Top Results For: bill browder

Air Canada flight attendants could issue a formal strike notice as early as midnight, potentially triggering a walkout by Saturday if no new contract is reached. The looming labour action follows a nationwide “Day of Action” on Monday, where workers demonstrated at major airports to highlight their demands. As tensions rise between the airline and...

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that will raise entrance fees for foreign tourists at the country’s national parks. It’s part of a broader overhaul of the parks system included in his “big, beautiful bill” that was signed into law on Friday, and it comes as his administration seeks to cut national...

The bill to legalize assisted dying has taken a hit the Liberal government didn’t see coming. The Senate has voted to get rid of a key element in the legislation known as Bill C-14. Vassy Kapelos explains what it is and why it has exposed a broader issue.

On July 22, protests in Hong Kong turned chaotic as police fired at demonstrators with rubber bullets and tear gas. Anger over an extradition bill morphed into a fresh front against what many see as a broader erosion of freedoms by the city’s political masters in Beijing, China.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith explains why she won’t be introducing a bill to protect unvaccinated citizens from discrimination in this fall’s legislative session.

The McNeil Liberals have overhauled a widely-slammed accessibility bill to include a timeline, broader definitions of accessibility, and lessened the focus on ministerial power and economic factors influencing policy. Marieke Walsh explains the changes.

As the Kremlin moves to formally annex four occupied regions in Ukraine, thousands of would-be conscripts are fleeing Russia, desperate to avoid being drafted into Vladimir Putin’s war machine. “The West Block” host Mercedes Stephenson speaks with one of the Kremlin’s toughest critics, Bill Browder, on this latest escalation. Plus, Stephenson speaks with Alberta pollster...

Just as he did in Crimea eight years ago, Vladimir Putin is again seeking to redraw the map at the barrel of a gun. Meanwhile, Putin’s move to conscript hundreds of thousands of soldiers has prompted an exodus at Russia’s borders, with thousands of would-be recruits desperately fleeing the draft. “The West Block” host Mercedes...

Police in Russia arrested citizens on Saturday for attending more memorials honouring Alexei Navalny, who is now confirmed to have died in an Arctic prison. But beyond Russia, protests and tributes keep pouring in for the anti-corruption activist and staunch opponent of Vladimir Putin. Bill Browder, a political activist and friend of Navalny joins Neetu...

While a major prisoner swap has been completed between Russia and the West, there are lingering questions about why Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to the deal. Dawna Friesen speaks with Bill Browder, a vocal critic of the Kremlin, about Putin’s possible motives, and whether the exchange changes anything for how Moscow deals with its...

Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the federal government is deferring GST/HST payments from businesses until the end of June so companies have money to pay their employees and bills during the COVID-19 crisis. He says the move will leave around $30 billion in cash in the hands of businesses. Morneau also says small businesses that...