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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh can’t see himself working with Pierre Poilievre. “I don’t see a way to work together with someone who is so fundamentally opposed to making life better for people,” he told reporters.
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PM Justin Trudeau calling anti-vaxxers “misogynists” & “racists,” wasn't helpful, says former CSIS director Richard Fadden. "It’s the sort of thing that reinforces (their belief) that they’re not being listened to," he argues.
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A pair of Conservative senators plan to present a motion next week calling for the Canadian government to level Magnitsky law sanctions on Chinese officials connected to human rights abuses in Hong Kong and for the treatment of Uighurs in Xinjiang
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford is absolving the American government of blame for the plane crash that killed 57 Canadians, placing responsibility squarely on what he called the “ruthless, evil Iranian regime"
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Canadian public opinion is souring on promoting new economic ties with China, the country’s second-largest trading partner, according to a new Angus Reid Institute poll
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The Conservatives are favoured by a strong plurality of voters between 18 and 34, a poll shows. It’s a trend that sets Canada apart from other peer democracies.
Younger voters are also much more likely to oppose Ottawa’s use of the Emergencies Act.
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A federal Conservative party led by Pierre Poilievre would pull votes away from the PPC, a poll indicates. Importantly, a Poilievre-led party appears not to be in danger of losing centrist Conservative votes to other mainstream parties.
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Ontario has more money sitting in unallocated pandemic relief funds than any other province, a new report shows.
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Former PM Kim Campbell says the problem with Scheer’s views on social issues like abortion and same-sex marriage isn’t that he has the stance he does, but that Canadians don’t trust him to prevent the matters from being raised at a federal level
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Ontario’s government is planning to announce on Thursday that outdoor amenities will be allowed to reopen within the next few days, with May 26 circled as the likely date for when activities like golf and tennis can resume in the province, sources say.
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OPINION:"the fact Alberta has had to double the number of intensive care beds and “shift resources” within the healthcare system to care for an avalanche of pandemic victims is not a victory but a tacit admission of defeat," Graham Thomson writes.
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Over two dozen Ontario PC MPPs — including eight cabinet ministers —haven't filed campaign finance disclosures from last June's election, over a month after the due date, Elections Ontario data shows.
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The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is calling for a police investigation into bombshell allegations that Justin Trudeau’s office interfered in the criminal case against SNC-Lavalin
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Experts say Canadians are unlikely to get the full story about the Emergencies Act due to cabinet confidentiality and the government wanting to avoid looking bad. “The Liberals at this point just want the issue to go away,” says Carleton's Jonathan Malloy.
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Speaking of health-care privatization, the federal government is "concerned" about Maple, a Loblaw-funded virtual care business that has found a way around the restrictions of the Canada Health Act to charge people for online doctor visits.
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City councillor Catherine McKenney has a strong lead in the race for Ottawa mayor, a poll shows. McKenney's downtown ward was afflicted by the convoy occupation last winter. 61% of respondents say they're dissatisfied with local government in Ottawa.
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BREAKING: Opposition MPs passed a motion at the House of Commons Health committee requiring the government to handover the seven contracts it’s signed with COVID-19 vaccine producers.
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OPINION: “The Catholic Church wasn’t alone in the residential school affair, but it is it alone in refusing to fully acknowledge its crimes,” writes Michael Coren.
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"Although she has every right to think and say what she wants, Kim Campbell is in no position, given her own record, to comment on another political leader," writes
@matthewsconway
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“I’m at a point where I do not believe mixing profit with care in this space at all is compatible anymore,” Ontario Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca told iPolitics.
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was a no-show at a Indigenous leaders meeting in Ottawa, opting instead to send in a video message that was booed by some in attendance.
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OPINION: "There seems to have been a serious misinterpretation of his own act and his jurisdiction by the ethics commissioner," Errol Mendes says of Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion's report on the SNC-Lavalin affair
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It's still early, but we think
@Reuters
may have snapped the shot of the day...
#TrudeauMeetsTrump
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“I will oppose the attorney general’s application and take the position that the Federal Court has no jurisdiction to restrict the House’s power to request documents,” Speaker of the House Anthony Rota wrote to MPs on Friday.
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Ottawa is saying no to a proposal by Alberta’s justice minister to amend the Criminal Code to allow pepper spray to be used for self-def. Federal ministers Lametti & Blair in a joint statement said the proposal could lead to more violence.
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Ontario's auditor general found that $11.2 billion in approved money allocated for business supports was inefficiently spent on programs that were hastily put together and lacked the controls they needed.
