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Norman’s lawyer alleges Trudeau government counselled witnesses, has not ruled out civil suit
Henein, who has not ruled out a civil suit on behalf of Norman, asked for an apology.
Crown drops case against Vice-Admiral Mark Norman
The Crown abandoned its prosecution of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman today, ending the trial of the Navy’s top sailor who stood accused of breach of trust.
Illegal migrants overwhelm Canada’s asylum system: Auditor General
A surge in illegal crossings at the Canada/US border since 2017 has caused refugee processing backlogs worse than in 2012 according to the Auditor General’s Processing Asylum Claims report.
Trudeau seeks Trump’s help on China
Canadian officials have told Reuters news that the federal government has reached out to the United States for its assistance in dealing with China, who began blockading our agriculture exports in March and detained two citizens late last year.
We live in unicorn land: senator says McKenna’s overhaul of environmental law disregards economic realities
Senator Douglas Black says the government’s plan to overhaul rules governing Canada’s resources and energy industries would gut our economic future.
Federal carbon tax deemed constitutional in Sask appeal-court split decision
The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has sided with the federal government in a 3-2 decision over the province in their battle over the constitutionality of Ottawa's carbon levy.
Evacuating valuables, not soon-to-be refugees sad legacy for Saigon diplomatic corps, circa 1975
Kent said watching the Canadian Hercules get packed with valuables as our officials turned away their Vietnamese staff, was his “biggest disappointment” covering the war.
Crisis of national unity if feds forge ahead with C-69: Kenney
Get out of our resources backyard, or risk the state of the nation: that was the message Alberta premier Jason Kenney delivered to Canadian senators in Ottawa Thursday morning.
Liberals committed to $256m ‘investment’ in Chinese bank while regime bans Canadian canola, detains citizens
Deteriorating relations with China caused the prime minister more grief during question period Wednesday, which followed Finance minister Bill Morneau into committee where he was grilled over the government’s $256 million investment in the dictatorship’s infrastructure bank.
House speaker bars ‘little potato’ Trudeau-reference
“When leaders in China dismissed this prime minister as quote ‘little potato’ he thought they meant it as a compliment,” Poilievre began, causing Regan to interject.
Liberal ministers give no guarantees on meeting Paris target or pipeline approval
Natural Resources minister Amarjeet Sohi offered MPs no assurances the embattled Trans Mountain pipeline would be built, a day after Environment minister Catherine McKenna said her department’s largely unmodeled climate plan would achieve Paris Accord commitments.
Resource sector declines ripple through shrinking Canadian economy
The Canadian economy contracted slightly in February with mining and oil and gas sectors being hit hardest, according to the latest data from Statistics Canada.
Scheer demands Trudeau pull taxpayer aid to Chinese bank
Opposition leader Andrew Scheer says “as prime minister” he would pull Canada’s quarter-billion-dollar investment from China’s Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank over the communist state’s recent ban of canola and detainment of Canadian expats.
My Shanghai surprise – why taxing or banning plastic is futile waste management
A 2018 World Economic Forum report concluded that 90 percent of the eight million tons of plastic that end up in the sea each year are the product of just 10 rivers; most of them in Asia.
Carbon tax hits Canadian households hardest: Parliament Budget Office
Families in Ontario, New Brunswick, Manitoba and Saskatchewan will carry the burden of federal “carbon pricing” according to Parliament Budget Officer Yves Giroux and his office’s analysis of the federal tax in effect since April 1st this year.