The international spotlight will be turned on British Columbia's Supreme Court this month as Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's extradition hearing is set to begin, more than a year after her arrest shattered Canada-China relations.
Former SNC-Lavalin executive, Sami Bebawi, was found guilty on Sunday, December 15, 2019, of paying off foreign officials and pocketing millions as he worked to secure contracts for the Canadian engineering company in Libya.
Justice Minister David Lametti is being asked to move quickly to respond to a recent court ruling on doctor-assisted death, but he says the Liberal government is open to reforming the existing law in an even bigger way than the judge ordered.
Even before he swears in his new cabinet, Justin Trudeau is being urged to ask his new justice minister to move swiftly to make Canada's assisted-dying law less restrictive.
Political trailblazer Jody Wilson-Raybould committed to pursue truth and change through non-partisan co-operation at a campaign rally in Vancouver tonight, September 19, 2019, — a message that was backed by a guest appearance by Green Leader Elizabeth May.
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau headed on Wednesday, September 11, 2019, to what he calls his "second home" in British Columbia for his first event of the 2019 election campaign — a province full of both opportunity and peril for the governing party.
Justin Trudeau began his bid for re-election on Wednesday, September 11, 2019, by framing the next 40 days as a time for Canadians to make a choice: whether they want more of his sunny ways or a return to the gloomier days he says are characteristic of life under a Conservative government.
“We gave out the largest and most expansive waiver of cabinet confidence in Canada’s history,” Trudeau said, then stopped. For several seconds, no one spoke.