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Politics Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a new $1.5-billion housing fund will help non-profit organizations acquire more rental units across Canada and make sure they remain affordable. New Canada Rental Protection Fund to be included in upcoming budgetThe Canadian Press · Posted: Apr 04, 2024 11:35 AM EDT | LastContinue Reading

Politics NDP MPs Charlie Angus, Carol Hughes and Rachel Blaney all announced Thursday that they will not be seeking re-election. Charlie Angus and Carol Hughes represent Northern Ontario ridings; Rachel Blaney will leave B.C. seat NDP MP Charlie Angus speaks during a news conference in Ottawa in October 2023. NDP MPsContinue Reading

Politics·Live The head of the RCMP says the police force did not open any foreign interference-related criminal investigations during the last two general elections. Mounties did launch investigations after the 2021 election, commissioner tells foreign interference inquiryThe Canadian Press · Posted: Apr 04, 2024 8:39 AM EDT | Last Updated:Continue Reading

Politics·Analysis Last summer — around the same time public support for the governing Liberals began to seriously erode — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the mistake of publicly acknowledging Canada’s constitutional division of powers. He seems to have learned his lesson since then. Trudeau seems to have learned his lesson: peopleContinue Reading

Politics Architect Renée Daoust and her team say they’re considering a lawsuit to get what they argue is rightfully theirs: the $3.5 million contract to design and build a monument to commemorate Canada’s mission in Afghanistan. Architect Renée Daoust claims her team lost $3.5 million contract to politics Daniel Leblanc ·Continue Reading

Inarguably bigger and more seasoned than it was when it was born from the ashes of the Second World War, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization — the West’s great military alliance — celebrated a milestone Thursday: three-quarters of a century of keeping the peace in Europe. NATO formally came into being withContinue Reading

Politics Former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole believes foreign interference may have led to his removal as party leader, according to documents tabled before the foreign interference inquiry. The party member behind 2021 petition for a leadership review, Bert Chen, vehemently denies allegations Kate McKenna · CBC News · Posted: AprContinue Reading

Mental health and addictions experts are slamming the federal government’s decision to shut down an online service that offered help with finding free counselling and peer support over the last four years. Health Canada announced in February that it would stop funding the Wellness Together Canada website and PocketWell appContinue Reading

Politics Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a $15-billion top-up to the federal government’s Apartment Construction Loan Program and says the government plans to leverage the soon-to-be $55-billion program to encourage provincial and territorial partnerships to boost the number of rental units across Canada. Loan program top-up is the latestContinue Reading