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Investment fund co-headed by Liberal leader acquired 51% of Westinghouse in 2023. During the first leaders' debate on Wednesday, Liberal Leader Mark Carney praised nuclear energy and named two companies in the sector with which he did business during his tenure at Brookfield Asset Management. In 2023, Brookfield formed a partnership with uranium mining firm Cameco to purchase the Westinghouse...
A $5-billion investment fund created under Mark Carney's leadership at Brookfield Asset Management was registered in the Cayman Islands tax haven, according to records obtained by Radio-Canada.
Liberal Party refuses to answer questions about leader's time in private sector. In his time at Brookfield Asset Management, Liberal Leader Mark Carney personally co-chaired two investment funds dedicated to the transition to a net-zero carbon economy, worth a total of $25 billion. Those funds were registered in Bermuda, among other locations, allowing investors to benefit from significant tax advantages...
Government preparing to fill all 10 vacant seats in coming weeks. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is planning a final wave of appointments to fill the 10 vacancies in the Senate before he retires in March, Radio-Canada has learned. The move would allow him to leave a mark on Parliament for years to come, as these unelected legislators will be able...
Revelations come as revenue minister set to testify at parliamentary committees. In early 2024, senior officials at the Canada Revenue Agency were so concerned it had wrongly authorized bogus refunds of tens of millions of dollars that they wrote confidential briefing notes stating that the agency was plagued by significant "gaps" in its ability to spot — and stop — scammers, records show.
Privacy commissioner launches investigation into Canada Revenue Agency. In the summer of 2023, a Canadian taxpayer logged into his Canada Revenue Agency account, falsely amended previous tax returns and wrongly claimed he was suddenly owed more than $40 million in refunds.
Agency admits it vastly underreported cyberattacks against Canadian taxpayers to Parliament. At the height of this year's tax season, the Canada Revenue Agency discovered that hackers had obtained confidential data used by one of the country's largest tax preparation firms, H&R Block Canada. Imposters used the company's confidential credentials to get unauthorized access into hundreds of Canadians' personal CRA accounts...
The Trudeau government is losing a key ally in its efforts to take hundreds of thousands of military-style firearms out of circulation, jeopardizing one of the top items in its public security agenda. Launched in 2020, the federal government's plan to buy back and destroy firearms it has banned — such as AR-15s — has long been vilified by firearms...
The federal government is preparing to welcome a frustrated workforce back to its offices on Sept. 9. Under a new policy announced in May, federal civil servants will have to spend at least three days per week in the office, while executives will have to spend at least four. Currently, civil servants are required to be in their offices only...
The RCMP is warning of a growing number of cases of public speech that could incite hatred and is asking whether it has the legal tools to counter the trend. RCMP Chief Superintendent Karine Gagné told Radio-Canada that while she wouldn't comment directly on the case of controversial imam Adil Charkaoui — who gave a speech in Arabic in Montreal...
The federal government is accelerating plans to put the Phoenix public service pay system out of its misery. Launched in 2016, the system — which cost taxpayers nearly $4 billion — has failed regularly to deliver public servants' paycheques on time, or in the right amounts. According to the government's latest tally, more than 300,000 of 425,000 Phoenix transactions had...
Ottawa is planning to roll out a mandatory buyback program for military-style firearms during the 2025 election year, after the program was delayed by Canada Post's refusal to participate, sources say.With only months to go before its launch, details of the vast logistical operation remain in flux, federal officials have told Radio-Canada.
The launch of a new national daycare program fuelled high hopes among Canadian families three years ago, but new figures show Ottawa is still a long way from meeting its goal of offering affordable spaces to "all families who need it" by 2026. Despite its budget of $30 billion over five years, the federal daycare program suffers from underfunding, according...
Officials at Veterans Affairs (VAC) feared that their decision to overrule the government's handpicked jury on a proposed design for the Afghan war memorial would be met with a "mixed reaction" that could "negatively affect the families of the fallen," says an internal department memo obtained by Radio-Canada. Last June, the department chose a design by Indigenous artist Adrian Stimson...
The federal government will await the results of another investigation into a controversial green fund before it decides whether to allow the organization to resume distributing funds to companies in the clean tech sector. In early October, Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne suspended new funding distribution by Sustainable Development Technologies Canada (SDTC), which has been rocked by complaints from whistleblowers and...
Cameron Ortis, convicted by a jury Wednesday of violating Canada's secrets act, was arrested when he was "on the cusp" of passing state secrets to a foreign entity, a Crown prosecutor alleged during the former RCMP official's bail hearing in 2019. When RCMP officers raided Cameron Ortis's condo in late August 2019, they were hunting for clues related to leaks...
Whistleblowers who exposed problems at a federal green fund are calling for protection from possible professional or legal retaliation.The organization targeted by the whistleblowers earlier this year is Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), a foundation created and funded by the federal government.