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Honda to invest $15B to build 4 new EV plants in Ontario
News/Politics | Thu, 25 Apr 2024 10:15:01 EDTJapanese automaker Honda will make a $15-billion electric vehicle investment in Ontario to build four new manufacturing plants in the province, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Thursday. read more
Canada sanctions Iran's defence minister, others after missile attack on Israel
News/Politics | Thu, 25 Apr 2024 14:00:26 EDTCanada is targeting Iran's defence minister with a new round of sanctions imposed after the country's retaliatory attack on Israel earlier this month. read more
With capital gains change, the Liberals grasp the tax reform nettle again
News/Politics | Thu, 25 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDTThe Liberals watched one set of tax reforms struggle to survive an onslaught of confusion and controversy in the summer of 2017. Now they're taking another swing at it — and the big question is whether they’re better prepared for the blowback this time. read more
Air passenger complaint backlog hits new high, but agency says it's processing complaints faster
News/Politics | Thu, 25 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDTCanada's transportation regulator says it has made progress on addressing compensation claims against airlines since a new complaint resolution process was introduced last fall — but incoming complaints have pushed the backlog to a new high. read more
Ottawa failing to meet Jordan's Principle deadlines for First Nations kids' care most of the time
News/Politics | Thu, 25 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDTIndigenous Services Canada is taking longer to respond to requests to help First Nations children, which critics say is putting lives at risk. read more
Poilievre visits convoy camp, claims Trudeau is lying about 'everything'
News/Politics | Wed, 24 Apr 2024 14:29:26 EDTThe Official Opposition leader is facing questions after stopping to cheer on an anti-carbon tax convoy camp near the border between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, where he accused the prime minister of lying about everything. read more
Ukraine's ambassador slams Canada for Airbus sanctions waiver on critical Russian mineral
News/Politics | Wed, 24 Apr 2024 22:57:10 EDTUkraine's ambassador to Canada has called out the Trudeau government over a decision to grant Airbus Defence and Space a waiver that will allow the European aerospace giant to continue to use Russian titanium in the manufacture of its aircraft engines. It comes after the company vowed to find a new supplier in 2022. read more
Trudeau says Sask. premier is fighting CRA on carbon tax, wishes him 'good luck with that'
News/Politics | Wed, 24 Apr 2024 13:11:11 EDTPrime Minister Justin Trudeau says Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe’s decision to stop collecting and remitting carbon taxes collected on natural gas has put him in direct conflict with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). read more
Table set for Honda's massive bet on Canada's electric vehicle sector
News/Politics | Wed, 24 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDTNever mind the fact that consumer sales have yet to live up to the superlatives: Honda is about to cast a massive vote of confidence in Canada's electric vehicle sector. Here's what we know so far and the questions that remain. read more
Trudeau won't comment on future of TikTok in U.S., says Canadian safety a priority
News/Politics | Wed, 24 Apr 2024 15:24:52 EDTPrime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's not going to comment on the future of TikTok in the United States but his own government will continue to look out for Canadians' security. read more
Canadian doctors are using 'outdated' guidelines to screen for cancer, experts warn
News/Politics | Wed, 24 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDTFamily doctors use national guidelines to decide whether and when to send their patients for routine cancer screenings — but experts say Canadians' lives are at risk because those guidelines use old data, lack expert advice, and are updated too infrequently. read more
Canadians should expect politicians to support right to bail, Virani's office says
News/Politics | Wed, 24 Apr 2024 08:01:20 EDTThe office of Canada's justice minister says the public should expect politicians to support their right to bail and to be presumed innocent — warning that "immediate" and "uninformed reactions" only worsens matters. read more
Trudeau dismisses plea from doctors to reconsider capital gains tax change
News/Politics | Tue, 23 Apr 2024 07:48:00 EDTPrime Minister Justin Trudeau is rejecting a request by doctors to reconsider his government’s capital gains tax hike. The doctors warn that the tax change could undermine efforts to recruit and retain physicians in Canada and threaten the stability of the health-care system. read more
Trudeau says Sask. residents will keep getting carbon rebate
News/Canada/Saskatchewan | Tue, 23 Apr 2024 17:27:20 EDTPrime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saskatchewan people will still receive their full carbon rebate payments, even though the provincial government is not remitting the carbon tax on home heating to Ottawa. read more
Canada Post refusing to collect banned guns for Ottawa's buyback program
News/Politics | Tue, 23 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDTCanada Post is refusing to collect firearms that were banned by the federal government in 2020, complicating Ottawa's plans for a buyback program to remove 144,000 firearms from private hands, federal sources say. read more
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau says family life with PM post-separation 'gets messy,' but they have each other's back
Radio/The Current | Tue, 23 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDTSophie Grégoire Trudeau's new book, Closer Together, is out Tuesday. Part memoir, part self-help guide, it looks at emotional well-being in today's world. read more
Quebec man charged with conspiracy linked to illegal sale of Chinese drones to Libya
News/Canada/Montreal | Tue, 23 Apr 2024 08:41:47 EDTTwo men, including one from Quebec, have been accused of bypassing international sanctions to facilitate illegal activities while they were employed at the International Civil Aviation Organization. read more
Singh says NDP still hasn't decided whether to support Liberals' new budget
News/Politics | Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:02:53 EDTNDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Monday his party still hasn't decided whether it will vote in favour of the federal budget introduced last week. read more
Honda expected to announce multi-billion dollar deal to assemble EVs in Ontario: sources
News/Politics | Mon, 22 Apr 2024 11:10:17 EDTHonda is expected to announce a multi-billion dollar deal to build electric vehicles and their parts in Ontario, government sources confirmed to CBC News. read more
Ottawa police investigating complaints of hate speech at pro-Palestinian rally
News/Canada/Ottawa | Mon, 22 Apr 2024 17:59:21 EDTOttawa police are investigating allegations of hate speech used during a pro-Palestinian rally on Parliament Hill on the weekend. read more
