Public Sector
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Sharply divided U.S. House approves Dems’ impeachment rules
All voting Republicans opposed the package. Every voting Democrat but two supported it
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‘American democracy will work,’ visiting Ukraine minister says of impeachment [UPDATED]
Vasyl Bodnar, Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister, spoke after arriving in Ottawa for a conference. His message? Ukraine wants no part of the drama and doesn’t want to be seen to be interfering
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Pay hikes in Alberta public sector could mean further job cuts: finance minister
The government wants arbitrators to impose an average 2% pay cut in 30 wage arbitrations involving more than 180,000 workers
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Fraud, corruption trial underway for former SNC-Lavalin executive Sami Bebawi
The case involves contracts tied to the Libyan dictatorship of Moammar Gadhafi
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Brexit booster Farage set to launch U.K. election campaign
Farage’s party was founded earlier this year to push for a hard Brexit. It rejects Johnson’s Brexit deal with the European Union
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U.S. jobs data to show whether hiring is still fueling growth
Hiring has slowed this past year, though it remains high enough to keep the unemployment rate from rising in an otherwise mostly lacklustre economy
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Despite congressional chaos, Pelosi sends positive signals on ratifying USMCA
Pelosi has pushed back on the trade agreement’s provisions on labour, enforcement, prescription drugs and environmental standards
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Health care or Brexit? U.K. parties pick their election issues
Many British voters are fed up as they face the third major electoral event in as many years, scheduled for Dec. 12
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Ontario argues carbon tax stickers on gas pumps help ‘further’ free expression
The stickers became mandatory shortly before the federal election campaign began in September
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U.S. watchdog warns of ‘improper influence’ in tariff process
The Commerce Department’s inspector general raised questions about a process that lets steel and aluminum importers request relief from tariffs
