A pandemic business loan program paid more than $2 billion to borrowers who never qualified for subsidies in the first place, new data show. Figures excluded borrowers rejected at the outset on suspicion of fraud: “How much?”
Governor General Mary Simon billed more than $800,000 for a four-day junket to a German book fair including the cost of two photographers, newly-released records show. The Bloc Québécois forced disclosure of all travel expenses after Rideau Hall concealed the $1.15 million cost of Simon’s 2022 junket to Dubai: ‘People spend $200 for groceries that are barely enough to feed a family.’
A score-settling interview by a CBC Radio host was “testy,” “unfair” and failed to comply with journalistic standards, says a network ombudsman. Robyn Bresnahan was cited for a broadcast in which she hectored a Conservative politician with snide remarks on media relations: “Okay, so it’s our fault?”
Federally-incorporated companies face a yearly requirement to publish names of their owners under a cabinet bill introduced yesterday by Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne. The “beneficial ownership” bill does not apply to the large majority of firms incorporated in their home provinces: “Transparency and accountability are needed.”
Small business has been shortchanged on carbon tax rebates promised five years ago, says an advocacy group. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business yesterday calculated rebates to date are a fraction of what operators pay in higher fuel costs: “They have received little or nothing at all.”
A Liberal MP accused of secret contacts with Chinese Communist agents yesterday said he was a proud Canadian. “I cannot defend myself against an unverified anonymous source,” MP Han Dong (Don Valley North, Ont.) told reporters: “To my knowledge I was not offered, I was not told, I was not informed nor would I accept any help from a foreign country.”
The Commons yesterday by a vote of 177 to 147 rejected a Conservative motion for a full committee investigation of alleged election fraud by Chinese Communist agents. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a last-minute concession agreed to have his chief of staff Katie Telford take MPs questions: “I think we take this a step at a time.”
MOTION of Conservative MP Michael Cooper (St. Albert-Edmonton), seconded by Conservative MP Terry Dowdall (Simcoe-Grey, Ont.) “that given reports of foreign interference in Canada’s democratic processes by or on behalf of the Communist regime in Beijing,” the Commons ethics committee be empowered and instructed to study all aspects of foreign interference in relation to the 2019 and 2021 general elections, and that:
a) Katie Telford, Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, be ordered to appear before the committee as a witness, for three hours on her own, under oath, no later than Friday, April 14;
b) the following individuals be invited to appear as witnesses before the committee on dates and times to be fixed by the Chair of the Committee, but no later than Friday, May 19:
• Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland;
• Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair;
• Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino;
• Canadian Security Intelligence Service Director David Vigneault;
• Privy Council Clerk Janice Charette;
• Morris Rosenberg, former CEO. Trudeau Foundation;
• John MacBain, former chair. Trudeau Foundation;
• Élise Comtois, former executive director, Trudeau Foundation;
• Liberal, Conservative, Bloc Québécois and NDP 2019 and 2021 national campaign directors;
• John McCallum, former Canadian ambassador to China;
• Jennifer May, current Canadian ambassador to China.
• James Judd, author of a 2019 Critical Election Incident Protocol report;
• All members of 2019 and 2021 election interference fask forces.
