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Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will table her fourth federal budget today, laying out the government’s plan to spend billions of dollars on housing to improve supply — a plan the Liberals also hope will boost their prospects with a crucial group of voters. Unlike past budgets, which mostly saved theirContinue Reading

Politics There will be money set aside in today’s federal budget for the Department of National Defence — much of it linked to the implementation of the new defence policy released with great fanfare last week by the Liberal government after more than two years of study. Most of the spendingContinue Reading

Politics Tuesday’s federal budget will include a tax increase on the richest Canadians, sources tell Radio-Canada. It’s not clear exactly what form the tax measure will take but senior Liberal sources have told Radio-Canada that it will affect less than 1 per cent of Canadians. Liberal government already has announced $38 billion inContinue Reading

Politics The federal procurement watchdog says the government has created a “strong perception of favouritism” in awarding certain contracts to the consulting firm McKinsey & Company. Consulting firm was awarded $117 million in government contracts between 2011 and 2023 Darren Major · CBC News · Posted: Apr 15, 2024 4:42Continue Reading

Politics Canada’s main opposition parties say they believe Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) should be named as a terrorist group, days after Iran launched an aerial attack on Israel. Trudeau has said government is looking into ways to make the designation ‘responsibly’ Conservative MP Garnett Genuis in the House ofContinue Reading

Politics The latest spat between Quebec and Ottawa over immigration is based on politics and not the reality of the labour market, says the head of a major employers group. Quebec Premier François Legault threatening ‘referendum’ over issue The Canadian Press · Posted: Apr 15, 2024 7:57 AM EDT |Continue Reading

Politics CBC spoke with Canadians from across the country about what budget items they hope to see on Tuesday. Here’s what we heard. Government has already made a number of announcements about what Tuesday’s budget will include Darren Major · CBC News · Posted: Apr 15, 2024 4:00 AM EDTContinue Reading

Politics Israel’s ambassador to Canada said Sunday that Ottawa should list Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization. Trudeau said in January the government still exploring terrorist designation options Objects are intercepted in the sky after Iran launched drones and missiles toward Israel, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel,Continue Reading

Alone among the countries that lost citizens in the Israeli drone strike on an aid convoy on April 1, Canada has yet to indicate whether it considers the matter closed following an Israeli investigation that declared it to be a “grave mistake.” Jacob Flickinger, a Canadian Army veteran who served inContinue Reading