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Ontario Green Party candidate
@MattRichterGPO
is on track to win Parry Sound-Muskoka, a riding poll shows. A Green win there would end a decades-long PC winning streak in one of Ontario's deepest blue ridings. Here's what's unfolding: 👇
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The federal Conservative party has shot up in the polls since Candice Bergen took over as interim leader and moved the party back to the right, according to new data from Mainstreet Research.
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The all-day filibuster prevented a vote on a Conservative motion seeking the release of the Liberal government's contracts with vaccine-makers.
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OPINION: "His timing is a political abomination. Choosing to mimic Donald Trump’s war with the U.S. media in Canada ... shows why Scheer should never be prime minister," says
@harrisauthor
.
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Canada’s electoral watchdog wants to make it illegal to knowingly spread misinformation about the electoral process. “This is about drawing a line in the sand on a matter of principle," says Chief Electoral Officer Stéphane Perrault.
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A source close to Anand said the minister is planning to hit the road a lot in the new role, talking to businesses and chambers of commerce and selling the government’s economic policies
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CMA head Dr. Katharine Smart has a message for premiers who want more federal healthcare funds: Do the work first and have a plan to fix ongoing issues. “If you just keep investing in something that's broken, it's not going to suddenly fix it,” she said.
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An executive at one of Canada's big grocery chains pushed back on the idea that customers have lost trust in grocery retailers. He said they "show their trust every day" by shopping.
He did not say where else they might find food to eat.
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The federal Liberals have a double-digit lead in support among Canadian voters, suggesting the damage in popularity they suffered from the WE Charity controversy is behind them, according to a new poll by Mainstreet Research for iPolitics.
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The NDP are reviving a wartime-era idea and calling on the federal government to tax excess company profits during a time of emergency — in this case, the COVID-19 pandemic.
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OPINION:"O’Toole steadfastly ignored reporters’ increasingly loud interjections (dodging) question after question about Ottawa Valley candidate Cherlyl Gallant & a fanciful idea she’s been propagating amongst her Valley constituents," writes Randy Boswell.
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Canadian Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan had strong words on Thursday for a British cabinet minister’s recent comments that gay soccer fans at the World Cup in Qatar should be “respectful” of the host country, which criminalizes homosexuality.
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“I think the problem with Andrew Scheer is that people don’t trust him, because they don’t trust him not to let the issue to come up again, when it becomes very, very divisive,” Campbell said in response to a question about Scheer’s post-election comments on his views
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This one is going over well with the East coasters in the office ...
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Canada’s new heritage minister plans to increase local news coverage through CBC News. He said he plans to work with the CBC to produce more regional content through hiring more people, opening more offices, or partnering with existing media
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"Poilievre, shedding his previous ‘attack dog’ reputation, has embraced a more statesman-like aura, aided by ad campaigns that spotlight both him and his wife, Ana Poilievre. His messaging is clear, focused, and fresh," writes
@FredDeLorey
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OPINION: "Russia has proven time and again that it is willing to flout international law, invade neighbouring states, target civilian aircraft and use chemical and radioactive weapons endangering the lives of hundreds of people," writes Alexandra Chyczij.
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Pierre Poilievre easily won Carleton in 2021 with nearly 50% of the vote. But his support for the Ottawa occupation was unpopular: over 40% of 2021 Conservative voters there condemn his stand on the issue. Now his lead is within the margin of error.
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People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier told iPolitics on Tuesday he wants to win back a seat in the House of Commons by running in one of two upcoming Toronto-area byelections.
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Ottawa eatery 'suspends' ties with
@Shopify
over
@BreitbartNews
. Our
@bbritneff
reports.
#uspoli
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OPINION: Alan Freeman says a new Fraser Institute report is the latest strike in a "prolonged fight to demonize taxes and government in general and convince Canadians that they’re being gouged by taxes of all kinds"
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OPINION: Conservatives may come to regret ignoring Michael Chong, says
@brentrathgeber
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#cpcldr
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"The question is not whether somebody who has socially conservative views can be prime minister, it’s whether that person will commit to continuing to respect the law of the land as it is today,” Campbell said
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Canada and Mexico are “spoiled” and have been “very difficult” to deal with during ongoing NAFTA negotiations, U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters today.
@johnsonthree
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"Ultimately, Poilievre is flirting with the absurd. For some, he has already crossed that line," writes pollster
@quito_maggi
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It's round two for Conservatives versus journalists. CPC MP Garnett Genuis says he felt threatened after a journalist tweeted about putting down a lame horse. "I do not want to see a person who has made threats against me in the gallery," he said.
