A former Ontario finance minister will be the federal Liberal candidate in an upcoming byelection in the Toronto area that’s set to be called later this month. A statement from the party says Charles Sousa, who represented a provincial riding in Mississauga, Ont., for more than a decade and served as finance minister in the…
Former Ontario Finance Minister to Run for Federal Liberals in Toronto-Area Riding
Ottawa to Permanently Eliminate Student Loan Interest
Ottawa plans to make permanent its pandemic-era pause on student loan interest in an effort to reduce some of the current financial pressures on young Canadians as the cost of living rises. As part of its fall fiscal update tabled Thursday, the federal government outlined plans to permanently eliminate interest on all federal student loans and…
MPs Debate Second Reading of Dental Care, Targeted Inflation Relief
Federal Conservatives say the Liberal dental-care and rental-housing relief legislation will only add to inflation without providing relief from the rising cost of living. MPs today are debating the government’s legislation to create an annual $650 dental benefit for low- and middle-income families for every child under the age of 12. The bill also gives…
MPs to Study Access to Information System, Federal ‘Culture of Secrecy’
The House of Commons information, ethics and privacy committee plans to look at Canada’s much-maligned access-to-information regime—the latest in a long line of studies of a system intended to make government more transparent. Conservative MP Pat Kelly, the committee chairman, says the system is plagued by excessive delays and a culture of secrecy that has…
Quebec Election: Liberal Leader Defends Party Organization as Candidate Drops Out
Quebec Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade said Sunday she still in the province’s election race to win, despite questions about her party’s organization and claims by other leaders that the election has become a two-way race that’s left her on the sidelines. One Liberal candidate’s registration was denied by Élections Québec, while another pulled out of…
Yukon Premier Sandy Silver Says He Won’t Seek Re-election, Calls for Leadership Vote
Yukon Premier Sandy Silver says he will not seek another term as MLA for Klondike, and has asked the Yukon Liberal Party to initiate proceedings to select a new leader. Silver says he’ll continue to serve as a member of the legislature until the end of his term, with the next election not due until…
TCM’s ‘Reframed: Art vs. the Artist:’ Hollywood’s New Blacklist
Commentary Every year, Turner Classic Movies (TCM), the company which has brought old movies to the masses through their television channel since 1994, offers cinephiles a chance to enjoy classic films together in downtown Hollywood. The TCM channel plays more than just movies, so I wasn’t surprised that the April 2022 Turner Classic Movies Film…
Mountie Has ‘Impression’ Liberal Government Interfered With NS Mass Shooting Probe
A senior Mountie testified Thursday he believes political inference was behind RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki’s determination to have police release details on the guns used in the Nova Scotia mass shooting. Chief Supt. Chris Leather made the comment at the public inquiry into the rampage that took 22 lives on April 18-19, 2020, during cross-examination…
Ex-liberal MP Accused of Using Office for Personal Gain Sees Trial Extended to Fall
The trial for former Liberal MP Raj Grewal, who stands accused of using his political office for personal financial gain, will extend until at least this fall. The ex-Brampton politician faces two breach of trust charges related to a series of loans he took out to pay for gambling debts, which he kept hidden from…
Ottawa Exploring Criminal Reform as Liberal MP Tables Bill on Long-Term Care Neglect
Cathy Legere saw firsthand the conditions that elder residents of long-term care were enduring, and the intense pressure that personal care staff were under, in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The retired infection control nurse volunteered her services at the Orchard Villa home where her father-in-law, Nick, was a resident, in April 2020—and…
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