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Robert Fife

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Robert Fife is Ottawa Bureau Chief of the Globe and Mail.

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3 years
Reporters for The Globe and Mail and Global News refused to participate in an off the record discussion with Justin Trudeau on the Liberal campaign plane tonight. There should be no off record talks between leaders and journalists on any of the campaigns. #Elxn44 #cdnpoli
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“In any other country there would be police investigations, public inquiries, perhaps even a resignation or two. But in Canada? Move along folks, nothing to see here. No wonder CSIS is worried.”
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2 years
Nearly half of Canadians say their impressions of Trudeau have worsened over convoy protest response: poll
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“Justin Trudeau wants to know who in CSIS is leaking to the media. Trudeau isn’t overly concerned with the crime; he wants to find the person exposing his cover-up”
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Judges may have paid to meet Trudeau before their appointments | National Post
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CSIS uncovered Chinese plan to donate to Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation #cdnpoli
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2 years
Erin O’Toole lost leadership vote by 73 to 45
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Trudeau’s unwillingness to apologize speaks to Canada’s diminishment on the world stage
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1 year
There are no grey areas in Mary Ng’s ethics breach. Apologizing is not good enough #cdnpoli
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Former federal Justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould ( @Puglaas ) will receive the Order of British Columbia Thursday. She also deserves the Order of Canada for standing up to PMO interference in the prosecution of SNC-Lavalin & for her fight for indigenous rights. #cdnpoli
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Too many lines converge at the intersection of Trudeau and foundation
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Top Mountie can’t explain text messages in which she suggested federal government wanted retroactive support for Emergencies Act
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For what it’s worth. On a late Toronto to Ottawa flight & @PierrePoilievre passed me at row D20 to the back of the plane. Passengers quite respectful as he passed by.
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China’s election interference could devour Trudeau and his party | National Post
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7 months
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre urges PM Trudeau to reveal evidence of India’s role in killing of Canadian Sikh leader - The Globe and Mail #cdnpoli
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4 years
“I find it extraordinary that Canada’s civil service would come to the Prime Minister and say, ‘Listen, we’re not equipped to deliver programs for the Canadian people. You should privatize it and give it to a group that’s very close to you’”
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2 years
This is quite the story about RCMP Brenda Lucki and allegations she tried to please her political masters.
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You are simply one of Canada’s most outstanding journalists. So honored to have worked with you on many big stories like the Senate spending scandal. What a shoddy way for BCE/Bellmedia to treat someone who made CTV the #1 newscast & always spoke truth to power.
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I have some news...
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2 years
“Justin Trudeau is falling so far out of favour that the likes of a Poilievre could well be an alternative worth risking. Mr. Trudeau’s affected style increasingly grates. His wokeism is overbearing.”
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4 years
“There’s a reason China singled out Canada, rather than the United States, to vent its displeasure over Ms. Meng. It is because we were perceived as weak – because everything this government had done to that point had signalled weakness.” #cdnpoli
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1 year
If the government wanted to strangle economic growth, this is the budget it would produce
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“There’s no denying it is a stall tactic, one that puts off the decision on an inquiry until later, and buys the besieged Liberal government time.”
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4 years
NP View: If Trudeau has lost interest in his job, perhaps he should quit | National Post
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Long lineups at Pearson International to get through Customs. The $54 million ArriveCAN app is supposed to expedite processing through Customs but officer laughed and said the app is irrelevant so don’t waste time filling it out.
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Trudeau says he will not call public inquiry into Chinese electoral interference
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Bellmedia executives hold meeting with staff & can’t explain why they fired Canada’s top anchor or their vision for CTV News. Hilarious if it wasn’t so sad for ⁦ @LisaLaFlamme_ & CTV staff.
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Former Trudeau advisers call for public inquiry into Beijing’s election interference #cdnpoli #china
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4 years
“His default mode is to conceal; then, once whatever he had hoped to conceal has inevitably come to light, to stonewall; later, to deny what can no longer be stonewalled ...only finally apologizing when every attempt at rationalization has failed.”
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Liberals yet to account for $600-billion in public spending
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Ottawa under pressure to cancel ArriveCan app, increase airport staffing as travel chaos continues
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“To track Beijing’s subterfuge in Canada is to encounter overwhelming evidence of intimate institutional, political and social links between wealthy and well-connected United Front princelings and the senior echelons of Trudeau’s Liberal party.”
