Roberto Wakerell-Cruz
Roberto Wakerell-Cruz is a Montreal-based journalist writer and podcast host. He is the main host of This Week In Canada a comedy and opinion news show.
HYPOCRISY: Twitter roasts Trudeau for dining with plastic cutlery
Team Trudeau's social media team tweeted a damning photo of the PM at a lunch with plastic utensils. Despite his clear message that Canadians needed to do better and take action.
Yes, Canada should be a safe haven for the Pacific’s climate change refugees
If we’re going to accept refugees by the tens of thousands, let’s at least make it a bit easier on ourselves. These cultures tend to have incredibly low crime rates, tend to have some knowledge of English and even French, and could be a prime candidate for seamless assimilation.
Doug Ford’s chief of staff, Dean French, has resigned
According to multiple sources, Dean French, the chief of staff to Ontario Premier Doug Ford has resigned.
British Foreign Minister suspended after grabbing Greenpeace protestor
Few things scream “bad optics” for a politician quite like publicly and enthusiastically assaulting a middle aged woman. Unfortunately for British Foreign Minister Mark Field, his communications manager must have skipped over that in his media training.
RCMP seek public’s help locating missing three-year-old B.C. boy
RCMP are seeking the public’s help in locating a missing three-year-old boy in B.C
MLB could be back in Montreal as early as 2023
The Tampa Bay Rays are beginning to explore the possibility of splitting home games with Montreal.
Longtime Conservative MP Mark Warawa passes after battle with cancer
He is survived by his wife, as well as his five children.
Alberta to be hit with 10 cm of snow. It’s June, by the way.
Environment Canada has now issued a snowfall warning for parts of Alberta, with large parts of the province under a rainfall warning.
Penticton child rushed to E.R. after stepping on needle at park
Hyde noticed the injury once her son, Hudson, informed her aunt that Emma’s foot was hurting.
Don’t let John Tory scare you into giving him your guns
Often, the people who make the laws surrounding guns know very little about guns or gun culture. People like John Tory would prefer that handguns magically disappear, rather than looking for realistic solutions to a complex problem.
Climate hypocrisy: Catherine McKenna takes chauffeured vehicle to climate change event
McKenna, who presents herself as a strong environmental protectionist, is also sponsoring a Commons motion to declare a national emergency on climate change that she swears is “not the flavour of the month.”
Two more Liberal MPs announce they won’t be seeking re-election
According to a post by Tan shared to his Facebook on Sunday, he’s looking “to spend more time with family and pursue other careers,” and will thus be stepping out of the political sphere. His decision opens a race in the Toronto-area riding.
Toronto Police responding to bomb threats at “numerous” post-secondary campuses
According to Toronto Police, there have been “numerous bomb threats to post-secondary campuses throughout the city.”
Jagmeet Singh wants to spend all of your money
With the Greens gaining in the polls, and the Liberals holding on to most of the left-leaning vote, it seems as though Jagmeet is going with a different strategy; out-liberal the Liberals, and out-green the Greens.