Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand’s department last year fired 25 Canadian diplomats including one caught in secret contact with a foreign government. Neither the fired diplomat nor the foreign state were identified: "A report was received from a partner department that an employee was in contact inappropriately with foreign government officials." READ MORE
Cabinet yesterday would not release terms of a multi-billion dollar concession to the U.S. over the Gordie Howe International Bridge. Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed he agreed to share toll revenues with the United States, a breach of a 2012 agreement: "Carney has negotiated a terrible deal for Canada." READ MORE
Canada Post spent nearly $194 million on climate programs amid ever-increasing deficits, service cuts and a 46 percent hike in stamp rates, records show: "It’s a responsibility we embrace." READ MORE
The Senate Ethics Officer yesterday would not say whether a Liberal appointee’s vulgar Twitter posts breached a 2019 citation on appropriate conduct on the internet. Senator Charles Adler (Man.) in his official social media account posted a series of insults about the Official Opposition: "The minimum standard of conduct tolerated in the community is not necessarily the same standard of behaviour that a senator must adhere to." READ MORE
Airlines will receive $150 million jet fuel loans at below-market rates, says a federal briefing note. Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne made no mention of the subsidy in announcing the program June 8: 'Borrowing costs are favourable relative to market rates for affected companies.' READ MORE
Canada Post managers last year pocketed nearly $31 million in bonuses even as CEO Doug Ettinger told Parliament the organization was “on the brink.” The disclosures were detailed in financial accounts requested by MPs: "One of the things I lose sleep about is keeping the good people who are with us." READ MORE
Eleven percent bonuses for federal executives are proportionate and fair, says a memo to Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali. Bonuses averaging $18,316 per executive were paid last year even as cabinet told Canadians “these are tough times.” READ MORE
We hold sacred the right to vote. The first ballot cast by my brother and I was discussed around the dining room table. We talked about whether a government was good or bad. My parents cherished those conversations because we were free to have them. This shaped my family’s outlook on life. We were taught that Poles lost democracy because they did not cherish freedom enough. When it comes to democracy, there’s a difference between theory and practice.
