Prime Minister Mark Carney yesterday proposed a trillion-dollar expansion of the power grid but would not say who would pay for it. Analysts have warned of substantially higher costs for ratepayers: "Get it wrong and Canadians will pay higher utility bills." READ MORE
Hundreds of Muslims in Canada have faced workplace discipline over their political views, says a Department of Justice report. The figure was attributed to an advocacy group: "Individuals have experienced job loss." READ MORE
Foreign Minister Anita Anand’s department in private talks with Chinese authorities said it regretted the “mass grave at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School,” Access To Information records disclosed yesterday. “Canada strongly urges China not to repeat Canada’s past mistakes,” said one memo. READ MORE
A former Canadian Human Rights Commission appointee has fallen short in his bid to raise $200,000 through crowdfunding to finance multiple defamation suits. Records showed Birju Dattani struggled to raise less than a quarter of the amount $50 and $100 at a time, including one donation under the name of a retired MP: "These are tough times." READ MORE
CBC managers will not tell the Budget Office how they plan to spend an extra $150 million added to their 2026 budget, records show. The additional funding raises the Crown broadcaster’s annual parliamentary grant to a record $1.6 billion this year: "Abuse of taxpayer dollars when Canadians are struggling for financial survival has contributed to the ‘defund the CBC’ movement." READ MORE
Vaping by young adults threatens to undermine a longstanding federal campaign to cut smoking rates to five percent of the population by 2035, says a Department of Health report. Researchers noted legalization of marijuana also had consequences: "Cannabis consumption begins as early as 13 or 14." READ MORE
Record-high natural gas stocks of more than a trillion cubic feet helped overcome the cold winter, federal regulators said yesterday. Homeowners and industry “relied heavily” on fuel in storage, said the Canada Energy Regulator: "To meet demand, central and eastern Canada relied heavily on withdrawing gas from storage." READ MORE
He could be brutal, but he could be smooth. What a man. He would lace into you if he didn’t agree with you completely, but if he knew there was a little thread of an idea there, then he would join it with his threads. This is the guy with a fantastic brain. He’d put ideas together and it would be beautiful. He loved to play bridge to relax. Once a month he played with friends and kept the scores in his head. Brilliant, oh, he was brilliant. I loved him, and he loved me. That’s Arthur Meighen.
