Commentary Satirical comedy is at its best when it can straddle the fine line between believability and comical exaggeration. A British sitcom in the 1980s called “Yes Minister” struck the balance perfectly as it followed the follies of a fictional cabinet minister named Jim Hacker. The show is carefully crafted to never identify the party…

Moscow is warning that relations with Canada are “on the verge of being severed” after the federal Liberal government moved to forfeit a massive Russian cargo plane. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Ukraine on the weekend, where he announced that Canada officially seized an airplane that had been sitting on the tarmac at Toronto’s Pearson…

A federal labour board has agreed to hear the case of a Parks Canada employee denied a religious exemption from the COVID-19 vaccine, after the government argued she had missed deadlines for filing a grievance through the union. Jennifer Squires, who worked as a senior financial services adviser, applied to the Federal Public Sector Labour…

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is asking the prime minister to allow more members of his party to be briefed on foreign interference attempts, after the leaders of the Conservatives and Bloc Québécois declined to obtain the required security clearance. In a letter addressed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday, Singh said he wants those…

The Liberal government says it is developing new policy on francophone immigration as a way to grow the French language in Canada. Official Languages Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor says it’s an advantage for Canada to have a bilingual workforce and population. The policy is part of a five-year action plan for official languages the government…

Claims of foreign interference in Canada’s last two federal elections are “speculative” and “not based on facts,” says Liberal MP Ya’ara Saks, who also said the federal Conservatives are spreading misinformation on the matter. Saks, who represents the constituency of York Centre in Toronto, made the comments during a meeting of the House of Commons Standing Committee…

The Liberal government’s controversial Online Streaming Act is back in the House of Commons, where MPs are set to debate the Senate’s amendments. Also known as Bill C-11, it would require big tech companies that offer online streaming services, such as YouTube, Netflix and Spotify, to contribute to Canadian content. If passed, the bill will…

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino has refused to say if an election integrity panel was given access to confidential Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) documents that allege China interfered in the last two federal elections. This interference is alleged to have included providing support to 11 candidates, mostly Liberals, in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA)…

A multimillion-dollar contract between Ottawa and a private company around the provision of mental and physical health services for veterans is sparking a new fight between the Liberal government and Canada’s community of veterans. The contract had already been heavily criticized by the union representing Veterans Affairs Canada employees, including hundreds of case managers charged…

MPs on a parliamentary committee have voted in favour of undertaking a study investigating the large increase in spending by the federal government on contracts awarded to consulting firm McKinsey & Co. The Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates (OGGO) will also question federal ministers on the issue, along with McKinsey representatives. The motion was put forward by Conservative MP…