Prime Minister Mark Carney’s future earnings rely on the success of Brookfield Corporation, the Ethics Commissioner said yesterday. Opposition MPs seek to compel Carney to sell his stock portfolio: "It is clear Mr. Carney’s future compensation is tied to the success of Brookfield." READ MORE
A Liberal MP once censured for breach of the Conflict Of Interest Code yesterday complained ethics rules had been “weaponized.” MP James Maloney (Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Ont.), the first parliamentarian ever ordered by the Ethics Commissioner to publicly apologize in the House of Commons, said no public office holder should be subject to “a bunch of allegations.” READ MORE
Federal departments last year assigned almost 600 employees to promoting diversity, equity and inclusion, records show. Cabinet acknowledged the figure was incomplete since numerous departments declined to report how many managers worked on “representation goals.” READ MORE
The Privy Council Office yesterday dismissed a request from MPs to interview candidates for appointment as Budget Officer. A standoff over the key appointment will now drag into 2026: "It is so important that the choice of a Parliamentary Budget Office be neutral, unbiased and impartial." READ MORE
More than a million homeowners face loss of equity if Parliament does not take steps to confront flood insurance costs, the Commons environment committee was told yesterday. The Department of Public Safety has yet to act on long-promised initiatives to save taxpayers the expense of disaster relief: "We're not going backwards." READ MORE
The Department of Immigration without any parliamentary scrutiny ordered research into enforcement of a national ID system using digital passports, Access To Information documents show. MPs have repeatedly rejected any national identity scheme as costly and dangerous: 'The assumption is the passport would be used within Canada as an identity document.' READ MORE
Year-end bonuses for federal executives are not literally tied to departmental performance, says a Treasury Board report. It follows data showing departments typically reward 90 to 100 percent of managers regardless of failure: "There is a system that is broken." READ MORE
When I think of my father Chung Fan Siu, I recall his constant struggle with nicotine addiction. He smoked for over 70 years. It is Dad’s life, and his eventual death, that I recall when I speak of the dangers of cigarette smoking. We could have had Dad with us a lot longer than we did, if not for the cigarettes. My mother grew to hate cigarettes. She banned smoking in our home, and Dad would huddle outside to have a cigarette. I remember it was an ongoing battle.
