Joan Bryden
Reporter for The Canadian Press
About Joan Bryden
Labour, biz leaders urge common front on COVID-19 impact
Canada's largest labour organization and the group that bills itself as the voice of business in this country have set aside their differences to jointly confront the economic fallout from the rampaging novel coronavirus — and they're hoping premiers can do the same when they meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Liberal bill bans conversion therapy for kids, non-consenting adults
The federal government has introduced legislation that would impose a blanket ban on causing a child to undergo therapy aimed at altering their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Insiders tell how Trudeau's patience with rail blockades ended
When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stepped in front of cameras last week to declare that barricades on rail lines and other major transportation routes had to come down, the move had been decided almost two days before.
Trudeau revisits blackface embarrassment during Black History Month
Justin Trudeau acknowledged his own past history of unconscious racism during a celebration on Monday, February 24, 2020, of Black History Month.
Trudeau at the centre of clash over energy, environment, Indigenous demands
The competing demands of natural resource development, environmental protection and Indigenous reconciliation appear poised for a head-on crash — with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's minority government caught in the middle as Parliament resumes on Tuesday, February 18, 2020.
Scrutiny now of Peter MacKay's 'eyebrow-raising' record
Conservatives are accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of stacking Canada's courts with Liberal partisans, pointing to a recently appointed judge who has donated almost $26,000 to the governing party over the past 14 years.
Feds to delete near-death requirement for medically assisted dying
The Trudeau government has accepted a court ruling that Canadians should not have to be near death to qualify for medical assistance to end their lives but it is now considering whether other hurdles should be imposed to guard against abuse.
PM says he 'welcomed' outcome in SNC-Lavalin case
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government might have acted differently had it known the criminal case against SNC-Lavalin would be resolved without crippling the company or throwing thousands of its employees out of work.
Philpott can't get paid for work with First Nation
The federal ethics law has put a crimp in Jane Philpott's plan to put her experience as a former minister of health and Indigenous services to work for the benefit of a northern Ontario First Nation.
Andrew Scheer will never relent
Canada's new minority Parliament got down to work on Friday, December 6, 2019, with Andrew Scheer staking out the Conservatives' ground as the only party that will unabashedly support the energy sector and never relent on its opposition to carbon taxes.