The Department of Finance will not disclose the findings of an internal review into allegations it invested millions in a Chinese Communist Party front. The department censored contents of a 2025 briefing note to Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne: "The Bank undertook its own internal management review." READ MORE
The future of cabinet’s $90 billion regional high speed rail venture yesterday fell in doubt after Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre pledged any future Conservative government would cancel it as a costly fantasy. Promoters estimate construction will require at minimum a decade’s worth of federal financing: "Ridiculous." READ MORE
Defence spending peaked at $63.5 billion before the expiry of the budget year at midnight last night, according to the Department of National Defence. NATO says it did not verify the figure which is not itemized in any federal budget document: "We have full confidence in the process." READ MORE
The Public Health Agency today assumes direct management of a national compensation fund that to date has paid out $21,474,722 on injury and death claims attributed to Covid shots. Consultants previously hired to manage the Vaccine Injury Support Program were blamed for causing “frustration and hardship.” READ MORE
A federal labour board has upheld the firing of a Coast Guard captain for ignoring a distress call at sea. The captain of the fisheries patrol boat Dudka denied misconduct, testifying he was waiting for orders: "He was wrong." READ MORE
Prime Minister Mark Carney yesterday would not say whether he believes China uses slave labour. It followed cabinet’s announcement of “a new foreign policy” that encourages Canadians to get to know the People’s Republic: "Do you believe there is forced labour in China?" READ MORE
Police-reported hate crimes against Jews increased in 2024 even as the rate overall remained “relatively stable,” Statistics Canada data showed yesterday. New figures followed testimony at parliamentary hearings that Canada had normalized anti-Semitism to the point it was “casual, even fashionable.” READ MORE
I don’t know why I wanted to enter politics. I know he respected politicians a lot. Politics for me was a calling I took extremely seriously. I threw myself into it with everything I had. I failed my family. In the process I was not the father I should have been. That’s something I can’t take back. I’m sure Hitler worked very, very hard. I’m sure he woke up every morning and went to every event and I’m sure that he was in every place his party told him to be, but at the end of the day I do not think that our values should stem from that.
