Quebec cuts taxes and predicts drop in economic growth
Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, kept his party’s election promise to cut income taxes, as he projected economic growth to drop dramatically in 2023.
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Alberta premier promises change to ensure prompt reporting of oilsands spills
Premier Danielle Smith says laggardly public notification of Imperial Oil oilsands wastewater spills has illuminated the need for Alberta to ensure future alarms are sounded quicker.
B.C. salmon farms file court challenge to federal shutdown
A British Columbia salmon farming company is going to court to challenge the federal government's decision not to renew the licences for its open-net farms off Vancouver Island.
Climate group urges Ottawa to step up with home grown U.S. Inflation Reduction Act
As the federal government readies its spring budget, a climate group is urging Ottawa to pursue a "made-in-Canada" response to U.S. clean energy incentives.
Tech companies urge Biden to take hard line against Canada's digital tax, online laws
A high-tech industry coalition in the United States is urging President Joe Biden to take a hard line against Canada's approach to digital services.
Don’t just save the adorable animals
One million species are at risk of extinction, but a handful of charismatic creatures get all the hype. A new conservation strategy has a different focus.
Academics call for crackdown on Ontario steel mill pollution
More than three dozen professors at an Ontario university are calling on the federal and provincial governments to act in response to reporting published by Canada’s National Observer.
Challenge to federal law that poses ‘existential threat’ to Alberta goes to Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Canada this week will examine whether the federal law that evaluates the impacts of proposed resource projects is unconstitutional.
Trudeau chief of staff Katie Telford to testify at foreign interference hearings
Trudeau told reporters Tuesday morning that David Johnston will have access to all relevant documents, including classified information.
Feds fund efforts to tackle disproportionate number of Indigenous, racialized people in Canadian prisons
On Tuesday, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino announced $5 million to support projects that offer culturally relevant programming and called to partner with organizations that offer alternatives to incarceration, like healing lodges.
African nations contemplate swapping debt for climate funding
African countries saddled with debt and ravaged by losses and damages from weather events like cyclones, drought and extreme temperatures have agreed to consider swapping debt to invest in climate action in a meeting of finance ministers in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.
Men lost fingers crossing the border. Now they are Canadian citizens
Razak Iyal was given a warm embrace as he officially became a Canadian citizen, more than six years after nearly freezing to death walking across the Canada-United States border in Manitoba.
Nexus border crossing program to fully resume by April 24
The Nexus trusted-traveller program will fully ramp back up within five weeks, allowing frequent border crossers to complete their applications and speed up their trips, the federal government said on Monday, March 20, 2023.
As Canadian MPs from all parties condemn Punjab crackdown some are threatened online
A cross-section of Canadian MPs are calling out an Indian government crackdown in the state of Punjab, and those criticizing internet restrictions are receiving threatening responses online.
Liberals flirt with making motion on foreign interference a confidence vote
Liberal House leader Mark Holland isn't ruling out turning a Conservative motion on foreign interference into a confidence vote that could topple the government and would test the strength of the supply-and-confidence deal between the Liberals and the NDP.