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Justin Trudeau mocked for baffling immigration remark
In Dartmouth, N.S., Monday, Justin Trudeau said that because his maternal grandfather was born in Scotland, he understands the immigrant experience.
Trudeau won't justify taking helicopter to Aga Khan’s island
In the wake of accusations he broke federal law when he flew on a private helicopter during a recent holiday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declined Friday to offer a justification for that decision.
Liberals to lift foreign ownership of domestic airlines, draft bill of rights for passengers
The federal government will raise foreign ownership levels for domestic airlines, a move that could spark the creation of ultra low-cost domestic carriers.
National vote needed to change election system
OTTAWA - Canada’s political and journalism elites — and by any definition of those elites, I’m one of them — were hugely disappointed in the UK “Brexit” referendum.
Sun gets results: Bureaucrats to pay back part of Paris meal tab
Two top government bureaucrats will repay part of their tabs for food and other incidentals while in Paris, a result of a Sun investigation into the $1 million spent by the Justin Trudeau government to send 155 delegates to the climate change conference known as COP21.
In Paris, hungry environment bureaucrats gobbled up thousands, left scraps for others
A few dozen Environment Canada bureaucrats gobbled up nearly $80,000 worth of fine French food during last fall's climate change summit in Paris while the rest of the Canadian delegation -- 128 people -- had to scrape by with $49,000 worth of food during the two-week confab.
Libs hope to deflect scandal by pointing to Harper's spending?
Long before the media caught on to just how much money the Liberals threw around in Paris at the climate change conference last fall, government bureaucrats had already set up a deflection for their new Liberal bosses: tell everyone Stephen Harper spent more.
Pork-barrel spending is alive and well under Trudeau
OTTAWA - The federal government’s grandly titled “Atlantic Growth Strategy” was in action Monday.
How the Tories lost the war on science
Liberals swear I’m wrong but when it comes to the official government-wide policy which regulates how, when, and where federal scientists may talk to the media, the rules laid down by the Trudeau government are essentially unchanged from those laid down by the Harper government.
Entitlement is the Liberal kryptonite
Say what you want about Stephen Harper but he ran a penny-pinching shop.
Apologies to First Peoples a crucial reconciliation step
After I tweeted that Indigenous and Northern Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett will formally apologize Tuesday for the forced relocation 60 years ago of a northern Manitoba First Nations community, a follower of mine tweeted back:
Driver case will focus Liberal fixes to anti-terror law
Justin Trudeau’s Liberals will not — as the Conservatives fear — take away new tools Canadian security agencies have been using to fight terrorist networks in Canada.
Cross-border teamwork key to nabbing would-be terrorists
OTTAWA - Would-be jihadist Aaron Driver would not have been apprehended without quick and close collaboration among security agencies on both sides of the border, officials say.
Climate scientists evaporating under Trudeau, not Harper
OTTAWA -- The Justin Trudeau government is on pace this year to preside over the biggest-ever recorded cut to the number of federal environment scientists.
Muzzled scientists? Trudeau carries on just like Harper
If Stephen Harper muzzled federal government scientists, then Justin Trudeau has failed to lift the muzzle, a federal public sector union says in a memo obtained by Postmedia Network.
Canada will use UN to knock Iran on human rights
Just like the Stephen Harper, Paul Martin, and Jean Chretien governments before it, the Justin Trudeau government will lead a United Nations effort this fall to single out Iran for its lousy human rights record, Postmedia Network has learned.
Did Canada fight for Mohamed Fahmy?
When he was released last summer from jail in Cairo, Egyptian-Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy said he had been “betrayed and abandoned” by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Trudeau vs The Cable Guy
He may be the leader of a G7 country but when it comes to hooking up the TV and Internet at his home, Justin Trudeau still has to deal with The Cable Guy.
Pretty but pricey: Parliament Hill reno cost $425M
OTTAWA - Spain built the Guggenheim Museum from scratch for $100 million. In Quebec City, provincial and municipal governments spent about $400 million last year building a new NHL-sized hockey arena in the vain hope of landing an NHL team.
