‘Vast majority’ of Liberal caucus wants Trudeau to resign, MP says
A Liberal MP who has called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to resign says the “vast majority” of caucus colleagues he’s spoken to feel the same way.
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A Liberal MP who has called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to resign says the “vast majority” of caucus colleagues he’s spoken to feel the same way.
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Global News
‘Vast majority’ of Liberal caucus wants Trudeau to resign, MP says - National | Globalnews.ca
Liberal MP Anthony Housefather says Trudeau has lost the confidence of Canadians and wants to ensure Liberals can offer a different vision in the next election.
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Chrystia Freeland pegged by some Liberal MPs as Justin Trudeau's successor if he resigns
Among the Liberal MPs publicly calling on Trudeau to step down, a small number have come forward to throw their support behind Freeland.
Ontario Liberal MP Chandra Arya said.
What a dumb move that would be.
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Among the Liberal MPs publicly calling on Trudeau to step down, a small number have come forward to throw their support behind Freeland.
By design or by circumstance, her time of resignation has put her into the spotlight. And she appears to be the person around whom the caucus members can rally behind.
Ontario Liberal MP Chandra Arya said.
What a dumb move that would be.
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CBC
Chrystia Freeland pegged by some Liberal MPs as Justin Trudeau's successor if he resigns | CBC News
Calls are growing from within the Liberal caucus for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down as party leader — and some have pegged Chrystia Freeland as their choice to replace him.
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'Let's pull the plug and solve this,' Danielle Smith says, calling for immediate federal election
When Premier Danielle Smith looks at Ottawa this time, as the federal Liberals desperately try to regroup, she sees “somebody who is trying to shuffle their way out of chaos.”
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When Premier Danielle Smith looks at Ottawa this time, as the federal Liberals desperately try to regroup, she sees “somebody who is trying to shuffle their way out of chaos.”
You can’t do that. The only way you can solve this kind of chaos is to get a mandate. It is to have an election. I think there’s a real danger if this just drags on and on and on for months when we’re right in the middle of a very serious threat from a biggest trading partner, the United States.
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National Post
Rick Bell: 'Let's pull the plug and solve this,' Danielle Smith says, calling for immediate federal election
When Premier Danielle Smith looks at Ottawa this time, as the federal Liberals desperately try to regroup, she sees “somebody who is trying to shuffle their way out of chaos.”
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More than 50 Liberal MPs leave call with 'consensus' Justin Trudeau should step down
More than 50 Liberal Party members of parliament from Ontario came to a “consensus” during a conference call that Justin Trudeau must step down as prime minister, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported.
That would represent about a third of the Liberal caucus, which has 153 seats in Canada’s House of Commons. However, there’s no formal mechanism for Liberal lawmakers to eject their leader or trigger a contest.
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More than 50 Liberal Party members of parliament from Ontario came to a “consensus” during a conference call that Justin Trudeau must step down as prime minister, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported.
That would represent about a third of the Liberal caucus, which has 153 seats in Canada’s House of Commons. However, there’s no formal mechanism for Liberal lawmakers to eject their leader or trigger a contest.
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National Post
More than 50 Liberal MPs leave call with 'consensus' Justin Trudeau should step down: CBC
More than 50 Liberal Party members of parliament from Ontario came to a “consensus” during a conference call that Justin Trudeau must step down as prime minister, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported.
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🎅Doug Ford dresses like Santa, outlines provincial wish list in 2024 Christmas message
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is pushing for unity and laying out the province’s wishes for the new year in his latest Christmas message.
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford is pushing for unity and laying out the province’s wishes for the new year in his latest Christmas message.
'Twas the night before Christmas and our province stood tall, with visions of progress uniting us all. As we look ahead to another New Year, here’s what we’re working on to bring you good cheer.
As Christmas arrives with hope shining bright, we’re forging ahead with unwavering might. I’m grateful to the people of Ontario for your trust and your cheer. Together, we’ll build the future that’s stronger each year. Merry Christmas to all with the new year in sight. Merry Christmas, Ontario, and to all a good night.
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Doug Ford dresses like Santa, outlines provincial wish list in 2024 Christmas message
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is pushing for unity and laying out the province’s wishes for the new year in his latest Christmas message.
