The governor general resigns and the conservatives remove former leadership candidate Derek Sloan from caucus.
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Segment 1: Payette out
- Independent firm completes review into claims of ‘toxic’ environment at Rideau Hall
- Trudeau defends his choice for governor general amid revelations about her past
Segment 2: Sloan out
- Conservatives vote to eject Derek Sloan from caucus after donation from white nationalist
- PressProgress: Conservative Party of Canada Confirms Conservative MP Derek Sloan Accepted Donation From Neo-Nazi
- Reform Act, 2014 ( SC 2015, c. 37)
Quick takes
- Premier’s statement on restricting interprovincial travel
- BC won’t ban interprovincial travel, premier says
- Previous ruling: N.L.’s COVID-19 travel ban decision to be appealed, Canadian Civil Liberties Association says
- Vaughn Palmer: Child report hammers NDP plan for more involuntary detentions
- Report: Detained: Rights of children and youth under the Mental Health Act
- Four-month delay in prescribing safe drug supply costing lives, says B.C. advocate
- Andrew Wilkinson still has not resigned as leader of the BC Liberals
- Kevin Falcon: Misguided policies are undermining the quality of life in urban centres
- Gavin Dew: Time for politics to embrace big ideas
- Aaron Gunn speculation
- Kenney calls on federal government to impose trade sanctions if Biden does not review Keystone XL decision
- “I don’t even know who you are” via Avengers Endgame
