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Politics About 600,000 small businesses will start receiving their long-awaited federal carbon rebates today. Payments to come earlier than expectedThe Canadian Press · Posted: Nov 25, 2024 3:06 PM EST | Last Updated: November 25 Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks at a news conference in OttawaContinue Reading

Politics Canada’s premiers say they want to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “as soon as possible” to discuss the Canada-U.S. relationship. Ontario Premier Doug Ford has been pushing for a new trade deal with the U.S. that would exclude Mexico Darren Major · CBC News · Posted: Nov 25,Continue Reading

Politics Two federal politicians have asked Canada’s competition commissioner to investigate whether companies have been conspiring to raise the price of frozen potato products, such as fries and hash browns, after similar allegations were made in the United States. Allegations that producers are conspiring to drive up prices of potato productsContinue Reading

Politics Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a meeting of parliamentarians from NATO nations Monday that Canada is on track to meet its commitment to spend two per cent of GDP on defence by 2032. Defence minister says he ‘sees no way’ Canada, allies can limit defence spending to NATO minimumContinue Reading

Politics Canada’s chief electoral officer is proposing changes to nomination rules to curtail the so-called “longest ballot” protests that have hampered vote counting in two recent byelections. Longest ballot advocacy group says proposed changes won’t deter their efforts Darren Major · CBC News · Posted: Nov 25, 2024 11:55 AMContinue Reading

New Democrat MP Charlie Angus decided he had enough. “I have tried three times to get off X because it is a dismal, toxic, hole of disinformation,” said Angus, who used to regularly post to his 47,200 followers on X, formerly known as Twitter. “After seeing what went down withContinue Reading

An ongoing debate in the House of Commons could push some government departments into a cash crunch and run up against other deadlines as the end of the fall sitting approaches. On Thursday, Speaker Greg Fergus made a point of reminding MPs that House rules state certain business needs to beContinue Reading

Politics The federal government did not meet the targets for its program to plant two billion trees during the program’s third planting season. NRCAN numbers show planting and spending are not keeping pace with the original targets David Thurton · CBC News · Posted: Nov 24, 2024 4:00 AM ESTContinue Reading

Politics Kent Walker, the president of global affairs at Google and its parent holding company, Alphabet, joined international officials and experts at the Halifax International Security Forum this weekend. He described AI as a “breakthrough in the way we make breakthroughs.” Kent Walker joined top international security experts at HalifaxContinue Reading