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The last time all of Canada’s premiers sat down around the same table, their attention was focused on getting Ottawa to pay more to fix the understaffed, hospitals, shuttered emergency rooms, surgical backlogs and health-worker shortages threatening the viability of their health systems. When they sit down in Winnipeg for …
Read More »Federal budget, transit on the agenda as Trudeau visits Manitoba – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a busy day planned Wednesday, during his visit to Manitoba to promote his government’s new budget. Among Trudeau’s stops in Winnipeg: a meeting with students to highlight budget measures, a clean economy announcement, a meeting with trade …
Read More »Ring of Fire topped agenda at recent meetings between Ford and Trudeau, docs show
An all-season road to Ontario‘s Ring of Fire — a region with rich deposits of critical minerals needed for battery manufacturing — appears to have been a primary preoccupation for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier Doug Ford during four successive meetings in the latter half of 2022. Federal briefing …
Read More »Ontario legislators set to return to Queen’s Park with health reform on agenda
The Ontario legislature is set to resume sitting today after a two-month winter break that began in December. The province is expected to introduce legislation containing heath reforms promised last month. The legislation will include allowing private clinics to perform more surgical procedures and diagnostic tests among other changes designed …
Read More »Liberals put inflation help, disability benefit at top of fall parliamentary agenda
The Liberals are signalling that their fall priority will be helping Canada’s most vulnerable as the House of Commons resumes sitting today. Many will be watching to see if sparks fly between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and new Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Those hoping for that first showdown will have …
Read More »Liberals begin cabinet retreat with cost of living, economy topping the agenda
With Parliament getting ready for the return of MPs, the Liberal cabinet is kicking off three days of meetings in Vancouver today to hash out the government’s fall playbook, with the rising cost of living and the state of the economy expected to top the agenda. “The tone going into this is getting …
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