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Politics The Bank of Canada says record levels of immigration are driving up the cost of housing and recent government efforts to cut the number of non-permanent residents and encourage home building will help lower housing costs, but “only gradually.” Record immigration has pushed up housing costs, sent vacancy rates toContinue Reading

Politics NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Donald Trump’s return to the White House would be a “disaster” and would mean “trouble” for Canada. The NDP leader also says it’s unfair to compare Poilievre to Trump David Thurton · CBC News · Posted: Jan 24, 2024 2:57 PM EST | Last Updated:Continue Reading

Politics Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is demanding that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau bring back a visa requirement for Mexican nationals as asylum claims from that country continue to multiply. Public safety minister says government looking at range of options, including visas Brennan MacDonald · CBC News · Posted: Jan 24, 2024Continue Reading

Politics Liberal MP Ken McDonald says he thinks it’s time for his party to consider a leadership review of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. ‘Every leader, every party has a best-before date. Our best-before date is here,’ says MP Ken McDonald Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives to speak to the mediaContinue Reading

The cost of keeping Canada’s members of Parliament safe has hit a record high, CBC News has learned. During the first nine months of this fiscal year, the RCMP spent $2.5 million on security for MPs. If spending continues at the same pace, the cost of MPs’ security for this fiscalContinue Reading

Politics Canada is contributing another $35 million worth of military equipment to Ukraine as the embattled Eastern European country’s allies meet to discuss its future needs, and as Russia’s full invasion edges toward the two-year mark. Ottawa donating boats, training for fighter pilots Murray Brewster · CBC News · Posted: JanContinue Reading

A federal judge says the Liberal government’s use of the Emergencies Act in early 2022 to clear convoy protesters was unreasonable and infringed on protesters’ Charter rights. In what’s already turning into a divisive decision, Federal Court Justice Richard Mosley wrote that while the protests “reflected an unacceptable breakdown of public order,” the invocationContinue Reading

Politics Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday that he has assigned two cabinet ministers to lead a new “Team Canada” to ensure the country and his government are ready for all possible outcomes from this fall’s U.S. presidential election. Liberal government wants to be ready for ‘whatever gets tossed at us’Continue Reading

Politics Experts say Canada Post, which lost nearly half a billion dollars last year, must quickly and aggressively enter the booming e-commerce market in order to survive — but they warn that the Crown corporation may have waited too long. Academics say the Crown corporation waited too long to getContinue Reading