Liberal MP Arielle Kayabaga (London West, Ont.) yesterday would not explain why she billed more than $173,000 for nine days’ worth of “personnel” costs in her brief tenure as Government House Leader. Kayabaga spent the entire period in her riding with Parliament out of session: 'It was a short-lived position.' READ MORE
A globetrotting climate program that cost taxpayers billions became a “tick box exercise” for federal managers, says an internal report. Then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expanded the Climate Financing Program during a failed 2020 campaign to gain a seat on the United Nations Security Council: "Canada is back." READ MORE
Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre yesterday taunted TV networks to cover Liberal in-fighting over the budget. “I am looking forward to seeing the wall-to-wall coverage,” he told reporters. READ MORE
The Department of Employment yesterday said it will install 131 cameras in its buildings for “video surveillance.” No reason was given. The department earlier led all others in workplace harassment investigations: "The volume of breaches of the Code Of Conduct is increasing." READ MORE
Cabinet will take legal steps to privatize a Crown corporation once called an “absolute mess.” The sale of the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation of Winnipeg has been under review since managers failed three audits: "There is a willingness." READ MORE
A Liberal MP has sponsored a Commons petition to grant federal aid and permanent residency to foreign students and migrant workers facing departure or deportation. More than three million foreigners are in Canada on valid or expired temporary permits, by official estimate: "Canada’s non-permanent resident population was estimated at approximately 3,049,277." READ MORE
Newspaper revenues are down a quarter since 2020 despite millions in taxpayers’ bailouts, new Statistics Canada data show. The latest figures follow comments by the subsidized press’ chief lobbyist, Paul Deegan, that Canadian publishers were unable to change their business model: "“You may ask, why?" READ MORE
I grew up on a farm at Gull Lake, Sask. and met my wife Brenda at the University of Saskatchewan. I had no ambition to become a farmer and wanted to get away from the wind and the chaff, so I went to Ottawa. I know. Metaphorically that makes no sense. After I left television, a lady tapped me on the chest and said, “Didn’t you used to be Doug Small?” She remembered the 1989 budget leak story. After 40 years in journalism, I think I can predict it will be the one story that will rate a line in my obituary. It’s certainly the only story that saw me arrested and sent to trial. To this day I can’t imagine not broadcasting that leak. It was my job, any reporter’s job.
