By Laura Osman The Canadian Press Posted October 10, 2024 6:25 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The pharmacare bill that was central to a political pact between the Liberals and NDP is now set to become law after the Senate passed the bill without making any changes. The…
Washington — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Thursday urged the federal district judge overseeing his prosecution related to the 2020 election to keep from public view evidence accompanying a key legal brief from special counsel Jack Smith that detailed his case against the former president. Trump’s lawyers argued in their two-page filing that…
Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu and Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak are urging MPs across party lines to support legislation to ensure First Nations have clean drinking water in their communities. The government has put forward a bill that seeks to do just that, and also seeks to protect source-water on…
An update on the federal carbon price’s economic impact that corrected an error in earlier reports largely supports previous conclusions, the parliamentary budget officer said Thursday. Yves Giroux said his office still finds the vast majority of households get back more in rebates than they pay for carbon pricing, but for most, those gains are erased after broader economic…
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he supports children and prisoners who are incapable of making decisions for themselves getting mandatory, involuntary drug and psychiatric treatment. That comes after the parents of a 13-year-old girl from B.C. testified at a parliamentary committee about her mental health struggles before her overdose death in an encampment of homeless people…
Rachel Reeves could raise capital gains tax on sales of second homes and businesses to as high as 39% at this months budget, reports have suggested. The Chancellor is said to be considering the hike from the current rate of between 20% and 28% for higher-rate taxpayers. A Treasury spokesman said any reports on specific…
It’s not yet Halloween, let alone Advent, but parliament has launched its new Christmas jumper design for the 2024 Christmas season. And it appears to be politically neutral. The unveiling also comes before Scrooge Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ 30 October budget, which has many MPs chuntering “Bah, humbug!” over her winter fuel payment cuts. Follow politics…
By Sarah Vine and Andrew Pierce Published: 17:05 BST, 10 October 2024 | Updated: 17:42 BST, 10 October 2024 Episode Guide As Florida braces itself for the arrival of what is predicted to be one of the worst hurricanes of the century, President Biden has urged residents of the State to evacuate. As of yesterday…
Ex-No 10 chief of staff Sue Gray will not attend a regional investment summit on Friday, after recently becoming the PM’s regional envoy. The civil servant was appointed to the newly-created role at the weekend, after leaving her former job amid internal battles over her influence. Government sources said she is taking a break before…
PA Badenoch making her pitch to become party leader in front of members at this month’s Conservative conference The MP for North West Essex has made it through to the final round of the Conservative leadership contest along with the Newark MP Robert Jenrick, but is she the right person for the job? Kemi Badenoch…
