Ottawa Archive
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Caroline Mulroney pledges to make up for billions in carbon-tax revenue by cutting government waste
Posted on 09.02.2018 | No CommentsShe highlighted hydro rates as a key affordability issue, and suggested the Ontario PCs would need to 'fix the structural problem' of the system -
Critics fear the government’s national security bill puts Canadians in the crosshairs
Posted on 14.01.2018 | No CommentsBill C-59 has been touted as the Liberal government's improved version of the Harper government's national security legislation, Bill C-51 -
Canada and U.S. touting Vancouver meeting on North Korea, but key ally Japan is reluctant
Posted on 19.12.2017 | No CommentsThe Japan Times reported that Canada had been trying to set it up for December, but Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono wouldn't commit to anything before the end of the year
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Supply management dispute likened to ‘family fight’ as North American farmers unite over NAFTA talks
Posted on 16.08.2017 | No CommentsWhile stacks of paper hit negotiating tables for a first round of talks, there were warning bells from a sector that has roundly benefitted from the deal since 1994
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The biggest spenders and thriftiest partisans in the House of Commons
Posted on 12.07.2017 | No CommentsThe National Post did a deep dive into House of Commons data to find out how MPs sent more than $141 million on their office budgets in the past year
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Liberal defence policy calls for hundreds more commandos and $1.5 billion in special forces equipment
Posted on 07.06.2017 | No CommentsThe ranks of the special forces would increase to 2,500, but the government has not detailed the timeframe in which this would take place -
Canadian Health Care Is Failing Our Refugees
Posted on 26.05.2017 | No CommentsSyrian refugee family, sponsored by a local group called Ripple Refugee Project, pose for photos. (Getty) By Y.Y. Brandon Chen and Vanessa Gruben Despite policy changes last April to Canada's refugee health care program, many people continue to be l... -
Police heighten security after two men enter CSE headquarters to ask if their phones are being jammed
Posted on 28.04.2017 | No CommentsThe men took out their cell phones, claiming they wanted to see if the devices were still working or if were being jammed by CSE security -
Companies want Ottawa to delay bidding on $26-billion Canadian warship project as problems mount
Posted on 07.02.2017 | No CommentsAllowing only six months to compile bids for one of the largest procurements in Canadian history doesn’t make sense, say representatives of some of the companies -
Supreme Court set to rule in two potentially landmark cases over duty to consult indigenous communities
Posted on 27.11.2016 | No Comments'The animals that we live off are in danger and, because of that, we feel our lives are at stake,' said a member of one of the aboriginal groups involved in the cases -
What’s on the menu for war-ravaged Aleppo’s starving residents? Garbage and grass
Posted on 26.11.2016 | No CommentsThe 275,000 residents of East Aleppo have been at the centre of Syria’s civil war since July, when they last received food or medical supplies from the UN relief agency -
Minister McKenna holds National Youth Summit on Climate Change
Posted on 24.11.2016 | No CommentsToday, Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, hosted a National Youth Summit on Climate Change in Ottawa, and called on Canada's youth to be part of its climate action. Over 100 youth from the Ottawa-Gatineau region attended the...
