Jason Unrau
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Report: ISIS returnees threaten EU, North Africa and beyond
50,000 jihadists from some 100 countries pose a risk to the European Union and beyond, after Islamic State’s so-called Caliphate in Syria and Iraq was destroyed.
Bank of Canada holds interest rate steady amidst heavy household debt, mediocre economic forecast
The Bank is forecasts real GDP growth of 1.2 per cent this year, 2.1 per cent next year and 2.0 per cent in 2021.
$89K logo redesign “saving taxpayers’ money”: Ford government
In comparison, Nike co-founder Phil Knight obtained the sneaker company’s famous ‘swoosh’ design for just $35 (USD), or $220 inflation-adjusted dollars.
Canada loses twice as U.S. ends sanction-waivers on Iranian crude
Canada’s reliance on foreign oil and the federal government’s continued support of the Iran nuclear deal after the United States’ withdrawal, will hurt us both short and long term
Army deployed for flooding in Ottawa region
Canadian Forces dispatched to the area over the weekend assisted with sandbagging and emergency measures, while volunteers filled bags at locations on either side of the Ottawa River, in Ontario and Québec.
Trudeau and SNC-Lavalin scandal to be satirized on The Simpsons
“It’s funny, though, because of course America got used to the idea that, ‘Well, Trudeau is great’ — at least the liberal part of America … and I think they’re shocked to learn that he’s in a little bit of trouble right now.”
PEI Green Party candidate, son perish in boating accident
Just days before the provincial election, Green party candidate Josh Underhay and his young son died in a canoeing accident, after capsizing on Prince Edward Island’s Hillsborough River.
Sweeping regulatory reform looms over resource sector, evoking NWT pipeline’s fate
Under McKenna’s Bill C-69 regime, however, the Environment minister becomes the gatekeeper with power to quash project proposals deemed not in the public’s interest.
Fast food, fast crime: Ottawa’s Burger King and McDonald’s have a violence problem
Ottawa frets over declaring “climate emergency” while police chief, councillor beg McDonald’s, Burger King to help restore law and order at downtown restaurants
Legault closes door on bitumen, open to West’s natural gas
François Legault thanked Alberta’s premier-elect Jason Kenney for his “elegant gesture” spoken in French during the United Conservative leader’s victory speech, but Québec’s premier will not revisit Energy East.
New ‘independent’ Senator and former CBC pollster under fire for pro-Trudeau poll
Conservative senators want rookie Trudeau appointee Donna Dasko to consider repaying $15,000 in expenses for a “push poll” she commissioned out of her office budget, then used to ballyhoo Liberal government reforms.
Freeland torques terror threats for political points
Bouquets from establishment media through her tenure as foreign affairs minister has made Chrystia Freeland thin-skinned to criticism.
“All options on the table” to combat social media interference, misinformation: Liberal minister
Concerns about accountability and free speech came to the fore at parliament’s House Affairs committee as opposition members grilled Democratic Institutions minister Karina Gould over plans to regulate social media under the rubric preventing election interference.
No jurisdiction to rule whether Trudeau broke the law on expelling Philpott, Wilson-Raybould
Speaker of the House Geoff Reagan said he lacks jurisdiction to rule on ex-Treasury Board president Jane Philpott's claim the prime minister broke the law by expelling her and former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould from the Liberal caucus.
Ethics investigator on SNC scandal waited weeks before declaring conflict-of-interest with cabinet minister
The MP who helped initiate the Ethics Commissioner’s probe into the SNC-Lavalin said he regrets it after it was learned that a lawyer involved in the investigation recused herself over a family relationship with a Liberal cabinet minister.