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🇺🇸 Joly, LeBlanc to talk border security and trade with Trump’s team in Florida
Two federal government ministers are visiting the Palm Beach area in Florida Friday to discuss border security and trade with senior Republicans who are part of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s team.
Both Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly and Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc have meetings in the vicinity of the town, where Mr. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence is located and where some of his associates and nominees are camped out.
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Two federal government ministers are visiting the Palm Beach area in Florida Friday to discuss border security and trade with senior Republicans who are part of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s team.
Both Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly and Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc have meetings in the vicinity of the town, where Mr. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence is located and where some of his associates and nominees are camped out.
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The Globe and Mail
Joly, LeBlanc to talk border security and trade with Trump’s team in Florida
Both the foreign affairs minister and the finance minister have meetings Friday near the town where Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence is located
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🪖Poilievre promises to end woke culture in military
Poilievre said he wants to eradicate the woke culture forced into the Canadian Armed Forces by the Trudeau Liberals.
“We will rebuild our military, and our soldiers will once again, have a warrior culture, not a woke culture,” Poilievre said.
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Poilievre said he wants to eradicate the woke culture forced into the Canadian Armed Forces by the Trudeau Liberals.
“We will rebuild our military, and our soldiers will once again, have a warrior culture, not a woke culture,” Poilievre said.
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LILLEY: Poilievre promises to end woke culture in military
Conservative leader says under his plan to let warriors be warriors, recruitment will soar rather than sag as it has under Trudeau
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🇺🇸Trudeau appears to break silence on Trump ribbing
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appears to have broken his silence and addressed comments made by Donald Trump encouraging Canada to become “our 51st state.”
Trudeau wrote on X Thursday afternoon above a video ahead of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver aired by the American news outlet NBC. The six-minute clip narrated by Tom Brokaw gives a broad overview of Canadian politics, landscapes and formative moments in the national memory.
This response is as weak as Trudeau.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appears to have broken his silence and addressed comments made by Donald Trump encouraging Canada to become “our 51st state.”
Some information about Canada for Americans
Trudeau wrote on X Thursday afternoon above a video ahead of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver aired by the American news outlet NBC. The six-minute clip narrated by Tom Brokaw gives a broad overview of Canadian politics, landscapes and formative moments in the national memory.
This response is as weak as Trudeau.
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National Post
Trudeau appears to break silence on Trump ribbing
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appears to have broken his silence and addressed comments made by Donald Trump encouraging Canada to become “our 51st state.”
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Should Trudeau resign? 69 per cent of Canadians say yes, according to new poll
🔹The new Leger poll finds that a record 69 per cent of Canadians now think Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should resign.
🔹It also recorded new highs for government dissatisfaction: 72 per cent of respondents said they were dissatisfied with the Trudeau government.
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🔹The new Leger poll finds that a record 69 per cent of Canadians now think Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should resign.
🔹It also recorded new highs for government dissatisfaction: 72 per cent of respondents said they were dissatisfied with the Trudeau government.
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National Post
Should Trudeau resign? 69 per cent of Canadians say yes, according to new poll
As the Trudeau government enters the second week of a very public internal feud, a new Leger survey finds that the scandal hasn’t done all that much to hurt its poll numbers — but that might be because Liberal support has already hit rock bottom.
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📈 Alberta's population boom is slowing but still outpacing the rest of Canada
After Alberta's population boomed through the first half of 2024, its growth slowed during the third quarter of this year.
But even while less people answered Alberta's call, the province's population is still growing more quickly than the rest of Canada.
As of Oct. 1, Statistics Canada recorded Alberta's population to be 4,931,601. That's roughly 43,000 more, or a 0.9 per cent increase, from the 4,888,723 recorded three months earlier. The pace of growth remains higher than the national rate, and tops any other province or territory.
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After Alberta's population boomed through the first half of 2024, its growth slowed during the third quarter of this year.
But even while less people answered Alberta's call, the province's population is still growing more quickly than the rest of Canada.
As of Oct. 1, Statistics Canada recorded Alberta's population to be 4,931,601. That's roughly 43,000 more, or a 0.9 per cent increase, from the 4,888,723 recorded three months earlier. The pace of growth remains higher than the national rate, and tops any other province or territory.
