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Quebec’s premier appears to want a federal election to take place sooner rather than later. In a brief statement to reporters at the National Assembly on Thursday, Legault expressed his disagreement with the Bloc Québécois’s decision to support Justin Trudeau’s Liberal minority government in a non-confidence motion that is expected next week. For months, Legault said, he’s…
After Monday’s emergency debate in Parliament about the killings of six First Nations people by police over a two-week span, an NDP MP says the time for talking is over. Nunavut MP Lori Idlout said she thought there were some productive ideas brought forward in the debate including better training in de-escalation for RCMP and more cultural competency,…
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 curtain will come down on the Paris’ feel-good summer with a grand parade of French athletes on the Champs-Élysées on Saturday as the country throws one last party to celebrate the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Parade of Champions will include 182 French Olympic representatives, including 78 medallists, and 137 Paralympic participants with 50…
A plan to turn a house in the upscale Linden Woods neighbourhood in southwest Winnipeg into an addictions recovery centre can move ahead despite opposition from some community members. Dozens of residents filed appeals after the city approved a conditional use application for the Lindenwood Drive E. home earlier this year, raising concerns about safety and saying they had…
The cabinet minister responsible for Nova Scotia’s Residential Tenancies Act is promising to release a consultant’s report that laid out how the province could set up an enforcement unit to ensure landlords and tenants comply with the law. The Houston government hired Davis Pier Consulting in November 2022 to map out how Nova Scotia could set up…
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre got a warm reception at an “axe the tax” rally in Yellowknife on Sunday. The rally was Poilievre’s first public event in the Northwest Territories since he took over as Conservative Party leader in 2022. More than 200 people crowded into a conference room at the Explorer Hotel to hear him share…
The New Brunswick Liberal Party launched its provincial election campaign on Sunday afternoon in Fredericton, alongside the nomination of party leader Susan Holt in the Fredericton South-Silverwood riding. Organizers estimated there were 500 in attendance at the Fredericton Boyce Farmers Market event, where Holt gathered with all 48 other Liberal candidates to drum up support ahead of election day. The latest…
Some voters might still see B.C. United on the ballot for the upcoming provincial election despite recently halting its “full provincewide” campaign. Lindsay Cote, executive director of B.C. United, told members Friday that it still intends to run a select number of candidates in the Oct. 19 election to make sure that the party is not…
The federal Liberal brand will be put to the test again in a byelection in the Montreal riding of LaSalle—Émard—Verdun on Sept. 16 — a contest Liberal Party brass hope won’t deliver a repeat of the party’s failure in a Toronto riding earlier this summer. The Liberals’ byelection loss in Toronto-St. Paul’s — a riding the party had held for more…
