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A senior Mountie testified Thursday he believes political inference was behind RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki’s determination to have police release details on the guns used in the Nova Scotia mass shooting. Chief Supt. Chris Leather made the comment at the public inquiry into the rampage that took 22 lives on …
Read More »The Liberal government’s single-use plastic ban, explained
This week the Liberal government announced it will ban some single-use plastic items in an effort to achieve zero plastic waste by 2030, but only a limited number of products fall under the ban and some of the prohibitions don’t kick in until 2025. The six categories of single-use plastics …
Read More »Splitting P.E.I. into two EI zones made for ‘crass political reasons,’ says former Liberal MP
The decision to split P.E.I. into two EI zones was made for “crass political reasons,” and workers and employers continue to pay the price, says a former Island MP. Wayne Easter was testifying at Senate hearing Thursday, part of the discussions on former P.E.I. Senator Diane Griffin’s bill to reverse the …
Read More »Liberal MPs to join fight against Quebec’s controversial language bill
A number of Montreal-area Liberal MPs will be participating in a protest on Saturday against the Quebec government’s plans to reform its Charter of the French language. While no federal minister is expected to join the march, the presence of Liberal MPs such as Anthony Housefather and Annie Koutrakis points …
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