With ongoing merger talks between two of Canada’s largest news publishers, Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner is urging Canadians to make recent legislation and federal subsidies affecting media outlets across the country a voting issue in the next general election. “For all the subsidies and interventions the Liberals have put in place since coming to…

Federal public servants worked to avoid giving direct answers to a Conservative MP’s written questions posed in order papers, according to internal emails, prompting outrage from opposition MPs. Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner raised the issue in the House of Commons on June 15, saying she had obtained evidence through an Access to Information request showing…

Evidence has emerged of a second alleged sexual assault case previously occurring in one of Canada’s former COVID-19 quarantine hotels at which air passengers returning to Canada and awaiting a COVID test result were required to stay for a period of several months during 2021. In an Inquiry of Ministry tabled April 13 in the House…

A member of Parliament and a Canadian senator are launching a parliamentary caucus focusing on emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and blockchains, which they say present both risks and opportunities for Canada. “I think that there’s a lot of agreement among parliamentarians of all stripes that we need to educate ourselves and then do something…

A member of Parliament and a senator are launching a parliamentary caucus focusing on emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and blockchains, which they say present both risks and opportunities for Canada. “I think that there’s a lot of agreement among parliamentarians of all stripes that we need to educate ourselves and then do something about…

The federal government paid over $6.7 million last year for COVID-19 quarantine rooms in a Calgary-area hotel used by only 15 travellers, according to an Inquiry of Ministry recently tabled in the House of Commons. The Westin Calgary Airport hotel—which the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) designated as a quarantine facility under Section 7 of the Quarantine Act…