Roberto Wakerell-Cruz
Roberto Wakerell-Cruz is a Montreal-based journalist writer and podcast host. He is the main host of This Week In Canada a comedy and opinion news show.
Trudeau announces $1.7 BILLION environmental fund as part of coronavirus response
Trudeau announced that the government will put $1.7 billion towards cleaning up orphan and inactive wells in Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan.
Trudeau government gave $41 million to authoritarian Chinese government in 2019
Canada has run a trade deficit with China since 1992, with the deficit breaking a record $50 billion last year.
WATCH: Quebec plane lands on highway in INSANE emergency landing
Incredibly, it doesn't seem like many of the drivers made any real attempt to make way for the airplane, making the landing all the more impressive.
Elon Musk roasts CNN after they publish fake news, says he’s 'surprised CNN still exists'
CNN ran with the story, only to later find that Musk kept his receipts. Musk did not mince words upon finding the smear piece against him, asking how CNN “still exists.”
Trudeau government gives $828,000 grant to Wuhan lab where virus may have originated
The Trudeau government is giving part of an $828,046 grant to a lab in China for a coronavirus research project.
An estimated 300,000 contaminated Chinese coronavirus tests sent across Canada
The test kits arrived in Canada in Winnipeg, then were sent to New Brunswick.
BREAKING: Trudeau announces aid to help small businesses pay rent until June
Trudeau also announced that the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance would be launched soon, to help small businesses pay rent for April, May, and June.
Sad Dr. Tedros 'regrets to inform' public US officially suspends funding to WHO
Tedros said other donors would be contacted to try and fill the void left by America's cessation of funding.
Ford unveils action plan to protect the elderly, long-term care homes
Doug Ford addressed media on Tuesday, announcing the launch of his government's "all-out plan" to protect the vulnerable and to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Trudeau Liberals will continue to issue permits to foreign workers while Canada's unemployment skyrockets
Unemployment is excepted to hit 15 percent this summer.
BREAKING: Trudeau says WHO funding is in the 'tens of millions,' refuses to criticize China and WHO
Trudeau revealed that the funding was in the tens-of-millions of dollars. Trudeau said the figure had recently risen.
Five reminders of why China's government is Canada's enemy
The world has been tossed into a war it did not pick and did not want, fighting against a deadly coronavirus that originated in China.
WATCH: Trudeau defends decision to break his own rules, visit cottage
Trudeau addressed criticisms that he faced from Canadians after the PM travelled to his Quebec cottage to see his family on Tuesday.
BREAKING: Forced quarantines in hotels for visitors to Canada who cannot give credible plan
Trudeau announced that asymptomatic travelers who cannot explain a credible quarantine plan will be made to quarantine in a hotel.
Bank of Canada urges Canadians to continue to accept cash payments, wash bills beforehand
"Refusing cash purchases outright will put an undue burden on those who depend on cash and have limited payment options," the statement reads.