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Two Liberal MPs will host a roundtable on anti-Palestinian racism in Toronto on Friday night to consider whether this type of discrimination should be part of the federal government’s recently updated anti-racism strategy, according to information obtained by CBC News.The move comes after one of the MPs, Salma Zahid of Scarborough Centre, quietly threatened to resign from her parliamentary committee duties three weeks ago in protest.Participating in a committee gives an MP the opportunity to shape legislation before it is enacted, and can also be a stepping stone to a higher office, such as party whip, speaker or even cabinet…

The company, which is building a factory to produce battery parts for electric vehicles near Kingston, Ontario, announced that it will postpone construction after starting in 2023, citing slowing sales of electric vehicles.Umicore Rechargeable Battery Materials said in a statement to CBC News on Friday that the Loyalist Township project is being affected by a “significant deterioration in the EV market environment and its impacts across the supply chain.” The project was expected to cost up to $2.76 billion in total and create 600 jobs in the region by 2023. The federal government was set to invest up to $551.3…

Politics·newThe Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday that for the past 150 years, the Ontario and Canadian governments have “neglected” their treaty obligations to the Anishinaabe people of the Upper Great Lakes Basin.The unanimous ruling found Crown had breached the revenue-sharing agreement, but no settlement was paid.Peter Simonich · CBC News · Posted: July 26, 2024 10:02 AM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes agoThe Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that an 1850 revenue-sharing treaty with the Anishinaabe people of the northern Great Lakes region dishonored the Crown. (Adrian Wilde/The Canadian Press)The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday that…

The opioid addiction epidemic is a serious problem, and there is a major divide between the Liberal and Conservative parties over how the federal government should respond to the crisis.but, Too much noiseDrug addiction is already a difficult problem to solve, but partisan politics tend to make it even more difficult to solve.Now, Conservative leader Pierre Poirierbre is claiming that the government has a “secret plan” to “legalize” hard drugs across the country. But it doesn’t seem like what he’s referring to is “secret,” and it’s not actually a “plan” either. (And it doesn’t even include legalizing hard drugs, because…

The Pentagon released an updated Arctic strategy warning of low-level Russian “destabilizing” activities in the Far North aimed at the U.S., Canada and their allies.The 18-page assessment, released earlier this week, also noted increased naval cooperation in the region between Moscow and Beijing, promising expanded allied military exercises, the introduction of new technologies and greater cooperation with NATO.According to the report, sabotage activities in the Arctic could include Russia jamming Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites.”Of concern, Russian capabilities in the Arctic could endanger the territories of our allies and partners as well as the continental United States,” the strategy states.”Russia…

Conservative Leader Pierre Poirierbre said he would cut all federal funding for programs and facilities that use prescription drug substitution, signaling perhaps his strongest commitment yet to rolling back Liberal drug programs that he says are causing “chaos” on the country’s streets.The Conservative leader said his government would focus on drug recovery, adding that there would be no compromise on so-called “safer supply” facilities, which he said were the cause of the current drug addiction crisis.”Are we going to give any more funding to these institutions that created the crisis? No. They’re not going to get any more funding. They’ve…

Loblaw and its parent company, George Weston Co., announced that they have agreed to pay $500 million to settle a class action lawsuit over their involvement in a bread price fixing scandal.The class action lawsuit was filed against a group of companies that includes Loblaw Inc., Weston’s Inc., Metro Inc., Walmart Canada Inc., Giant Tiger Inc. and Sobeys Inc. and its owner Empire Corp.The plaintiffs allege that over a 14-year period, from 2001 to 2015, the companies participated in an industry-wide price-fixing conspiracy to artificially inflate the price of packaged bread.George Weston will pay $247.5 million in cash, and Loblaw…

The Bank of Canada has predicted that the federal government may not meet its goal of reducing the share of temporary residents in Canada’s population over the next three years.Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced in March that the Canadian government aims to reduce the proportion of immigrants in the population from 6.2% to 5% by 2027.But the Bank of Canada predicted Wednesday that the government would miss that target. The bank’s Monetary Policy Report, released as part of the interest rate cut announcement, said the non-permanent resident (NPR) share of the population has actually increased since the target was set…

Some dog owners say a temporary exemption Canada received from the strictest new U.S. rules for bringing dogs across the border is insufficient and the grace period should be made permanent.Earlier this month, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that starting Aug. 1, dogs entering the U.S. from Canada, a rabies-free country, will face the same updated restrictions imposed on Canadian dog owners. High-risk countries. Canada pushed back, and on Tuesday the CDC updated its policy, Rules for the three categories Dog owners must comply when bringing their dogs into the United States. Two of the…

A House of Commons committee will investigate the Liberal government’s recent purchase of a $9 million Manhattan apartment for the New York consul general.The Government Operations and Budget Committee unanimously agreed Wednesday to hold several meetings next month to study the purchase.The Committee directed the Department of Foreign Affairs of Canada (GAC) to provide a list of properties (including addresses and prices) that have been viewed or considered for purchase as a consular residence in New York.It has also called several witnesses, including New York Consul General Tom Clark, the Deputy Secretary of State for International Affairs, representatives from the…