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Politics·Analysis While questions raised by the Toronto-St. Paul’s byelection might hang over these Liberals for a while yet, they’re also still in charge of a government with an actual agenda to implement and actual concerns to address between now and the next election — whenever that might be. This governmentContinue Reading

Now that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his party have joined the chorus calling for more action against Chinese imports, a key decision facing Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland this month just got a little easier. Cross-party consensus on the wisdom of lining up with the Biden administration’s incoming tariffs on made-in-ChinaContinue Reading

Politics The Liberal government’s recent internal budget cutting exercise at the Department of National Defence (DND) has deprived the army’s system for maintaining equipment and vehicles of up to $150 million, CBC News has learned. While the defence budget is increasing, almost half of the army’s equipment is now unserviceable Murray BrewsterContinue Reading

Politics The U.S. government is moving to speed up asylum claim processing at its northern border in an attempt to deter migrants from illegally crossing over from Canada. U.S. has seen a sharp increase in illegal crossings into the country from Canada in the past few years Darren Major · CBCContinue Reading

Politics The Liberal government is making some changes to the capital gains tax exemption applied when a business owner sells their shares, but advocates say it doesn’t go far enough. Changes to the exemption on business shares removes a ‘founder’ requirement, speeds up rollout Darren Major · CBC News ·Continue Reading

MPs push to investigate how terror suspects got into CanadaWARNING: Video contains descriptions of graphic violence | MPs unanimously voted in favour of an investigation into how Ahmed and Mostafa Eldidi — a father and son accused of plotting a terrorist attack in Toronto — got into Canada. Especially inContinue Reading

Politics The country’s two main railways are starting to block shipments ahead of a possible strike or lockout next week. Canadian National Railway says in an internal memo that the company has started to embargo some hazardous goods from the U.S. in anticipation of a work stoppage. CN Rail andContinue Reading

More than halfway through a year that’s seen an attempt on the life of a United States presidential candidate and some alarming arrests in Canada, the head of the RCMP’s union is saying it’s time to put the Mounties back in charge of security on Parliament Hill. National Police Federation president BrianContinue Reading

Politics Prime Minster Justin Trudeau took aim at federal Conservatives on Monday, accusing leader Pierre Poilievre of not supporting investments in the electric vehicle sector. PM accuses Conservative leader of planning to cut government investments in EVs Nick Murray · CBC News · Posted: Aug 12, 2024 3:41 PM EDTContinue Reading