The federal government will invoke closure to stop debate on its budget bill, which has been held up at the Commons finance committee by Conservative MPs requesting testimony from Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland. Cabinet served notice on May 11 that it will force the committee to pass the bill by 4 p.m. Eastern Time on…

The new federal budget tabled in the House of Commons is 430 pages long and as an omnibus bill, amends or introduces 51 Acts of Parliament, which has MPs complaining it will take a lot of time and work to unpack and debate the contents. “I’m am not sure I am really clear how we…

A new budget bill that would modify the Income Tax Act has lawyers warning that the legislation, if passed, would violate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and break lawyer-client privilege by requiring lawyers to identify clients to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). Bill C-32, the Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2022, imposes new…

House GOP members are demanding transparency into the FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. A member of the House Intelligence Committee joins us to weigh in on the reports of possible classified documents at the former president’s home. We’ll also be speaking with Congressman Scott Perry who earlier in the week had…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lands in Taiwan as China threatens military action. How is the White House responding, and what’s coming next? Democrats continue to sell their new budget bill as an attempt to slow inflation, but some aren’t convinced. Five states are holding primary elections Tuesday. Congresswoman Claudia Tenney joins us to recap her…

It took five months for the $1.5 trillion federal appropriations bill to surface after the United States’ fiscal year began Oct. 1, but only hours for the U.S. House—and less than a day for the U.S. Senate—to adopt it on March 9 and 10. The massive omnibus package is a continuing resolution, not a budget,…