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Politics The Trudeau government will announce plans for a high-speed train linking Quebec City and Toronto in the coming weeks, Radio-Canada has learned. Trains to reach speeds of up to 300 kilometres per hour A TGV high-speed train at the Saint-Charles train station in Marseille, southern France, on Monday, MayContinue Reading

Politics Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rebuffed calls to step aside last week — but that doesn’t mean the disaffected Liberal MPs who called on him to quit have given up the fight. MPs who wanted the prime minister to resign by today are now calling for a quiet vote onContinue Reading

Politics A former senator and peace envoy to Sudan says she believes — based on her dealings with the northeast African country’s notorious former spy chief — that Abousfian Abdelrazik, a Canadian who was detained in Sudan for years, was “tortured badly” while in custody there. Mobina Jaffer says she’s ‘haunted’Continue Reading

Politics Longtime TVO journalist Steve Paikin will host the English-language federal leaders’ debate during the next election campaign, the independent commission responsible for planning these events said in a media statement Monday. Leaders’ Debates Commission has picked CBC/Radio-Canada to produce the English, French debates John Paul Tasker · CBC NewsContinue Reading

Politics Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pledging to eliminate the GST on new homes sold for under $1 million if his party wins the next federal election.  Pledge expands Conservative promise to remove GST from new homes with rental prices below market value Peter Zimonjic · CBC News · Posted:Continue Reading

Politics Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a recent podcast that he thinks about the angry messages some Canadians send his way and what impacts they — and his job overall —  will have on his children. Prime minister spoke about his job, his party and immigration on a podcastContinue Reading

Politics A group of Liberal MPs have demanded that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau step down as party leader by Monday and that what happens after is ‘up to each individual MP,’ according to one of those detractors. PM has already said he’ll stay on as Liberal leader despite some callsContinue Reading

Reports about the death of Canada’s immigration consensus have arguably been exaggerated. But there are warning signs — both for the public’s attitude toward immigration and for the Trudeau government’s legacy. The clearest evidence that the consensus is in some danger can be found in polling conducted by the EnvironicsContinue Reading

Politics Immigration minister Marc Miller says Canada is still “an open country” after the Liberal government announced a new plan that would cut the projected number of newcomers. Recent polls have found Canadians’ attitudes toward immigration have soured Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Marc Miller takes questions from reportersContinue Reading