ABOULTAIF, Ziad (Conservative, Edmonton-Manning) YEA
AITCHISON, Scott (Conservative, Parry Sound-Muskoka) YEA
ALBAS, Dan (Conservative, Central Okanagan-Similkameen) YEA
ALDAG, John (Liberal, Cloverdale-Langley City) NAY
ALGHABRA, Omar (Liberal, Mississauga Centre) NAY
ALI, Shafqat (Liberal, Brampton Centre) NAY
ALLISON, Dean (Conservative, Niagara West) YEA
ANAND, Anita (Liberal, Oakville) NAY
ANANDASANGAREE, Gary (Scarborough-Rouge Park) NAY
ANGUS, Charlie (New Democrat, Timmins-James Bay) NAY
ARNOLD, Mel (Conservative, North Okanagan-Shuswap) YEA
ARSENEAULT, René (Liberal, Madawaska-Restdigouche) NAY
ARYA, Chandra (Liberal, Nepean) NAY
ASHTON, Niki (New Democrat, Churchill-Keewatinook Aski) NAY
ATWIN, Jenica (Liberal, Fredericton) NAY
BACHRACH, Taylor (New Democrat, Skeena-Bulkley Valley) NAY
BADAWEY, Vance (Liberal, Niagara Centre) NAY
BAINS, Parm (Liberal, Steveston-Richmond East) NAY
BAKER, Yvan (Liberal, Etobicoke Centre) NAY
BALDINELLI, Tony (Conservative, Niagara Falls) YEA
BARLOW, John (Conservative, Foothills) YEA
BARRETT, Michael (Conservative, Leeds-Grenville) YEA
BARRON, Lisa (New Democrat, Nanimo-Ladysmith) NAY
BARSALOU-DUVAL, Xavier (Bloc, Pierre-Boucher) YEA
BATTISTE, Jaimie (Liberal, Sydney-Victoria) NAY
BEAULIEU, Mario (Bloc, La Pointe-de-I’le) YEA
BEECH, Terry (Liberal, Burnaby-North) NAY
BENDAYAN, Rachel (Liberal, Outremont) NAY
BENNETT, Carolyn (Liberal, Toronto-St. Paul’s) NAY
BERGERON, Stéphane (Bloc, Montarville) YEA
BERTHOLD, Luc (Conservative, Megantic-L’Erable) YEA
BERUBE, Sylvie (Bloc, Abitibi-Baie James) YEA
BIBEAU, Marie-Claude (Liberal, Compton-Stanstead) NAY
BITTLE, Chris (Liberal, St. Catharines) NAY
BLAIKIE, Daniel (New Democrat, Elmwood-Transcona) NAY
BLAIR, Bill (Liberal, Scarborough Southwest) NAY
BLANCHET, Yves-François (Bloc, Beloeil-Chambly) YEA
BLANCHETTE-JONCAS, Maxime (Bloc, Rimouski) YEA
BLANEY, Rachel (New Democrat, North Island-Powell River) NAY
BLOCK, Kelly (Conservative, Carlton Trail-Eagle Creek) YEA
BLOIS, Kody (Liberal, Kings-Hants) NAY
BOISSONNAULT, Randy (Liberal, Edmonton Centre) NAY
BOULERICE, Alexandre (New Democrat, Rosemont) NAY
BRADFORD, Valerie (Liberal, Kitchener South-Hespeler) NAY
BRAGDON, Richard (Conservative, Tobique-Mactaquac) YEA
BRASSARD, John (Conservative, Barrie-Innisfil) YEA
BRIERE, Elisabeth (Liberal, Sherbrooke) NAY
BROCK, Larry (Conservative, Brantford-Brant) YEA
BRUNELLE-DUCEPPE, Alexis (Bloc, Lac-St. Jean) YEA
CALKINS, Blaine (Conservative, Red Deer-Lacombe) YEA
CANNINGS, Richard (New Democrat, South Okanagan) NAY
CAPUTO, Frank (Conservative, Kamloops-Thompson) YEA
CARRIE, Colin (Conservative, Oshawa) YEA
CASEY, Sean (Liberal, Charlottetown) NAY
CHABOT, Louise (Bloc, Therese-De Blainville) YEA
CHAGGER, Bardish (Liberal, Waterloo) NAY
CHAHAL, George (Liberal, Calgary Skyview) NAY
CHAMBERS, Adam (Conservative, Simcoe North) YEA
CHAMPAGNE, François-Philippe (Liberal, St. Maurice) NAY
CHAMPOUX, Martin (Bloc, Drummond) YEA
