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Politics·Analysis The House of Commons will vote next week on Motion 86. Sponsored by NDP MP Lisa Marie Barron, the motion calls on the federal government to establish a citizens assembly to “determine if electoral reform is recommended for Canada.” Any changes to the system would involve tradeoffs — andContinue Reading

Politics·Live Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc vowed to be transparent with Canadians when he testified before the commission investigating foreign election interference Friday morning — but documents tabled with the commission suggest it hasn’t been smooth sailing behind the scenes. Government lawyers suggest there are ‘practical limitations’ to releasing information Catharine Tunney · CBCContinue Reading

Politics The prime minister of the Palestinian Authority says it would work with a different Israeli government if it supported a two-state solution. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently shot down the idea of two states Darren Major · CBC News · Posted: Feb 01, 2024 5:53 PM EST |Continue Reading

Politics Federal Justice Minister Arif Virani said Thursday he has serious reservations about a suite of measures Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is about to introduce to curb access to certain transgender health services for kids and ban gender-diverse people from some sporting events. Smith is set to ban certain procedures for kids,Continue Reading

Politics The Liberal government introduced legislation Thursday that will delay the expansion of assisted dying to include those whose suffering solely from mental illness to 2027. Senators say that delaying expansion for those suffering solely from mental illness violates CharterCBC News · Posted: Feb 01, 2024 10:54 AM EST |Continue Reading

Politics Seniors aged 72 and older are eligible as of today to register for Canada’s national dental care plan, but dentists still can’t sign up for the program — even though they’re supposed to start taking patients in just a few months. Health minister says details of how dentists will register and be paidContinue Reading

Politics Months before the eruption of the Israel-Hamas war ramped up ethnic and religious tensions in many Canadian communities, a government task force rejected requests to recognize Muslim and Jewish public servants as separate groups facing systemic workplace barriers, CBC News has learned. Federal task force rejected request before Israel-Hamas war intensifiedContinue Reading

Politics·Live The head of Canada’s spy agency and other senior intelligence officials testifying today as the inquiry probing allegations of foreign election interference continues to wrestle with the question of how much sensitive information — if any — it can share with the public.  In its first phase, the inquiry is trying to defineContinue Reading

Politics The federal Liberal government is denying that it told CBC/Radio-Canada to cut its budget by 3.3 per cent, despite executives with the public broadcaster insisting that’s part of the reason they’re laying off 10 per cent of their workforce. CBC/Radio-Canada to cut 10 per cent of workforce, end someContinue Reading