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Politics It is already more cost effective over the long term to buy an electric vehicle than a gas-powered model, but the savings must get substantially higher if Canada is to meet its EV sales targets, the parliamentary budget office concluded in a new analysis. Electric vehicles are more expensive,Continue Reading

Politics The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear People’s Party Leader Maxime Bernier and former Progressive Conservative premier of Newfoundland Brian Peckford’s appeals over the vaccine mandate imposed on air travellers during the pandemic. People’s Party of Canada leader has history of challenging pandemic vaccine mandates, public health ordersContinue Reading

Politics Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Thursday he would rein in Canada’s population growth if elected, claiming the Liberal government has “destroyed our immigration system” and insisting on cuts to the number of people arriving in order to preserve a program that was once widely supported. ‘The radical, out-of-control NDP-Liberal government hasContinue Reading

Politics Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has written a letter to his NDP counterpart asking Jagmeet Singh to pull his party’s support for the Liberal government so Canadians can go to the polls this fall instead of next year. ‘Pull out of the costly coalition,’ Conservative leader tells NDP leader JohnContinue Reading

Politics The federal government can afford to increase spending by $46 billion, or cut taxes by that amount, every year until 2098 and remain fiscally sustainable, according to a report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux’s office.  5 provinces remain financially sustainable, but others do not Peter Zimonjic ·Continue Reading

Liberal staffers refuse to campaign for party over Gaza stanceDozens of Arab and Muslim staffers with the federal Liberals have threatened to sit out of the upcoming Montreal byelection over the government’s stance on the war in Gaza and its policies on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Liberal Party of CanadaContinue Reading

Politics A senior intelligence official with Canada’s border officer says he’s not convinced the system failed when a man, who allegedly took part in a violent attack on behalf of ISIS overseas, was allowed to immigrate to Canada and eventually receive citizenship. Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi came to Canada inContinue Reading

Politics Advocates for both workers and employers are unimpressed with the Liberal government’s changes to the temporary foreign worker program. Government announced Monday it will reduce number of temporary foreign workers allowed in Canada Darren Major · CBC News · Posted: Aug 27, 2024 6:29 PM EDT | Last Updated:Continue Reading

Politics Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. said Tuesday the country will work well with whomever wins the November presidential election, saying the government’s “Team Canada” approach of continually meeting with a bipartisan group of federal, state and local officials has prepared Canada for any eventuality. ‘I don’t believe that there isContinue Reading