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“They've been pretty clear are not coming to the table.”
Alberta Premier
@ABDanielleSmith
tells
@VassyKapelos
she is planning to reform her province's health-care system without federal money.
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"I'm actually surprised by those remarks," says
@AnitaOakville
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province does not have steady supply to vaccines but
@AnitaOakville
takes issue with his comment. What does she have to say? Watch more at .
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Are the protests helping or hindering Indigenous reconciliation?
@Pam_Palmater
&
@ellisbross
go head-to-head
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"I'm sad and frankly I'm angry at the nature of the attacks being made against the foundation these days," says fmr min.
@AllanMRock
, who oversaw the creation of the
@fdnPETF
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Allan Rock, former Liberal Industry Minister, says the resignations at the Trudeau Foundation is 'collateral damage' from Pierre Poilievre.
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CPC MP
@MichaelChongMP
says the gov't "is basically telegraphing to the world that Canada is open to foreign interference operations here on Canadian soil" if they don't expel a Chinese diplomat.
Watch the exclusive TV interview:
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Conservative MP says feds did not brief him on alleged threats to his family in China
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The Globe and Mail's
@RobertFife
says the Conservatives were right to push for a sitting Parliament "The government needs a set of eyes to scrutinize them for the decisions they're making..."
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Stephen Buffalo of the Indian Resource Council said
@SohiAmarjeet
has ignored his council's request to meet and, when he tried to speak with
@Bill_Morneau
about TMX "he laughed at me...he says well, there's no pipeline to talk about."
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NDP MP
@RomeoSaganash
was scolded for using some "unparliamentary language" today. You can see what that was in this clip.
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"They've been spending like drunken sailors for the first five years and have very little to show for it," says Former NDP Leader
@ThomasMulcair
reflecting on the Liberal's economic outlook amid COVID-19
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So with that, it's time to say goodbye to
@DonMartinCTV
. The hole he leaves in our hearts is only rivaled by the one he leaves in political journalism. We'll miss you, Don. Try to spare us a thought as you lean back and sip a crisp beer on the beach.
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Brad Sorenson from Providence Therapeutics says Canada has experts dedicated to Canadian made vaccines. "We have the capacity to do this," he tells
@EvanLSolomon
. Watch more at .
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"I really thought it was a joke..." says
@Songstress28
when she saw PM Trudeau take a knee during the anti-racism protests in Ottawa. "He doesn't take that kind of action here for the Indigenous people who are dying every day."
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@EvanLSolomon
asks
@PierrePoilievre
to weigh in the on the deficit. He says, "We've paid the most to get the least." Watch more at .
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Did the federal gov't have to cut
@VWcanada
a cheque to secure an EV battery manufacturing plant in St. Thomas, Ont.? And if so, how much?
Watch Innovation Minister
@FP_Champagne
's interview with
@VassyKapelos
👇
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Canada chosen for first Volkswagen EV battery plant in North America
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.
@LeslynLewis
&
@PierrePoilievre
clash in a heated exchange over support for the freedom convoys that protested COVID-19 mandates.
#cpcldr
Watch more at .
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The mind behind Ontario Proud has launched Canada Proud to use social media and content like memes to mobilize against Trudeau.
"We source everything we do," said
@JeffBallingall
. "We put our perspective on it, and we source it."
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should Canada sign the United Nations Global Compact on Migration?
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.
@RobertFife
on the other hand, disagrees. "Accountability, accountability, accountability..."
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Our friend and colleague Craig Oliver announced his plans to retire today. Craig is one of a kind and we'll miss him so much. Here's to you, Craig!
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"That's rubbish...that's not true" says
@profamirattaran
of the government's remarks that Canada's production facilities don't have the capacity to mass produce vaccines even if we had the licensing agreements to do so.
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Meng Wanzhou's husband and children received an exemption to visit her in Vancouver.
@EvanLSolomon
asks
@Rob_Oliphant
to explain the criteria that allowed this. "I can understand people being angry," he says. Watch more at .
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@KyivIndependent
chief operating officer
@mrsorokaa
tells
@NapierJoyce
"the consensus on the ground is that Kyiv won't fall." He calls Ukraine's capital "a fortress".
Watch more at .
