U.K. takes aim at allies like Canada, wants higher NATO targets
Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Cameron is urging the U.K.’s allies, including Canada, to spend more on their militaries, warning the West needs a “harder edge for a tougher world.”
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Capital gains changes could have ‘irreversible’ effects, business groups warn
Business groups are warning Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland that increasing Canada’s capital gains inclusion rate will have “significant knock-on impacts” if implemented with possible “irreversible repercussions.”
Could notwithstanding clause be used on abortion? Poilievre’s office says ‘never’
As an annual anti-abortion rally prepares to gather on Parliament Hill, Liberal and Conservatives have been trading political barbs over whether abortion access could face attempts to curtail it.
Canada safe sport commission to be led by former Ontario chief justice
Former Ontario chief justice Lise Maisonneuve will lead the Future of Sport in Canada Commission.
Jewish students say they don’t feel safe from antisemitism on campus
Jewish students from major Canadian universities appeared on Parliament Hill Wednesday to raise the alarm about a rise in antisemitism on their campuses amid the Israel-Hamas conflict.
‘Summer of discontent’ coming over public service in-office order: unions
Canada’s largest public service unions are threatening a “summer of discontent” after Ottawa mandated that federal civil servants return to the office three days a week.
Minister Boissonnault to testify before ethics committee over ties to lobbyist, PPE company
Members of the Parliamentary ethics committee have approved a motion to call Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault and ethics commissioner Konrad von Finckenstein to testify about the minister’s ties to a lobbyist and a medical supply company revealed by Global News.
U.K. to expel Russian defence attaché for ‘malign activity’
The United Kingdom will expel a Russian diplomat it accuses of being a spy, and revoke and restrict Russian diplomatic privileges after a British minister accused the country of “malign activity.”