontario education workers….


Prime Minister Announces Byelection in Mississauga-Lakeshore Riding on Dec 12

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has set the date for a federal byelection in the Greater Toronto Area. Voters in Mississauga-Lakeshore will head to the polls to pick their new member of Parliament on Dec. 12. The seat became empty earlier this year when former Liberal MP Sven Spengemann announced he was resigning to take a…


Trudeau Headed to Southeast Asia, Tunisia, Leaving No Time for Climate Conference

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is headed to Southeast Asia and North Africa this month, but he won’t be attending a major climate-change conference. The Prime Minister’s Office says Trudeau will attend the Association of South East Asian Nations summit on Nov. 12 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, before heading to the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia….


Trudeau Says Canadians ‘Have to Intervene’ Somehow in Haiti, Convenes Incident Group

Haiti’s ambassador to Canada faced stiff questioning Wednesday over his country’s controversial request for a foreign military intervention, as the Liberals argue Ottawa must respond to a cascade of humanitarian crises. “The violence orchestrated by armed gangs is blocking the country and plunging millions of Haitians into an acute humanitarian crisis,” ambassador Wien-Weibert Arthus told…


John Robson: Canadian Delegation’s Stay at Pricey London Hotel Yet Another Show of Disdain for Taxpayers’ Money

Commentary When your government is spending nearly half a trillion dollars a year, calling a $90 billion deficit prudence, spewing $300 billion for frigates we won’t see for a decade, and taking $5 billion and three decades to fix a building, you might think six grand a night for a hotel room is a bagatelle….


Trudeau Joins Families of Flight 752 in Canada-Wide Protests Against Iranian Regime

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stood with the families of the victims of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 on Saturday as they lent their voices to the worldwide calls for revolution in Iran through a series of coordinated protests across Canada. But even as Trudeau touted Canada’s new sanctions against the Iranian regime, some activists called…