Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government’s proposed changes to capital gains taxes tabled Monday are the “defining measure” of the parliamentary session, putting pressure on the Conservative Party ahead of a vote on the proposal. Proposed changes to the capital gains inclusion rate, first announced in the 2024 federal budget, have been billed as
On the eve of Pride month, a new poll has found declining support for LGBTQ2 rights in Canada. The Ipsos survey polled adults in 26 countries on a variety of metrics measuring support for the queer community.Canada, it found, was among the few countries where support for rights and visibility appeared to register “precipitous drops,”
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Friday he is standing behind controversial remarks he made the day prior despite facing calls to apologize. On Thursday, Ford accused people of bringing “problems from everywhere else in the world” to the province after a recent shooting at a Toronto Jewish girls school.Toronto police told Motorcycle accident toronto today on Thursday
NDP MP Matthew Green says Conservative MP Branden Leslie should apologize for a video published on Leslie’s social media accounts that mixes clips from television newscasts with doctored clips and out-of-context clips. “It ought to be absolutely unacceptable,” Green said. “And and there should be an ethical consensus amongst parties that we will not partake
The City of Toronto is turning to the public for guidance on what to do with its empty office space as vacancies continue to rise. The percentage of vacant office space in the city rose throughout every quarter last year, closing out 2023 at 17.5 per cent – a three per cent increase from the
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The president of the University of British Columbia says its endowment fund doesn’t directly own any stocks that are the target of divestment demands by pro-Palestinian protesters who have set up an encampment on the Vancouver campus. Benoit-Antoine Bacon says the targeted companies are instead part of
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Plans to use a renovated cruise ship to house more than 600 workers as they build a liquefied natural gas facility near Squamish, B.C., have been voted down by the local council. The ship arrived in B.C. waters in January after a 40-day journey from Estonia, where
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was booted from the House of Commons on Tuesday after calling Justin Trudeau a “wacko prime minister.” Speaker of the House Greg Fergus took the step Tuesday during question period, kicking Poilievre out for using language he said was “not considered parliamentary.”The Conservative leader blamed Trudeau for allowing British Columbia to
The government of Alberta has tabled legislation that will give it sweeping powers over municipalities across the province, including the right to fire councillors and overturn bylaws. Bill 20, the Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, includes two pieces of legislation: the Local Authorities Election Act (LAEA) and the Municipal Government Act (MGA).If passed, the amendments
The 2024 federal budget failed to spark a much-needed rebound in the polls for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s trailing Liberal party, according to new Ipsos polling released Tuesday. Canadian reaction to the Liberal government’s latest spending plans shows an historic challenge ahead of the governing party as it tries to keep the reins of government