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Accountability · 3 weeks ago

Ford Spent $112 Million on Government Ads Last Year. Ford Won’t Say What This Year’s Campaign Costs.

Ontario's 'Protect Ontario' commercials are flooding radio, television, and social media. The government refuses to disclose the budget. Last year set a provincial record at $112 million. The year before, Ford spent $75 million on U.S. anti-tariff ads that Trump forced him to pull within days.
NW · 3 weeks ago
Health

Psychiatrists Are Right 47% of the Time on Mental Illness MAID. Canada Is Expanding It Anyway.

Trained psychiatrists correctly predict whether a mental illness is irremediable less often than a coin flip. The government's own expert panel says there are 'no fixed rules.' Ten provinces want an indefinite pause. Only 29% of Canadian psychiatrists support it. Ottawa set the date for March 2027.
NW · 3 weeks ago
Accountability

Eby Passed the Law. Eby Suspended the Law. First Nations Called It ‘Absolute Betrayal.’

A leaked 17,000-word transcript shows Indigenous leaders accusing BC Premier David Eby of colonialism after he proposed suspending the very Indigenous rights legislation his own NDP government passed — and made the vote a matter of confidence.
NW · 4 weeks ago
Investigation

3,400 Officers Short. 9 of 11 Divisions in Crisis. The RCMP’s Priority? Equity Quotas.

Three days before the auditor general called RCMP recruitment 'unsustainable,' the force published a strategy prioritizing 'diverse life experiences' and equity hiring quotas over filling 3,400 vacant front-line positions.
NW · 4 weeks ago
Accountability

They Budgeted for 136,000 Guns. They Got 67,000 Declarations. It Cost $780 Million.

The Liberal gun buyback has missed its target by half, cost $25,000 per firearm in administrative overhead, and now faces a collection phase that most police forces refuse to help with.
NW · 4 weeks ago
Investigation

A Police Chief in Brampton Earns Almost as Much as the Prime Minister and the Premier of Ontario. Combined.

Peel Police Chief Nishan Duraiappah made $611,678 last year. Mark Carney makes $419,600. Doug Ford makes $269,567. His salary doubled in five years — while his force's ability to solve crime got worse.
NW · 4 weeks ago
Breaking

178,000 Albertans Signed. The Separation Referendum Is Coming.

Stay Free Alberta says it has passed the signature threshold to force an October vote on leaving Canada — and the premier who lowered the bar says she'll put it on the ballot.
NW · 4 weeks ago
Investigation

The FBI Caught Our Cartel Boss. ICE Caught Our Murderer. What Is Canada Doing?

American law enforcement has arrested a Canadian Olympic-snowboarder-turned-Sinaloa-kingpin, a Brampton drug lord, and one of Toronto's most wanted murder fugitives — while Canadian agencies let them walk out of the country.
NW · 4 weeks ago
Analysis

85% of Canadians Want AI Guardrails. The Government Gave Them a 30-Day Sprint.

Ottawa's AI regulation died on the order paper in 2025. Its replacement is a 30-day industry consultation that 160 civil society groups rejected as a 'facade for manufacturing consent.'
NW · 1 month ago
Accountability

He Killed Six People. Now He Gets a Paper Review — and the Family Can’t Speak.

A man who murdered three generations of a B.C. family and sexually assaulted two children for a week can now apply for parole without facing his victims' families — and the Liberals voted down the bill that would have fixed it.
NW · 1 month ago

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