Wednesday, December 11th, 2024
MPs approve $21B in additional government spending during 11th hour vote
Government House leader Karina Gould rises during question period on Sept. 26, in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press) MPs have voted to approve an additional $21.6 billion in government spending. The money, which is supplementary to this year’s federal budget, will fund various programs including First Nations child services, dental care and compensation to Quebec for services to asylum seekers. Conservative MPs did not support the additional spending in a vote tonight in the House of Commons. But there had been uncertainty over whether the vote would even happen beforeRead more
Trump taunts Trudeau by calling him ‘governor’ of ‘a great state’
President-elect Donald Trump took a jab at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday, calling him a “governor” and referring to Canada as a “great state” – another suggestion by the incoming president that this country should be part of the United States. Trump apparently joked about Canada becoming the 51st state during his dinner with Trudeau at Mar-a-Lago last month. In an interview with NBC News on Sunday, Trump said that if the U.S. is going to run up lopsided trade deficits with Canada, it might as well become a state.Read more
Watchdog faults Trump-era Justice Department for subpoenas to Congress, media during Russia probe
The department’s Office of Inspector General found that records were subpoenaed from two Democratic members of Congress and 43 staffers, roughly evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, as prosecutors investigated leaks of classified information to media outlets in 2017 and 2018. (Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters) The U.S. Justice Department’s internal watchdog said on Tuesday that prosecutors’ decision to subpoena phone and email records from members of Congress and their staff during president-elect Donald Trump’s first term risked a chilling effect on congressional oversight. The department’s Office of Inspector General found that recordsRead more
South Korean police reportedly raid president’s office over martial law declaration
A large crowd gathers in Seoul on Tuesday ahead of a rally aimed at demanding the impeachment of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in the wake of his recent — and ultimately failed — bid to impose martial law. (Lee Jin-man/The Associated Press) South Korean police searched President Yoon Suk Yeol’s office Wednesday over his imposition of martial law last week, reports said, as some of his top officials were arrested, detained and questioned about their actions in enforcing his orders. The developments come hours before the main liberalRead more