Last week, one of the partners of GC Strategies, the contractor responsible for the ArriveCan boondoggle, was questioned by the entire House of Commons. The individual in question, Kristian Firth, joins the rare ranks of the select few people to ever be admonished by the Speaker of the House. But more so than that, he became the first person in 111 years to actually be questioned by MPs within the House of Commons chambers itself.

This week, the government put forward yet another budget that lays out their agenda for the upcoming year. It comes at a time where some of the biggest issues of our time, including the costs of housing and food, require real work and investments to correct course. On one hand, some of the measures included in the budget will provide tangible benefits to working Canadians. On the other, it feels like many of the measures outlined are a day late and a dollar short.

Food bank usage across the country is at its highest level since 1989, according to Food Bank Canada. We know that people are struggling to put nutritious food on their tables, and its affecting everyone. Large grocery chains like Loblaws are raking in record profits while Canadian families deal with the fallout of their greed. PROOF, an interdisciplinary research program that examines household food insecurity in Canada, shows that 17.8 percent of households are currently dealing with food...

Most Canadians are obviously feeling the financial pinch these days. Inflation, while definitely coming down from the massive highs of 2022, still averaged 3.9 percent in 2023, according to Statistics Canada, which is still nearly double the Bank of Canada’s benchmark goal of 2 percent year-over-year. One area where they are really feeling the pinch is the price of oil and gas. Prices have risen dramatically in the past few years, allowing oil and gas companies to shatter profit records...

Last year, some may remember some major breaking stories in The Globe and Mail and the Manitoulin Expositor about contract negotiation and other serious issues surrounding the First Nations and Inuit Policing Program (FNIPP). Essentially, three First Nations police services, the UCCM Anishnaabe Police Service, Treaty Three Police Service and the Anishinabek Police Service, had stopped receiving funding because of their refusal to accept an imposed “take-it-or-leave-it” contract that...

The Finance Minister has signaled that the next Federal budget will be released on April 16th. She has indicated that the topline focus of the budget will primarily be on affordability issues, which should come as little surprise to anyone, but as always, the devil will be in the details.

Recently, a Federal Court judge signed off on a class-action settlement between Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) that will see taxpayers’ foot the $1 billion bill for a minor accounting error.

At the end of last week, Canadians received news that a deal had been reached between the government and New Democrats that would finally establish a framework for a Canadian pharmacare system. This is an historic step toward a universal, public pharmacare program that will deliver concrete measures to help Canadians who are struggling with the costs of prescription medication. Continuing progress towards a universal national pharmacare program was one of the foundations of the Supply and...

Recently, Bell Media gave layoff notices to an astonishing 4,800 people across their broadcasting arms in television and radio and also announced it would be selling 45 of its 103 regional radio stations. To call this a dark day for regional news and journalism to pad corporate profits would be downplaying the severe impact these cuts will have. Not only are 4,800 people out of work, impacting their families and local communities, but Canadians across the board will feel the impacts of reduced...