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NDP to back Tory motion calling for carbon price off all heat sources

NDP to back Tory motion calling for carbon price off all heat sources

OTTAWA — The New Democrats intend to back the Conservatives on a motion to pull the carbon price off all home heating until after the next election, NDP House Leader Peter Julian said Thursday.
A year out from the election, Biden’s strategy is to revive 2020 themes, drawing contrast with Trump

A year out from the election, Biden’s strategy is to revive 2020 themes, drawing contrast with Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — One year out from Election Day, President Joe Biden ’s reelection campaign is outlining a plan to retain the White House by framing the 2024 race around many of the same themes it used in 2020 — presenting a contrast with Donald Tru
Canadian prisons 'disturbingly and unconscionably Indigenized': corrections watchdog

Canadian prisons 'disturbingly and unconscionably Indigenized': corrections watchdog

OTTAWA — The federal prison watchdog says there are still too many Indigenous people behind bars in Canada.
Democrats fear that Biden's Israel-Hamas war stance could cost him reelection in Michigan

Democrats fear that Biden's Israel-Hamas war stance could cost him reelection in Michigan

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Defunding CBC would be 'devastating' to news in rural Canada, network president warns

Defunding CBC would be 'devastating' to news in rural Canada, network president warns

OTTAWA — The president and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada defended the public broadcaster and its independence Thursday from a fresh barrage of pointed Conservative questions about its coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Alberta proposes law on pension-exit referendum, but bill doesn't make result binding

Alberta proposes law on pension-exit referendum, but bill doesn't make result binding

EDMONTON — The Alberta government has introduced legislation promising residents will get a say in a referendum on leaving the Canada Pension Plan, but the bill does not force the government to accept the result.
Tax avoidance: Canadian companies transferred $120B to Luxembourg, study says

Tax avoidance: Canadian companies transferred $120B to Luxembourg, study says

MONTREAL — A Quebec research institute says some of Canada's biggest companies have transferred billions of dollars in profits to Luxembourg to avoid paying domestic taxes.
Canadian man in Gaza says Ottawa has asked him to be prepared to leave with family

Canadian man in Gaza says Ottawa has asked him to be prepared to leave with family

A Canadian man trying to get out of Gaza with his family says Global Affairs Canada asked him Thursday to gather his documents and be prepared to leave at any moment through the enclave's border crossing with Egypt.
Minister intervenes in deportation of man facing death sentence in Egypt

Minister intervenes in deportation of man facing death sentence in Egypt

OTTAWA — A Montreal man who was set to be deported from Canada to Egypt, where he faces a death sentence, was given a last-minute reprieve Wednesday as the federal immigration minister intervened in his case and prevented his removal. Dr.
RCMP official accused of leaks was acting on secret info from foreign agency: defence

RCMP official accused of leaks was acting on secret info from foreign agency: defence

OTTAWA — A lawyer for Cameron Jay Ortis, a former RCMP intelligence official accused of leaking classified material, says Ortis was acting largely on secret information passed to him by a foreign agency.