Liberal leadership candidate Karina Gould yesterday said she often “raised my voice” against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and cabinet. “We didn’t get things right,” said the Burlington, Ont. MP who spent eight years as a cabinet member: "Why didn’t you help stop that?"
Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney yesterday had no comment over contradictory remarks he made about his past. Carney in one instance was accused of lying about a shareholders’ letter he wrote as chair of Brookfield Asset Management Ltd., and in another case claimed he personally helped balance the 1998 federal budget though he was a student at Oxford at the time: "Carney lied."
Ottawa is deeply bigoted against China due in part to cynical politicians and media, says Liberal-appointed Senator Yuen Pau Woo (B.C.). He named no names but suggested political aides, commentators and public employees were complicit: "As a senator in Ottawa I see it very clearly in Parliament."
Alberta’s Human Rights Tribunal in a key test of religious freedoms has ordered a hearing on whether personal interpretations of Scripture are legitimate grounds for defying a workplace order. The dispute involved an an oil and gas employee who cited the Ten Commandments in declining a vaccine: "There is a genuine issue to be resolved."
Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney last night said the Canadian economy has been weak for years under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Whatever growth occurred was driven by uncontrolled immigration and deficit spending, said Carney: "Our economy was weak before."
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is taking the CBC to Federal Court over its refusal to disclose how much it spends on self-promotion. The advocacy group in a Court application asks that a judge compel the CBC to disclose its annual advertising budget: "As a publicly funded broadcaster the CBC is accountable to taxpayers."
The Federal Court has thrown out a class action lawsuit claiming negligence by the Public Health Agency in failing to maintain its emergency stockpile of pandemic medical supplies. The Court was no substitute for a inquiry, ruled the judge: "The plaintiffs are asking the Court to embark on an exercise akin to a public inquiry."
Climate change will generally benefit Canadian farmers with longer frost-free seasons, says the Department of Agriculture. The analysis contradicts public opinion surveys showing climate alarmists fear looming food shortages: "Projections shown here are the most likely climate outcomes assuming high greenhouse gas emissions."
Cabinet yesterday promised reforms pending another review of its $145 million-a year Arctic grocers' subsidy, Nutrition North. The program has been repeatedly audited over the past decade amid recurring complaints it is costly and ineffectual: "We will take decisive action."
Cabinet’s $2.7 billion Christmas GST holiday was a bad idea, Liberal leadership candidate Frank Baylis said last night. Speaking in a French-language candidates’ debate in Montréal, the former one-term MP (Pierrefonds-Dollard, Que.) said the Party must be “honest with Canadians.”
Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney yesterday adopted a Conservative proposal to eliminate GST charges on new residential construction under $1 million. Carney’s campaign also released figures confirming cabinet cannot meet its promise of restoring housing affordability by building 3,870,000 homes by 2031: "Canada faces an urgent housing crisis."
CBC reporters must fight climate change by riding to assignments on bicycles, says a corporate report. The document did not mention what action would be taken by managers who take overseas junkets overseas: 'Bikes are a new and sustainable way to gather news.'
Health Minister Mark Holland yesterday said he is “worried about our country” and suspects most Canadians have mental health challenges. Holland’s remarks followed his 2022 admission he attempted suicide after losing re-election in Ajax-Pickering, Ont.: "I don't know how you could be a human being in this world right now and not be having a mental health challenge."
A federal judge has dismissed the last pre-election challenge of new electoral boundaries. Voters in the next national campaign will elect a record 343 MPs including many in new ridings redrawn to reflect population change: "The Boundaries Commission was aware of the issues."
Global Health Imports Corp., an Alberta medical supply firm co-founded by Liberal MP Randy Boissonnault (Edmonton Centre), is blacklisted from bidding on any federal contracts for five years. The Department of Public Works put the firm on its Ineligibility And Suspension List: "Information brought to our attention recently concerning an Edmonton Police Service investigation kind of put us at the right threshold to take action."
