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Poilievre dangles ‘carbon tax election,’ as Liberal MPs ask critics for a better idea
By The Canadian Press on March 20th, 2024
OTTAWA – Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is threatening to try and plunge the country into a “carbon tax election,” as Liberal MPs continue to defend the government’s signature climate policy. Poilievre’s plan to move a motion of no confidence in the House of Commons is just his latest manoeuvre to keep the pressure on as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberals to introduce legislation updating Elections Act, in keeping with NDP pact
By The Canadian Press on March 20th, 2024
OTTAWA – The Liberal government is poised to table legislation today that updates the federal Elections Act – part of its political pact with the NDP. Details have not been released, but the agreement between the two parties calls for a three-day voting period rather than a single election day. It also stipulates that people ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!On Brian Mulroney’s birthday, members of the public continue to pay their respects
By The Canadian Press on March 20th, 2024
OTTAWA – People have another brief window to pay their respects to Brian Mulroney in Ottawa before the public tributes move to Montreal. Members of the former prime minister’s family were in a ballroom across the street from Parliament Hill on Wednesday for a second day to receive condolences from a lineup of visitors. Small ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Ontario woman says brother died hungry in Gaza, waiting on visa
By The Canadian Press on March 20th, 2024
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… Ontario woman says brother died hungry in Gaza, waiting for word on Canadian visa A 62-year-old Ontario woman says her brother has died in northern Gaza after weeks spent searching for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ontario woman says brother died hungry in Gaza, waiting for word on Canadian visa
By Sarah Smellie, The Canadian Press on March 20th, 2024
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – A 62-year-old Ontario woman says her brother has died in northern Gaza after weeks spent searching for food and refuge while he waited for word from the federal government about whether he could come to Canada. Sawsan Karashuli found out through a Facebook post that her brother, Ismail Qarsholi, had died ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Feds eye ‘more responsive’ models for RCMP’s contract policing across Canada
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on March 20th, 2024
OTTAWA – The Liberal government is looking for ways to improve policing services provided under contract by the RCMP across Canada – eyeing everything from overall cost and sustainability to stronger oversight and accountability. Among the possibilities are “more responsive” police service models that could involve closer integration of the RCMP and community social services, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!How to pay your respects to former prime minister Brian Mulroney in Ottawa
By The Canadian Press on March 20th, 2024
OTTAWA – People have another chance to pay their respects to Brian Mulroney in Ottawa today before the public tributes move to Montreal. The former prime minister died on Feb. 29 at age 84. Officials say more than 900 people offered their condolences to Mulroney’s family on Tuesday. That includes current and former politicians, ambassadors ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Uganda, Ghana LGBTQ+ activists urge Ottawa to step up action against homophobic laws
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on March 20th, 2024
OTTAWA – Canada is missing a pivotal moment to fight a rollback of LGBTQ+ rights abroad, activists say, and they’re urging the Liberal government to put more action behind its condemnation of homophobic legislation in Uganda and Ghana. Steven Kabuye, an activist visiting Toronto who was stabbed in broad daylight in Uganda in January, says ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Invasive species lead to access restrictions in B.C., Alberta national parks
By The Canadian Press on March 19th, 2024
Parks Canada is closing all bodies of water in British Columbia’s Kootenay and Yoho national parks, and restricting watercraft in Alberta’s Waterton Lakes National Park in an effort to slow the spread of invasive species. The lakes, creeks and tributaries in eastern British Columbia will be closed until at least March next year in response ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Senate passes updated Canada-Ukraine free trade agreement without support of Tories
By The Canadian Press on March 19th, 2024
OTTAWA – The Senate has passed a bill to implement Canada’s updated free trade agreement with Ukraine, paving the way for it to become law. It passed without the support of a single Conservative senator, which is in line with how Tory Leader Pierre Poilievre and the rest of his MPs voted in the House ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec cop death: Criminologist calls for mandatory risk evaluations for patients
By Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press on March 19th, 2024
MONTREAL – Risk assessments should be mandatory before Quebec’s mental health review board decides whether a patient is released into society, a criminologist told a coroner’s inquest on Tuesday. Josée Rioux told the inquest that a comprehensive risk assessment was not conducted in the case of Isaac Brouillard Lessard, the 35-year-old who stabbed a provincial ... Read More »
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