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Red Deer-Mountain View MP Earl Dreeshen and Red Deer-Lacombe MP Blaine Calkins spoke before a crowd of about 30 people at Breakfast with the MPs, hosted by Red Deer & District Chamber of Commerce, at River Bend Golf & Recreation Area clubhouse on May 25, 2023. (Photo by SUSAN ZIELINSKI/Advocate staff)

Red Deer MPs push for public inquiry into foreign interference

‘It feeds the narrative that the Liberal government is covering something up’

Red Deer-Mountain View MP Earl Dreeshen and Red Deer-Lacombe MP Blaine Calkins spoke before a crowd of about 30 people at Breakfast with the MPs, hosted by Red Deer & District Chamber of Commerce, at River Bend Golf & Recreation Area clubhouse on May 25, 2023. (Photo by SUSAN ZIELINSKI/Advocate staff)
David Johnston looks on during a farewell reception in Ottawa on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. Special rapporteur David Johnston is expected to release his decision Tuesday on whether the federal Liberals should hold a public inquiry on foreign interference. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

As inquiry decision looms, here’s how Canada’s foreign interference saga has evolved

Trudeau has said he will abide by Johnston’s recommendations, including if he recommends a public inquiry

David Johnston looks on during a farewell reception in Ottawa on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. Special rapporteur David Johnston is expected to release his decision Tuesday on whether the federal Liberals should hold a public inquiry on foreign interference. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the G7 Summit Sunday, May 21, 2023 in Hiroshima, Japan. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

VIDEO: Trudeau says ceasefire won’t bring peace to Ukraine, blasts Russia

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asserts continued support as G7 summit featuring President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ends

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the G7 Summit Sunday, May 21, 2023 in Hiroshima, Japan. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to reporters before heading to a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

Anti-corruption advocate hopes new financial crime body can start ‘scaring bad guys’

One says it’s important to take ‘opportunity to look at the full package of what is financial crime’

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to reporters before heading to a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
The Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC) complex is pictured in Ottawa on October 15, 2013. A culture within Canada’s cyberspy agency of “resisting and impeding” independent review has frustrated efforts to ensure it is obeying the law, say newly released documents from the federal intelligence watchdog. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

‘Systemic difficulties’ hampered review of Canada’s cyberspy service: watchdog

Review agency released the internal documents late last month under the Access to Information Act to Bill Robinson

The Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC) complex is pictured in Ottawa on October 15, 2013. A culture within Canada’s cyberspy agency of “resisting and impeding” independent review has frustrated efforts to ensure it is obeying the law, say newly released documents from the federal intelligence watchdog. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to reporters before heading to a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

Transparency International Canada paper outlines hopes for new financial crime agency

Canada could learn from countries such as Australia and the United Kingdom, the paper says

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to reporters before heading to a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
Conservative foreign-affairs critic Michael Chong rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle

Government still investigating why threats against Chong not passed up to cabinet

Mendicino says Canada’s priority is holding China accountable for any threatening, harassing behaviour

Conservative foreign-affairs critic Michael Chong rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
Federal public workers have been on the picket line in front of the Red Deer Service Canada Centre from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Photo by Susan Zielinski/Advocate staff)

Central Alberta public servants steadfast on picket line

Striking workers will not slow down access to local services

Federal public workers have been on the picket line in front of the Red Deer Service Canada Centre from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Photo by Susan Zielinski/Advocate staff)
About 65 union workers were on the picket line in front of Red Deer Service Canada Centre, located at 101-4901 46 St., on April 19, 2023. (Photo by SUSAN ZIELINSKI/Advocate staff)

Federal employees in Red Deer and Central Alberta hit the picket line

Striking workers gather outside Red Deer Service Canada Centre

About 65 union workers were on the picket line in front of Red Deer Service Canada Centre, located at 101-4901 46 St., on April 19, 2023. (Photo by SUSAN ZIELINSKI/Advocate staff)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (front right) answers questions from reporters at the Whitehorse airport firehall on Feb. 13. (Gabrielle Plonka/Yukon News)

Canadian officials looking for correlation across of aerial objects in recent weeks

“What we’re trying to find out [is] if that pattern is correlated”

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (front right) answers questions from reporters at the Whitehorse airport firehall on Feb. 13. (Gabrielle Plonka/Yukon News)
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland arrives for a news conference before tabling the Fall Fiscal Update in Ottawa, on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Red Deer MP says mini-budget offers little relief to Canadians trying to stretch their paycheques

