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Politics The Liberal government has introduced a bill that would bring in a promised GST holiday starting next month — but it doesn’t include the government’s proposal to send $250 rebate cheques to certain Canadians. NDP has been pushing for rebate to be extended to seniors Catharine Tunney · CBC News ·Continue Reading

Politics Negotiations have broken down between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers for the first time since a nationwide strike began nearly two weeks ago. Canadian Union of Postal Workers, Crown corporation have remained at the bargaining table until now Canada Post workers strike outside a Scarborough,Continue Reading

Politics·Analysis Canadian political leaders cannot stop Donald Trump from making threats. But Canadian political leaders can control how they respond to those threats and actions. And Canadians can judge how serious those responses are. Singh wants a ‘war room,’ Poilievre wants to kill the carbon tax and Trudeau wants toContinue Reading

Politics The federal government has temporarily suspended access to federal procurement contracts for MP Randy Boissonnault’s former medical supply company. GHI has one active contract with Elections CanadaCBC News · Posted: Nov 26, 2024 1:44 PM EST | Last Updated: 8 hours ago Liberal MP Randy Boissonnault taking questions fromContinue Reading

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s agreed to meet with his provincial and territorial counterparts after Donald Trump threatened to impose hefty tariffs on Canadian goods. The U.S. president-elect said Monday night that on his first day back in the White House, he would impose a 25 per cent taxContinue Reading

Killer and serial rapist Paul Bernardo has again been denied parole and will stay behind bars. The Parole Board of Canada reached its decision Tuesday after a long, emotional hearing at La Macaza Institution in Quebec, north of Montreal. The families of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy — the schoolgirls BernardoContinue Reading

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the premiers met Wednesday to discuss strategy as president-elect Donald Trump threatens to upend the bilateral relationship with punitive tariffs on everything Canada sends to the U.S. Trudeau has sought to reassure the country that Canada is equipped to handle Trump in his second term because heContinue Reading

Politics Immigration Minister Marc Miller says further reforms to Canada’s immigration and asylum systems will be proposed in the coming weeks. Protesters were escorted from the committee hearing room as minister was testifying David Baxter · The Canadian Press · Posted: Nov 25, 2024 6:53 PM EST | Last Updated:Continue Reading

Politics NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling on the Liberal government to go back to the drawing board after learning that the Working Canadians Rebate won’t apply to many seniors, people with disabilities and recent graduates. NDP leader says he thought rebate would apply to anyone earning $150K or lessHollyContinue Reading