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Politics Dozens of antiwar protesters who occupied the lobby of the Confederation Building in Ottawa to call for an arms embargo on Israel have now been ejected. Group made up of more than 100 Jewish Canadians and Palestinian supporters Raffy Boudjikanian · CBC News · Posted: Dec 03, 2024 10:31Continue Reading

President-elect Donald Trump joked at one point during his dinner with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday night that if Canada can’t handle the economic effects of a punishing 25 per cent tariff on its goods, it should become the 51st state of the U.S. Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc,Continue Reading

President-elect Donald Trump joked at one point during his dinner with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday night that if Canada can’t handle the economic effects of a punishing 25 per cent tariff on its goods, it should become the 51st state of the U.S. Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc,Continue Reading

Politics·Analysis The singular nature of the U.S. president-elect is now testing both Justin Trudeau and Pierre Poilievre, who are responding in their own particular ways. Trudeau is attempting to repeat the charm offensive he deployed during the first Trump administration Aaron Wherry · CBC News · Posted: Dec 03, 2024Continue Reading

Politics As U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatens to hit Canada with tariffs that could weaken the country’s economy, the Trudeau government is promising to tighten up monitoring at the shared border to address his concerns. LeBlanc said Canada shares Trump’s objectives of fighting fentanyl trafficking, illegal migrationHolly Cabrera · CBCContinue Reading

Politics A former senior Canadian Security Intelligence Service official acknowledges the spy service wanted Abousfian Abdelrazik placed on Canada’s no-fly list. Abdelrazik is suing the federal government over his detention and alleged torture in Sudan Jim Bronskill · The Canadian Press · Posted: Dec 02, 2024 5:35 PM EST |Continue Reading

Politics Former Conservative leadership candidate Patrick Brown says he will appear before a House committee looking into foreign interference. Radio-Canada reported that agents of Indian government interfered in Brown’s 2022 Conservative leadership bid Darren Major · CBC News · Posted: Dec 02, 2024 5:10 PM EST | Last Updated: DecemberContinue Reading

Politics Parliament’s Natural Resources committee voted unanimously Monday to call on Paper Excellence owner Jackson Wijaya to testify, following news that he is assuming sole control of controversial pulp and paper giant Asia Pulp and Paper from his father. Industry minister also called to appear before natural resources committee ElizabethContinue Reading

Politics The federal government has added the Houthis, a Shia Islamist militant group based in Yemen, to Canada’s terrorist list. Public safety minister says move ‘contributes to our efforts in fighting terrorism globally’ Peter Zimonjic · CBC News · Posted: Dec 02, 2024 1:44 PM EST | Last Updated: 9Continue Reading