The Department of Employment last year disciplined 629 employees for misconduct from absenteeism to theft and fraud, records show. Disclosure was intended to “show what happens when wrongdoing or misconduct is reported.”
Chief Science Advisor Mona Nemer’s office worked up an excuse to spend more than $34,000 on a UFO survey no parliamentarian asked for, records show. Staff in an Access To Information document sought “justification for why the survey is needed” at a time when cabinet pledged to cut unnecessary spending: "Explain the manner in which this research is required."
The Government of Mexico complains it is too expensive and bureaucratic to do business with Ottawa. The candid report by diplomats comes three months after Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a “new era of cooperation" with Mexico: 'Many expressed concern about excessive requirements, cost or red tape.'
Labour Minister Patty Hajdu undermined constitutional rights with her frequent use of strike bans, says the nation’s largest pilots’ association. The union in a submission to the Commons human resources committee said strike bans had “now become commonplace.”
A phone call cost the Canada Revenue Agency $879,092 in a tax dispute, according to evidence in Federal Court. Justice Danielle Ferron ruled a conversation between a tax lawyer and a dismissive collections officer amounted to “breach of procedural fairness.”
“An arsenal of illegal weapons” is being smuggled across the border from the United States, says a Canada Border Services Agency audit. The report said criminals are attempting to bypass controls by shipping plastic firearms parts through the mail: "We were informed that three dimensional printing of firearms parts sent via the postal mode pose a risk."
The Public Health Agency admits it's wasted more than $170 million buying and storing now-expired medical goods marked for landfill. MPs have questioned why no executive has been fired for ongoing mismanagement of inventory first uncovered five years ago: "How many individuals have been held accountable?"
The Business Development Bank of Canada faces courtroom allegations it approved a loan over political considerations. Bank lawyers lost a bid to strike the counterclaim by a borrower in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador: 'It alleges they were under pressure to solve economic issues' in a Liberal riding.
Veterans Affairs Minister Jill McKnight’s department in ten years hired 36 medically-released veterans though it had a legal requirement to hire more, records show. Fewer vets were hired by the Department of Veterans Affairs than the fisheries department or Canada Revenue Agency: "How many?"
The post office says it has agreed to a compounded 9.7 percent two-year pay increase for its largest union. It comes ahead of another emergency loan from cabinet: "How much funding is being discussed for this additional loan?"
Elections Canada is ordering millions of ballot box seals in case of a 2026 general election, a spokesperson said. It would be the fourth national campaign in seven years: "Is it time to go?"
Parliamentary floor-crossers would face a mandatory byelection under a Commons petition sponsored by Conservative MP Lianne Rood (Middlesex-London, Ont.). Floor-crossing in the aftermath of the last general election was “raising concerns of opportunism over principle,” wrote petitioners.
New Democrats in a final report on the 2025 election campaign conclude the Party was “too closely linked” to Justin Trudeau and out of touch with taxpayers. The report did not single out then-leader Jagmeet Singh for specific criticism, but stated: “It is indisputable that Conservative messaging on jobs and identity is resonating with many workers.”
Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin on Saturday served legal notice that cabinet will again allow the manufacture of straws and other plastic goods in Canada, but only for export to the United States: "A prohibition on export would result in economic harms."
A federal judge has dismissed a bid by a U.S. Indigenous group to delay expansion of the Port of Vancouver, largest in the nation. However the Federal Court sidestepped a larger issue of whether Indigenous Americans from border states have rights in Canada: 'These are questions for another day.'
