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Liberals table fall economic update despite losing finance minister
By Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2024
OTTAWA – Liberal House Leader Karina Gould has tabled the government’s fall economic statement in the House of Commons. The autumn budget update includes some new measures to encourage business investment and beef up border security ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House next month. But the resignation of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa promises $1.3 billion for border security as U.S. tariff threat looms
By Nick Murray, The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2024
OTTAWA – The federal government is promising to spend $1.3 billion over six years to beef up Canada’s border security but still won’t say exactly how that money will be spent. The figures are part of the government’s fall economic statement which was tabled in the House of Commons this afternoon in Ottawa. The urgency ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Historic plane’s final trip to U.S. interrupted by emergency landing near Victoria
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2024
VICTORIA – A rare and historic water bomber that was on its final journey from British Columbia to a museum in Arizona was forced to make an emergency landing near Victoria due to mechanical issues. The Victoria Airport Authority confirmed the Philippine Mars, one of two remaining aircraft of its kind, had to land at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau taps LeBlanc as finance minister after Freeland resigns: source
By Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2024
OTTAWA – Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc will be sworn in as finance minister this afternoon, a senior government official has confirmed. The official, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the appointment, says LeBlanc will be sworn in as finance minister at a ceremony at Rideau Hall at 4 p.m. and that Prime ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. byelection held as Trudeau government reels from Freeland’s stunning resignation
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2024
LANGLEY, B.C. – Polls are open in a federal byelection in British Columbia today amid turmoil in Ottawa as Justin Trudeau faces calls to resign after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland jumped ship on the day she was to deliver a fall economic statement. Trudeau’s Liberals have already lost two other byelections, and Liberal candidate Madison ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pressure mounts for Trudeau to step aside after Freeland resigns from cabinet
By Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2024
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is reeling after suddenly losing its top cabinet minister, Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, reigniting calls for Trudeau to step down and call an election. Freeland made a surprise declaration she’s making her exit from cabinet because the prime minister lost faith in her, saying ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa police use DNA from 1996 murder to identify Vancouver stabbing suspect
By Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2024
Police in Ottawa say they’ve identified a suspect in an unsolved 1996 stabbing death on the Portage Bridge using DNA evidence to track down the man who was arrested in Vancouver last week. Ottawa police say 73-year-old Lawrence Diehl was taken into custody by Vancouver police on Dec. 10 and returned to Ottawa, and he’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Latest: Events unfold on Parliament Hill after Freeland’s cabinet resignation
By CP Staff, The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2024
OTTAWA – Chrystia Freeland has resigned from cabinet as finance minister on the same day she was expected to deliver the government’s fall economic statement, leaving the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau roiling. Here’s the latest. 2:15 p.m. ET NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling for the prime minister to resign, saying Liberals are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP leader says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should resign
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2024
OTTAWA – NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should resign as Liberal leader after Chrystia Freeland left her post as finance minister this morning. Freeland’s surprise declaration that she is leaving cabinet came hours before she was set to introduce the government’s fall economic statement. She says the prime minister lost faith ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: NDP leader says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should resign
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2024
OTTAWA – NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should resign as Liberal leader after Chrystia Freeland left her post as finance minister this morning. Singh stopped short of calling for an election and did not say that his party will end its support for the minority government. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Premiers united in fight against threatened tariffs despite ‘chaos’ in Ottawa: Ford
By Liam Casey and Allison Jones, The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2024
TORONTO – Ontario Premier Doug Ford says following a meeting with all of Canada’s premiers today, the provincial and territorial leaders will remain united as “Team Canada” in the face of a tariff threat from the United States, despite the “chaos” in Ottawa. The meeting of the 13 premiers, chaired by Ford, took place the ... Read More »
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