Opposition MPs criticized Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during question period on April 19 for failing to negotiate a deal with the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) to prevent 155,000 federal workers from striking. “It is a failure to increase the cost of the bureaucracy by 50 percent with poor services. It is a failure…
Opposition MPs Criticize Liberals for Failing to Negotiate Deal With Federal Workers
April 19, 2023
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Michael Mantha Removed From Ontario NDP Caucus Amid Workplace Investigation
The leader of Ontario’s new democrats says she’s removed long-time party member Michael Mantha from caucus amid an independent investigation into alleged workplace misconduct. Marit Stiles announced the move in a release issued Saturday, but said she could not share further details in order to protect the privacy of the complainant. A high-ranking NDP source…
Clock Ticks on Liberal-NDP Deal as Budget Omits Pharmacare Bill Promised in 2023
One of the Liberals’ outstanding promises for 2023 in their deal with the NDP was conspicuously absent from the federal budget. The confidence-and-supply agreement requires the government to table legislation on pharmacare by the end of the calendar year in exchange for the NDP’s support on key votes in the House of Commons. Both parties…
Vancouver Mayor Criticizes Allegation of Beijing Interference in City’s Election
March 17, 2023
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Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has pushed back on recently surfaced allegations that the Chinese regime played a role in the 2022 municipal election. “If there’s proof of foreign interference in our election, I want to know about it, because I’m a Canadian,” Sim said in a press conference on March 16. “If there was proof…
Vancouver Mayor Criticizes Allegations of Beijing Regime Interference in City’s Election
March 17, 2023
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Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is pushing back on recent allegations that the Chinese communist regime played a role in the 2022 municipal election. “If there’s proof of foreign interference in our election, I want to know about it, because I’m a Canadian,” Sim said in a press conference on March 16. “If there was proof…
Poilievre Says a Tory Gov’t Would Sue Big Pharma for Role in Opioid Crisis
March 14, 2023
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said on March 14 that if elected, his government would launch a “massive” series of lawsuits amounting to $44 billion against large pharmaceutical multinationals for their role in Canada’s opioid and addiction crisis. “The people who profited from this misery should be the ones to pay the bill. It’s about bringing…
Singh Says He Expects 2023 Budget Will Include Money for Dental Care
March 14, 2023
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Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party is using its agreement with the Liberals as leverage to push for its priorities in the upcoming federal budget, set to be released on March 28. Singh said he expects the upcoming budget will have money to expand dental care coverage to teens, seniors, and people living…
PM to Ask Parliament’s Security and Intelligence Committee to Probe Foreign Meddling
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to ask Parliament’s national security committee to launch a new investigation of foreign interference in Canada. Two Liberal sources, who were granted anonymity to discuss matters not yet public, confirmed to The Canadian Press that Trudeau would announce the news on Parliament Hill later Monday. They also said he will…
NDP Could Make Election Interference Inquiry a Condition of Party’s Support for Liberals, Singh Says
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party is not “ruling out” the possibility of ending its supply-and-confidence agreement with the Liberal government if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau fails to call a public inquiry into reports of foreign election interference. Singh said on an episode of the Roy Green Show podcast on March 4 that while terminating the…
BC Budget Forecasts Years of Deficits, but Spends Big on Health, Housing, Families
Deficits are in the forecast for British Columbia’s budget, but that’s not stopping the New Democrat government from spending billions on health, housing and families. Finance Minister Katrine Conroy said the government plans to invest in people during uncertain times, despite a deficit projection of $4.2 billion in 2023-2024, and $11 billion over three years. “When…
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