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After embarking on a whirlwind in-person visit to Montreal yesterday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau returns to the virtual meeting circuit today, starting with an online chat with representatives from Conquer COVID-19, which his official itinerary describes as a “grassroots, volunteer-driven organization providing assistance to communities across Canada.” Later this afternoon, he’ll join  New Brunswick MP Wayne Long for a video chat with front line workers at Saint John retirement ...

  TORONTO -- An Ontario MPP is facing criticism after agreeing to speak at an event organized by a group that makes a comparison between abortion and the Holocaust. The event, called “Gen Z: Challenging abortion in politics,” is being billed as an evening with Niagara West MPP Sam Oosterhoff. It’s being hosted by student groups at three Ontario universities in collaboration with the with National Campus Life Network (NCLN), an organization whose goal is to lower abortion rates in Cana...

Last Updated Monday, March 15, 2021 3:48PM EDT An Ontario MPP is facing criticism after agreeing to speak at an event organized by a group that makes a comparison between abortion and the Holocaust. The event, called “Gen Z: Challenging abortion in politics,” is being billed as an evening with Niagara West MPP Sam Oosterhoff. It’s being hosted by student groups at three Ontario universities in collaboration with the with National Campus Life Network (NCLN), an organizat...

iPolitics By Michael Coren. Published on Feb 25, 2021 5:31pm The Conservative Party, its officers, and its leader are caught between an electoral rock and a socially conservative hard place. Conservative Leader Erin OToole speaks to reporters in Montreal in September 2020. (Kevin Dougherty/iPolitics) Establishments come; establishments go. That’s the nature of the beast. What remains constant is that every institution, every culture, has one. In the case of the Conservative Party o...

Niagara Falls MPP at odds with Oosterhoff over Niagaras COVID-19 vaccine shortage Niagara Falls NDP MPP Wayne Gates is demanding answers from the provincial government regarding Niagaras vaccine shortage. Social Sharing Wayne Gates says Niagara didnt get its fair share of the Moderna vaccine, and he wants to know why Posted: Feb 22, 2021 1:24 PM ET | Last Updated: February 22 Niagara Falls MPP Wayne Gates says the Moderna vaccine was diverted from Niagara, and he wants to know why. (Jason Frans...

iPolitics By Kady OMalley. Published on Feb 1, 2021 6:01am In June 2020, the chamber of the House of Commons was outfitted with large video screens to allow MPs to participate in hybrid in-person and virtual sittings. (Andrew Meade/iPolitics) As the second week of the winter sitting gets underway, MPs are set to spend most of the day discussing the rules, procedures and protocols underlying the day-to-day operations of the House of Commons and its committees, courtesy of the once-pe...

Article content OTTAWA — Former Ontario finance minister Rod Phillips resigned from his cabinet posting on Thursday, offering one final example in 2020 of politicians asking the public ‘to do as I say, not as I do’ during the global pandemic. Phillips, once seen as a rising star in politics, stepped down after he was found to be vacationing on the Caribbean island of St. Barts at a time when the province was advising against international travel. We apologize, but this video has ...

Finance Minister Rod Phillips has apologized Tuesday evening for leaving the country earlier this month for a personal trip even as health officials plead with Ontarians to only venture outside of their homes for essential purposes.

NetNewsLedger Image: deposit photos.com TORONTO – Politics – Ontario’s Minister of Finance is on holidays in St. Barts in the Caribbean. The Minister left for the holiday after the legislative session ended in early December. “I deeply regret travelling over the holidays. It was a mistake and I apologize. I left on a personally paid for trip to St. Barts on December 13 following the end of the Legislative Session,” said Minister Rod Phillips. “I am making arrangements t...

Finance Minister Rod Phillips has apologized Tuesday evening for leaving the country earlier this month for a personal trip even as health officials plead with Ontarians to only venture outside of their homes for essential purposes.