Global News | World latest News| Trending News
Canada’s inflation rate decreased to two per cent in August, Statistics Canada reported on Tuesday, finally hitting the Bank of Canada’s target in its long campaign to cool price growth. The central bank began aggressively hiking interest rates in April 2022 to tame skyrocketing inflation, and made its first rate cut since March 2020 in July. “Our confidence…
If the Conservatives want to bring the Liberal government down over the carbon tax, they won’t have the help of the Bloc Québécois, one Quebec MP says. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been pressuring the other opposition parties to help him force a “carbon tax election” this fall. To do that, Poilievre would need both…
The need for affordable housing is a top priority for two Waterloo region MPs, as the fall sitting gets underway in the House of Commons. Green MP Mike Morrice, who represents Kitchener Centre, says while he’s heard “good rhetoric from the federal government” on the housing crisis, he will be spending his time getting them…
Jane’s Addiction’s scheduled Toronto show on Wednesday is off, as one of the premier bands of alternative rock’s heyday cancelled the remaining dates on their tour after a stunning band punch-up at a Boston concert. The band first cancelled Sunday night’s show in Bridgeport, Conn., apologizing to fans, but as of early Monday morning had…
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on Monday announced changes to some mortgage rules as part of an effort to make housing more affordable, a critical political issue that has hurt Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal government. Freeland said the government was increasing the cap on insured mortgages to $1.5 million from $1 million earlier,…
Ontario is proposing to further expand pharmacists’ scope of practice by adding to the list of minor ailments they can assess, allowing them to administer more vaccines and order some lab tests. But while pharmacists see the proposal as an overdue solution to easing the burden on other aspects of the health-care system by leaning…
Parliamentarians return for the fall sitting today after a heated summer drastically altered the dynamics in the House of Commons. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be leading an unstable minority government in the wake of last week’s announcement by NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh to end the supply-and-confidence agreement that had ensured the Liberal government’s survival for more…
Members of Parliament all receive the same base salary — $203,100 — but some spend much less time on their feet in the House of Commons than others. Using data provided by the House of Commons, Radio-Canada ranked all 338 MPs on the number of times they’ve spoken in the Commons or exercised their right to vote in the current session of Parliament. The amount of…
The documentary Russians at War will play at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Lightbox on Tuesday, after the festival suspended showings earlier this week due to security concerns. The first-person documentary by Russian Canadian filmmaker Anastasia Trofimova spurred protests from Ukrainian officials and community groups who say the film amounts to propaganda. In a…
Ontario’s Ministry of Education will launch an investigation into the financial operations of London’s largest school board, after officials revealed on Thursday that senior administration spent nearly $40,000 on a three-day planning retreat in Toronto last month. Thames Valley District School Board Chair Beth Mai said in a news release on Saturday that the board is pleased to have the province conduct…
