Joan Bryden
Reporter for The Canadian Press
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Liberals agree to only limited hearings on Wilson-Raybould affair
Liberals faced accusations of a coverup on Wednesday, February 13, 2019, after they agreed to hold limited committee hearings into an allegation that former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould was improperly pressured to help SNC-Lavalin avoid criminal prosecution.
Singh calls for ethics probe into alleged political direction in SNC-Lavalin case
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling for an ethics investigation into allegations that the Prime Minister's Office pressured former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to help SNC-Lavalin avoid a criminal prosecution.
Not much Elections Canada can do about fake news spread about candidates
Canada's chief electoral officer says there's not much his independent agency can do to counter fake news circulated about a candidate in the midst of an election.
Five top public servants to warn of major meddling with next federal election
The federal government is creating a new mechanism to warn Canadians if malicious actors try to manipulate the outcome of this fall's election.
Scheer warns of unaffordable tax increases if Liberals re-elected
Canadians will pay more taxes if the Liberals are re-elected, Andrew Scheer warned on Sunday, January 27, 2019, as he rallied his Conservative troops for the last sitting of Parliament before an election this fall.
Scott Brison resigning from federal cabinet, won't seek re-election
Brison, the president of the Treasury Board, says he will not seek re-election.
Trudeau to make it harder for future PM to reverse Senate reforms
Justin Trudeau says his government hopes to make legal changes that will cement his transformation of the Senate into a more independent, non-partisan chamber, making it harder for a future prime minister to turn back the clock.
Tory senators stalling laws for political advantage, Independents say
Conservative senators are being accused of deliberately stalling Liberal government legislation to keep it in the public eye for political benefit.
Experts struggle with ethics of assisted death for people with mental disorders
Experts the federal government charged with looking at whether people suffering only from mental disorders should be eligible for medically assisted death couldn't even agree on what evidence is relevant to the question, according to reports tabled in Parliament on Wednesday, December 12, 2018.
Premiers head to Montreal for tough meeting with Trudeau
Premiers arrived on Thursday, December 6, 2018, for a first ministers' meeting still grumbling about the agenda set by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, with one — Ontario's Doug Ford — threatening to walk out if the program isn't expanded to reflect a host of provincial priorities.