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CBC
Alberta's population boom is slowing but still outpacing the rest of Canada | CBC News
While less people are answering the call to move to Alberta, it still led all other provinces and territories in population growth and interprovincial migration in Q3 of 2024.
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💉Canada records 50,000 opioid overdose deaths since 2016
Health Canada reported a total of 49,105 "apparent opioid toxicity deaths" from the start of 2016 to June of 2024.
Fentanyl was involved in 79 percent of opioid deaths in 2024, a figure that has increased by 39 percent since 2016, the agency said.
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Health Canada reported a total of 49,105 "apparent opioid toxicity deaths" from the start of 2016 to June of 2024.
Fentanyl was involved in 79 percent of opioid deaths in 2024, a figure that has increased by 39 percent since 2016, the agency said.
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France 24
Canada records 50,000 opioid overdose deaths since 2016
Nearly 50,000 people in Canada died of an apparent opioid overdose from January 2016 to June 2024, with fentanyl playing an increasingly prominent role in fatalities, the national health agency said…
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🏠 Home affordability improves, but still challenging for many Canadians: RBC report
A new report from RBC Economics says home affordability in Canada is improving, though strains remain.
RBC says home ownership costs as a percentage of median household income remain close to worst-ever levels, at 58.4 per cent in the third quarter of 2024.
The share of income a median Canadian household would need to cover mortgage payments, property taxes and utilities hit an all-time high of 63.8 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2023.
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A new report from RBC Economics says home affordability in Canada is improving, though strains remain.
RBC says home ownership costs as a percentage of median household income remain close to worst-ever levels, at 58.4 per cent in the third quarter of 2024.
The share of income a median Canadian household would need to cover mortgage payments, property taxes and utilities hit an all-time high of 63.8 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2023.
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Home affordability improves, but still challenging for many Canadians: RBC report
A new report from RBC Economics says home affordability in Canada is improving, though strains remain.
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🇺🇸 Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will attempt to dissuade Trump from Canadian tariffs in Washington visit
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will be in Washington for Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, attending a series of events over six days, including the swearing-in at the Capitol building and state society balls.
She will be making the case that affordable raw products from Canada, including oil imports from her province, allow for trillions of dollars in American wealth creation. She believes Mr. Trump’s promise of a 25-per-cent tariff on all Canadian goods is not an idle threat and will be put in place – even for a short period, in some form – after the incoming president takes office.
Ms. Smith said.
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will be in Washington for Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, attending a series of events over six days, including the swearing-in at the Capitol building and state society balls.
She will be making the case that affordable raw products from Canada, including oil imports from her province, allow for trillions of dollars in American wealth creation. She believes Mr. Trump’s promise of a 25-per-cent tariff on all Canadian goods is not an idle threat and will be put in place – even for a short period, in some form – after the incoming president takes office.
None of us can afford to have 25-per-cent tariffs on our products. It will be the overriding issue of next year, if it doesn’t get resolved.
Ms. Smith said.
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will attempt to dissuade Trump from Canadian tariffs in Washington visit
Smith will be making the case that affordable raw products from Canada, including oil imports from her province, allow for trillions of dollars in American wealth creation
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'A shadow of its former self': Economists warn about Canada's manufacturing decline
Canada risks becoming “irrelevant” to global supply chains, with negative consequences for Canadians’ standard of living and productivity, without serious reform to revive its struggling manufacturing sector, National Bank of Canada economists warn.
They cite numerous factors for the decline, among them “structural economic shifts, insufficient investment, inadequate policy support, and pressures—both competitive and uncompetitive—from global markets.”
The consequences are clear: Canada’s manufacturing sector, measured as a percentage of gross domestic product, is tied with the U.K. for the smallest in the G7 at nine per cent, the report says. Since 2018, 15 of 18 manufacturing industries in Canada have reported negative growth.
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Canada risks becoming “irrelevant” to global supply chains, with negative consequences for Canadians’ standard of living and productivity, without serious reform to revive its struggling manufacturing sector, National Bank of Canada economists warn.
They cite numerous factors for the decline, among them “structural economic shifts, insufficient investment, inadequate policy support, and pressures—both competitive and uncompetitive—from global markets.”
