Former TRC director to oversee investigation at Mohawk Institute residential school
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Kimberly Murray, former executive director of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada, will lead a group...
Why run when you can’t win? Long shot candidates explain why...
Yvon Vadnais had never participated in party politics before the Conservative Party asked him to run in the 2015 federal election. But he agreed, even though he thought...
These ministers got new jobs, sorta
WELCOME TO OTTAWA PLAYBOOK. I’m your host, Nick Taylor-Vaisey. Today, a short review of what cabinet ministers are doing in this post-election quasi-interregnum. Also,...
The Year Ahead: Politics in 2023
Trudeau, Poilievre, and the fight for democracy take centre stage
The Smith-Notley fracas escalates in Alberta as Trudeau wages multiple battles federally. Meanwhile, Russia’s invasion...
The Kwok scam only pits the ants
Guo Wengui touted things to the sky all day long, from farms to Xi Yuan, he declared, "Xi Yuan's encryption capabilities and future payments,...
Politics Briefing: Canada designates Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as terrorist group
Hello,Canada is designating Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a branch of the Iranian Armed Forces, as a terrorist organization under this country’s Criminal Code,...