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#Ukraine
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"It is as a result of the direct conversations the federal government has had with the Biden administration,"
@AnitaOakville
says about the U.S. loaning Canada vaccines.
What does she make
@fordnation
saying American officials must be sick of the Premier asking for help?
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Michelle Rempel hinted at some big plans from the Tories to ensure Albertan voices are heard, including legislation and
a platform for dissent.
"We will have something to announce in a very short period of time," said
@MichelleRempel
.
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"Wexit" talk has been circulating as Alberta and Saskatchewan have expressed frustrations with Ottawa.
@WBrettWilson
and
@BradWall306
weigh in.
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Conservative Leader
@AndrewScheer
wouldn't come on our show today to talk about his economic plan for Canada, but Finance Minister
@Bill_Morneau
did.
"Really, from my standpoint, the numbers just don't add up," Morneau said.
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Erin O'Toole hasn't said whether he believes there is systemic racism in Canada.
When pressed by
@EvanLSolomon
on this, he said systemic racism "means something different to every person."
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Did SNC-Lavalin's CEO interview today, where he said jobs were never at risk, entirely debunk Trudeau's story on the scandal?
@RobertFife
&
@TondaMacC
are on today's Press Gallery panel to assess
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Saskatchewan Premier
@PremierScottMoe
has written a letter to Trudeau accusing him of granting ‘no concrete support’ in canola crisis.
"We have not seen a decision to support the industry to date, almost a month later," he said.
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@Garossino
says the Hereditary Chiefs have "hit the nuclear button."
"It fails the test of proportionality. You don't shut down an entire nation's railway system over a dispute over a pipeline in a small community in [B.C.]."
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Vancouver Mayor
@kennedystewart
said he's telling
@jkenney
to get over himself.
"I sat in the House with Jason Kenney for four years, and I know what kind of politician he is. And he is stoking division," said Stewart.
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What does Canada's Chief Science Advisor Dr. Mona Nemer make of the extension of 4 months between the first and second COVID-19 doses? "The very people we want to protect the most require that we give them the second dose using the shorter interval," she tells
@EvanLSolomon
.
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Donald Savoie is one of Canada's top democracy experts. His new book, Democracy in Canada, warns about the disintegration of our institutions.
"Instead of moving the yardstick the other way, I think [
@JustinTrudeau
has] moved it further," Savoie said.
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Is there a way to get the answers the opposition wants without plunging Canadians into an election?
"There is, and it's very easy," said
@PierrePoilievre
. Listen to his suggestion in this clip.
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@EvanLSolomon
asks
@cafreeland
when the federal government will sign a deal with Ontario on $10 dollar a day child-care.
"I think those are questions you should be asking the people in Queen's Park," she says.
Watch more at .
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"There's nothing Justin Trudeau likes more than handing a cheque to millions of voters...but at some point, someone has to pay the piper." says
@robertbenzie
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"If Bill C-69 passes in anything remotely in the form that it was in before the Senate, there will be an immediate constitutional challenge from Alberta," said Alberta Energy Minister
@sonyasavage
.
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"They are standing up for the rules of law and not these backroom deals" says
@RobertFife
on the resignation of Jane Philpott & Wilson-Raybould
"We haven't seen that very often."
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On Cdn response to war in Ukraine
@melaniejoly
tells
@EvanLSolomon
Canada will continue to work with the G7, saying: "Canada is not a nuclear power, it is not a military power, we're a middle-size power" and that Canada is "good at convening".
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@CMA_Docs
's new President Dr. Katherine Smart weighs in on the question of private/public "synergies" within universal health coverage.
@JustinTrudeau
@erinotoole
@theJagmeetSingh
Watch more at .
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.
@PremierBradWall
is the most popular premier in the country
His advice for other politicians?
Be humble, admit mistakes, make tough decisions
"Get a dog, walk the dog, clean up after the dog"
It's hard to get arrogant when you're cleaning up after a dog
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"How high up, in terms of the company hierarchy, does the corruption go? Well in the case of SNC-Lavalin, to the very top," said
@SolomonFriedman
, who says the company could never qualify for a deferred prosecution agreement.
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"The defendant in a defamation action has to prove that what he said was true...how's Mr. Scheer going to prove that Mr. Trudeau was corrupt?" said
@toccataprima
.