CHATEL, Sophie (Liberal, Pontiac) NAY
CHEN, Shaun (Liberal, Scarborough North) NAY
CHIANG, Paul (Liberal, Markham-Unionville) NAY
CHONG, Michael (Conservative, Wellington-Halton Hills) YEA
COLLINS, Chad (Liberal, Hamilton East-Stoney Creek) NAY
COLLINS, Laurel (New Democrat, Victoria) NAY
COOPER, Michael (Conservative, St. Albert-Edmonton) YEA
CORMIER, Serge (Liberal, Acadie-Bathurst) NAY
COTEAU, Michael (Liberal, Don Valley East) NAY
DABRUSIN, Julie (Liberal, Toronto-Danforth) NAY
DALTON, Marc (Conservative, Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge) YEA
DAMOFF, Pam (Liberal, Oakville North-Burlington) NAY
DANCHO, Raquel (Conservative, Kildonan-St. Paul) YEA
DAVIDSON, Scot (Conservative, York-Simcoe) YEA
DAVIES, Don (New Democrat, Vancouver Kingsway) NAY
DeBELLEFEUILLE, Claude (Bloc, Salaberry-Suroit) YEA
DELTELL, Gérard (Conservative, Louis-St. Laurent) YEA
D’ENTREMONT, Chris (Conservative, West Nova) YEA
DESBIENS, Caroline (Bloc, Beauport) YEA
DESILETS, Luc (Bloc, Riviere-des-Mille-Iles) YEA
DESJARLAIS, Blake (New Democrat, Edmonton Griesbach) NAY
DHALIWAL, Sukh (Liberal, Surrey-Newton) NAY
DHILLON, Anju (Liberal, Dorval-Lachine) NAY
DIAB, Lena (Liberal, Halifax West) NAY
DOHERTY, Todd (Conservative, Prince George) YEA
DONG, Han (Liberal, Don Valley North) NAY
DOWDALL, Terry (Conservative, Simcoe-Grey) YEA
DREESHEN, Earl (Conservative, Red Deer-Mountain View) YEA
DROUIN, Francis (Liberal, Glengarry-Prescott) NAY
DUBOURG, Emmanuel (Liberal, Bourassa) NAY
DUCLOS, Jean-Yves (Liberal, Québec City) NAY
DUNCAN, Eric (Conservative, Stormont-Dundas) YEA
DZEROWICZ, Julie (Conservative, Davenport) NAY
EHSASSI, Ali (Liberal, Willowdale) NAY
EL-KHOURY, Faycal (Liberal, Laval-Les Iles) NAY
ELLIS, Stephen (Conservative, Cumberland-Colchester) YEA
EPP, Dave (Conservative, Chatham-Kent) YEA
ERSKINE-SMITH, Nathaniel (Liberal, Beaches-East York) NAY
FALK, Rosemarie (Conservative, Battlefords-Lloydminster) YEA
FALK, Ted (Conservative, Provencher) YEA
FAST, Ed (Conservative, Abbotsford) YEA
FERGUS, Greg (Liberal, Hull-Aylmer) NAY
FERRERI, Michelle (Conservative, Peterborough-Kawartha) YEA
FILLMORE, Andy (Liberal, Halifax) NAY
FINDLAY, Kerry-Lynne (Conservative, S. Surry-White Rock) YEA
FISHER, Darren (Liberal, Dartmouth-Cole Harbour) NAY
FONSECA, Peter (Liberal, Mississauga East-Cooksville) NAY
FORTIER, Mona (Liberal, Ottawa-Vanier) NAY
FORTIN, Rhéal (Bloc, Riviere-du-Nord) YEA
FRAGISTKATOS, Peter (Liberal, London North Centre) NAY
FRASER, Sean (Liberal, Central Nova) NAY
FREELAND, Chrystia (Liberal, University-Rosedale) NAY
FRY, Hedy (Liberal, Vancouver Centre) NAY
GAHEER, Iqwinder (Liberal, Mississauga-Malton) NAY
GALLANT, Cheryl (Conservative, Renfrew-Nipissing) YEA
GARRISON, Randall (New Democrat, Esquimalt-Saanich) NAY
GAUDREAU, Marie-Helene (Bloc, Laurentides-Labelle) YEA
GENEREUX, Bernard (Conservative, Montgomery-L’Islet) YEA
GENUIS, Garnett (Conservative, Sherwood Park) YEA
