News/Politics (Page 88)

Politics Conservatives are ramping up pressure on Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault to resign following a news report that said his former medical-supply company shared a mailbox with a woman who was arrested in a drug bust. Boissonnault faces scrutiny over statements on Indigenous heritage, former company’s ‘Indigenous-owned’ claims Employment MinisterContinue Reading

Politics Canadians are feeling increasingly uneasy about immigration and its role in “economic strain,” according to a new survey conducted by the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. More than 40 per cent said ‘there was too much attention focused on the rights of newcomers’ David Thurton · CBC News ·Continue Reading

Politics The Canadian Security Intelligence Service’s objective was to keep Abousfian Abdelrazik detained in Sudan, a former diplomat who worked on the case testified Monday in a hearing on the Montreal man’s lawsuit against the federal government. Montreal man is suing Ottawa for $27M, accusing it of contributing to hisContinue Reading

Politics The RCMP has told former justice minister Irwin Cotler that a plot by agents of Iran to assassinate him was foiled. Cotler says he has been protected by RCMP day and night for more than a year CBC News has confirmed that the RCMP has foiled a plot backedContinue Reading

Politics Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government could have acted faster on reining in immigration programs, after blaming “bad actors” for gaming the system. ‘We could have acted quicker and turned off the taps faster,’ Trudeau said David Baxter · CBC News · Posted: Nov 18, 2024 8:26Continue Reading

Politics·Analysis The G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, which begins Monday, is already impacted by ever-evolving geopolitical events, regardless of host Brazil’s official theme of fighting hunger, poverty and inequality. Allies cannot replace a ‘complete withdrawal’ of U.S. support, Trudeau says Karina Roman · CBC News · Posted: Nov 18,Continue Reading

Politics Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says Canada should be looking at bilateral trade agreements with the U.S. and with Mexico as all three countries prepare to review and potentially renegotiate the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement in 2026. Danielle Smith questions trilateral deal, cites trade imbalance between the countries Alberta Premier DanielleContinue Reading

Politics Ottawa will offer financial compensation to Inuit in Nunavik for the devastation caused by the mass slaughter of their sled dogs, the Crown-Indigenous relations minister tells CBC News. Federal government expected to pay individual sled dog owners and provide funding to revive tradition Olivia Stefanovich · CBC News ·Continue Reading

Politics Canada’s elections chief wants a ban on the misrepresentation of candidates and other key players in the electoral process through manipulation of their voice or image without consent. Stéphane Perrault says foreign actors can use deepfakes to undermine elections Jim Bronskill · The Canadian Press · Posted: Nov 16,Continue Reading