"[
@Puglaas
] said she didn't think anything the prime minister did was illegal."
#cdnpoli
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ICYMI: People's Party of Canada Leader
@MaximeBernier
discusses his search for candidates, saying he wants candidates 'that share our values.'
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"That's a preposterous allegation" said Jane Philpott on one of the conditions allegedly given by Wilson-Raybould to stay in cabinet.
"People ought to be extremely careful of the validity of that information"
#snclavalin
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The U.N. approves a motion forcing members to justify vetoes.
Canada’s U.N. Ambassador
@BobRae48
tells
@EvanLSolomon
“There’s a frustration that’s been growing in the General Assembly about the use of the veto…”
Watch more at
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How does Canada enforce injunctions without escalating the tensions between pipeline opponents and the federal government?
"Is the country governable or not? Can we operate Canada?" asked
@BradWall306
.
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Which interests you more: The upcoming federal budget or whether Jody Wilson-Raybould should come back to testify on the SNC-Lavalin controversy?
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Western alienation reached a fever-pitch after the election results rolled in.
"What I have done here today is provide the prime minister with a fire extinguisher, and I certainly hope he doesn't show up with a gas can," said
@PremierScottMoe
.
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Former Saskatchewan premier
@BradWall306
said the feelings of alienation in the West are flaring up.
"I'm just not sure folks in the centre of the country understand how alienated folks in Alberta and Saskatchewan are," he said.
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Does
@Puglaas
think
@Carolyn_Bennett
has the credibility to continue on as Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister?
"I hope that she is thinking about that exact question,"
@Puglaas
says.
Watch more at .
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ICYMI MPs on vaccines&
@GregFergus
mistakenly suggests more vaccine approvals are needed to meet the gov't Sept 2021 commitment.
@AnitaOakville
's office later clarified that's not the case& Fergus apologized for the error
#cdnpoli
@MichelleRempel
@MPJulian
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"I'm not convinced a public inquiry is gonna get to anything. I think it's going to be a tremendous waste of time," says 2021 Conservative Nat'l Campaign Manager
@FredDeLorey
on calls for an elxn meddling inquiry.
Watch more at
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#elxn44
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“This is simply not true. It could not be further from the truth,” says
@EUAmbCanada
in response to CPC MP
@PierrePoilievre
, who criticized the EU of being weak against Russian aggression.
Watch more at
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Do you believe there should be a public inquiry into whether there was any pressure from the Prime Minister's Office on the Attorney General to help SNC-Lavalin escape prosecution?
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Host
@EvanLSolomon
asks: How do Canada and the U.N. respond to Russia’s denial of the killings in Bucha, Ukraine?
Watch Canada’s Ambassador to the U.N.
@BobRae48
on
#ctvpp
:
Watch more at
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Canada has sanctioned 9 Russian officials over human rights violations in Russia.
@BillBrowder
explains Russia's treatment of lawyer Alexei Navalny. Watch more at .
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ICYMI: National Observer's
@Garossino
discusses western alienation and says the majority of Canadians voted for action on climate change.
#cdnpoli
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Does the federal budget actually show 'fiscal restraint'?
Check out
@PBO_DPB
Yves Giroux's response to host
@VassyKapelos
below⬇️
Watch more at
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#cdnpoli
#Budget2023
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Almost half of children in foster care under age of 4 are Indigenous. Has gov't learned from Residential Schools & 60s scoop asks
@cblackst
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The family of a girl who was killed is upset after discovering their daughter's killer is being moved from prison to an aboriginal healing lodge. We asked Public Safety Minister
@RalphGoodale
about the decision.
#ctvpp
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@EvanLSolomon
asks Annamie Paul's executive assistant
@victoria_galea
if Paul had the support of Elizabeth May.
"That silence has been deafening over the months," she says.
Watch more at .
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How many candidates has
@peoplespca
leader
@MaximeBernier
lined up?
"We'll have 338 candidates before the end of June," he said. "I'll be in Montreal at the end of the week to announce 40 candidates all across Montreal and Quebec."
#ctvpp
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The NDP won 25 seats in the 2021 federal election, one seat up from 2019.
@theJagmeetSingh
says lower-income, working class voters weren't able to get to the polls because "the polls they counted on weren't there."
Watch more at .
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