GERRETSEN, Mark (Liberal, Kingston & Islands) NAY
GILL, Marilene (Bloc, Manicouagan) YEA
GLADU, Marilyn (Conservative, Sarnia-Lambton) YEA
GODIN, Joel (Conservative, Portneuf-Jacques Cartiere) YEA
GOODRIDGE, Laila (Conservative, Fort McMurray) YEA
GOULD, Karina (Liberal, Burlington) NAY
GOURDE, Jacques (Conservative, Levis-Lotbiniere) YEA
GRAY, Tracy (Conservative, Kelowna-Lake Country) YEA
GREEN, Matthew (New Democrat, Hamilton Centre) NAY
GUILBEAULT, Steven (Liberal, Laurier-Ste. Marie) NAY
HAJDU, Patricia (Liberal, Thunder Bay-Superior North) NAY
HALLAN, Jasraj Singh (Conservative, Calgary Forest Lawn) YEA
HANLEY, Brendan (Liberal, Yukon) NAY
HARDIE, Ken (Liberal, Fleetwood-Port Kells) NAY
HEPFNER, Lisa (Liberal, Hamilton Mountain) NAY
HOBACK, Randy (Conservative, Prince Albert) YEA
HOLLAND, Mark (Liberal, Ajax) NAY
HOUSEFATHER, Anthony (Liberal, Mount Royal) NAY
HUGHES, Carol (New Democrat, Algoma-Manitoulin) NAY
HUSSEN, Ahmed (Liberal, York South-Weston) NAY
HUTCHINGS, Gudie (Liberal, Long Range Mountains) NAY
IACONO, Angelo (Liberal, Alfred-Pellan) NAY
IDLOUT, Lori (New Democrat, Nunavut) NAY
IEN, Marci (Liberal, Toronto Centre) NAY
JACZEK, Helena (Liberal, Markham-Stouffville) NAY
JENEROUX, Matt (Conservative, Edmonton Riverbend) YEA
JOHNS, Gord (New Democrat, Courtenay-Alberni) NAY
JOLY, Mélanie (Liberal, Ahuntsic-Cartierville) NAY
JOWHARI, Majid (Liberal, Richmond Hill) NAY
JULIAN, Peter (New Democrat, New Westminster-Burnaby) NAY
KAYABAGA, Arielle (Liberal, London West) NAY
KELLOWAY, Mike (Liberal, Cape Breton-Canso) NAY
KELLY, Pat (Conservative, Calgary Rocky Ridge) YEA
KHALID, Iqra (Liberal, Mississauga-Erin Mills) NAY
KHERA, Kamal (Liberal, Brampton West) NAY
KITCHEN, Robert (Conservative, Souris-Moose Mountain) YEA
KMIEC, Tom (Conservative, Calgary Shepard) YEA
KOUTRAKIS, Annie (Liberal, Vimy) NAY
KRAM, Michael (Conservative, Regina-Wascana) YEA
KRAMP-NEUMAN, Shelby (Conservative, Hastings-Lennox) YEA
KUREK, Damien (Conservative, Battle River-Crowfoot) YEA
KUSIE, Stephanie (Conservative, Calgary Midnapore) YEA
KUSMIERCZYK, Irek (Liberal, Windsor-Tecumseh) NAY
KWAN, Jenny (New Democrat, Vancouver East) NAY
LAKE, Mike (Conservative, Edmonton-Wetaskiwin) YEA
LALONDE, Marie-France (Liberal, Orléans) NAY
LAMBROPOULOS, Emmanuella (Liberal, St. Laurent) NAY
LAMOUREUX, Kevin (Liberal, Winnipeg North) NAY
LANTSMAN, Melissa (Conservative, Thornhill) YEA
LAPOINTE, Viviane (Liberal, Sudbury) NAY
LAROUCHE, Andréanne (Bloc, Shefford) YEA
LATTANZIO, Patricia (Liberal, St. Léonard) NAY
LAUZON, Stéphane (Liberal, Argenteuil-La Petite Nation) NAY
LAWRENCE, Philip (Conservative, Northumberland) YEA
LeBLANC, Dominic (Liberal, Beaséjour) NAY
LEBOUTHILLIER, Diane (Liberal, Gaspésie) NAY
LEHOUX, Richard (Conservative, Beauce) YEA
LEMIRE, Sébastien (Bloc, Abitibi-Témiscamingue) YEA
LEWIS, Chris (Conservative, Essex) YEA
LEWIS, Leslyn (Conservative, Haldimand-Norfolk) YEA
LIEPERT, Ron (Conservative, Calgary Signal Hill) YEA
