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Canadian premiers are too quick to override rights, former PM Jean Chrétien warns
By Canadian Press on November 5th, 2025
TORONTO — Canada’s premiers are too quick to use the notwithstanding clause for “marginal reasons” and have lost sight of its original purpose, former prime minister Jean Chrétien said Wednesday evening. Chrétien, who as justice minister negotiated the clause’s inclusion in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1981, said provinces are using it “for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CFIA manual describes sitting on ostriches to inject lethal drug as cull ruling nears
By Canadian Press on November 5th, 2025
OTTAWA — A Canadian Food Inspection Agency document on culling birds describes how ostriches should be killed, by methods that can include breaking their necks, lethal injection, gassing or shooting. While the CFIA has repeatedly said it will not discuss its procedures in relation to a possible cull at an ostrich farm in British Columbia, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More than 300 MPs have crossed the floor in Parliament since Confederation
By Canadian Press on November 5th, 2025
OTTAWA — Nova Scotia MP Chris d’Entremont surprised many on Tuesday when he left the Conservative caucus to join the Liberals, bringing the government caucus to within two votes of a majority. While switching parties between elections — a practice known as floor crossing referring to physically crossing the floor of the House of Commons ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Researchers find microplastics in the tails of lobsters caught off Nova Scotia
By Canadian Press on November 5th, 2025
HALIFAX — The co-author of a new study assessing microplastics in lobsters says the research can serve as a warning that plastic pollution is landing on people’s dinner plates. The study, published in the scientific journal Regional Studies in Marine Science, confirmed the presence of microplastics in the tails of lobsters caught off the coast ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!One Canadian among seven climbers dead after avalanche in Nepal
By Canadian Press on November 5th, 2025
OTTAWA — Global Affairs says a Canadian is one of the seven killed in an avalanche in Nepal earlier this week. A spokesperson says Canadian officials are in contact with local authorities to gather more information, and further details can’t be disclosed due to privacy reasons. The avalanche pounded the base camp at Mount Yalung ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberals confirm they courted MP for years before he quit the Conservatives
By Canadian Press on November 5th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney and his fellow Liberal MPs said Wednesday the party is open to talking to any opposition MPs interested in joining their team — a day after Nova Scotia MP Chris d’Entremont quit the Conservatives to join the government caucus. Carney and d’Entremont were met with thunderous applause and cheers ... Read More »
1 responsePhoto Gallery: The 2025 federal budget
By Canadian Press on November 5th, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first federal budget takes a big swing at making Canada’s economy a more attractive place to invest with billions of dollars for infrastructure and new tax opportunities for business. Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne tabled the long-anticipated budget in the House of Commons on Tuesday afternoon. He said it’s time for “bold ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney defends ‘bold’ Budget 2025 as critics question scale of investment
By Canadian Press on November 5th, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal budget is a “bold response” to a global moment of economic disruption, Prime Minister Mark Carney argued Wednesday, replying to critics who question the ambition of Ottawa’s plans. “These profound changes require a bold response, and that’s what we got yesterday,” Carney told a news conference in a public transit yard ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa to restore accidentally deleted privacy provision in streaming bill
By Canadian Press on November 5th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Liberal government says it will restore a privacy provision from the Online Streaming Act that was accidentally deleted. The federal budget released this week says the government will make a legislative amendment to add back the privacy provision. In 2023, the Online Streaming Act updated Canada’s Broadcasting Act to capture online streamers ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal unions vow to fight public service cuts as government looks to trim costs
By Canadian Press on November 5th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada’s federal public service unions vowed on Wednesday to “fight” planned job cuts, arguing they will undermine services for Canadians. Tuesday’s federal budget outlined a plan to lower program spending and administration costs by about $60 billion over the next five years. It also says the government intends to have 10 per cent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. regulator fines Amazon $10,000 in ruling that limits what ‘delivery’ means
By Canadian Press on November 5th, 2025
SAANICH — A British Columbia regulator has ordered Amazon to pay a $10,000 penalty over a failed delivery, ruling that it’s not good enough to leave a package on a doorstep or with another person unless the buyer consents. Consumer Protection BC says in a decision issued last month that the consumer complained to them ... Read More »
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