In the same week Justin Trudeau’s Liberals announced a two-month GST holiday, the federal government also said that $250 spring cheques will go to workers who earned under $150,000 last year. The Political Pulse panel discusses these announcements plus the controversy around Alberta MP Randy Boissonnault's shifting claims about his Indigenous ancestry.
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Thank you, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Canada needed a belly laugh and you came through. Axing the GST on Christmas...
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With the usual disclaimer that a lot can happen in a week, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston and the Progressive...
Justin Trudeau recorded a long video(opens in a new tab) on the subject of immigration and released it over the...
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PICK A NAME,” says one of the two London activists I’m walking down Grosvenor Road with. “We don’t use our...
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The Conservative Party of Canada’s pre-election slogan is “Bring it Home.” This saying is dictionary-defined as making important things clear...
When Russia attacked Ukraine, nearby countries were in shock. Some didn’t even react, although Russian sympathy may also be at...
And so, two months before the White House officially changes hands, the nightmare on Pennsylvania Avenue begins. If anyone thought...
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After a terrorist killed four members of a Muslim family in London, Ontario in 2021, the Government of Canada organized...
With a crowd gathered inside, and pro-Hamas demonstrators outside attempting to disrupt the event, The Abraham Global Peace Initiative (AGPI)...
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In January 2017, the day after Donald Trump signed what he called a “Muslim ban,” limiting travel from some Middle...
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The recent spate of provincial elections in Canada were a mixed bag of results. They were in turn dwarfed by...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is putting Mexico on notice. Earlier this week, in the wake of Donald Trump’s election win...
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