Justin Trudeau

SNC-LAVALIN – Deferred prosecution deals aren’t get-out-of-jail free cards

March 19, 2019 // 0 Comments

By SUKANYA PILLAY University of Windsor PRIME MINISTER Justin Trudeau’s government remains in hot water over SNC-Lavalin. Even anti-bribery officials from the Organisation [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Butts testimony presents very different picture of JWR affair

March 6, 2019 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE RUMBLE IN OTTAWA is now officially a he said-she said situation. Former principal secretary Gerald Butts gave his side of the story [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – One word scrawled on page 1 renders verdict in JWR case

March 2, 2019 // 9 Comments

THE NEWSPAPER IN THE COFFEE SHOP Friday morning said all there is to know about the scandal involving former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould. The story was, of course, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Snap election the only way to sort out Wilson-Raybould affair

February 28, 2019 // 14 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AFTER THE HOURS-LONG TESTIMONY of former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould on Wednesday, there’s a clear path to getting the country [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The whole truth and nothing but the truth? Probably not

February 25, 2019 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE TRUTH WILL PREVAIL when former justice minister and attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould testifies before the parliamentary justice [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – The dangers of not being careful with what we say

February 23, 2019 // 1 Comment

CLERK OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL Michael Wernick said Thursday what everybody else has been thinking but hasn’t wanted to say. “I’m worried that somebody is going to be shot [Continue]

PETERS – Just like Harper, it looks like Trudeau has his own PMO to rein in

February 9, 2019 // 0 Comments

DO YOU REMEMBER the last time the Prime Minister’s Office was in the middle of a big scandal? It was Stephen Harper and the Conservatives in government, and the PMO had [Continue]

POLITICS – Trudeau is wrong to back intervention in Venezuela

February 5, 2019 // 2 Comments

Apparently it’s wrong for Russia to interfere in U.S. or Canadian elections, but okay for the U.S. and Canada to pick Venezuela’s leader By GUS VAN HARTEN York University [Continue]

LETTER – We need a new province on a tropical island to increase tax revenue

January 16, 2019 // 5 Comments

A question for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: To create more jobs and grow the economy to benefit all Canadians, perhaps we have to think outside the box. My wife and I will [Continue]

PETERS – Yellow Vests group shot its credibility this week

January 12, 2019 // 0 Comments

YOU NEVER GET A SECOND CHANCE to make a first impression, so the slogan goes. When I first heard of the Yellow Vests Canada group and looked into them a little bit a few [Continue]

TAXES – What Canada’s Yellow Vests have in common with Yellow Jackets

January 11, 2019 // 2 Comments

Some Canadians and French believe that their ‘leaders’ are mere followers of a supra-national agenda, not champions for their electorate By LEE HARDING Research Fellow [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Trudeau comes out ahead when anti-pipeline hecklers throw mud

January 10, 2019 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. GIVE A HECKLER a microphone, and Justin Trudeau is at his best. The prime minister’s two-day chock-full-of-events visit to Kamloops got [Continue]

PETERS – Justin Trudeau re-elected and other predictions for 2019

January 5, 2019 // 3 Comments

IT’S A NEW YEAR, and that means new news stories in 2019. But there will also be a number of existing news stories continuing to develop this year. Here’s my best [Continue]

BEPPLE – Kamloops a good place for Justin Trudeau to practice his B.C. pitch

January 2, 2019 // 4 Comments

PRIME MINISTER Justin Trudeau is coming to Kamloops Jan. 9 for a fundraiser. At $300/ticket, it might seem a bit steep for a riding where the Liberal candidate came third in [Continue]