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Justin Trudeau refuses to answer questions in English
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau refused Tuesday to respond in English to several questions put to him in English in Sherbrooke, Que., telling the town hall meeting that because he was in Quebec he would speak French.
'You’ve failed me'; Ont. single mom blasts Trudeau, Wynne over hydro costs
A single mom from a rural eastern Ontario community blasted both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne Friday for driving up the costs of electricity and driving her into poverty.
3 bureaucrats spent $12Gs dining in Paris, and we picked up the bill
A trio of Environment Canada bureaucrats ate their way through more than $12,000 worth of fine Parisian cuisine during last fall's big climate change conference.
Super so-con Trost wants to be Tory leader
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Brad Trost once boasted he was to the right of Attila the Hun.
The politics of science: Grits accused of hypocrisy
Opposition MPs Tuesday accused the governing Liberals of being hypocrites when it comes to federal science policy.
Ottawa urged to OK new ultra-low-cost airline
A Vancouver company is hoping Transport Minister Marc Garneau will clear the runway this summer to set up a cross- country ultra-low-cost airline that would sell seats on its planes 40% cheaper than anything in the current market.
Trudeau's child benefit could cheat millions of families
Millions of Canadian families who are having a tougher time this year than last could be cheated out of hundreds of dollars a month in new child benefit money. That's even as millions of other families are about to be overpaid by the federal government.
Obama calls out Canada on defence spending in House of Commons speech
In a speech to Canada’s House of Commons Wednesday, President Barack Obama called on Canada to do more for NATO and seemed to suggest Canada should spend more on defence.
Three Amigos Summit touches on climate change, terrorists and butterflies
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greeted U.S. President Barack Obama with a warm hug Wednesday as the two prepared to sit down with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto for the North American Leaders' Summit.
Canada lifting visa for Mexican visitors
Canada will lift its controversial visa requirement for Mexican visitors before the end of the year, while Mexico has agreed to end long-standing restrictions on Canadian beef imports, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday.
Feds want spy oversight committee, but it won't stop PM meddling
MPs and senators will get a new tool to curb a prime minister abusing the national security powers of the office, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said Thursday.
Full speed ahead to buy new Navy warships
The Liberal government Monday sped up the process to get new warships for the Royal Canadian Navy while an old political rival urged it to show the same haste in acquiring new fighter jets.
MPs get their official scotch
The House of Commons has a new official scotch -- bottles of which are popping up around official Ottawa this month at annual end-of-the-political season receptions.
Trudeau meets taxpayers half-way: Will pay for one of two nannies
Come Canada Day, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's family will be down to one publicly funded nanny.
'Get the f--- out of the way'; Trudeau sorry after elbowing NDP MP in Commons
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau manhandled a male Conservative MP, told another group of MPs to “get the f--- out of his way”, and elbowed a female New Democrat — all of it on the floor of the House of Commons Wednesday evening, prompting one of the most bizarre parliamentary melees in decades.
Postmedia CEO warns MPs newspaper industry 'ugly and getting uglier'
Postmedia Network CEO Paul Godfrey warned MPs Thursday that the newspaper industry in Canada is in peril and urgently needs some form of government help.
MPs angry about 'unfair' offshore tax schemes
The exposure of an elaborate 15-year-old tax evasion scheme cooked up by international accounting firm KPMG for clients wealthy enough to pay a $100,000 flat fee for access is exposing huge cracks in Canada's tax system.
4/20 demonstration on Parliament Hill: The bells ring out for pot protesters
As thousands of pot activists lit up a spliff Tuesday on Parliament's front lawn in support of legalizing marijuana, the folks who make the bells ring in the capital's iconic Peace Tower decided to make them feel right at home.
Cullen early favourite in NDP leadership race: Poll
If he wants to be the next NDP leader, B.C. MP Nathan Cullen stands the best chance of anyone at this point, according to a new poll provided exclusively to Postmedia Network.
Ontario's Chong to seek Conservative leadership
Michael Chong, a Conservative MP from southern Ontario, will enter the race next month to lead the party, Sun Media has learned.