Carl Meyer
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News, Energy, Politics
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March 25th 2019
Leaders in conservative parties across Canada stand accused of being too tolerant of white nationalism, a trend associated lately with right-wing populist movements. That didn't stop Ontario Premier Doug Ford from grasping the mantle of populism Saturday in comments that received a standing ovation.
The federal government is proposing a change that would require Canada's anti-money laundering agency to be more transparent about banks that break the rules.
Only once before in Canadian history — in 1906, when Sir Wilfrid Laurier appointed his justice minister to the top judicial job — has a prime minister chosen a chief justice who was not already sitting on the Supreme Court. Wilson-Raybould’s pick puzzled Trudeau but he became disturbed after doing some research into her choice’s views on the charter, sources said.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he spoke with former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould last week about a way forward following her allegations of political interference in the prosecution of SNC-Lavalin.
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is walking back a statement by its CEO, who said last week he never cited the protection of 9,000 Canadian jobs as a reason the construction giant should be granted a remediation agreement.
A woman who escaped violence and human trafficking, and helped shelter former CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden when he fled to Hong Kong, has arrived in Canada with her daughter after being granted refugee status.
As the shine comes off Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the SNC-Lavalin affair, oped writer Harry Sterling recalls that the widespread positive view of the young Canadian politician’s performance was questioned in 2017 by Jane Fonda, the well-known American movie actress and prominent environmental activist.
