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In the news today: Parliament set to break after turbulent fall
By The Canadian Press on December 17th, 2024
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Parliament set to break after turbulent fall Members of Parliament are set to begin their holiday break later today, capping off a tumultuous fall sitting filled with non-confidence votes, filibusters, stalled legislation, a growing deficit and the finance ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!With Freeland out and the federal deficit up, Parliament is set to take holiday break
By David Baxter, The Canadian Press on December 17th, 2024
OTTAWA – Members of Parliament are set to begin their holiday break later today, capping off a tumultuous fall sitting filled with non-confidence votes, filibusters, stalled legislation, a growing deficit and the finance minister’s resignation. After Chrystia Freeland’s bombshell departure from cabinet Monday morning, several Liberal MPs called for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conservatives win B.C. federal byelection amid turmoil in Ottawa
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2024
LANGLEY, B.C. – The federal Conservatives won a byelection in the British Columbia riding of Cloverdale-Langley City, the latest blow to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals. Tamara Jansen is returning to Ottawa as MP for the riding which she last represented from 2019 to 2021. Jansen won the byelection Monday on the same day Trudeau ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Conservatives win B.C. federal byelection amid turmoil in Ottawa
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2024
LANGLEY, B.C. – The federal Conservatives have won the byelection in the British Columbia riding of Cloverdale-Langley City. Tamara Jansen is returning to Ottawa as MP for the riding which she last represented from 2019 to 2021. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada Post operations to resume on Tuesday, union challenging intervention
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2024
OTTAWA – Mail is set to begin moving again on Tuesday after a month-long strike by Canada Post employees comes to a close, even as the union representing postal workers challenges the intervention in the labour dispute. Canada Post has warned Canadians should expect delays into the new year as it resumes operations. Though operations ... Read More »
1 responseA list of Liberal cabinet ministers who have recently quit or don’t plan to run again
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2024
OTTAWA – Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s abrupt departure from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet on Monday resulted in a mini cabinet shuffle, with Dominic LeBlanc stepping into the role. It is the latest in a string of small shuffles Trudeau has been forced to make in recent months to replace ministers who have made clear ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Only viable path’: Freeland quits cabinet, carves out new role on federal backbench
By Jim Bronskill and David Baxter, The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2024
OTTAWA – In a career filled with fresh milestones, Chrystia Freeland is taking up another new role: backbench member of the governing Liberal party. Freeland resigned from the federal cabinet Monday, the day she was set to present the government’s fall economic statement. In a resignation letter, posted to social media, she said Prime Minister ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal mayor issues emotional plea for help as another homeless person dies outside
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2024
MONTREAL – After another homeless person died outside in Montreal, the city’s mayor on Monday implored the provincial government to do more to help people struggling with homelessness. “I’ll be really honest, I feel like us, Montrealers, wish that our premier, François Legault, would be as interested in people that sleep in the street (as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau taps LeBlanc as finance minister after Freeland resigns
By Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2024
OTTAWA – Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc became finance minister late Monday, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau moved to quickly fill a sudden vacancy after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tendered her resignation from cabinet that morning. Freeland said she felt she had to step down from her position because the prime minister had lost faith ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In tumultuous history of finance minister resignations, Freeland’s exit stands out
By Michael Tutton, The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2024
Having a finance minister openly condemn the prime minister’s policies on her way out is a fresh level of acrimony in Canadian political history, longtime observers of the country’s politics say. Chrystia Freeland’s exit from the finance portfolio isn’t a first in Canadian politics, but departing on the eve of an economic update with a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberals’ fiscal update focused on Trump overshadowed by Freeland resignation
By Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2024
OTTAWA – The Liberals’ fiscal update was intended to encourage business investment and beef up border security ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House next month. But the sudden resignation of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland hours before the document was tabled instead ignited even more political and economic uncertainty. Freeland shocked the political ... Read More »
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