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Cabinet approval no guarantee for TMX pipeline: Tom Flanagan
A green light for Trans Mountain is no guarantee for the $7.5 billion expansion, says the author of a new report highlighting economic benefits that involved First Nations could lose over internecine litigation led by a minority of them.
Trudeau’s straw ban based on phoney data and ignores disabled Canadians
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been accused before of dividing Canadians with identity politics, but now the PM could be dividing us through his proposed ban on single-use plastics; specifically straws.
Scheer: MMIWG tragedy “does not qualify as a genocide”
Conservative leader Andrew Scheer today reiterated his view that the inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) revealed a tragedy but did “not qualify as a genocide.”
Five in custody after horrific homophobic assault on London bus
Two gay women have posted photos of the aftermath of an alleged assault on a London bus.
Whether at home or in a global context, McKenna’s climate action claims don’t add up
Given Canada’s minuscule reductions relative to global emissions, McKenna suggested during a recent CBC radio interview – as wildfires raged in Alberta – that a carbon tax could prevent future such natural disasters.
UPDATE: Trudeau Liberals to release “social media influencers” June 25
Elections Canada isn’t saying who it’s hired to promote voter participation in the coming federal election, except that they are 13 “social media influencers” that include YouTubers, Olympians, TV stars and musicians.
Naked man sought after harassing women at three Toronto parks
Police are looking for a middle-aged man who wearing little more than his birthday suit, after he approached several women in three Toronto parks between May 25 and May 28.
Edmonton police hunt a man with devil horn tattoos on his face
Edmonton police are searching for a 240 pound man with tattoos on his neck and face, including devil horns on his forehead.
Ford government to pass legislation to end Beer Store monopoly
A bill to scrap Ontario’s contract with the Beer Store has just passed at Queen’s Park and Finance Minister Vic Fedeli will make an announcement at a North York convenience store later this afternoon.
Parliament will set historic precedent by erasing Conservative MP’s remarks
A day after the committee’s vote, its chair and Liberal MP Anthony Housefather admitted he was unsure of rules regarding procedure in this rare, yet albeit formerly exacted prerogative.
RCMP weighs “crimes against humanity” charges for homegrown ISIS terrorists
Different from the terrorism offence in the criminal code, Canada’s Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act encompasses genocide, enslavement, torture and rape “or any other inhumane act” committed against an identifiable group.
Official records expunged, video feed cut and witnesses maligned: MPs bent on censoring internet show true colours
Parliament’s penultimate meeting of its ‘online hate’ study offered an ominous window into a future Canada where lawmakers grant the state additional powers to censor – powers given bureaucrats under previously repealed Canadian Human Rights Act “hate speech” law.
Protect media independence by making it dependent on handouts: Heritage minister
In a country that already maintains a public broadcaster on the taxpayer dime and provides generous periodical subsidies to magazines, the fog-of-war over who benefits from $595 million in new legacy newspaper tax breaks intensified in question period Monday.
Scheer caves to pressure and removes Cooper from Justice commitee
Andrew Scheer appears to have favoured feelings over facts in his decision to remove Conservative MP Michael Cooper from Parliament’s Justice committee.
EXCLUSIVE: Maxime Bernier’s PPC scrambles to douse dumpster fire ignited by racist emails
The regional coordinator for the B.C. wing of Maxime Bernier’s People’s Party of Canada is denying a racist email sent from his account on May 29 is his doing.