Canada News
By Isaac Teo Public debt charges jumped nearly $2.3 billion with the latest interest rate hike by Canada’s central bank, according to estimates from a report by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO). In…
By Marnie Cathcart The federal government is quietly self-assessing its response to COVID-19, with internal audits underway by various government departments, a Senate committee heard Wednesday. Ontario Sen. Marty (Martha) Deacon asked…
By Isaac Teo MPs of all political stripes reiterated their stance to vote in favour of a Senate bill that would create new offences in relation to forced organ harvesting, as…
By Noé Chartier A day after it was reported that the RCMP has a contract for communications equipment with a China-linked company, the federal government says the contract has now been suspended. “I can…
By Peter Wilson Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre today said that RCMP equipment contracts awarded by a federal department to a company with ties to the Chinese regime should be “banned and reversed.”…
By Peter Wilson Parliamentary staffers for the Liberal government expressed skepticism regarding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s claim that the Freedom Convoy received “disturbing amounts” of foreign funding, according to internal emails.…
By Noé Chartier Federal ministers defended their management of pandemic programs on Dec. 6 after the auditor general released reports indicating billions of dollars in subsidies were provided to ineligible recipients…
BoC not necessarily expecting that rates need to rise further By Rahul Vaidyanath OTTAWA—The Bank of Canada raised interest rates by another 50 basis points (half a percentage point) on Dec. 7, citing…
By Isaac Teo A financial intelligence unit in Canada said in an internal memo that it saw no proof that the millions of dollars raised by the Freedom Convoy last winter…
By Tara MacIsaac Auditor General Karen Hogan reported Dec. 6 that $27.4 billion of Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) payments are suspicious and should be investigated. She said at least $4.6 billion was paid…