Government business has been put on indefinite pause in the House of Commons and the Conservatives say it will stay that way until the Liberals hand over documents related to misspent government dollars.
Speaker of the House of Commons Greg Fergus calms Members of Parliament during question period, Thursday, September 19, 2024 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian WyldThe government has been unable to put any of its own business before the House of Commons for a full week, and the Conservatives on Thursday said that's the result of Liberal "corruption."
The House has been seized with a debate on the motion ever since and Scheer said it will stay that way until the government agrees to hand over the documents to police. Scheer said the Charter exists "to protect the people from the government. It is not there to protect the government from accountability by the people."
In this case, the Liberal government abolished Sustainable Development Technology Canada after the auditor general released a scathing report about the organization's management last spring.Of the projects she looked at, one in every six that received funding were ineligible. The auditor's report also found 90 cases where conflict-of-interest polices were violated.
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet decried a "lack of respect for democracy" in the chamber during an unrelated press conference on Thursday in Chicoutimi, Que. The Conservatives have also asked Canada's lobbying commissioner to investigate whether it violates ethics rules for the prime minister to make Mark Carney a Liberal adviser.
"How could any ministerial staff member, member of Parliament or cabinet minister not feel a sense of obligation to Mr. Carney because of his close affiliation with the prime minister and minister of finance?" Barrett asked in his letter Thursday. Conservative candidate Don Stewart winning the closely-watched Toronto-St. Paul's federal byelection, and delivering a stunning upset to Justin Trudeau's candidate Leslie Church in the long-time Liberal riding, has sent political shockwaves through both parties.
Magna International Inc. says it is conducting a “targeted review” of its records as its founder, Frank Stronach, is facing additional sexual assault charges.Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard has requested bail as he appeals his sexual assault convictions in Toronto and the prison sentence he received last month.A man charged with first-degree murder in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
The union representing 45,000 striking U.S. dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports reached a deal Thursday to suspend a three-day strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate a new contract.A sign has gone up in front of the most expensive home in B.C. – the waterfront mansion owned by Lululemon founder Chip Wilson – calling the provincial NDP "communist.
New Westminster, B.C., aquatic facility named alongside Paris Olympic venue as world's most beautiful The mother of a man who was shot and killed in Etobicoke five years ago is pleading for information that could help solve the case as police announce a new $5,000 award.A 13-year-old boy has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the stabbing death of a 54-year-old man in Toronto’s west end earlier this week.A 33-year-old man has been charged with murder in connection with the deaths of his ex-girlfriend and her mother in Courtice earlier this week.
Hundreds of Saskatchewan nurses and their supporters rallied outside the legislative building on Thursday calling for action to ongoing staffing shortages and hospital overcrowding around the province.A Cambridge, Ont. father wants answers after his adult son, who has autism, was arrested and charged with assault after an encounter with a jogger.
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