Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Wed. May 28th, 2025
May 28, 2025
If Canada wanted to participate in America’s Golden Dome system, the price tag would be $61 billion USD. However, if we agreed to join the United States as President Trump’s beloved 51st State, it would be a free-of-charge entry. That’s according to a recent Truth Social post from Mr. Trump himself. Once again, the PMO was quick to defend Canada’s sovereignty. We delve into military spending with Aurel Brown, a Professor of International Relations at the University of Toronto. Meantime, Ottawa City Council has approved the motion to draft a ‘Bubble Bylaw’, and it was a resounding ‘Yes’ at City Hall as the ballots were counted. We get the latest details from CFRA’s Andrew Pinsent. Plus, the annual CANSEC Convention was held in Ottawa today, and a massive crowd of protestors had plenty to say at the EY Centre. Some of them said and did too much, and were arrested by police. CTV’s Austin Lee delivers what we know so far.
Unpublished Newswire
Ontario’s freedom-of-information watchdog says a series of systemic issues in the provincial government’s handling of documents in the Greenbelt affair – including deleting e-mails and using codewords that make searches difficult – risks eroding public trust.In her annual report issued on Thursday, Information and Privacy Commissioner Patricia Kosseim dedicates a separate 11-page section to access-to-information appeals related to the province’s aborted 2022 decision to develop parts of the protected Greenbelt area – a move under criminal investigation by the RCMP.
June 12, 2025 - 20:42 | Jeff Gray | The Globe and Mail
The Saskatchewan government has decided to roll back its countermeasures against the ongoing U.S. tariffs, opening up business to the United States.
June 12, 2025 - 20:04 | Kat Ludwig | Global News - Canada
Ottawa has extended a pilot program that matches skilled refugees with job vacancies in Canada on the day it was due to lapse, after an outcry from employers, including universities, about its imminent expiry. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has extended its Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot, which was founded in 2018 as a route to permanent residence, until the end of the year, saying it is helping employers in critical sectors meet labour market shortages.
June 12, 2025 - 19:33 | Marie Woolf | The Globe and Mail
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