The consequences are clear: Canada’s manufacturing sector, measured as a percentage of gross domestic product, is tied with the U.K. for the smallest in the G7 at nine per cent, the report says. Since 2018, 15 of 18 manufacturing industries in Canada have reported negative growth.
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Yahoo Finance
'A shadow of its former self': Economists warn about Canada's manufacturing decline
"Without decisive action, Canada risks becoming irrelevant in the North American and global manufacturing supply chains."
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Canada ends flagpoling for those seeking work and study permits at the border
Work and study permits will no longer be available for flagpolers at ports of entry in Canada.
Flagpolers are foreign nationals holding temporary resident status in Canada who leave the country and re-enter to access immigration services, such as work or study permits, at a port of entry rather than submitting a renewal application through Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) reports that more than 69,300 flagpolers were processed between April 1, 2023 and March 31, 2024 primarily in the Pacific, southern Ontario and Quebec regions.
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Work and study permits will no longer be available for flagpolers at ports of entry in Canada.
Flagpolers are foreign nationals holding temporary resident status in Canada who leave the country and re-enter to access immigration services, such as work or study permits, at a port of entry rather than submitting a renewal application through Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) reports that more than 69,300 flagpolers were processed between April 1, 2023 and March 31, 2024 primarily in the Pacific, southern Ontario and Quebec regions.
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CBC
Canada ends flagpoling for those seeking work and study permits at the border | CBC News
Work and study permits will no longer be available for flagpolers at ports of entry in Canada.
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🪖Troops say quality of life is dropping, according to new DND report
Less than a third of Canadian military members surveyed by the armed forces feel that organization provides a reasonable quality of life for them and their families, according to a new defence department report.
🔹The report noted that in fiscal year 2022-2023, the percentage of military personnel who felt that the Canadian Forces provided a reasonable quality of life for them and their families was 43.2 per cent.
🔹The percentage of military personnel who felt positive about their jobs in 2022-2023 was 60.9 per cent. That dropped slightly to 57.7 per cent
🔹The report also noted that the percentage of Canadian military members who are satisfied with the overall support their family receives from the armed forces has also dropped. In 2022-2023 that figure was 64.3 per cent. For the 2023-2024 period it is 57.7 per cent.
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Less than a third of Canadian military members surveyed by the armed forces feel that organization provides a reasonable quality of life for them and their families, according to a new defence department report.
🔹The report noted that in fiscal year 2022-2023, the percentage of military personnel who felt that the Canadian Forces provided a reasonable quality of life for them and their families was 43.2 per cent.
🔹The percentage of military personnel who felt positive about their jobs in 2022-2023 was 60.9 per cent. That dropped slightly to 57.7 per cent
🔹The report also noted that the percentage of Canadian military members who are satisfied with the overall support their family receives from the armed forces has also dropped. In 2022-2023 that figure was 64.3 per cent. For the 2023-2024 period it is 57.7 per cent.
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Troops say quality of life is dropping, according to new DND report
Less than a third of Canadian military members reported a reasonable quality of life.
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Court hits pause on global streamers’ upcoming Canadian content payments
The Federal Court of Appeal says big streaming companies won’t have to pay for Canadian content until the court hears their appeal of a CRTC decision ordering them to pay.
In June, the CRTC said that foreign streamers must contribute five per cent of their annual Canadian revenues to a fund devoted to producing Canadian content, including local TV and radio news.
Big global streamers like Netflix and Disney Plus launched court challenges of that order, which the regulator made under the Online Streaming Act.
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The Federal Court of Appeal says big streaming companies won’t have to pay for Canadian content until the court hears their appeal of a CRTC decision ordering them to pay.
In June, the CRTC said that foreign streamers must contribute five per cent of their annual Canadian revenues to a fund devoted to producing Canadian content, including local TV and radio news.
Big global streamers like Netflix and Disney Plus launched court challenges of that order, which the regulator made under the Online Streaming Act.
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Court hits pause on global streamers’ upcoming Canadian content payments
OTTAWA — The Federal Court of Appeal says big streaming companies won’t have to pay for Canadian content until the court hears their appeal of a CRTC decision ordering them to pay. In June, the CRTC said that foreign streamers must contribute five per cent…
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