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Politics MPs have voted to approve an additional $21.6 billion in government spending. The money, which is supplementary to this year’s federal budget, will fund various programs including First Nations child services, dental care and compensation to Quebec for services to asylum seekers. House gridlock raised questions about whether supplementaryContinue Reading

Politics Former foreign affairs minister Lawrence Cannon says that while he received conflicting advice about whether to issue an emergency passport  to a Canadian citizen living in exile in Sudan, he was swayed by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service’s belief that Abousfian Abdelrazik was a national security threat. Abousfian Abdelrazik isContinue Reading

Politics The federal government should consider adding femicide to the Criminal Code and implementing legal measures to combat residential school denialism, says the federal ombudsperson for victims of crime. Ombudsperson’s report also calls for ‘legal mechanisms’ to address residential school denialism Peter Zimonjic · CBC News · Posted: Dec 10,Continue Reading

Politics Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is not committing to meeting the $40.1-billion deficit target she set for the government last year. Freeland said Tuesday she expects the fall economic statement, which she will present on Dec. 16, will show a declining debt-to-GDP ratio. Finance minister says fall economic statement willContinue Reading

President-elect Donald Trump took a jab at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday, calling him a “governor” and referring to Canada as a “great state” — another suggestion by the incoming president that this country should be part of the United States. Trump apparently joked about Canada becoming the 51stContinue Reading

Politics Poilievre’s ‘Santa Claus’ quip trivialized Inuit presence in Arctic, says national Inuit leaderThe leader of the national organization representing Inuit says the Conservative leader trivialized Inuit and everyone who lives in the Arctic with a “Santa Claus” social media quip criticizing Ottawa’s plans to appoint an Arctic ambassador. There’sContinue Reading

Politics Canadians need to remain calm in the face of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s threat to impose 25 per cent tariffs on all imports from Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in Halifax on Monday. Prime minister says that 25% tariffs on Canadian imports would ‘be devastating’ for the economyContinue Reading

Politics Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan didn’t go to the Taylor Swift concert in Vancouver he was set to attend with free tickets he got from a B.C. Crown corporation, a spokesperson for the minister told CBC News on Monday. Emergency preparedness minister had been given free tickets by aContinue Reading

Politics The Trudeau government is considering spending hundreds of millions of dollars to protect the Canada-U.S. border in an attempt to allay Donald Trump’s concerns and avoid his threat to impose 25 per cent tariffs, sources told Radio-Canada. Trudeau government also looking at changes to policies on asylum seekers AContinue Reading