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Canadians won’t be taxed on disability benefit under proposed rule change
By Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press on December 17th, 2024
OTTAWA – The Liberals are planning to introduce legislation to exempt the Canada Disability Benefit from being treated as income under the Income Tax Act. The fall economic statement, released Monday, is also calling on provinces and territories to ensure the program’s recipients do not have their benefits reduced as a result of it. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP union applauds planned federal spending on border security
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on December 17th, 2024
OTTAWA – The union representing rank-and-file Mounties is welcoming a federal plan to spend $1.3 billion to bolster border security and ensure the integrity of the immigration system. In its fall economic update Monday, the Liberal government said it would invest in cutting-edge technology for law enforcement, so that only people who are eligible to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Justin Trudeau taking the time to reflect following Freeland departure
By David Baxter, The Canadian Press on December 17th, 2024
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is taking some time to reflect after Chrystia Freeland’s bombshell resignation, the natural resources minister said on Tuesday. “The prime minister, as I understand it, a number of caucus colleagues have said that the prime minister has said that he will reflect on both the decision that minister Freeland ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada pushes net-zero electricity target to 2050 in final regulations
By Nick Murray, The Canadian Press on December 17th, 2024
OTTAWA – The federal government has pushed its target to achieve a net-zero electricity grid to 2050. The government had previously aimed to fully decarbonize electricity grids by 2035. But some provinces, namely Alberta and Saskatchewan, said that was simply not doable. The final clean electricity regulations published today also projected a lower reduction of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Justin Trudeau taking the time to reflect on his future: natural resources minister
By David Baxter, The Canadian Press on December 17th, 2024
OTTAWA – Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says Justin Trudeau is taking some time to reflect after the bombshell resignation of his top cabinet minister on Monday. Chrystia Freeland quit as finance minister just hours before she was set to present the government’s fall economic statement. That kicked off a day of turmoil on Parliament ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Canada pushes net-zero electricity target to 2050
By Nick Murray, The Canadian Press on December 17th, 2024
OTTAWA – The federal government is pushing its target to achieve a net-zero electricity grid to 2050. The government previously aimed to fully decarbonize electricity grids by 2035, but some provinces – namely Alberta and Saskatchewan – said that was simply not doable. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tories call for House hearings on tariffs amid Liberal tumult as firms seek strategy
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on December 17th, 2024
OTTAWA – The Conservatives are calling for Parliament to hold hearings in January on Canada-U.S. trade., ahead of president-elect Donald Trump’s entry to the White House. The Tories say they have no faith in the Liberals to handle the situation following Monday’s resignation of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, who was set to have a major ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Culture of silence at Montreal youth detention facility at centre of sex scandal
By Katrine Desautels, The Canadian Press on December 17th, 2024
MONTREAL – A new report says a culture of silence reigned over a Montreal detention centre where female employees are accused of sexually abusing detainees, with at least one worker becoming pregnant. The document released today on the Cité-des-Prairies rehabilitation centre is the result of an investigation into the facility ordered by the Quebec government ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bloc Leader Blanchet pushes for January election call after Freeland resignation
By David Baxter, The Canadian Press on December 17th, 2024
OTTAWA – Bloc Québécois Leader YYves-François Blanchet says that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has lost the political, moral and ethical mandate to lead and should call an election in the new year. This comes after the bombshell departure of Chrystia Freeland as finance minister, saying she has been at odds with Trudeau over the last ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Poilievre hails B.C. byelection win for Conservatives as Liberal vote collapses
By The Canadian Press on December 17th, 2024
LANGLEY, B.C. – Federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is hailing a decisive British Columbia byelection victory in Cloverdale-Langley City, where Tamara Jansen has won with about two-thirds of the vote. Monday’s byelection in the Fraser Valley seat, which had been held by the Liberals and is traditionally closely contested, came on the day Prime Minister ... Read More »
1 responseToronto terror suspect charged with multiple war crimes: RCMP
By The Canadian Press on December 17th, 2024
TORONTO – A man facing terror charges for allegedly plotting an attack in Toronto with his son is now also facing multiple war crimes charges. The RCMP say 62-year-old Ahmed Eldidi – who was arrested along with his son earlier this year for alleged terrorism offences – facesfour war crimes charges, including murder, mutilation and ... Read More »
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