LIGHTBOUND, Joel (Liberal, Louis-Hebert) NAY
LLOYD, Dane (Conservative, Sturgeon River-Parkland) YEA
LOBB, Ben (Conservative, Huron-Bruce) YEA
LONG, Wayne (Liberal, Saint John-Rothesay) NAY
LONGFIELD, Lloyd (Liberal, Guelph) NAY
LOUIS, Tim (Liberal, Kitchener-Conestoga) NAY
MacAULAY, Lawrence (Liberal, Cardigan) NAY
MacDONALD, Heath (Liberal, Malpeque) NAY
MacGREGOR, Alistair (New Democrat, Cowichan-Malahat) NAY
MacKINNON, Steven (Liberal, Gatineau) NAY
MAGUIRE, Larry (Brandon-Souris) YEA
MALONEY, James (Liberal, Etobicoke-Lakeshore) NAY
MARTEL, Richard (Conservative, Chicoutimi-LeFjord) YEA
MARTINEZ, Soraya (Liberal, Hochelaga) NAY
MASSE, Brian (New Democdrat, Windsor West) NAY
MATHYSSEN, Lindsay (New Democrat, London-Fanshawe) NAY
MAY, Bryan (Liberal, Cambridge) NAY
MAY, Elizabeth (Green, Saanich-Gulf Islands) YEA
MAZIER, Dan (Conservative, Dauphin-Swan River) YEA
McCAULEY, Kelly (Conservative, Edmonton West) YEA
McDONALD, Ken (Liberal, Avalon) NAY
McKAY, John (Liberal, Scarborough-Guildwood) NAY
McKINNON, Ron (Liberal, Couquitlam-Port Coquitlam) NAY
McLEAN, Greg (Conservative, Calgary Centre) YEA
McLEOD, Michael (Liberal, Northwest Territories) NAY
McPHERSON, Heather (New Democrat, Edmonton Strathcona) NAY
MELILLO, Eric (Conservative, Kenora) YEA
MENDES, Alexandra (Liberal, Brossard-St. Lambert) NAY
MENDICINO, Marco (Liberal, Eglinton-Lawrence) NAY
MIAO, Wilson, (Liberal, Richmond Centre) NAY
MICHAUD, Kristina (Bloc, Avignon-La Mitis) YEA
MILLER, Marc (Liberal, Ville-Marie) NAY
MOORE, Rob (Conservative, Fundy Royal) YEA
MORANTZ, Marty (Conservative, Charleswood-St. James) YEA
MORRICE, Mike (Green, Kitchener Centre) YEA
MORRISON, Rob (Conservative, Kootenay-Columbia) YEA
MORRISSEY, Robert (Liberal, Egmont) NAY
MOTZ, Glen (Conservative, Medicine Hat-Cardston) YEA
MURRAY, Joyce (Liberal, Vancouver Quadra) NAY
MUYS, Dan (Conservative, Flamborough-Glanbrook) YEA
NAQVI, Yasir (Liberal, Ottawa Centre) NAY
NATER, John (Conservative, Perth-Wellington) YEA
NG, Mary (Liberal, Markham-Thornhill) NAY
NOORMOHAMED, Taleeb (Liberal, Vancouver Granville) NAY
NORMANDIN, Christine (Bloc, Saint-Jean) YEA
O’CONNELL, Jennifer (Liberal, Pickering-Uxbridge) NAY
OLIPHANT, Robert (Liberal, Don Valley West) NAY
O’REGAN, Seamus (Liberal, St. John’s South-Mount Pearl) NAY
O’TOOLE, Erin (Conservative, Durham) YEA
PATZER, Jeremy (Conservative, Cypress Hills-Grasslands) YEA
PAUL-HUS, Pierre (Conservative, Charlesbourg) YEA
PAUZE, Monique (Bloc, Repentigny) YEA
PERKINS, Rick (Conservative, South Shore-St. Margarets) YEA
PERRON, Yves (Bloc, Berthier-Maskinongé) YEA
PETITPAS TAYLOR, Ginette (Liberal, Moncton) NAY
PLAMONDON, Louis (Bloc, Bécancour-Nicolet) YEA
POWLOWSKI, Marcus (Liberal, Thunder Bay-Rainy River) NAY
QUALTROUGH, Carla (Liberal, Delta) NAY
RAYES, Alain (Independent, Richmond-Arthabaska) YEA
REDEKOPP, Brad (Conservative, Saskatoon West) YEA
REID, Scott (Conservative, Lanark-Frontenac) YEA
