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Politics Housing Minister Gregor Robertson says the way to fight Canada’s real estate crisis is to increase housing supply, not reduce costs. Former mayor of Vancouver also defended his record, blaming previous provincial and federal governments Minister of Housing and Infrastructure Gregor Robertson speaks to journalists as he arrives forContinue Reading

Politics After a wave of criticism for handing out so-called “performance pay” to managers and other staff when it was considering layoffs, CBC/Radio-Canada’s board of directors is ending the practice altogether after a third-party review, the corporation said Wednesday. Public broadcaster doing away with compensation program that caused political firestorm John PaulContinue Reading

Politics When Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled his new cabinet this week, there were 15 fresh faces among the group. There were also 13 who had served in the previous cabinet of Justin Trudeau. Here’s where they landed and what roles they’ll play in the new government Jayden Dill ·Continue Reading

Politics Newly named Foreign Minister Anita Anand accused Israel on Wednesday of using a lack of food as a political tool in its Gaza operation and urged further work on a ceasefire with Hamas, the militant group that controls the Palestinian enclave. Israel denies risk of famine, acuses Hamas ofContinue Reading

Politics Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne says the Liberal government has a number of priorities to tackle before the House of Commons is scheduled to rise in June — but tabling a budget isn’t one of them. Last time government didn’t table a budget was during the onset of the pandemicContinue Reading

Politics Conservative MP Jamil Jivani has sent a letter to the federal government saying he’s concerned about the lack of a labour minister in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet at a time of economic friction with the United States. Carney changed minister of employment, workforce development and labour to ministerContinue Reading

Politics Prime Minister Mark Carney’s newly constituted cabinet met for the first time Wednesday on Parliament Hill as the government grapples with a whole host of challenges it will be charged with fixing. Stalled EV projects, western alienation and Trump trade war looms large for new ministry John Paul Tasker ·Continue Reading

Politics Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canadians “weren’t impressed” when the U.K. decided to offer U.S. President Donald Trump an unprecedented second state visit while he was threatening Canada’s sovereignty. PM says it’s no coincidence that King will read throne speech while U.S. challenges Canadian sovereignty Peter Zimonjic · CBCContinue Reading

Politics The pontiff, who was elected in a conclave that ended last Thursday, will be officially installed as the new leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Roman Catholics at a mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday. A number of world leaders are expected to attend. Pope to officially becomeContinue Reading