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Politics Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the Conservatives’ attack on the federal carbon tax and its associated rebates is based on a “false premise” pulled from a “flawed” Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) study. Guilbeault says PBO report was ‘flawed,’ PBO says correction probably won’t change conclusion David Thurton · CBC NewsContinue Reading

Politics Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to attend the G7 leaders’ summit next month in Italy, followed by the Ukraine peace summit in Switzerland. Prime minister to travel Apulia, Italy and Lucerne, Switzerland next monthThe Canadian Press · Posted: May 29, 2024 1:43 PM EDT | Last Updated: 8Continue Reading

Politics Canada announced Wednesday that wealthy countries have finally reached their goal of providing $100 billion US to help poorer countries both combat and adapt to climate change — two years behind schedule. The EU and the countries at COP15 committed to delivering the money by 2020 David Thurton ·Continue Reading

Politics One of the core policies the Liberals introduced to protect Canada’s elections has been criticized again for failing to alert Canadians to foreign interference it observed in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections. NSIRA report says panel of five was ‘not adequately designed’ Catharine Tunney · CBC News · Posted:Continue Reading

WARNING: This article contains graphic content and may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or know someone affected by it  Five per cent of women attending Canadian military colleges surveyed in 2023 said they were sexually attacked during the previous 12 months by being threatened, held down or hurtContinue Reading

Politics The parliamentary secretary to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is criticizing the parliamentary budget officer for not issuing a more public correction to its carbon price analysis after finding an error in it. PBO says past economic analyses of the consumer carbon price erroneously included impact of industrial taxNojoud AlContinue Reading

Politics·Updated Greg Fergus will stay on as Speaker of the House after surviving a push by the Conservatives to remove him from the role. Conservatives pushed a motion to oust Fergus after partisan language appeared in an ad for a riding event Darren Major · CBC News · Posted: MayContinue Reading

Politics The harassment members of Parliament experience from the public has jumped almost 800 per cent in the last five years, according to the person in charge of security in the House of Commons. Since Twitter was purchased, it no longer answers calls flagging the harassment of MPs, says sergeant-at-armsContinue Reading

Politics A former member of the Parole Board of Canada breached government codes of conduct by sexually harassing female employees of the board, Canada’s public sector integrity commissioner has ruled. Public sector integrity commissioner says board endangered health and safety of employees Elizabeth Thompson · CBC News · Posted: May 28,Continue Reading