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Academic troubled by MPs’ refusal to share newsletters with researchers
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on January 14th, 2023
OTTAWA – While MPs send out newsletters to get the public’s attention, many of them are refusing to share these taxpayer-funded mailouts with academics for research purposes. “The secrecy (with which) some MPs and their offices deal with these things is astounding,” said Alex Marland, a renowned expert in political communication and party politics. “It ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Premiers demand bail reform in letter to Trudeau after killing of OPP officer
By Marie-Danielle Smith, The Canadian Press on January 14th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s premiers are unanimously urging Ottawa to take “immediate action” to strengthen the country’s bail system. The premiers from all 13 provinces and territories signed a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, dated Friday, that says the time for action is now and “our heroic first responders cannot wait.” The letter, which originated ... Read More »
1 response‘Gift for all’: Nunavut TV channel looks be in the homes of every Canadian
By Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press on January 14th, 2023
OTTAWA – As a little girl in the early ’80s, Lucy Tulugarjuk said she would spend most of her time playing outside instead of in front of a screen. Her family and friends in Igloolik, Nvt., did not own televisions, she said, with most households choosing to keep television out as a way to protect ... Read More »
1 responseCeremony to be held for child’s partial remains found at residential school site
By The Canadian Press on January 13th, 2023
STAR BLANKET CREE NATION – A First Nation in southeastern Saskatchewan is preparing a proper burial after a fragment of a child’s jawbone was found in an unmarked grave during a search of a local residential school site. The Star Blanket Cree Nation made the discovery in the fall while the community was searching the ... Read More »
1 responsePierre Poilievre speech to Frontier Centre as part of daylong visit to Winnipeg
By The Canadian Press on January 13th, 2023
WINNIPEG – Conservative party leader Pierre Poilievre is defending his decision to speak to a group that has come under fire for comments on residential schools and discrimination. Poilievre spoke today to the Frontier Centre for Public Policy – a Winnipeg-based think tank that ran radio ads in 2018 that said it was a myth ... Read More »
1 responseAlberta NDP: ‘A lot of lying going on’ about premier’s role in COVID-19 prosecutions
By Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press on January 13th, 2023
Alberta’s Opposition NDP leader says Premier Danielle Smith has entangled herself in a web of lies and needs to come clean over what she has been saying to prosecutors pursuing COVID-19 health violations. “She’s scrambling. She is either lying now or she was lying then. Clearly lying is happening. There is a lot of lying ... Read More »
1 responseHouse of Commons committee plans to take another look at updated Rogers-Shaw deal
By The Canadian Press on January 13th, 2023
OTTAWA – The House of Commons industry and technology committee is planning to initiate another study of the proposed Rogers-Shaw merger. Conservative MP Rick Perkins and New Democrat MP Brian Masse confirmed to The Canadian Press that the committee plans to meet on Jan. 25 to review the proposed $26 billion transaction. On Jan. 24, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec woman alleging sexual misconduct by prominent cardinal reveals identity
By The Canadian Press on January 13th, 2023
MONTREAL – A woman alleging sexual misconduct by a prominent Quebec cardinal has revealed her identity and says the process for reporting such abuse must be changed. Until today, Paméla Groleau had been identified only as “F” in court documents as part of a class-action lawsuit filed in August against the Quebec City archdiocese. In ... Read More »
1 responsePenalties for public servants who won’t go back to office to be handled individually
By Cindy Tran, The Canadian Press on January 13th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal government says repercussions for public servants who refuse to return to in-person work will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. Starting Monday, all federal employees who are still working from home will begin the transition back to in-person work. Treasury Board President Mona Fortier announced last month that all departments ... Read More »
1 responseThree employees remain missing after explosion at Quebec propane business
By The Canadian Press on January 13th, 2023
SAINT-ROCH-DE-L’ACHIGAN, Que. – Three employees of a Quebec propane distribution business remain missing one day after an explosion and fire north of Montreal. Quebec provincial police are expected to provide an update later today after officially taking over the scene late Thursday in St-Roch-de-l’Achigan, about 50 kilometres north of Montreal. The local fire department received ... Read More »
1 responseCanada sanctions more of Haiti’s political elites, bringing total to 15
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on January 13th, 2023
OTTAWA – Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly has announced new sanctions against two more Haitian political elites. Facing sanction are former MP Arnel Bélizaire and Charles Saint-Rémy, a businessman associated with former president Michel Martelly, who is among the 13 others Canada has already sanctioned. The two will be barred from entering or undertaking financial ... Read More »
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