Federal budget promises legislation to accelerate Alto high-speed rail project
By Canadian Press on November 5th, 2025
MONTREAL — The federal budget promises new legislation to accelerate development of the Alto high-speed rail project. Tabled Tuesday, the budget says legislative changes will streamline approvals and reduce regulatory uncertainty for the planned high-speed rail line between Toronto and Quebec City. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced in September that the government would speed up ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eby, coastal First Nations call on Ottawa to maintain oil tanker ban
By Canadian Press on November 5th, 2025
VANCOUVER — British Columbia Premier David Eby and coastal First Nations have signed a declaration calling on the federal government to maintain an oil tanker ban off the province’s north coast. Eby says one oil spill in the area would destroy billions of dollars in economic activity along the coast, with no technology available to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Expelled CAQ member of Quebec legislature slams government over doctor payment bill
By Canadian Press on November 5th, 2025
MONTREAL — A member of the Quebec legislature whom the premier expelled from his caucus says she no longer recognizes the party she used to represent. Isabelle Poulet says she is “profoundly disappointed” by how the Coalition Avenir Québec government has handled a new law that changes how doctors in the province are paid. She ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!U.S. Supreme Court justices question Trump’s use of national security law for tariffs
By Canadian Press on November 5th, 2025
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump’s key tool for deploying tariffs faces a critical legal test in the Supreme Court — one which could upend his plans to realign global trade. During Wednesday’s court hearing, the Trump administration’s lawyer faced pushback from Supreme Court justices over whether the national security statute Trump used to hit ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney says budget built for a ‘crucial time’ of global disruption, tech changes
By Canadian Press on November 5th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney and Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne have started the work of selling their government’s budget. Carney held a post-budget event at a public transit yard in Ottawa Wednesday morning, where he said the budget released Tuesday was built to meet a “crucial time” of global trade disruption, deep divisions and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prime Minister Carney thanks Nova Scotia MP d’Entremont for joining Liberal caucus
By Canadian Press on November 5th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is thanking Nova Scotia MP Chris d’Entremont for crossing the floor to the Liberals from the Conservatives after the tabling of yesterday’s budget. This move puts the Liberals two seats away from a majority government. Carney says it’s “an honour” to welcome d’Entremont to the Liberal caucus during a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Post-budget sales pitch begins, Prince Harry to visit Toronto
By Canadian Press on November 5th, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Carney, Champagne to sell budget at events today Prime Minister Mark Carney and Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne will begin the work of selling the federal government’s budget today. Carney is set to hold a post-budget event in Ottawa ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Head of public service says programs, staff will be cut as government seeks savings
By Canadian Press on November 5th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada’s top bureaucrat is warning the budget’s spending reduction target is a “big number” that will mean cuts to programs and jobs in the public service. Tuesday’s federal budget outlined a plan to lower program spending and administration costs by about $60 billion over the next five years. In a message sent to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney, Champagne to promote federal budget at events in Ottawa, Montreal today
By Canadian Press on November 5th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney and Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne will begin the work of selling the federal government’s budget today. Carney is set to hold a post-budget event in Ottawa this morning before attending the Liberal caucus meeting. It’s the first caucus meeting after Nova Scotia MP Chris d’Entremont left the Conservative caucus ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Catholic diocese near Montreal expresses regret about Hells Angels tombstone
By Canadian Press on November 5th, 2025
SAINT-BASILE-LE-GRAND — A Roman Catholic diocese on Montreal’s South Shore is expressing its regrets over a tombstone showcasing the logo of the Hells Angels outlaw biker gang at a parish cemetery. The Diocese of St-Jean-Longueuil says it was scandalized by the appearance of the tombstone. The diocese says the tombstone should not have been approved ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments in case pushing against Trump’s tariffs
By Canadian Press on November 5th, 2025
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump’s key tool for deploying tariffs will face a critical legal test in the Supreme Court on Wednesday — one which could upend his plans to realign global trade. In a post on social media, Trump called the hearing “one of the most important in the History of the Country.” ... Read More »
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