Tag: Justin Trudeau

Trudeau, O’Toole Trade Barbs on COVID-19 Vaccination

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole traded barbs on the issue of COVID-19 vaccination at separate press conferences on Nov. 8. Trudeau criticized the Tories on the issue of COVID-19 vaccinations at the Liberal caucus meeting on Nov. 8, as a number of Conservatives voiced opposition to the Board of Internal Economy’s new…


New Minister’s Remarks Cast Doubt on Whether Liberal Government Understands Importance of Foreign Policy

Commentary When you hear about our new foreign minister and her priorities, you don’t know whether to laugh, cry, or sigh. Or more precisely, in what order to do all three. First, the sigh. Among the surprises in Justin Trudeau’s latest cabinet shuffle, gearing up for the vastly great things he had to call the…


Trudeau Shuffles Cabinet, Adds 9 New Faces

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his new cabinet on Oct. 26, adding nine new faces, dropping three, and making major reshuffles in key positions including the defence department. Among the major shifts, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, who came under fire for the handling of sexual misconduct allegations against senior military officials, was moved to head…


Trudeau Overhauls Cabinet in Major Shuffle

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his new cabinet on Oct. 26, adding nine new faces, dropping three, and making major reshuffles in key positions including the defence department. Among the major shifts, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, who came under fire for the handling of sexual misconduct allegations against senior military officials, was moved to head…


Federal Employee and Police Advocacy Groups Protest Vaccine Mandates

A federal employees’ advocacy group is protesting the Canadian government’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates for federal workers. Feds for Freedom, an advocacy group formed by thousands of federally regulated employees, says it has sent a petition with over 1,200 signatures to the Public Service Alliance of Canada’s (PSAC) union leadership, demanding they come to the table…


Issues of Inflation, Productivity Absent in ‘Most Important Election Since 1945’

Commentary In “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” a fleet of Vogon spaceships arrives to demolish the Earth to make way for a hyperspace bypass and is totally missed by all of the sophisticated radars. The Vogons “went unnoticed at Goonhilly, they passed over Cape Canaveral without a blip, Woomera and Jodrell Bank looked straight…


Trudeau Headed to Europe as G20 Leaders Meet in Person for First Time Since Pandemic

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is flying to Europe later this week touting Canada’s climate plan and post−pandemic recovery progress at leaders’ summits in Italy and Scotland. Trudeau’s six-day trip starts with an official visit to the Netherlands for meetings with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte. From there he will go to Rome for…


Trudeau Uses Pandemic Plagued Supply Chains in Free Trade Pitch to ASEAN

OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used the specter of gnarled global supply chains in a bid Sunday to a bloc of Southeast Asian nations to win them over on a free trade deal. Trudeau has long sought a trade deal with the 10-nation bloc, which includes the Philippines, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia…


Trudeau Announces COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates on Federal Workers and Travelers

Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced COVID-19 vaccine mandates for travelers and federal public service employees on Wednesday morning, calling the mandates “some of the strongest in the world.” “If you’ve done the right thing and gotten vaccinated, you deserve the freedom to be safe from COVID,” Trudeau said during a press conference. “These travel…


A Tory Leader Could Never Get Away With the Gaffes That a Liberal Leader Can

Commentary On the inaugural National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, I asked some university students what percentage of their holiday federal bureaucrats spent, on average, reflecting about truth and reconciliation. It was obviously a trick question. No one in the class knew the answer because no one anywhere could know the answer. The day was…