The federal government intends to temporarily hike GST rebate cheques in a bid to ease some of the hurt of inflation for lower income Canadians. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will announce a three-pronged plan to address affordability at the Liberal cabinet retreat in Vancouver today. Cabinet ministers are gathering ahead of the fall sitting of…
Liberals to Hike GST Rebates, Help With Rent Payments in New Affordability Plan
Bergen Asks If Liberals Will Act ‘Urgently and Decisively’ to Deal With Attack on Coastal GasLink Site
Conservative interim leader Candice Bergen wonders how quickly the Liberal government will act to address the armed attack on security guards and equipment at a natural gas pipeline site in British Columbia this week. “This is deeply disturbing. Let’s see how urgently and decisively the Liberals deal with this,” Bergen said on Twitter Thursday. Bergen’s…
3 in 10 Canadians Say They Support Trucker Convoy Protest
Three-in-ten Canadians say they support the protest by the trucker convoy against COVID-19 vaccine mandates imposed by the Liberal government, a new poll finds. Published by the Innovative Research Group on Feb. 1, the poll shows that 31 percent of Canadians are supportive of the truckers who arrived in Ottawa over the weekend to protest…
Not a ‘Fringe Minority’: One-Third of Canadians Support Trucker Protest, Survey Shows
Three-in-ten Canadians say they support the trucker convoy protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates imposed by the Liberal government, a new poll finds. Published by the Innovative Research Group on Feb. 1, the poll shows that 31 percent of Canadians are supportive of the truckers, who arrived in Ottawa over the weekend to protest against the…
Battle Between Liberals, Admiral Heats up as Cabinet Orders McDonald to Stay on Leave
August 13, 2021
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OTTAWA—The battle between the federal Liberal government and Admiral Art McDonald heated up on Thursday as cabinet ministers ordered the naval officer to remain on leave rather than return as commander of the Canadian Armed Forces. The surprise move only days before an expected election call represented the latest twist in a drama that had…
Cost of Used Icebreakers Ottawa Is Buying From Quebec Shipyard Approaches $1B Mark
OTTAWA—The cost of three second-hand icebreakers that the federal Liberal government is buying from Quebec shipyard Chantier Davie is inching closer to the $1-billion mark as Ottawa keeps quietly adding money to the controversial deal. The most recent cash infusion came last week as the government handed Davie another $68.9 million to continue converting and…
Finance Department Faces Grilling by MPs Over Tax Rules in Sale of Family Businesses
OTTAWA — Parliament’s legal expert says the Liberal government waded into uncharted territory when it decided to delay enacting tax rule changes on the sale of small businesses between family members. A Conservative private member’s bill passed in late June rewrote part of the Income Tax Act so business owners could pass on companies to…
Conservatives Call on Liberals to Stop Payments to Chinese Infrastructure Bank
March 24, 2021
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OTTAWA—The Conservatives are calling on the Liberal government to stop making payments to the Asian Infrastructure Bank in light of the ongoing detention and lack of transparency around the trials of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor in China. The party’s foreign-affairs critic Michael Chong says it’s unacceptable that Canada would send about US$40 million to…
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