Among all the Brexit furore, unfortunately, other important information and news can be easily overlooked. A reply to a Parliamentary Question I tabled revealed thousands of sick and disabled people have died while waiting for the DWP to make a decision on their benefits claim. Between April 2013 and April 2018, the government’s own data […]
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is asking most State Department employees to return to work on Tuesday, despite the stalemate in funding negotiations between the president and congressional Democrats that has led to a partial government shutdown. In a message posted online on Thursday, the department’s deputy under secretary for management, Bill Todd, cited the […]
Michael D. Cohen, the former personal lawyer and fixer for President Trump, acknowledged on Thursday that he had paid the owner of a technology services company to help doctor results of an online poll to help Mr. Trump as he considered a run for president. In a post on Twitter about his actions, first reported […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday declined a request by the Democratic chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives tax committee to testify next week about the partial government shutdown’s impact on the upcoming federal tax filing season. In a letter to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, the Treasury […]
WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi pressed her case on Thursday for postponing President Trump’s State of the Union address during the prolonged partial government shutdown, even as House Democrats privately weighed action as early as next week on a homeland security spending measure that would counter the president’s demands for a wall with their own […]
It promises to be a marathon meeting in Kelowna city council chambers this evening, as a public hearing gets underway for a rezoning application on a controversial supportive housing project. Council passed first reading on the proposed wet facility on Agassiz Road late last year, paving the way for the public hearing. The property is […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump told House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday that her trip to Belgium, Egypt and Afghanistan had been postponed over the partial government shutdown that has run into its 27th day. It was not immediately clear what trip Trump was referring to. Lawmakers often do not publicize […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Democratic chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee has asked Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to testify on Jan. 24 about the impact of the partial government shutdown, specifically addressing how his department will handle tax filing and help furloughed employees. The hearing before the tax-writing committee will […]
Maxime Bernier looked to garner support for his fledgling People’s Party of Canada Thursday as he spoke to a small business audience in New Brunswick – his first East Coast foray since starting his new party four months ago. He pitched his support for a revived Energy East pipeline, reducing equalization and removing barriers to […]
Michael D. Cohen, the former personal lawyer and fixer for President Trump, acknowledged on Thursday that he had paid the owner of a technology services company to help doctor results of an online poll to help Mr. Trump as he considered a run for president. In a post on Twitter about his actions, first reported […]