News/Politics (Page 176)

Politics Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s not going to comment on the future of TikTok in the United States but his own government will continue to look out for Canadians’ security. U.S. bill would ban TikTok unless parent company sells the appThe Canadian Press · Posted: Apr 24, 2024Continue Reading

Poilievre visits anti-carbon tax protest site on N.S.-N.B. borderConservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says everything Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said about the carbon tax is ‘bullshit.’ Poilievre made the comment during a meeting with activists at a protest camp in Atlantic Canada. (Gina Lynn Rushton/Facebook) The Conservative leader is facing questionsContinue Reading

Politics Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe’s decision to stop collecting and remitting carbon taxes collected on natural gas has put him in direct conflict with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). Singh accuses Trudeau of pursuing a ‘divisive approach to fighting the climate crisis’ Peter Zimonjic ·Continue Reading

Politics The office of Canada’s justice minister says the public should expect politicians to support their right to bail and to be presumed innocent — warning that “immediate” and “uninformed reactions” only worsens matters. Bail in Umar Zameer case sparked outrage from then-Toronto mayor John Tory and Ontario Premier Doug FordContinue Reading

Carolyn Holland can’t help wondering how many years of her life she’s lost because her breast cancer was diagnosed late. The Ottawa mom first discovered lumps in her breasts while in the shower. At 43 years old, she’d never had a mammogram. After seeing her doctor, she was sent for aContinue Reading

When word of Honda’s soon-to-be-announced electric vehicle investment leaked to Bloomberg News on Sunday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford saw an opening to boast about his government’s success in getting into the automotive battery business. “We’ve overtaken China and knocked them off the pedestal for the first time ever,” he told the First NationsContinue Reading

Politics Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is rejecting a request by doctors to reconsider his government’s capital gains tax hike. The doctors warn that the tax change could undermine efforts to recruit and retain physicians in Canada and threaten the stability of the health-care system.  ‘We are asking the most successfulContinue Reading

Politics Canada Post is refusing to collect firearms that were banned by the federal government in 2020, complicating Ottawa’s plans for a buyback program to remove 144,000 firearms from private hands, federal sources say. Crown corporation says it’s concerned about the risk of conflict between staff and gun owners Daniel Leblanc ·Continue Reading

Politics NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Monday his party still hasn’t decided whether it will vote in favour of the federal budget introduced last week. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said she spoke with the NDP finance critic over the weekend Darren Major · CBC News · Posted: Apr 22, 2024Continue Reading