REMPEL GARNER, Michelle (Calgary Nose Hill) YEA
RICHARDS, Blake (Conservative, Banff-Airdrie) YEA
ROBERTS, Anna (Conservative, King-Vaughan) YEA
ROBILLARD, Yves (Liberal, Marc-Aurele-Fortin) NAY
RODRIGUEZ, Pablo (Liberal, Honoré-Mercier) NAY
ROGERS, Churence (Liberal, Bonavista-Burin) NAY
ROMANADO, Sherry (Liberal, Longueuil-Charles LeMoyne) NAY
ROOD, Lianne (Conservative, Lambton-Kent) YEA
RUFF, Alex (Conservative, Bruce-Grey) YEA
SAHOTA, Ruby (Liberal, Brampton North) NAY
SAJJAN, Harjit (Liberal, Vancouver South) NAY
SAKS, Ya’ara (Liberal, York Centre) NAY
SAMSON, Darrell (Liberal, Sackville-Preston) NAY
SARAI, Randeep (Liberal, Surrey Centre) NAY
SAVARD-TREMBLAY, Simon-Pierre (Bloc, St. Hyacinthe) YEA
SCARPALEGGIA, Francis (Liberal, Lac St. Louis) NAY
SCHEER, Andrew (Conservative, Regina-Qu’Appelle) YEA
SCHIEFKE, Peter (Liberal, Vaudreuil-Soulanges) NAY
SCHMALE, Jamie (Conservative, Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes) YEA
SEEBACK, Kyle (Conservative, Dufferin-Caledon) YEA
SERRE, Marc (Liberal, Nickel Belt) NAY
SGRO, Judy (Liberal, Humber River-Black Creek) NAY
SHANAHAN, Brenda (Liberal, Chateauguay-Lacolle) NAY
SHEEHAN, Terry (Liberal, Sault Ste Marie) NAY
SHIELDS, Martin (Conservative, Bow River) YEA
SHIPLEY, Doug (Conservative, Barrie-Springwater) YEA
SIDHU, Maninder (Liberal, Brampton East) NAY
SIDHU, Sonia (Liberal, Brampton South) NAY
SIMARD, Mario (Bloc, Jonquiere) YEA
SINCLAIR-DESGAGNE, Nathalie (Bloc, Terrebonne) YEA
SINGH, Jagmeet (New Democrat, Burnaby South) NAY
SMALL, Clifford (Conservative, Coast of Bays-Central) YEA
SORBARA, Francesco (Liberal, Vaughan-Woodbridge) NAY
SOROKA, Gerald (Conservative, Yellowhead) YEA
SOUSA, Charles (Liberal, Mississauga-Lakeshore) NAY
STEINLEY, Warren (Conservative, Regina-Lewvan) YEA
STE-MARIE, Gabriel (Bloc, Joliette) YEA
STEWART, Jake (Conservative, Maramichi-Grand Lake) YEA
ST-ONGE, Pascale (Liberal, Brome-Missisquoi) NAY
STRAHL, Mark (Conservative, Chilliwack-Hope) YEA
STUBBS, Shannon (Conservative, Lakeland) YEA
SUDDS, Jenna (Liberal, Kanata-Carleton) NAY
TASSI, Filomena (Liberal, Hamilton West-Ancaster) NAY
TAYLOR ROY, Leah (Liberal, Aurora-Oak Ridges) NAY
THERIAULT, Luc (Bloc, Montcalm) YEA
THERRIEN, Alain (Bloc, La Prairie) YEA
THOMAS, Rachael (Conservative, Lethbridge) YEA
THOMPSON, Joanne (Liberal, St. John’s East) NAY
TOCHOR, Corey (Conservative, Saskatoon-University) YEA
TOLMIE, Fraser (Conservative, Moose Jaw-Lake Centre) YEA
TRUDEAU, Justin (Liberal, Papineau) NAY
TRUDEL, Denis (Bloc, Longueuil-St. Hubert) YEA
TURNBULL, Ryan (Liberal, Whitby) NAY
UPPAL, Tim (Conservative, Edmonton Mill Woods) YEA
VALDEZ, Rechie (Liberal, Mississauga-Streetsville) NAY
VAN BYNEN, Tony (Liberal, Newmarket-Aurora) NAY
VAN KOEVERDEN, Adam (Liberal, Milton) NAY
VAN POPTA, Tako (Conservative, Langley-Aldergrove) YEA
VANDAL, Dan (Liberal, St. Boniface-St. Vital) NAY
VANDENBELD, Anita (Liberal, Ottawa West-Nepean) NAY
