Alex Boutilier

1 week ago | globalnews.ca | Alex Boutilier

In December 2023, Jagmeet Singh posted pictures of his wife holding their newborn baby. Singh, then the leader of the federal New Democrats, gazed lovingly at the baby girl as his wife, Gurkiran Kaur Sidhu, cradled her. Not pictured in Singh's social media accounts was the retinue of armed RCMP officers stationed outside the hospital room, there to ensure the federal politician and his young family's safety after the national police force determined Singh's life was under imminent threat.

2 weeks ago | globalnews.ca | Alex Boutilier

The NDP is calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to rescind Narendra Modi's invitation to the G7 Summit after Global News revealed a suspected agent of the Indian government surveilled their former leader. Global reported Thursday that Jagmeet Singh was under surveillance by an agent suspected of working for the Indian government, which resulted in the former NDP leader being placed under RCMP protection in late 2023.

1 month ago | globalnews.ca | Alex Boutilier

The federal government is facing a human rights complaint over a multi-billion dollar program meant to set aside government work for First Nations, Métis and Inuit companies, Global News has learned. The Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation Tribal Council is appealing to the Canadian Human Rights Commission to weigh in on the Indigenous Business Directory (IBD), a list of purportedly Indigenous-owned and -operated companies.

2 months ago | globalnews.ca | Alex Boutilier

Pierre Poilievre has spent the last two years demanding change. But over the course of the 36-day federal election campaign, Poilievre showed he wasn’t capable of changing himself. After a wild night of changing fortunes, the Liberals under Prime Minister Mark Carney were projected to win a fourth-straight mandate despite starting 2025 on life support.

2 months ago | globalnews.ca | Alex Boutilier

Mark Carney’s Liberal Party is holding a four-percentage point lead over Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives on the eve of Monday’s general election, new data from Ipsos suggests. But the tight national race obscures the Liberals’ advantage in the key provinces of Ontario and Québec that will likely determine if the party receives a fourth consecutive mandate from Canadian voters.