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WEBTrudeau says there’s ‘more work to do’ after stunning byelection defeat in Montreal. The Bloc Québécois emerged victorious in LaSalle-Émard-Verdun after a tight three-way race with the Liberals and NDP. While pundits had suggested a Liberal defeat could send shockwaves throughout the party, the reaction from cabinet ministers was muted ...
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WEBWith the NDP no longer bound to prop up the Liberals on confidence votes and Trudeau’s grip over the Liberal Party appearing to slip, the coming fall session of Parliament is already set to become the most unpredictable since the 2021 election. Unexpected results in either byelection will only add fuel to the fire.
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WEBFeds launch working group to address woeful productivity growth. Canada’s relatively low productivity growth is not a new phenomenon, but it has occupied an increasing amount of political airspace since Carolyn Rogers, senior deputy governor of Canada’s central bank, said it was time to ‘break the glass’ on the issue earlier this year ...
Trudeau to face opposition adversaries in the House as highly …
WEB6 days ago · For the first time in nearly three months, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will face his cross-aisle adversaries from his front-and-centre seat in the chamber when the curtain rises on the first question period of the fall sitting this afternoon. In addition to being cross-examined over his government’s performance over the summer, he’ll also get his first chance to speak directly — and ...
MPs head back to the House of Commons as voters head to the …
WEB6 days ago · Exactly 89 days after the House of Commons shut down for the summer, MPs are heading back to their assigned seats in the chamber as the precinct powers up for what is already being framed as a make-or-break sitting for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose embattled minority government was already facing a fractious return to regular cross-aisle business before the New Democrats served notice ...
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WEBThe Liberals and Conservatives are neck and neck as Parliament gets set to resume next month following September’s general election. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals have the support of 34 per cent of decided and leaning voters, while Erin O’Toole’s Conservatives have 33 per cent support, according to …
Feds announce suite of measures to lower temporary resident …
WEB3 days ago · Feds announce suite of measures to lower temporary resident population. The changes include an extension of the cap on international students, which will also strengthened, resulting in an additional 10 per cent decrease in the number of international study permits issued next year and moving forwards. Published Sep 18, 2024 at 3:49pm.
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WEBTeamsters launch court appeal of feds’ move to end rail shutdown. In filings to the Federal Court of Appeal, the Teamsters union challenged directives for binding arbitration issued to a labour board by federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon last week following the lockout of 9,300 workers by Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian ...
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WEBA report from Rentals.ca found rental prices increased last month by the slowest annual rate in nearly three years, propelled by year-over-year decreases in certain cities with large post-secondary institutions, like London, Ont., Windsor, Ont., and Hamilton, Ont.
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WEBJan 15, 2024 · As we prepare to start a new parliamentary session, iPolitics asked pundits representing the three major national parties for their predictions on the upcoming sitting. The Peace Tower is pictured from the roof of the Centre Block during a media tour of the Centre Block restoration project on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, June 22, 2023.