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New Prime Minister Mark Carney’s team is starting to take shape.iPolitics has learned that Braeden Caley will serve as the deputy chief of staff for Carney. Caley and Carney have worked closely together at the progressive think tank Canada 2020. Caley served as president and CEO, while Carney chaired the advisory board.
Mark Carney says his unique resume makes him the right man to lead Canada during this tumultuous time.Facing steep tariffs from an increasingly antagonistic and unreliable neighbour, he said the country requires a steady hand that can help grow the economy and support workers and businesses from this existential threat.
In a social media post on Thursday, LeBlanc said Carney has “demonstrated he has what it takes to steer a G7 economy through choppy waters.”
Chrystia Freeland says she would dramatically slash the size of cabinet and the Prime Minister’s Office if she becomes the next Liberal leader.Her team told iPolitics in a statement that Freeland would cap the size of cabinet at 20 ministers, a 50 per cent reduction from its current size.
The Quebec Liberal caucus is also calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down, according to sources.
More Liberal MPs are considering not running again if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau doesn’t resign, according to party sources.One sitting Ontario MP said some are re-considering their future as they head back to their ridings now that the House has risen for the holiday break.
The Liberals have tabled legislation that would temporarily remove the GST on some food and consumer products and it appears it will pass with the support of the NDP later this week, iPolitics has learned. The bill, tabled on Thursday, removed any reference to the government sending out $250 cheques to working Canadians in the spring, as it was something...
The NDP won’t support ending the privilege debate but will back a motion to support whatever legislation the Liberals are bringing forward to cut GST on some essentials, iPolitics has learned. An NDP source says the party will support “adjourn[ing] debate for a single day at a time, agreeing to an evening sitting if necessary to ensure the passage of...
The federal Liberals are set to announce a GST cut on a number of items, according to the NDP. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland are scheduled to make an affordability announcement on Thursday in Toronto. The NDP announced late Thursday that it expected the Liberals would introduce a “winter GST holiday on a number of items...
Voters in a Toronto riding that has become a Liberal stronghold are heading to the polls next month to elect a new MP.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday announced that he had scheduled a byelection in Toronto-St. Paul’s on June 24.
Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan has asked the federal labour board to examine whether the railways should operate in a limited capacity in the event of a strike or lockout. O’Regan posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday that he had asked the Canada Industrial Relations Board to consider if some rail services should be maintained during a labour disruption...
Honda is making another splash in the Canadian market.The global automaker is set to announce plans for a new battery parts manufacturing facility in the Niagara Region, possibly as early as next week, iPolitics has learned.
The corporate conglomerate building an electric battery plant in Windsor that is slated to receive billions of dollars in government has ramped its use of foreign workers at the site and has even taken work away from unionized tradespeople in recent weeks, according to explosive new allegations from a national trades union federation. Canada’s Building Trades Union penned a letter...
The Liberals have found their man to lead the second phase of the ports labour review. iPolitics has learned that Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan will appoint veteran mediator Vincent Ready to the post, with an announcement expected today. The review will be conducted as an industrial inquiry commission, as detailed in s. 108 of the Canada Labour Code. Amanda Rogers...
The 2024 federal budget includes a new strategy to free up public land for housing that’s anticipated to add 250,000 new homes by 2031. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s budget, tabled Tuesday in the House, pledges to use a variety of tools to “unlock” federally-owned lands for housing, including granting $500-million over five years to the Public Services and Procurement Department...
The Liberals held talks with the NDP on the latter’s Gaza ceasefire motion — which will come to a vote on Monday — iPolitics has learned.Sources familiar with the talks confirmed on Saturday that they had happened but couldn’t detail what was on the table.
A second Liberal MP has indicated support for an NDP motion calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.Shafqat Ali’s office told iPolitics on Thursday the MP would vote for the motion on Monday, making him the second Liberal — behind Salma Zahid — to voice their support.
The Liberals are moving a motion aimed at ending what they’ve termed as a Conservative filibuster of the government’s green transition jobs bill. The motion, put on the notice paper on Thursday, sets out a deadline for the House natural resources committee to complete its study of C-50, which has languished there for more than a month, with the Liberals...