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Parliament postponed: What Canada’s new Liberal government could – and couldn’t – tackle without oversight

October 26, 2015December 12, 2015amp Leave a comment

October 26, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Liberal MP Ralph Goodale says a new Liberal government, set to be sworn in next week, probably won’t recall Parliament until January.

That’s obviously hypothetical: We won’t know when Parliament sits again until after the new cabinet’s sworn in.

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Ridings with the most immigrants voted Liberal by a landslide, and other things we learned from federal election results

October 22, 2015December 12, 2015amp Leave a comment

October 22, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

The swath of red ridings that propelled Justin Trudeau to a thunderous Liberal victory Monday boasts more newcomers as a percentage of the population than any other party’s territory.

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Federal election 2015: Voter turnout highest in decades

October 20, 2015December 12, 2015amp Leave a comment

October 20, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

More than 17 million Canadians cast a ballot in the country’s 42nd federal election, making for Canada’s highest voter turnout since 1993.

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Trudeau wins; here’s what he promised and what he’ll face as prime minister

October 19, 2015December 12, 2015amp Leave a comment

October 19, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

The polls hadn’t even closed across Canada when news organizations called a Liberal government – and, within an hour, a Liberal majority.

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Terror documents so secret, feds can’t tell you why they’re secret

October 16, 2015December 12, 2015amp Leave a comment

October 16, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Thousands of pages of correspondence and briefing notes on the federal government’s anti-terror Bill C-51 are so secret the government won’t disclose its reasons for censoring them.

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Canada still has ‘gay conversion’ groups; some get tax-deductible donations

October 7, 2015December 12, 2015amp Leave a comment

October 7, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Mike Smith did everything he could to change who he was.

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Made-in-Canada HIV/AIDS treatment embraced by everyone but Canada

October 2, 2015April 22, 2018amp Leave a comment

October 2, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

A made-in-Canada approach to tackling the HIV/AIDS epidemic has been endorsed by the United Nations for use around the world but has yet to gain the support of the Canadian government.

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Why do Americans keep shooting each other to death?

October 1, 2015December 12, 2015amp Leave a comment

October 1, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

How do you measure America’s gun violence epidemic?

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Veterans’ anti-Conservative campaign fuelled by ‘union money,’ Minister says

September 30, 2015December 12, 2015amp Leave a comment

September 30, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Erin O’Toole talks to a lot of veterans and he says they’re near-unanimous.

“Ninety-nine per cent of what I hear is positive,” the Veterans Affairs Minister and Conservative candidate says.

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Greying nation: For the first time ever, Canada has more seniors than kids. Here’s what that means

September 29, 2015December 12, 2015amp Leave a comment

September 29, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News

Look out, Canada: Old people are taking over.

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