VECCHIO, Karen (Conservative, Elgin-Middlesex) YEA
VIDAL, Gary (Conservative, Desnethé-Missinippi) YEA
VIEN, Dominique (Conservative, Bellechasse-Les Ethcmins) YEA
VIERSEN, Arnold (Conservative, Peace River-Westlock) YEA
VIGNOLA, Julie (Bloc, Beauport-Limoilou) YEA
VILLEMURE, René (Bloc, Trois-Rivière) YEA
VIRANI, Arif (Liberal, Parkdale-High Park) NAY
VIS, Brad (Conservative, Mission-Matsqui) YEA
VUONG, Kevin (Independent, Spadina-Fort York) YEA
WAGANTALL, Cathay (Conservative, Yorkton-Melville) YEA
WARKENTIN, Chris (Conservative, Grande Prairie-Mackenzie) YEA
WAUGH, Kevin (Conservative, Saskatoon-Grasswood) YEA
WEBBER, Len (Conservative, Calgary Confederation) YEA
WEILER, Patrick (Liberal, West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast) NAY
WILKINSON, Jonathan (Liberal, North Vancouver) NAY
WILLIAMS, Ryan (Conservative, Bay of Quinte) YEA
WILLIAMSON, John (Conservative, New Brunswick SW) YEA
YIP, Jean (Liberal, Scarborough-Agincourt) NAY
ZAHID, Salma (Liberal, Scarborough Centre) NAY
ZARRILLO, Bonita (New Democrat, Port Moody-Coquitlam) NAY
ZIMMER, Bob (Conservative, Prince George-Peace River) YEA
ZUBERI, Sameer (Liberal, Pierrefonds-Dollard) NAY
Governor General Mary Simon billed more than $90,000 to visit her home town, newly-released records show. “It’s good to be home,” said Simon on her brief tour of Kangiqsualujjuaq, Que. last May: “Over the years I have exchanged stories with Canadians about favourite childhood memories.”
A federal blacklist of Freedom Convoy sympathizers was emailed to foreign banks with offices from Wall Street to Beijing, records show. The RCMP placed no restrictions on distribution of the blacklist: “Information was shared.”
Canadian researchers continue to work with Huawei Technologies despite a federal ban on use of the Chinese firm’s equipment. Conservative MP Dan Mazier (Dauphin-Swan River, Man.) yesterday tabled patent filings by two universities with Huawei: “Do you continue to work with Huawei in any form?”
An expected Commons vote today will see MPs attempt to take control of an investigation into suspected election fraud. Opposition parties yesterday said Parliament, not the Prime Minister, must direct next steps in determining whether the Chinese Communist Party interfered in the 2019 and 2021 campaigns: “The Prime Minister must be hiding something really big.”
Federal managers set easy performance targets that only seem difficult to achieve, Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux said yesterday. Executives were skilled in pretending to be ambitious, he said: “I speak of my own experience of having been in the public service for more than two decades.”
Cabinet approved millions in executives’ back pay and bonuses last year even as Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland warned taxpayers to brace for a recession, records show. Almost every executive at every department and agency, 98 percent, received a bonus: “Times feel tough.”
