DND lawyers flagged access-to-information “compliance issues” to CDS
When General Jonathan Vance was appointed Chief of the Defence Staff in July, 2015 he ended up getting plenty of briefings including a briefing from the lawyers who run the unit inside the Defence...
View ArticleRidings held by Casey, Fillmore today’s big winners in federal spending
Today in Bridgetown, N.S., Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that nearly 100 water, wastewater, and transit projects had received federal funding, part of the government’s plan to spend about...
View ArticleDeCourcey, LeBlanc ridings scoop most in first NB federal funding round
Earlier this week, New Brunswick Liberal MP Dominic LeBlanc — who happens to be the de factor regional minister as well as Fisheries Minister — announced that 51 water, wastewater, and transit...
View ArticleAtlantic Canada gets twice as much federal funding love as Alberta from Trudeau
Last week, the Trudeau government notched its 2,000th announcement of a federal grant, contribution, or loan since it was elected 305 or so days ago. To compare to the previous majority government —...
View ArticleHarper’s (lost) war on science: The documentary record
In support of a column set for Monday’s papers – How the Tories lost the war on science – let me offer this annotated timeline of the documentary record of the federal government, its scientists, and...
View ArticleTrudeau ends Harper’s tradition of annual late-summer Arctic visits
Lee Berthiaume of the Canadian Press takes note of the 2016 version of Operation Nanook, underway now in the Arctic, and notes that, for the first time in several years, a Canadian prime minister won’t...
View ArticleWomen respond to Trudeau at the mosque
You can find this story in today’s National Post: OTTAWA — Canada’s self-styled feminist prime minister was praised Tuesday by one of the world’s most powerful women for his commitment to gender...
View ArticleThe Liberal Summer of Spending: The Tale of the Tape
Earlier this week in the National Post, I wrote about the Liberal Summer of Spending. Some more numbers: The summer recess for MPs began after the House of Commons’ last sitting on June 17. It...
View ArticleTrudeau speaks to empty hall at UN. Just like everyone else.
Canada’s reputation in the world has never been stronger, says Harper. Here’s the Great Statesman at the UN. #elxn42 pic.twitter.com/9oYuGLhvR5 — Gerald Butts (@gmbutts) September 13, 2015 That was...
View ArticleMP Expenses: One spent $8 to rent a riding office; another spent $50,000.
In today’s National Post, I analyze MP’s expenses for the first half of this year. The top line: Members of Parliament spent a combined $71-million in the first six months of the year on travel and...
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