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COVID-19 Update – Government of Canada actions on COVID-19

COVID-19 Update – Government of Canada actions on COVID-19

The federal government made a major announcement about the federal COVID-19 response today. In summary: ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Prime Minister announced that the 75% wage subsidy will now apply to all sizes of companies, including charities and non-profits, so long as they...
Trudeau Reveals Minority Cabinet

Trudeau Reveals Minority Cabinet

Justin Trudeau’s second-term cabinet shifts strong performers to his new minority government’s most challenging files, as he confronts significant political opposition from a majority of Canada’s premiers over energy policy and plans to shift to a clean economy.   At...
Canada and China: Canola, Pork and Meng Wanzhou

Canada and China: Canola, Pork and Meng Wanzhou

Last December, Meng Wanzhou, CFO of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, was arrested in Vancouver after a request was made by the United States Department of Justice under the Treaty on Extradition Between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United...
2019 Federal Session in Review

2019 Federal Session in Review

2019 began with the Liberal government riding high in the afterglow of a newly-signed United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement. As the House of Commons resumed in the new West Block chamber, most pollsters envisioned the Trudeau Liberals coasting to a safe majority...