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The current carbon tax debate is important — it's just not serious

News/Politics | Fri, 29 Mar 2024 04:00:00 EDT

Last summer, Canada experienced the worst wildfire season in its recorded history. Nine months later, a House committee met to hear from Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, whose government is proudly defying the federal carbon-pricing law. read more

A sign advertises rental apartments in a newly built apartment building on the corner of Waggoners Lane and Rookwood Avenue in Fredericton, N.B>

Ottawa has proposed a renters' bill of rights. Will it help?

News/Canada | Fri, 29 Mar 2024 04:00:00 EDT

The federal government's proposed measures to protect renters from low vacancy rates, high prices and other significant challenges might not be enough, according to some housing experts. But others see it as a start that could evolve into something more helpful for tenants. read more

Elections Canada Commissioner Caroline Simard appears  at the Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions, in Ottawa, Thursday, March 28, 2024.

Canada's elections watchdog struggles to investigate foreign interference allegations, inquiry hears

News/Politics | Thu, 28 Mar 2024 08:12:28 EDT

The commissioner of Canada Elections, the watchdog that enforces Canada's federal election laws, is hampered in its ability  to investigate  complaints related to foreign interference, an inquiry heard Thursday afternoon in Ottawa. read more

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Premiers Higgs, Smith call on MPs to abandon carbon pricing program

News/Politics | Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:03:43 EDT

Conservative premiers continued their war on the Liberal government's carbon pricing policy Thursday, telling MPs on a parliamentary committee that the planned increase to the price should be scrapped along with the entire federal program. read more

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Alberta premier says 14 active and proposed federal legal challenges show breadth of Ottawa's overreach

News/Canada/Edmonton | Fri, 29 Mar 2024 06:00:00 EDT

The Alberta government has about 14 active and proposed legal challenges against the federal government alleging constitutional overreach, Premier Danielle Smith said Thursday. read more

A sign outside the Canada Revenue Agency is seen Monday May 10, 2021 in Ottawa.

CRA pausing new 'bare trust' reporting requirement just days before filing deadline

News/Politics | Thu, 28 Mar 2024 18:00:14 EDT

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is hitting pause on a new “bare trust” reporting requirement with just a few days remaining before the deadline. read more

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On pre-budget charm offensive, Trudeau announces plans to expand $10-a-day child care

News/Politics | Thu, 28 Mar 2024 14:09:33 EDT

The federal government's pre-budget charm offensive is back for a second straight day — this time aimed at parents and child care providers. read more

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Supreme Court of Canada upholds Yukon First Nation's residency requirement

News/Canada/North | Thu, 28 Mar 2024 10:44:24 EDT

The country's highest court has upheld a requirement from a Yukon First Nation that elected officials live on settled land and dismissed an appeal from Cindy Dickson, a resident, that her Charter rights were violated by that requirement.  read more

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a housing announcement in Vancouver, Wednesday, March. 27, 2024.

Trudeau says conservative premiers are lying about carbon pricing

News/Politics | Wed, 27 Mar 2024 15:36:58 EDT

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says conservative politicians across Canada, including premiers, are lying to Canadians about the carbon price. read more

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2021 Conservative platform pledges to help Uyghurs made party target of China, inquiry hears

News/Politics | Wed, 27 Mar 2024 08:40:02 EDT

Chinese Communist Party officials allegedly increased their efforts to target the Conservative Party with foreign interference activities after it adopted a number of policies in its 2021 election platform crafted to punish the regime in Beijing for its treatment of Uyghurs, the Foreign Interference Commission heard Wednesday.  read more

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Mysterious writer behind ISIS-K propaganda calls himself 'the Canadian'

News/World | Wed, 27 Mar 2024 17:48:43 EDT

A person calling himself "the Canadian" who writes propaganda for an Afghan branch of ISIS claims to be based somewhere in Canada, which, experts say, could be cause for concern for authorities. read more

For rent sign on a West End Vancouver apartment rental unit.

Federal government promising a 'renters' bill of rights' in upcoming budget

News/Politics | Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:46:29 EDT

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that his government will introduce new measures — including a new “bill of rights” — that he says will help protect those who rent their homes as part of the upcoming budget. read more

Interim RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme, right, listens as Assistant Commissioner Dennis Daley, commanding officer of the Nova Scotia RCMP, speaks to reporters following the Mass Casualty Commission inquiry's final report into the mass murders in rural Nova Scotia in Truro, N.S. on Thursday, March 30, 2023.

N.S. shooting tragedy 'happened for absolutely nothing' if RCMP doesn't learn: commissioner

News/Politics | Wed, 27 Mar 2024 04:00:12 EDT

The commissioner of the RCMP says the police service he oversees is different from the one that was  denounced a year ago for failing to keep Nova Scotians safe during the worst mass shooting in modern Canadian history. read more

Statistics Canada says there are now more millennials than baby boomers in the country, ending the 65-year rein of the post-World War II generation as the largest in the population.People walk in an overhead pedestrian crossing in Toronto on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019.

Statistics Canada says population growth rate in 2023 was highest since 1957

News/Politics | Wed, 27 Mar 2024 13:57:19 EDT

Canada's population grew faster last year than it has at any time since the 1950s amid a surge in the number of temporary residents, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday. read more

Halifax is disputing the amount of property tax the federal government pays on RCMP headquarters in Burnside Industrial Park.

