Tag: Trudeau

Trudeau and Smith Agree to Working Group on Energy Issues

The prime minister and the premier of Alberta have agreed to form a working group to tackle energy issues. The development was in a statement released by the Alberta government, just a few hours after the two leaders sat down for a short meeting in Calgary on July 7. “The positive news is the federal…


Watchdog Calls for Clarification After RCMP Denies Investigation of PM Over SNC-Lavalin Affair

A non-governmental watchdog organization is asking for clarification on why the RCMP had said in a correspondence to the group in May that it was investigating the prime minister and members of his cabinet in relation to the 2018 SNC Lavalin affair, only to later deny it. “The RCMP’s story doesn’t add up because they…


Citizen Group Calls for Clarification After RCMP Denies Investigation of PM Over SNC-Lavalin Affair

A non-governmental watchdog organization is asking for clarification on why the RCMP had said in a correspondence to the group in May that it was investigating the prime minister and members of his cabinet in relation to the 2018 SNC Lavalin affair, only to later deny it. “The RCMP’s story doesn’t add up because they…


RCMP Investigating PM, Other Officials Over SNC-Lavalin Affair

The RCMP has reportedly opened an investigation into allegations that the prime minister and members of his cabinet obstructed justice by pressuring then-Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould to stop the prosecution of SNC-Lavalin in 2018, according to an access to information request filed by Democracy Watch. In response to the Access to Information Act request filed on…


‘One of the Greatest Judicial Minds’: Process to Replace Brown on Supreme Court Will Take Time

The resignation of Supreme Court Justice Russell Brown leaves a big hole in the country’s top court, according to many. Joanna Baron, a lawyer and the executive director of the Canadian Constitution Foundation, said his loss is “monumental.” “Justice Brown was a judge of extraordinary rigour and clarity, who consistently hewed to the demands of…


Federal Labour Board Orders Hearing for Parks Canada Employee Denied Exemption From COVID Shot

A federal labour board has agreed to hear the case of a Parks Canada employee denied a religious exemption from the COVID-19 vaccine, after the government argued she had missed deadlines for filing a grievance through the union. Jennifer Squires, who worked as a senior financial services adviser, applied to the Federal Public Sector Labour…


Poilievre Shares Video Contrasting Trudeau’s Definition of Disinformation and Claim He Didn’t Force Vaccination

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre shared a video contrasting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s definition of disinformation at an event on April 24, and his claims that the Liberal government did not force COVID-19 vaccination on Canadians during the pandemic. The video starts with Trudeau saying that disinformation is “when things that are false, things that are…


LIVE 7 AM ET: NTD Good Morning (April 12): Trudeau Foundation President and Board Resign Over CCP Linked Donation; Kentucky Shooting Update

In Canada, the entire board of directors from the Trudeau Foundation resigns. It’s in connection to a large donation from a Chinese businessman. Find out what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has to say about it. The Latest on the Louisville, Kentucky bank shooting. Police release body cam footage of the shootout, and the moment the suspect is taken…


NTD Good Morning (April 12): Trudeau Foundation President and Board Resign Over CCP Linked Donation; Kentucky Shooting Update

In Canada, the entire board of directors from the Trudeau Foundation resigns. It’s in connection to a large donation from a Chinese businessman. Find out what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has to say about it. The Latest on the Louisville, Kentucky bank shooting. Police release body cam footage of the shootout, and the moment the suspect is taken…


Trudeau Decries ‘Partisanship’ in the Wake of Resignation of Trudeau Foundation’s Board and CEO

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today commented on the recent resignation of the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation’s leadership team, accusing Conservative politicians of increasing “polarization and partisanship” that he said led to “unfounded” attacks on the foundation. “Those people who are trying to get short-term political gain by increasing polarization and partisanship in this country by…