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Politics Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will table her much-anticipated fall economic update next week — a document that will give Canadians a look at the federal books at a time of great economic uncertainty. Update will show whether government is sticking to its fiscal guardrails John Paul Tasker · CBCContinue Reading

Politics Donald Trump is reiterating his threat to impose steep tariffs on Canadian goods if the federal government doesn’t take action on border security — and a former official from his first administration says the U.S. president-elect isn’t bluffing. President-elect wants Canada to curb the flow of migrants and drugsContinue Reading

Politics A Conservative member of Parliament has tapped a longtime friendship to connect with Donald Trump’s inner circle as Canada prepares for the president-elect’s return to the White House next month amid threats of devastating tariffs.  Jivani and JD Vance have been friends since they both attended Yale Law SchoolContinue Reading

Politics Canada’s spy agency says it will disclose “some information” about foreign interference to Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who has resisted getting the national security clearance he needs to review classified documents about the issue. Spy agency says plans being ‘finalized’ to convey information to Conservative leader Conservative Leader PierreContinue Reading

Politics The people who run Canada’s universities and colleges are warning that Ottawa’s crackdown on international student visas threatens the viability of post-secondary institutions — and could leave students in more remote communities with fewer options. College applications have gone down 54 per cent, says association president A sign at the downtownContinue Reading

Politics Liberal MP Chandra Arya is accusing his caucus colleague Sukh Dhaliwal of threatening him in the House of Commons on Friday. MP Chandra Arya shut down fellow Liberal Sukh Dhaliwal’s motion on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots Darren Major · CBC News · Posted: Dec 06, 2024 5:14 PM ESTContinue Reading

Politics The Conservatives stalled debate on an NDP opposition day motion in the House of Commons on Friday, a day after the New Democrats intervened in the Tories’ own opposition day. Conservative intervention comes a day after NDP moved to delay debate on a Conservative motion David Baxter · CBCContinue Reading

Politics Federal Justice Minister Arif Virani is set to meet with the chief justices of Canada’s four federal courts on Friday, after they warned of a budgetary shortfall creating “critical” pressure on their operations, including efforts to clear a backlog of immigration filings in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Justice minister toContinue Reading

Politics It could take a while yet for the federal government’s cybersecurity bill to become law after the Senate found an error that would essentially nullify the legislation’s entire reason for existing. Bill C-26 is meant to protect vital infrastructure from cyberattacks, ban telecoms from partnering with Huawei Catharine TunneyContinue Reading