$297K Junkets Despite Order
House administration yesterday had no comment on newly-released accounts showing Liberal MP Greg Fergus (Hull-Aylmer, Que.) in his last year as Speaker spent nearly $300,000 on world travel including spring break in Jamaica. The junkets followed a cabinet pledge to cut unnecessary travel: “I learned the ropes of the job.” [Back to Top](https://www.blacklocks.ca/297k-junkets-despite-order/#) [Blacklock’s Reporter](https://www.blacklocks.ca/ […]
Gov’t Defends Limo Expenses
Cabinet yesterday defended unusual expense claims by the president of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Pierre Tremblay. The Commission was part of “the best nuclear system in the world,” said one minister. [Back to Top](https://www.blacklocks.ca/govt-defends-limo-expenses/#) [Blacklock’s Reporter](https://www.blacklocks.ca/ “Blacklock’s Reporter”) Minding Ottawa’s Business [Gov’t Defends Limo Expenses](https://www.blacklocks.ca/govt-defends-limo-expenses/ “Permalink to Gov’t Defends Limo Expenses”) Official Figures Main […]
Billed $173,574 In Nine Days
Liberal MP Arielle Kayabaga (London West, Ont.) yesterday would not explain why she billed more than $173,000 for nine days’ worth of “personnel” costs in her brief tenure as Government House Leader. Kayabaga spent the entire period in her riding with Parliament out of session: ‘It was a short-lived position.’ [Back to Top](https://www.blacklocks.ca/billed-173574-in-nine-days/#) [Blacklock’s Reporter](https://www.blacklocks.ca/ […]
Ask MPs To Permit Digital ID
Canada’s airports are petitioning the Commons finance committee to introduce digital identification for domestic travelers. Current regulations require only that air passengers carry government-issue photo ID like a driver’s license: ‘It will enhance security.’ [Back to Top](https://www.blacklocks.ca/ask-mps-to-permit-digital-id/#) [Blacklock’s Reporter](https://www.blacklocks.ca/ “Blacklock’s Reporter”) Minding Ottawa’s Business [Ask MPs To Permit Digital ID](https://www.blacklocks.ca/ask-mps-to-permit-digital-id/ “Permalink to Ask MPs To […]
PM’s Friend Awarded $679K
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s candidate to oversee defence contracting is now cabinet’s highest paid appointee, figures show. The $679,100-a year salary award for Toronto banker Douglas Guzman, a former associate of Carney’s, is twice the finance minister’s pay: “I am proud to have the opportunity to serve Canada.” [Back to Top](https://www.blacklocks.ca/pms-friend-awarded-679k/#) [Blacklock’s Reporter](https://www.blacklocks.ca/ “Blacklock’s Reporter”) […]
Fraser Sues To Censor Report
Attorney General Sean Fraser is asking a federal judge to quash his own government’s release of a secret report deemed “injurious to national defence.” The Department of Justice seeks to block the scheduled release of the Access To Information document next Tuesday: ‘The risks are significant.’ [Back to Top](https://www.blacklocks.ca/fraser-sues-to-censor-report/#) [Blacklock’s Reporter](https://www.blacklocks.ca/ “Blacklock’s Reporter”) Minding Ottawa’s […]
32% More Water Advisories
The number of long-term boiled water advisories on First Nations is up 32 percent from last year, says Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty’s department. Dozens of First Nations still have tap water unfit to drink more than four years after cabinet promised to eliminate all water advisories at a $3.6 billion cost: “Advisories remain in […]
House Opposed PM Decision
Prime Minister Mark Carney yesterday made diplomatic history with Parliament in summer recess by announcing recognition of Palestine as a country. MPs including members of the Liberal caucus voted down an identical proposal in 2024: “I am speaking for Canada now.” [Back to Top](https://www.blacklocks.ca/house-opposed-pm-decision/#) [Blacklock’s Reporter](https://www.blacklocks.ca/ “Blacklock’s Reporter”) Minding Ottawa’s Business [House Opposed PM Decision](https://www.blacklocks.ca/house-opposed-pm-decision/ […]
Won’t Discuss Bridge Subsidy
Prime Minister Mark Carney yesterday announced lower tolls on Prince Edward Island’s Confederation Bridge without disclosing how many millions in new subsidies will be paid to compensate the operator. Foreign Minister Anita Anand’s husband is managing director of an investors’ group that held a 34 percent share in Strait Crossing Development Inc., one of the […]
Audit Finds Preferential Hires
The National Research Council at least a dozen times in two years approved sweetheart appointments of “top-ranked talent” without posting job vacancies, says an internal audit. The Research Council previously confirmed it specifically recruited foreigners because it was “not possible to find qualified Canadians” to work at its labs: “It could undermine the perceived fairness […]