Juno Jump Start | Carney invents a new PMO job for a Hillary Clinton campaign veteran
Carney is creating a new position in the Prime Minister’s office and granting it to Maia Johnson, Alberta accounted for nearly 80 per cent of all jobs created across Canada last year, and more
Carney invents a new PMO job for a Hillary Clinton campaign veteran
Prime Minister Mark Carney is reportedly creating a new position in the Prime Minister’s office and granting it to Maia Johnson, who currently serves as a senior adviser to Carney on Canada–U.S. relations and was named in the WikiLeaks-published John Podesta emails as a key figure in Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign.
The new position was first reported by the Globe and Mail, which cited “government sources,” but the news hasn’t been confirmed by the PMO yet, and the PMO was not immediately available for comment. Keep Reading
One province created almost every new job in Canada
Alberta accounted for nearly 80 per cent of all jobs created across Canada over the last year, despite being home to only 12 per cent of the country’s total population.
According to Statistics Canada’s latest job report, the province has added 78,500 jobs in the past 12 months. That accounts for the overwhelming majority of the 99,000 total that was added across Canada. Keep Reading
Global Affairs Canada fired 25 diplomats due to malpractice, 11 more resigned
Twenty-five diplomats were fired from Global Affairs Canada last year due to their behaviour, including one who was caught engaging in secret contact with a foreign government. Another 11 employees decided to immediately resign “before disciplinary action could be taken.”
In a government report titled Addressing Misconduct And Wrongdoing At Global Affairs Canada, which was later obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter, neither the fired diplomats nor the foreign state were identified. Keep Reading
Equalization flop: Rich provinces got billions, poorer ones got nothing
Canada’s equalization program has repeatedly done the opposite of what it promises—cutting cheques to richer provinces while poorer ones were shut out, a new Fraser Institute study found. Keep Reading
Ford vows crackdown after illegal immigrant gets welfare following 25-year overstay
A 25-year illegal stay in Canada didn’t stop one immigrant from qualifying for Ontario welfare—and now Doug Ford says the rules may have to change. Keep Reading
Jeffrey Rath has $8.5 million in assets frozen amid First Nation court battle
A prominent lawyer representing the Alberta independence movement has had millions in assets frozen by a provincial judge following an ongoing court fight over trust money from a First Nation Treaty settlement. Keep Reading
Bankers blast Ottawa budget for lacking “fiscal credibility”
The Carney Liberals are facing fresh pressure to rein in Ottawa’s spending after investment bankers called for a return to “fiscal credibility” and a Toronto think tank warned MPs about runaway deficits. Keep Reading
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RCMP charge former floor-crossing MP after U.S. investigation
RCMP charged former Manitoba MP Inky Mark with 12 firearms-related offences after an investigation originating with U.S. firearms charges against a separate 73-year-old Dauphin-area man.
Police said evidence discovered during the investigation into that individual led officers to obtain two warrants to search the residence of former floor crosser Mark in Dauphin. During the July 7 searches, RCMP seized 439 firearms, an antique cannon, ammunition and more than $300,000 in cash. Keep Reading
Canada Post wastes $200M on climate initiatives
Canada Post burned through nearly $194 million on climate initiatives while sinking deeper into the red, slashing services and jacking up stamp prices by 46 per cent, records show. Keep Reading
Carney caves to Trump, hands U.S. share of Gordie Howe Bridge toll profits
Prime Minister Mark Carney quietly handed Washington a cut of Gordie Howe Bridge tolls—breaking a 2012 agreement—and now his cabinet won’t release the secret terms of the multi-billion-dollar concession. Keep Reading
Conservatives call on feds to secure ports, after damning study
Conservative MP Frank Caputo, the party’s public safety critic, is calling on the Liberals to secure and close Pacific ports of entry, which have been found to be left open and porous to organized crime trafficking. Keep Reading
An American gets positioned in Canadian government! Awake yet??