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Patrick Brown set to make committee appearance on foreign interference
By The Canadian Press on December 5th, 2024
OTTAWA – Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown will appear before a Parliamentary committee on foreign interference this afternoon. The former Conservative Party leadership candidate was summoned to answer questions on the 2022 race after a report from a parliamentary committee on national security cited Indian interference in an unspecified Conservative leadership campaign. On Monday, Brown posted ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Overseas hikers rescued in B.C. relied on online app: rescue group
By The Canadian Press on December 5th, 2024
VANCOUVER – The search and rescue organization for Metro Vancouver’s North Shore mountains says its teams recently rescued two international visitors who became stranded after relying on online hiking apps without doing further research. A statement on social media by North Shore Rescue says the first call last Thursday came when a visitor “seriously underestimated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault tells committee: ‘I am not Indigenous’
By Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press on December 5th, 2024
OTTAWA – Randy Boissonnault, whose shifting claims to Indigenous identity cost him his job as employment minister, told a House of Commons committee today that he is not Indigenous. Boissonnault was called to testify at the Indigenous and Northern affairs committee after a series of media reports, led by the National Post, raised doubts about ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conservatives decry “procedural nonsense” as NDP forces House debate on abortion
By Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press on December 5th, 2024
OTTAWA – A surprise tactical move by the NDP forced a debate in the House of Commons on abortion access Thursday, sidelining a Conservative motion designed to use NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s own words against him. Just ahead of the set time for the Conservative motion to come up, NDP MP Heather McPherson seized the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec police say cutting blood-alcohol limit to .05 would save up to 14 lives a year
By Patrice Bergeron, The Canadian Press on December 5th, 2024
Quebec provincial police estimate that reducing the legal blood-alcohol limit to .05 would save between 10 and 14 lives every year on the province’s roadways. Those figures are contained in heavily redacted documents obtained by The Canadian Press through an access to information request. The Coalition Avenir Québec government has steadfastly refused to lower the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Government asks for third extension on court deadline to pass ‘lost Canadians’ bill
By David Baxter, The Canadian Press on December 5th, 2024
OTTAWA – Immigration Minister Marc Miller says the government is seeking a third extension to a court-mandated deadline to pass legislation that grants citizenship to “lost Canadians.” Miller says the government is seeking a three-month extension to the current Dec. 19 deadline. In 2009, former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper’s government changed the law so ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau, ministers and opposition leaders address AFN gathering in Ottawa
By Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press on December 5th, 2024
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau fell short of committing to a national inquiry on systemic racism in policing this morning even as he acknowledged the pain of First Nations mothers who have had to bury their children following an interaction with police. Trudeau was addressing the Assembly of First Nations gathering in Ottawa this ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec government wants Supreme Court to rule on random police stops
By The Canadian Press on December 5th, 2024
MONTREAL – The Quebec government says it will seek leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada a ruling that found permitting random traffic stops leads to racial profiling. In October, Quebec’s Court of Appeal upheld a 2022 Superior Court decision that declared inoperative an article of the province’s Highway Safety Code that allows ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP pulls channel change on Conservatives, forcing House debate on abortion
By Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press on December 5th, 2024
OTTAWA – A surprise tactical move by the NDP forced a debate in the House of Commons on abortion access this morning sidelining a Conservative motion designed to use NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s own words against him. That Conservative motion is worded to show support for the right to strike and declares non-confidence in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tariffs on Chinese EVs, aluminum and steel to raise federal revenues by $473M: PBO
By Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press on December 5th, 2024
OTTAWA – The parliamentary budget officer estimates Canada’s tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, aluminum and steel will increase federal revenues by $473 million over five years. In October, the federal government began imposing a 100 per cent tariff on Chinese-made EVs as well as a 25 per cent tariff on steel and aluminum imports. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa outlines $2B in spending for artificial intelligence computing power
By Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press on December 5th, 2024
OTTAWA – The federal government says it will spend up to $1 billion to build public computing infrastructure for the Canadian artificial intelligence sector, part of a $2 billion commitment outlined in this spring’s federal budget. A government official not authorized to speak publicly on the issue says that supercomputing infrastructure will be made available ... Read More »
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