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Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland quits cabinet the day of fall economic statement
By David Baxter, The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2024
OTTAWA – Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has resigned from cabinet, the day she is set to present the fall economic statement. In a resignation letter, she says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered her another role in cabinet Friday, but that the only “honest and viable path” is to leave cabinet. Freeland says for the past ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Chrystia Freeland quits cabinet the day of fall economic statement
By David Baxter, The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2024
OTTAWA – Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has resigned from cabinet, the day she is set to present the fall economic statement. In a resignation letter she says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered her another role in cabinet Friday, but she aid the only “honest and viable path” is to leave cabinet. More to come... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberal Housing Minister Sean Fraser says he won’t seek re-election
By Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2024
OTTAWA – Housing Minister Sean Fraser says he will not be running in the next federal election, citing family reasons. Fraser made the announcement this morning at a news conference in Ottawa. He joins a growing list of cabinet ministers exiting federal politics. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to chair a cabinet meeting on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Canada Post operations to resume Tuesday: company
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2024
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Canada Post operations to resume Tuesday: company Mail will begin moving again on Tuesday as Canada Post employees return to work for the first time in more than a month after the federal government pushed to end the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada Post operations to resume on Tuesday, company says
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2024
OTTAWA – Mail will begin moving again on Tuesday as Canada Post employees return to work for the first time in more than a month after the federal government pushed to end the stoppage. Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon directed the Canada Industrial Relations Board to order the 55,000 picketing employees back to work within days ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Justin Trudeau’s cabinet meets ahead of FES; Fraser won’t seek re-election
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2024
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is holding a cabinet meeting this morning ahead of the release of his government’s fall economic statement. The meeting comes amid news that his federal Housing Minister Sean Fraser will not be seeking re-election. A government official, who is not authorized to speak publicly about the issue, confirmed that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa to unveil economic update detailing deficit, new border security package
By Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2024
OTTAWA – The Liberal government in Ottawa is set to unveil its fall economic update today, its first spending package since Donald Trump won the November presidential election. Ottawa is expected to blow past its deficit target, but Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has said debt-to-GDP is still in decline. The update is expected to include ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Smoke and mirrors’: Quebec residents feel abandoned after August flooding
By Maura Forrest, The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2024
MONTREAL – The Quebec government has made payments in less than 10 per cent of the nearly 10,000 claims it has received since the remnants of Hurricane Debby hit the province in August, causing severe flooding and damage. In Montreal, which received a record-breaking 150 millimetres of rain during the storm, the government has paid ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!How toxic impact of Mount Polley disaster filters through B.C. waters, 10 years later
By Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2024
Former Xatsull First Nation chief Bev Sellars recalls an emergency meeting after the Mount Polley Mine disaster, where elders were in tears as they thought of fish swimming through the toxic waste that had inundated their territorial waters. She thinks of the 2014 disaster often. “There are physical changes you can still see,” Sellars said. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s premiers meet in Toronto to talk tariffs, trade and health care
By Allison Jones and Liam Casey, The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2024
TORONTO – Canada’s premiers are meeting in Toronto today, and cross-border trade is topping the agenda, on the heels of a tariff threat from U.S. president-elect Donald Trump. Trump is threatening to impose a 25 per cent import tariff on goods coming from Canada and Mexico when he takes office, until both countries stop illegal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Byelection in Liberal B.C. riding of Cloverdale—Langley City is new test for Trudeau
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2024
LANGLEY, B.C. – Voters in the Liberal-held British Columbia riding of Cloverdale – Langley City go to the polls today to pick a new member of Parliament, in another test for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Liberal candidate Madison Fleischer, a local business owner, will face Conservative Tamara Jansen who previously held the seat. The byelection ... Read More »
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