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Freeland won’t say if U.S. steel tariffs will kill Canada’s NAFTA ratification
Foreign Affairs minister Chrystia Freeland still calls U.S. tariffs on Canadian steel “illegal and unjust;” “frankly absurd”, but won’t say definitively if they would prevent her government from ratifying the new NAFTA agreement, or what the U.S. calls United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
Trudeau risks more by suing Scheer: defamation expert
Toronto lawyer and defamation expert Gil Zvulony says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s threat to sue Conservative leader Andrew Scheer over comments he made about the PM’s conduct involving ex-attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould is “a bad move”.
Trudeau Liberals spend $4.2 billion in ‘borrowed money’ since SNC-Lavalin scandal broke
The federal government has made more than $4.2 billion in spending announcements since the SNC-Lavalin scandal broke on February 7, according to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
Will he or won’t he?: Lametti plays coy on SNC-Lavalin decision
SNC-Lavalin is taking a second crack the Director of Public Prosecution’s decision to deny the Québec firm a remediation deal and on Friday filed its challenge with the Federal Court of Appeal.
Trudeau government’s $600 million media bailout unacceptable: Conservative ethics critic
As struggling establishment media and upstart news organizations have been promised $600 million in tax breaks by the Trudeau government, few details are known about a government-appointed panel that will mete out the largesse.
Tuesday Night Massacre plays out as PM expels Wilson-Raybould and Philpott from Liberal caucus
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has now confirmed that Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott have been booted from the Liberal caucus
Jody Wilson-Raybould’s ethics questioned as Justice Committee quashes more SNC-Lavalin hearings
Former Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould could be booted from the Liberal fold as early as tomorrow’s caucus meeting
Gerald Butts' text conversation with JWR released
Portions of text messages between former Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould and the PM's ex-principal secretary Gerald Butts show tension over her impending January 14 shuffle out of the Justice portfolio.
Filibuster Part Two: Conservatives try to force government’s hand on SNC-Lavalin
Conservative MP and finance critic Pierre Poilievre vowed “to speak for hours and hours on end” in the House of Commons this week to force the government’s hand in the SNC-Lavalin affair, setting the stage for a second budget-related filibuster in a month.
Wernick says ‘has to report back to Trudeau’; PMO says it never happened
The PMO said that in addition to Trudeau, the office was “unaware of the full contents of this recording before today.”
Jody Wilson-Raybould's secret recordings and documents released
Jody Wilson-Raybould's secret recordings and documents have been released
Venezuelan diaspora say Canadian public service Unions are ‘promoting leftist propoganda’
Venezuelan diaspora in Ottawa are accusing the county’s largest public service unions of spreading “leftist propaganda” by supporting the regime of embattled President Nicolas Maduro.
Wynne’s former Chief-Of-Staff gets $400K golden handshake
Former Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne’s chief-of-staff, Andrew Bevan, received nearly $400,000 in severance pay according to the province’s 2018’s “sunshine list”
Liberals use majority to block SNC-Lavalin probe, again
As the SNC-Lavalin scandal plagues Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government, Liberal MPs used their majority Tuesday to block an Ethics committee investigation into alleged political interference by Trudeau and other key figures over criminal proceedings against the Québec company.
House video would prove Liberals broke voting rules: Bergen
A loss in any one of more than 200 that occurred over the protracted procedural gambit would have been considered a loss of confidence in the government, and triggered an election.