Taxpayers Federation says BC government must explain $35,000 open-bar bureaucrat party
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is demanding answers from the B.C. government after documents revealed the province budgeted $35,000 for a reception in Victoria that included an open bar for bureaucrats and government officials. According to records obtained through freedom of information requests, the BC Public Service Agency hosted a reception on March 11, 2025 to […]
Ottawa to send millions more in aid to Cuba despite dictatorship concerns
The federal government is preparing to send more taxpayer-funded aid to Cuba, even as opposition MPs question why Ottawa continues to spend millions in a one-party state aligned with regimes hostile to Canada. Testifying before the Commons foreign affairs committee, Mark Richardson, director general of the Caribbean bureau at the Global Affairs Canada, confirmed cabinet […]
IRVINE: Nicotine policy 101 — where is the real Canada tobacco strategy?
**Ian Irvine is a professor of Economics at Concordia University, Montreal.** Nicotine policy in Canada needs an injection of reality. Canada has an established anti-smoking culture, and the arrival of new nicotine-delivery technologies has made the job of reducing smoking further much easier. The very good news today is that Canada’s smoking rate is at […]
Ottawa vows to protect special postal rates for libraries and blind despite Canada Post deregulation bill
The Liberal government is scrambling to calm backlash over proposed Canada Post changes, with Public Works Minister Joel Lightbound insisting cabinet will not scrap century-old preferential mail rates for libraries and blind Canadians despite language in a budget bill that appeared to do just that. _Blacklock’s Reporter_ says in a letter to the Commons government […]
OLDCORN: Nicotine pouches belong in Canada’s nicotine harm-reduction toolbox
Walk into a gas station today, and you can see Ottawa’s nicotine policy problem in real time. Right where Zonnic nicotine pouches used to sit, many stores now stock Nicorette gum. Same idea. Same drug. Same goal. Help smokers quit. But only one product got the full crackdown. Nicotine pouches were pushed out of gas […]
Quebec A&W owners say stores will close without migrant workers
A&W franchisees in Quebec warn restaurants will shut their doors or slash hours unless Ottawa restores access to migrant labour, arguing local workers are no longer willing to take fast-food jobs. In a petition to the House of Commons human resources committee, operators in Sept-Iles and Baie-Comeau said temporary foreign workers are now the only […]
Liberal government quietly launches new ‘GC Wallet’ digital ID app amid privacy concerns
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government has silently released a digital ID system through an app in the Google Play Store. Titled the “GC Wallet,” the app was developed by Employment and Social Development Canada and is described as a “secure and convenient way to store and access your official digital credentials.” The app allows users to […]
Judge rejects request to halt review of proposed Alberta referendum question on independence
An Alberta judge has rejected a request to halt the review of a proposed referendum question on independence. Proceeding with a full hearing on the constitutionality of the question will benefit democracy, said Court of King’s Bench Justice Colin Feasby at the second court hearing in Edmonton on Thursday. The question was submitted by a […]
Canada extends special permits for Gazan refugees but remains silent on cap, costs
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Carney repeats housing pledge despite data showing goal is out of reach
Prime Minister Mark Carney is standing by his promise to double home construction to 500,000 units a year, even as federal data shows the target is far beyond the country’s current building capacity. _Blacklock’s Reporter_ says Carney offered no explanation for how his government plans to overcome the well-documented obstacles. “We will be our own […]