A government-approved Local News Directory is paying researchers to list media deemed trustworthy and reliable, according to Access To Information records released yesterday. The initiative follows disclosures federal managers circulated blacklists of reporters who met with government disapproval: 'It will help people struggling to find news they can trust.' READ MORE
Prime Minister Mark Carney effective yesterday repealed a requirement that new interprovincial pipelines be subject to the Impact Assessment Act. First Nations opposed the change: "I am from Alberta. I am direct and I do things." READ MORE
The growth of tent cities dampened a Parks Canada program to promote camping skills for immigrant families, says an internal report. Overnight camping parties in public parks had to be cancelled due to conflicts and criticism, it said: "The emergence of this issue created a challenge." READ MORE
Ex-cabinet advisor Amira Elghawaby yesterday described 9/11 observances as marking “a difficult 25 years” for Muslims. The former Toronto Star columnist told reporters the decades following the terrorist attacks have seen “dangerous narratives about who we are.” READ MORE
The Competition Bureau has dropped any investigation into whether cabinet breached its own law against false advertising. An MP who filed a formal complaint yesterday said the decision left “an absurd double standard.” READ MORE
The Department of Agriculture in a rare admission has cited unnamed employees for scientific malpractice. Government-wide, no federal agency to date has attempted to document instances of plagiarism in federal science: "Examples of breaches may include but are not limited to fabrication, falsification or misrepresentation of research data." READ MORE
Prime Minister Mark Carney yesterday urged Canadians to join in “sending a message” by holidaying at home. The Prime Minister’s Office would not explain why Carney vacationed in Italy in August: "Every time we choose to buy Canadian and travel in Canada we’re sending a message." READ MORE
EuroMoney in one year said I was the best finance minister in the world. One year later, same guy, same policies, same government, I’m the worst in the world! And where were they when I was trying to get the deficit down? They hit us over the head every time: “This is the worst thing those hard-hearted skinflint Tories are trying to do; they’re ruining the country.” You deal with what you can.
