Micah Ryu
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Transfer payments allow CAQ to continue on Quebec’s long path back from heavy debt
The CAQ is expected to present the party’s first ever budget today
Expert tells Bloomberg that the Canada Dollar could fall to a record 62 US cents
In percentage terms, it is not necessarily a devastating fall from our current 75 cents per dollar exchange rate. However, Wolf said that he personally believes that the country could already be in a state of recession.
Privy Council Clerk Michael Wernick resigns, to be replaced by elections panel colleague
His replacement, who was already on the panel alongside the deputies of Ministers Lametti and Goodale, is likely to become the new head of the election monitoring panel. Minister Freeland’s new deputy will likely become the newest member of the panel.
Updated: Conservatives filibuster budget for Justice Committee shutdown
An effort like this will be physically taxing for everyone involved, making it a very costly form of punishment.
Sunny ways have officially lawyered up: what this means going forward
We know that the Liberals have a habit of destroying evidence, even when that evidence is important for economic purposes, or even for saving lives. It is a party that valued partisanship to the point of turning a blind eye to warning signs of the tainted-blood scandal.
In defence of refusing to parrot the “correct” immigration narrative
This is a societal rift that Canada might have largely avoided had it not been for the intentionally detrimental policy decisions by the Trudeau government.
Parliament must legislate political neutrality for foreign financial corporations
Patreon famously removed a YouTube user, seemingly for political reasons, without explanation. Eventually they claimed that MasterCard had forced them to remove the account. In the age of online creators, that is professional murder.
Only a scandalous budget could possibly distract Canada from SNC-Lavalin
When their backs are against the wall and no strategy is off the table, there may be no limit to the amount of long-term damage the Liberals are willing to cause for their partisan short-term gain.
PBO report shows Trudeau running out of provincial money in dangerous infrastructure cost-sharing arrangement
A recent PBO report on government infrastructure spending is a cause for concern
One cannot understate the historic importance of what happened in British Parliament today
The UK is in an impossible position, with no sign of how things will eventually be resolved
Leave the Ethics Commissioner alone
This is not Trudeau’s first scandal, nor is it his first ethics investigation. As Canadians might know already, the investigation was never going to be adequate, and through no personal fault of Commissioner Dion.
Ethics commissioner to take a prolonged leave for unknown medical reasons
Right when all eyes were about to turn to how the Ethics Commissioner would handle the impossible task that the public would demand of him, he goes on leave.
The biggest threat of election interference comes from Michael Wernick, not Russia
Wernick will serve as the head of a panel of government employees who will monitor this year’s election campaign, on the lookout for fake news and foreign interference.
RYU: A bold proposal to repurpose the CBC and the Governor General’s Office
Both the CBC and the position of Governor General have slightly problematic roles in Canadian society.
Canada might be internationally obligated to invite JWR back to the Justice Committee
In a Monday morning statement, the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) released a statement acknowledging the Canadian SNC-Lavalin scandal.