Provinces say Ottawa is leaving them in the dark about RCMP's future

News/Politics | Wed, 27 Mar 2024 04:00:00 EDT

Frustration is mounting in provincial governments that rely on the RCMP's services as they wait for Ottawa to come up with a plan for the beleaguered national police service. read more

Aerial (drone) images of condo and apartment construction in Toronto's west end during sunrise.

Apartment construction surged last year but demand still outpacing supply, says CMHC

News/Business | Wed, 27 Mar 2024 10:40:40 EDT

A surge in new apartment construction drove housing start increases in several major Canadian cities last year, but demand continues to outweigh supply, according to a report released Wednesday by the federal housing agency. read more

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Canada is still backing the fossil fuel industry with billions, report finds

News/Canada | Wed, 27 Mar 2024 12:34:55 EDT

A new report says the federal government is providing billions of dollars in financial support for the fossil fuel industry, despite measures announced last year to limit subsidies. read more

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Canada targeted by same Chinese hackers the U.S., U.K. accuse of cyberespionage that hit millions

News/World | Tue, 26 Mar 2024 03:30:59 EDT

Canada's electronic intelligence agency says the same hacking group that the U.K. and China sanctioned for an alleged cyberespionage campaign tied to Beijing has also targeted Canada.  read more

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Trudeau challenges premiers opposed to carbon tax hike to suggest alternatives to federal levy

News/Politics | Tue, 26 Mar 2024 18:32:57 EDT

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling on premiers opposed to increasing the carbon tax to propose credible alternatives to the federal measure. read more

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Supreme Court asked to reconsider hearing case of Canadian men detained in Syria

News/Politics | Tue, 26 Mar 2024 16:57:06 EDT

In a rare move, lawyers representing four Canadian men held in prisons in northeastern Syria have asked Canada's top court to reconsider its decision not to hear an appeal claiming Canada has a duty to bring them home. read more

Ban TikTok, half of Canadians say in new poll as U.S. fears spread

Ban TikTok, half of Canadians say in new poll as U.S. fears spread

Canada/Consumer/Politics | Fri, 29 Mar 2024 12:38:31 +0000

A new poll indicates 51 per cent of Canadians support banning the social media app TikTok, after a U.S. bill aiming to do just that passed in the House of Representatives. read more

Suspended ArriveCan IT consultant selling second Ottawa office condo

Suspended ArriveCan IT consultant selling second Ottawa office condo

Canada/Investigations/Politics | Fri, 29 Mar 2024 10:00:14 +0000

Global News has learned that the second property put up for sale by Coradix Technology Consulting Ltd. at 222 Somerset St. West in Ottawa's downtown is worth almost $1 million. read more

Would Mount Royal constituents support Anthony Housefather crossing the floor?

Would Mount Royal constituents support Anthony Housefather crossing the floor?

Politics/Anthony Housefather MP/Montreal | Thu, 28 Mar 2024 22:29:07 +0000

There is speculation that Anthony Housefather might leave the Liberals to join the Conservatives, but would his constituents support such a move? read more

Federal Court orders revisions to deal between Ottawa and Métis Nation of Alberta

Federal Court orders revisions to deal between Ottawa and Métis Nation of Alberta

Canada/Perspectives/Politics | Thu, 28 Mar 2024 20:36:51 +0000

The Federal Court says the deal is too broad in its definition of who it covers and it was made without consulting two other Métis groups in the province. read more

Trudeau promises $1B loans to expand child care centres

Trudeau promises $1B loans to expand child care centres

Canada/Education/Politics | Thu, 28 Mar 2024 18:12:46 +0000

Justin Trudeau says the government plans to provide more than $1 billion in low-cost loans, grants and student loan forgiveness to expand child care across Canada.  read more

Carbon price increase is ‘inhumane,’ Alberta premier tells committee

Carbon price increase is ‘inhumane,’ Alberta premier tells committee

Canada/Politics/Blaine Higgs | Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:05:03 +0000

Premiers Danielle Smith and Blaine Higgs made their cases against the carbon price at a House of Commons committee ahead of the April 1 increase. read more

Justin Trudeau deepfake ad promoting ‘robot trader’ pulled off YouTube

Justin Trudeau deepfake ad promoting ‘robot trader’ pulled off YouTube

Canada/Politics/Artificial Intelligence | Thu, 28 Mar 2024 15:17:22 +0000

A deepfake advertisement depicting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's likeness promoting a financial “robot trader” has been pulled off YouTube. read more

CSIS reached out to chief electoral officer on possible foreign interference

CSIS reached out to chief electoral officer on possible foreign interference

Canada/Politics/Chinese interference | Thu, 28 Mar 2024 11:17:01 +0000

Canada’s spy agency told chief electoral officer Stéphane Perrault that it believed there could be a case of foreign interference in a 2019 nomination race. read more

Trudeau proposes new reforms for renters amid housing crunch

Trudeau proposes new reforms for renters amid housing crunch

Canada/Economy/Money | Wed, 27 Mar 2024 17:15:01 +0000

Justin Trudeau said in an announcement Wednesday that the new reforms will "make the playing field fairer for renters," as homeownership continues to be out of reach for many. read more

Inside what ‘axe the tax’ means to Pierre Poilievre’s supporters: ‘He understands Canadians’

Inside what ‘axe the tax’ means to Pierre Poilievre’s supporters: ‘He understands Canadians’

Economy/Money/Politics | Tue, 26 Mar 2024 20:30:57 +0000

With the carbon price set to increase by $15 per tonne on April 1, Pierre Poilievre has spent the past month hosting rallies and releasing new ads calling to "spike the hike." read more

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