The West Block: May 19

Canada is not on track to meet its greenhouse gas emissions target, the European Union Commissioner for Climate Action says. “I know Canada has a target, but I also know that you’re really not on track to meet that target,” Connie Hedegaard said in an interview on the Global News program The West Block with Tom Clark, days after meeting with Environment Minister Peter Kent in Brussels. Continue reading →

The Senate is in crisis, one former member of the upper house said after audits into suspicious spending found that a trio of senators together wrongly collected more than $190,000 in housing allowances. Continue reading →

This is not the time to start negotiating. Continue reading →

After it was revealed this week the RCMP doesn’t want its top brass meeting with parliamentarians without clearance, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews says there is a “communications protocol” between his office and the RCMP for a very simple reason. Continue reading →