Mid-year budget update forecasts $36.4 billion deficit, lower than anticipated in the spring

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland arrives for a news conference before tabling the Fall Fiscal Update in Ottawa, on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion Ahmed Hussen speaks during a news conference in the foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa on June 6, 2022. He cut $133,000 in government funding to the Community Media Advocacy Centre last week and suspended an anti-racism project it was overseeing after “reprehensible and vile” tweets posted by its senior consultant, Laith Marouf, came to light. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Trudeau promises complete review of funding to anti-racism group after ‘vile’ tweets

The government has put a stop to all funding to the Community Media Advocacy Centre

Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion Ahmed Hussen speaks during a news conference in the foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa on June 6, 2022. He cut $133,000 in government funding to the Community Media Advocacy Centre last week and suspended an anti-racism project it was overseeing after “reprehensible and vile” tweets posted by its senior consultant, Laith Marouf, came to light. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
A federal sign indicates "No Camping" in a downtown square next to the Terry Fox statue across from the Parliament buildings, Wednesday, July 27, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

No-camping signs put up near Terry Fox statue across from Parliament Hill

The sudden no-camping warnings are believed to be a response to recent protests

A federal sign indicates "No Camping" in a downtown square next to the Terry Fox statue across from the Parliament buildings, Wednesday, July 27, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
A total of 57 per cent of Albertans support equalization, according to the results of the Confederation of Tomorrow 2022 Survey by Environics Institute For Survey Research. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick)

Most Albertans support equalization, according to new survey

Canadians more likely to favour increasing equalization payments than decreasing them

A total of 57 per cent of Albertans support equalization, according to the results of the Confederation of Tomorrow 2022 Survey by Environics Institute For Survey Research. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick)
Second-year medical student Nina Hadzimustafic delivers a COVID-19 booster shots at Jabapalooza, a pop up vaccine clinic, in Ottawa, on Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Feds consider definition of ‘fully vaccinated’ in review of federal worker mandate

Public Service Alliance of Canada says it expects a renewed policy on April 6

Second-year medical student Nina Hadzimustafic delivers a COVID-19 booster shots at Jabapalooza, a pop up vaccine clinic, in Ottawa, on Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Franco Terrazzano, federal director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, was at Parkland Mall on Wednesday with the federation’s Debt Clock truck. The huge digital counter shows mounted on the side of the truck shows the federal goverment’s $1-trillion debt increasing in real time. (Photo by SUSAN ZIELINSKI/Advocate staff)

WATCH: National Debt Clock tour arrives in Red Deer

Canadian Taxpayers Federation warns of trillion-dollar debt

Franco Terrazzano, federal director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, was at Parkland Mall on Wednesday with the federation’s Debt Clock truck. The huge digital counter shows mounted on the side of the truck shows the federal goverment’s $1-trillion debt increasing in real time. (Photo by SUSAN ZIELINSKI/Advocate staff)
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, left to right, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole take part in the federal election English-language Leaders debate in Gatineau, Que., on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Liberals, NDP reach deal to keep minority government in power till 2025

Trudeau says the deal is a “confidence and supply” agreement and it takes effect today

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, left to right, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole take part in the federal election English-language Leaders debate in Gatineau, Que., on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
FILE - Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan, right, arrives for the cabinet swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Labour minister set to nudge provinces, territories on paid sick leave

In December Parliament approved 10 days of paid sick leave for federally regulated workers

FILE - Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan, right, arrives for the cabinet swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau reads his notes as he walks to the Commons chamber in Ottawa, on the morning of Friday, Oct. 16, 1970, to advise members of Parliament of the government’s reasons for invoking the War Measures Act. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chuck Mitchell
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau reads his notes as he walks to the Commons chamber in Ottawa, on the morning of Friday, Oct. 16, 1970, to advise members of Parliament of the government’s reasons for invoking the War Measures Act. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chuck Mitchell
Minister of Middle Class Prosperity and Associate Minister of Finance Mona Fortier holds a press conference in Ottawa on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. Treasury Board Pesident Mona Fortier says 95 per cent of federal public servants are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Minister of Middle Class Prosperity and Associate Minister of Finance Mona Fortier holds a press conference in Ottawa on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. Treasury Board Pesident Mona Fortier says 95 per cent of federal public servants are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick