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Politics Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre sent a letter to the RCMP commissioner Tuesday asking the Mounties to investigate the government’s COVID-era ArriveCan app, a pandemic program that’s been marred by controversy. ‘This is completely unacceptable and reeks of corruption at the highest levels,’ Poilievre says of ArriveCan John Paul TaskerContinue Reading

Politics Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday that lawyer Manuelle Oudar has been appointed to the Senate, filling a vacancy for Quebec. The Senate of Canada building and Senate Chamber in Ottawa in February 2019. Lawyer Manuelle Oudar will join the Senate and fill a vacancy for Quebec, the prime ministerContinue Reading

Politics House of Commons staff members are not tasked with screening guests for “reputational risks,” MPs on a committee looking into the Yaroslav Hunka affair were told Tuesday. Staffers screen for security threats but aren’t cleared to conduct reputational checks, House clerk says Darren Major · CBC News · Posted:Continue Reading

Politics A scathing Federal Court decision says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the federal justice minister have “failed” Canadians seeking timely justice by letting the number of judicial vacancies reach a state of crisis. Federal Court justice says Ottawa didn’t offer any justification for its lack of action Catharine Tunney ·Continue Reading

Politics Housing Minister Sean Fraser says the federal government will roll out more than 60 housing agreements with small and rural communities across the country over the next few weeks. Deals will help build 50,000 housing units over next decade, minister saysThe Canadian Press · Posted: Feb 13, 2024 11:31Continue Reading

Politics In a bid to increase the number of doctors and nurses practising in rural and remote areas, the federal government said Tuesday it would increase forgivable loans for some students. Ottawa to forgive up to $60,000 in student loans for doctors that practise in rural, remote areas John Paul TaskerContinue Reading

Politics Allowing international students to work more than 20 hours a week could distract from their studies and undermine the objective of temporary foreign worker programs, public servants warned the federal government in 2022. Government has temporarily lifted a cap on the number of hours international students are allowed toContinue Reading

Politics·New MPs studying a cybersecurity bill aimed at protecting critical infrastructure like banks from devastating attacks heard Monday how the number of “high impact” cyber incidents hitting Canada’s financial institutions nearly tripled in the last year while the legislation sat in limbo. First introduced in the spring of 2022, Bill C-26 would compel companies toContinue Reading

There was a “keep calm and carry on” vibe outside the House of Commons on Monday as a political storm blew up over Donald Trump’s threat to encourage Russia “to do whatever the hell they want” to NATO members he thinks aren’t paying their fair share of the cost of collectiveContinue Reading