Juno Jump Start | Speaker shields Liberals amid Quebec vote-buying scandal rocking provincial party
The Liberal government stonewalled Conservative efforts to get answers about vote-buying allegations tied to the Quebec Liberal Party, the UCP AGM in Edmonton is underway, and more.
Speaker shields Liberals amid Quebec vote-buying scandal rocking provincial party
The Liberal government stonewalled Conservative efforts in the House of Commons on Thursday to get answers about explosive vote-buying allegations tied to the Quebec Liberal Party, fueling accusations that the ruling party is actively covering up a scandal involving one of its own MPs.
WATCH: Carney’s caucus ERUPTS over pipeline deal
Ottawa and Alberta’s new energy accord is triggering backlash from every direction. Critics question whether the proposed northern pipeline route will ever attract investor support, while others say the deal forces Alberta to shoulder major costs long before any construction begins. Climate activists are furious, some Liberal MPs are openly uneasy, and British Columbia’s stance remains a major wildcard.
UCP delegates prep for key policy votes as UCP AGM opens in Edmonton
The blizzard and thick snow on the roads did not stop hundreds from filling the Edmonton Expo Centre on Friday for the 2025 Alberta UCP Annual General Meeting, with thousands more expected to flood the halls over the weekend.
Eby slammed online after anti-pipeline post draws heavy backlash
B.C. Premier David Eby faced immediate and heavy online backlash after reiterating his opposition to a West Coast pipeline.
The Burning: Canada’s churches ablaze
A month after the Tkemlúps announcement about “215 children buried” at its own on-reserve residential school, two churches in British Columbia were destroyed by fire. By June 21, the Sacred Heart Mission Church of Penticton and the century-old St. Gregory Mission Church on Osoyoos First Nation land — both Catholic — had been set ablaze.
Ontario school board faces legal challenge over land acknowledgements
The Waterloo Region District School Board is now facing a legal challenge over mandatory land acknowledgements. The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms announced it has filed a judicial review on behalf of Geoff Horsman, who argues that mandatory land acknowledgements and a ban on debating them violate his Charter rights to freedom of conscience and expression and exceed the board’s authority under the Education Act.
OP-ED: Time to modernize our highways & crackdown on reckless drivers
Devin Dreeshen writes, “We recently introduced a new requirement for commercial carriers to provide driver experience records for Class 1 truckers when they move to another job.”
OneBC presses BC NDP over “queering outdoor education” article pushed on teachers
B.C.’s minister for education nearly broke down in tears after being asked if kindergarteners should be “queering the outdoors” after OneBC MLA Tara Armstrong read from a BC Teachers’ Federation article that she says frames the “birds and the bees” as a colonial, white supremacist narrative.
PBO likens Liberals’ new fiscal anchors to kids marking their own homework
The Liberals don’t want the framework of their budget to be further reviewed by an independent body, instead saying that they themselves have been “decidedly transparent” on the issue.
Youth employment figures boosted by shorter duration
The Liberals appear to be toying with the Canada Summer Jobs program in an attempt to boost the youth employment numbers by shortening the number of weeks that one is employed.
Taxpayers advocates slam “hidden” carbon tax spike in Alberta deal
A new federal-Alberta agreement hikes the industrial carbon tax, and taxpayer watchdogs are warning it’s a direct attack on Canadian competitiveness that will intensify costs for everyday families.
Toronto med school dean won’t condemn human rights abuses while taking Saudi cash
The University of Toronto’s medical dean accepted $18 million from Saudi Arabia to train its students, refusing to condemn the dictatorship’s human rights abuses amid a severe shortage of training spots for Canadian doctors.
March madness: $1.5-billion federal spending in final 10 days of fiscal year
The federal government rushed to spend over $1.5 billion in taxpayer money in the last 10 days of the 2024–25 fiscal year before the March 31 deadline, according to new records obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
Alberta strikes a pipeline deal with Ottawa
An Ontario school board is attempting to scrub the record from its parent-led meeting minutes after one parent objected to the use of land acknowledgements.