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People convicted of simple cannabis possession — which is under 30 grams — can now have their recorded suspended, free of charge (the normal fee is $631) and before the typical 5-10 year wait period after a conviction
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OPINION: "Instead of entertaining irresponsible proposals to appease the Putin regime, Canada should recommit itself to rallying its allies to defend our democracy and engage in a dialogue with the incoming Joe Biden administration," writes Marcus Kolga.
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OPINION: Everyone 'inevitably' becomes a hypocrite if they stick around in politics long enough, but the 'Liberals have done so with impressive speed,' writes Martin Patriquin
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Workplace spread of COVID-19, particularly in populous hot spot areas, poses the biggest threat to Ontario, a top provincial science adviser told a House of Commons committee on Friday.
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OPINION: In Canada as elsewhere, fake news is 'almost entirely disseminated and consumed by the country’s right. Maybe that’s why Liberal attempts to tamp down on it provoke such howls,' writes Martin Patriquin
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NDP MP Lisa Marie Barron’s attempt to create a citizens’ assembly for electoral reform has received support from all five parties in the House of Commons
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The Saskatchewan RCMP has laid new charges against Diagolon leader Jeremy MacKenzie. The nature of the charges has not been confirmed. It's linked to a Diagolon shooting party on a farm near Viscount, Sask., in November 2021, sources say.
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Major Canadian grocery executives were grilled by MPs on Friday for ending pandemic pay for frontline workers, with one CEO revealing he had inquired with competitors on whether they would end pay bonuses in late May
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Ottawa councillor
@cmckenney
continues their strong lead in the city’s mayoral race, a
@MainStResearch
poll suggests. They're polling at 34%, same as July and well ahead of leading rival Mark Sutcliffe.
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After nearly three years of swimming against a strong current of Conservative opposition, a bill that would ban whale and dolphin captivity in Canada has cleared the Senate.
@_HollyLake
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Following pressure from O’Toole and Canada’s premiers, Ottawa has suspended international flights from Pakistan and India.
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been talking a lot about macroeconomics recently, blaming the Bank of Canada and the Liberal government for inflation.
Experts say his take on quantitative easing has a “really crucial point that he gets wrong.”
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OPINION: 'The SNC-Lavalin story is certainly significant, but perhaps not to the degree that its central chroniclers would like, and without the effect that they hope to achieve. Mind you, that would be downright impossible,' writes Michael Coren
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Appointing Stephen Harper as minister of foreign affairs under a Poilievre government would be a "bold declaration of Canada’s readiness to assume a pivotal role in shaping global affairs," writes
@FredDeLorey
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“It was all about reducing that footprint (of protesters) in Ottawa, and the only way to do that was to stop people from coming in, or incentivizing them to leave,” RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki told the committee.
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Liberal MPs walk out of vote to confirm anti-abortion Status of Women chair. Amanda Connolly has the details
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Mario Dion says the Privy Council Office refused to extend a cabinet confidence waiver that would have allowed 9 witnesses who said they had information relevant to the SNC-Lavalin affair to provide such evidence to the ethics commissioner’s probe
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Former independent MPP Randy Hillier appeared on Russian TV to drum up support for the “Freedom Convoy” in Ottawa, a police report shows.
In March, Ottawa police charged him with offences related to his involvement in the convoy.
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Two Conservative senators plan to present a motion next week calling for the Canadian government to level Magnitsky law sanctions on Chinese officials connected to human rights abuses in Hong Kong and for the treatment of Uighurs in Xinjiang
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Ten years ago, the Harper government ended the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly. What has the impact been on producers? "There’s no question that farmers have lost a tremendous amount of money, billions and billions of dollars over the last decade,” says one.
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If there are future COVID-19 outbreaks in Quebec, rather than re-imposing lockdowns, the province will only allow fully vaccinated people access to places where the virus could be more likely to spread, including gyms, bars and restaurants.
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OPINION: Pierre Poilievre seems to be validating conspiracists' views while being silent about their inane beliefs. But,
@stphnmaher
writes, that may turn off voters he needs: tired of Trudeau but unwilling to share a rabbit hole with angry McNasties.
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“We are in a post factual society right now and it is very dangerous, especially for women."
@Mom_interrupted
picks the brain of "Twitter’s resident gynecologist,"
@DrJenGunter
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iPolitics has learned that Michael Levitt, the Liberal MP for York Centre, intends to announce tonight that he's resigning as an MP.
#CdnPoli
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After fighting Kathleen Wynne and seeing her party swept out of government, an online group that has mastered modern messaging is turning its fire power on Justin Trudeau.
@MariekeWalsh
reports on Ontario Proud:
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