Federal election monitors yesterday said Conservative candidate Joe Tay needed private security due to threats by Chinese Communist Party agents in the 2025 campaign. However authorities said they had no reason to believe foreign interference affected the outcome in Tay’s riding, Don Valley North, Ont.: "What possibly could it take before the threshold would be met to say this is not a free and fair election?" READ MORE
Levels of public service were mediocre even before job cuts, a Liberal MP yesterday told the Commons government operations committee. MP Iqra Khalid (Mississauga-Erin Mills, Ont.) complained federal employees were "already not doing that great." READ MORE
Youth unemployment is so bad it risks impacting lifetime earnings for postsecondary students who can’t find work, Interim Budget Officer Jason Jacques said yesterday. It follows an attempt by managers of the Canada Summer Jobs program to target subsidized hiring for as little as eight weeks: 'If you are not able to find that first job related to your studies, chances are your lifetime earnings will be lower.' READ MORE
Cabinet yesterday nominated Anton Boegman, British Columbia’s former Chief Electoral Officer, as Commissioner to oversee a federal registry of foreign agents. A majority of MPs and Senators must ratify the appointment of Boegman, who was ridiculed as incompetent in a 2024 commentary privately circulated by federal election managers: "No one at Elections BC has apologized or assumed responsibility for the embarrassing failures of leadership." READ MORE
Drone hobbyists are making it more challenging to track UFOs, says cabinet’s chief science advisor. “Can we identify these devices at night?” Dr. Mona Nemer asked in an Access To Information memo to staff. READ MORE
Executives in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Privy Council Office last year awarded themselves bonuses worth nearly $28,000 each, records show. Virtually all executives won an award even as Carney appealed to other Canadians for sacrifices: "We won't play games." READ MORE
Cost of a new GST credit estimated by cabinet at $5.8 billion will come closer to $14 billion including debt interest charges, the Budget Office said yesterday. Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne did not dispute the report: "We are going to meet the moment." READ MORE
As a Sunni Muslim we learned we were on the correct path and everyone else was going to hell. Minorities were suspicious people who harboured questionable loyalties. I immigrated to Canada at 19. I went from being a member of a privileged majority to a visible minority. Sometimes it was a sideways glance or remark: “He’s a Muslim,” “He’s an Arab”. I’ve lived on both sides of prejudice. The insight it’s given me is invaluable. There is no substitute for empathy and courtesy.
