Justin Trudeau

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

January 16, 2019 // 4 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]

NATIONAL PULSE – As Trudeau’s approval drops, can rivals make gains?

December 19, 2018 // 4 Comments

For the first time since October 2015, someone other than Trudeau is seen as best PM By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE December 19, 2018 – At the end of what has been a challenging [Continue]

SUZUKI – Reconciling energy and Indigenous rights

August 1, 2018 // 1 Comment

IN 2007, CANADA WAS one of four countries to vote against the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (with New Zealand, the United States and Australia). With its [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Six in 10 say Trudeau groping incident is overblown

July 20, 2018 // 1 Comment

Politics, rather than gender, drives differences in opinion on the issue By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE July 20, 2018 – Weeks of unflattering headlines and uncomfortable questions [Continue]

TRADE – Canadian steel tariffs hurt construction, and all Canadians

July 16, 2018 // 0 Comments

By CHRIS GARDNER Independent Contractors and Businesses Association LAST HALLOWEEN, Justin Trudeau launched a thousand photo ops by wearing a Superman costume into the House [Continue]

EDITORIAL – How zero is zero tolerance in sexual harassment allegations?

July 9, 2018 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I ADMIT I APPROACH this topic with trepidation. Any time somebody speaks to an allegation of sexual harassment against a national celebrity [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Like father like son, standing up to the American bully

June 11, 2018 // 6 Comments

IT WOULD BE so easy to blame Justin Trudeau for the blow-up of the G7 economic conference, to say it’s all his fault that everything fell apart after Donald Trump jumped on [Continue]

IN THE HOUSE – ‘Why does PM think bonuses for oil executives acceptable?’

June 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

Debate during Question Period on Monday, June 4, 2018 between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Opposition Leader Andrew Scheer on bonuses paid to Kinder Morgan executives: [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Buying Trans Mountain is a gutsy move, but the wrong one

May 30, 2018 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE BAD NEWS is that we’re in for $4.5 billion plus probably a bunch more. The good news is…. Well, there isn’t any. Tuesday’s [Continue]