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New election poll shows Liberal support on the decline, suggesting party may not win a majority #cdnpoli #elect21
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Indian govt says: “We have seen and reject the statement of the Cdn PM in their Parliament…Allegations of Government of India's involvement in any act of violence in Canada are absurd and motivated. Similar allegations were made by the Cdn PM to our Prime Minister, and were…
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Canadian minister urged to quit Chinese government advisory body chaired by senior member of Politburo of
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4 years
Aline Chrétien passed peacefully on Saturday morning.  Spokesman Bruce Hartley said she was surrounded by family as the sun rose at her Lac des Piles residence, near Shawinigan. Condolences to Jean Chretien who lost the love of his life. #cdnpoli
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4 years
This is an interview worth reading. WE Charity Moved Millions To Private Kielburger Company #cdnpoli #WE
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Shine a light on China’s election meddling. Call a public inquiry #cdnpoli
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7 years
This is outrageous for Inerpol to go after a human rights champion who bravely stands up to Putin.
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Unless Interpol lifts this notice, I will be arrested at any international border I cross on Putin’s orders
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Liberals block opposition efforts to call PM’s chief of staff over Beijing election interference bc #cdnpoli
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“It’s about a lazy extension of crisis rules in Parliament that could lead to an erosion of accountability and a loss of some of the good things that get done in the public square.”
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CSIS confirms MP Michael Chong and family targeted by China #cdnpoli #china
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David Johnston the right man to whitewash Chinese interference | National Post
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NDP House leader ⁦ @MPJulian ⁩ noted that “a former CSIS head, former chief electoral officer and a House of Commons committee with representation from all parties” have all called for a public inquiry” which ⁦ @JustinTrudeau ⁩ is resisting.
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CSIS found specific Chinese interference in Canada’s election. What happened next? #cdnpoli
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Liberal, NDP kill proposed examination of national security breaches at Winnipeg infectious disease facility #cdnpoli #china
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“Ms. LaFlamme has long been a trusted voice, an admired mentor and a great journalist. Her dismissal was a blow to all of us, to our profession, and is a harsh reality check that the issues women have long faced in our industry have yet to be resolved.”
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Mélanie Joly’s office knew in advance that senior Global Affairs office would be partying at Russian embassy #cdnpoli #russia
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Probe underway into firing of infectious disease scientists at top-secret Winnipeg lab #cdnpoli #china
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Governments’ $28.2-billion for EV plants will take 20 years to break even, not five as Ottawa suggested, PBO says
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Liberal MPs on Commons committee studying Chinese election interference continue to filibuster opposition attempts to call PM’s chief for staff @telfordk to testify about what govt knew & did about Beijing’s activities.
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RCMP veterans praise Mountie behind Commissioner Lucki allegations #cdnpoli #rcmp
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The bottom has suddenly fallen out of Liberal support. Why?
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Letter from 5 Attorneys General to the RCMP | Queen's Counsel | Royal Canadian Mounted Police #cdnpoli #LavScam
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CBC bonuses total $15 million in 2023 The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation gave out $14.9 million in bonuses in 2023, according to access-to-information records obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. This comes on the heels of a CBC announcement in December 2023, just…
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Andrew Coyne: Is Justin Trudeau a racist? No. He is a sanctimonious fraud.
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Updated. Feds admit Ottawa withheld allegations against RCMP Commissioner, N.S. mass murder inquiry says
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11 months
This report to the French Parliament is a deeply serious examination of Chinese & other foreign interference. It does not reflect well on the controversial report by David Johnston.
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Taxpayers spend $2.5-million for reconstruction of guest cottage at Trudeau’s Harrington Lake retreat - The Globe and Mail #cdnpoli
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As you endure hardship in your $5 million mansion, could you ask the Chinese state to turn off the 24 hour lights in the jail cells of #michaelspavor #michaelkovrig ?Your warmth is a beacon that lights my way forward
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Invoking Emergencies Act wasn’t justified and infringed on Charter rights, Federal Court rules
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Brian Mulroney will be one of 4 people who will deliver eulogies at the funeral of George H.W. Bush. The others are George W. Bush, former Sen. Alan Simpson & historian Jon Meacham. #Bush41 #CDNpoli
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The Trudeau Liberals don’t own our elections
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Paths to Conservative leadership are now improbable for anyone not named Poilievre
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