Canada's National Observer
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News, Politics
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March 4th 2019
Treasury Board President Jane Philpott, one of the stars of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet, has resigned as a minister over the SNC-Lavalin scandal
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sought to divert attention from the disunity in Liberal ranks at a climate change rally in Toronto on Monday, but ran into protests about his government's treatment of Indigenous sovereignty and support for pipelines as well as against the meat industry as a major cause of pollution and environmental degradation.
Here are ten of the most compelling arguments and insinuations contained in the letter from Ontario's interim top cop to the province's ombudsman calling for an investigation into possible political interference in the process to replace him.
Canada passed a law to reduce emissions and waste from its operations late on Thursday, after rejecting a bid to link public servant pay to meeting environmental targets.
Even conservatives can’t point to major achievements. Tom Flanagan says with the exception of some criminal justice reforms, Harper has not delivered on social conservative issues, such as abortion or gay marriage, and didn’t end things like corporate subsidies.
Jean Gosselin, a Quebec organic farmer who has been fighting pipelines for 15 years, hopes Canada's new pipeline regulator will protect landowners' rights.
Hundreds of people gathered on a cold, crisp Thursday in Ottawa to honour a national movement against violence towards Indigenous and non-Indigenous women and children.
