Cabinet is headed for “a danger zone” with continued overspending, warns Budget Officer Annette Ryan. Testifying at the Senate national finance committee, Ryan said any federal claim that deficit spending will promote economic growth is “the opposite of prudence.” READ MORE
Prime Minister Mark Carney in 2025 ethics filings disclosed extensive shareholding in heating and ventilation companies that would benefit from a federal rebate program announced yesterday. “How is that not corrupt?” asked Conservative MP John Brassard (Barrie-South-Innisfil, Ont.), chair of the Commons ethics committee: "The Prime Minister is not even hiding it anymore." READ MORE
Veterans Affairs Minister Jill McKnight yesterday said an Afghan War ceremony that excluded combat veterans was merely “one step in many” to honour ex-military. McKnight would not explain the lapse while testifying at the Commons veterans affairs committee: "We heard that loud and clear." READ MORE
Opposition MPs accuse Liberal political aides and other government “sources” of planting favourable stories with subsidized media by leaking secret contents of government bills. New Democrats yesterday joined Conservatives in condemning the practice as contemptuous of Parliament: "There have been repeated ‘leaks’ from so-called ‘unauthorized sources’ to journalists in a clear attempt to shape public discourse." READ MORE
Alberta’s lone member of the federal cabinet says she is counting on a large majority of provincial voters rejecting a referendum on separation. “We really need a strong outcome,” said Emergency Management Minister Eleanor Olszewski: "We need a decisive ‘remain’ vote." READ MORE
Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson yesterday denied making a rude gesture under heated questioning in the Commons. Thompson told MPs her extension of the middle finger was “just a hand movement.” READ MORE
Cabinet yesterday disclosed Employment Insurance claims have skyrocketed up to 400 percent in communities hardest hit by American tariffs. Jobs lost to tariffs could number nearly 90,000 so far, it said: "The tariff situation remains unpredictable with an ongoing risk of considerable job losses." READ MORE
The men who kidnapped me called themselves mujahadeen, Holy Warriors of God. They once asked me, “What would you do if the Americans invaded Canada? Would you not take up a gun and fight to protect your family and your country?” My experience as a hostage is a window into the psychology of violence. Every act of violence seems to have a pointing finger behind it, an accusation, a narrative that explains and justifies it. War turns us into the very thing we hate.
