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Past articles by Marieke:

Ottawa orders Imperial Oil to contain leak of toxic water

The federal government, local Indigenous communities and the public at large were not informed of the leak last May until months afterward → Read More

Cut taxes and cut spending in upcoming budget, says Poilievre

Conservative Leader says the CBC and ‘high-priced consultants’ would face cutbacks in a Tory government → Read More

Biden to address Parliament during first visit to Canada as president

Support for Ukraine and Haiti, climate change and North American defence systems will be focus of the bilateral talks → Read More

Canada and EU pledge stronger economic and energy ties, reaffirm support for Ukraine

PM Justin Trudeau met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to make the sweeping announcements that experts say show they are allies, while China and Russia prove to be unreliable partners → Read More

Ontario, Ottawa reach agreement in principle for health-care funding

Ontario will get an immediate top up of $776-million to address strained children’s hospitals, overwhelmed emergency rooms and backlogged surgery waitlists → Read More

Five key take-aways from the Emergencies Act inquiry’s final report

Justice Paul Rouleau’s report found Doug Ford’s Ontario government was absent, the protests were unsafe and there were policing failures → Read More

Trudeau’s use of Emergencies Act was appropriate, inquiry finds

Justice Paul Rouleau’s report into the ending of last winter’s convoy protests finds invocation of Emergencies Act could have been avoided if not for failures in policing and breakdowns in federalism → Read More

Sajjan unclear on whether top adviser told him he was sharing Canadian government travel documents with senator

The international development minister avoided questions about whether his chief of staff provided visa facilitation letters to Senator Marilou McPhedran → Read More

Emergencies Act inquiry’s final report to be released Friday

The federal government made the unprecedented decision to invoke the act last year to quell anti-vaccine mandate, anti-government protests across the country → Read More

NDP calls on current, former ministers to testify on inauthentic travel documents sent to Afghans

NDP MP Heather McPherson calls for transparency on distribution of inauthentic Canadian government travel documents to hundreds of Afghans trying to escape the Taliban in 2021 → Read More

Court filing alleges Senator’s office sent 640 travel documents to Afghans

The documents distributed to Afghans claim that each person named on them was ‘granted a VISA to enter Canada’, though internal review determined that the documents were inauthentic → Read More

Immigration minister has ‘serious concerns’ about inauthentic Canadian travel documents sent to Afghans

A House of Commons committee is considering investigating unauthorized facilitation letters given to Afghans by Sen. Marilou McPhedran and her office, as well as the roles of other officials in disseminating the documents → Read More

Premiers soften stance ahead of health care funding meeting with Prime Minister

Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson and Quebec Premier François Legault told reporters Tuesday that they are keen to strike a deal → Read More

Trudeau to offer more than $100-billion in health care funding over 10 years

Source says the 10-year funding proposal from Ottawa will include tens of billions of dollars of new money as well as earlier planned increases to the Canada Health Transfer → Read More

Conservatives won’t say whether federal share of health-care budgets should increase

Ahead of talks Tuesday between PM Trudeau and premiers, Conservative MP wouldn’t comment on whether his party would uphold the deal → Read More

Ottawa to boost health care funding for provinces in proposed deal

In return for the ‘large sum of money on offer,’ government expects a pledge from premiers that none of it will be diverted to non-health care spending, official says → Read More

Liberals withdraw controversial amendments to gun law

Amendments to Bill C-21 were widely criticized for targeting rifles and shotguns popular with hunters → Read More

Canada needs to move quickly on production of critical minerals, IEA says

Ottawa needs to play a global leadership role to defend against energy security crises triggered by countries that use fossil fuels as a weapon, energy agency says → Read More

Federal party leaders stake out political turf ahead of Parliament’s return

Justin Trudeau and Pierre Poilievre made competing speeches to their caucuses on Parliament Hill on Friday, both focusing on the rising cost of living → Read More

Ontario Premier Doug Ford ‘very confident’ in health-care deal with Ottawa, softens stance on funding demand

Summit between provincial leaders, Justin Trudeau scheduled for Feb. 7 → Read More