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Politics Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on Wednesday of being unable to put partisanship aside in the face of Donald Trump’s tariff threat. Trudeau, Poilievre met with other opposition leaders on Tuesday to discuss incoming U.S. administration Darren Major · CBC News · Posted: Dec 04,Continue Reading

Politics The Liberal government is splitting its online harms bill into two separate pieces of legislation in an effort to sidestep a divisive debate over the bill and speed up passage of measures to protect children from online predators. Minister says protecting kids from violent threats, child sex predators, revengeContinue Reading

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Wednesday it’s time for Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to present a fall economic statement to reveal the state of the country’s finances. The economic statement, known in political circles as the FES, is a mini-budget of sorts typically tabled in November — it’s only beenContinue Reading

Politics NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he won’t back the Conservatives’ latest non-confidence motion, even though it quotes his own criticisms of the Liberal government. Non-confidence vote could take place as early as Monday after Speaker intervenes to pause House gridlock Darren Major · CBC News · Posted: Dec 03,Continue Reading

Politics The RCMP says it’s considering deploying Mounties-in-training to help police the Canada-U.S. border as political anxiety over border control mounts in the face of tariff threats from the incoming Trump administration. Duheme says announcement coming soon on bolstering RCMP resources at border Catharine Tunney · CBC News · Posted:Continue Reading

Politics Dozens of antiwar protesters who occupied the lobby of the Confederation Building in Ottawa to call for an arms embargo on Israel have now been ejected. Group made up of more than 100 Jewish Canadians and Palestinian supporters Raffy Boudjikanian · CBC News · Posted: Dec 03, 2024 10:31Continue Reading

President-elect Donald Trump joked at one point during his dinner with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday night that if Canada can’t handle the economic effects of a punishing 25 per cent tariff on its goods, it should become the 51st state of the U.S. Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc,Continue Reading

President-elect Donald Trump joked at one point during his dinner with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday night that if Canada can’t handle the economic effects of a punishing 25 per cent tariff on its goods, it should become the 51st state of the U.S. Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc,Continue Reading

Politics·Analysis The singular nature of the U.S. president-elect is now testing both Justin Trudeau and Pierre Poilievre, who are responding in their own particular ways. Trudeau is attempting to repeat the charm offensive he deployed during the first Trump administration Aaron Wherry · CBC News · Posted: Dec 03, 2024Continue Reading