PBO slams Carney’s creative accounting as deficit looms
Western Standard News Services / westernstandard - The Parliamentary Budget Officer has delivered a damning critique of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Budget 2025, calling out Ottawa’s “overly expansive” definition of capital spending and warning that the government’s promise to balance the operating budget…
- Fiscal misreporting and accounting controversies (7)
- Political debates and partisan reactions (3)
- Public service cuts and social impact (3)
- Unique budget allocation quirks (2)
Fiscal misreporting and accounting controversies
Political debates and partisan reactions
Public service cuts and social impact
Unique budget allocation quirks
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Major projects list has some Indigenous support, but more needed: Carney
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Prime Minister Mark Carney says his list of major projects has received support from some Indigenous groups, but more will be needed.
- Energy infrastructure and executive maneuvers (4)
- Indigenous engagement scrutiny (3)
- Mining projects spark environmental debates (4)
- Provincial politics and pipeline clashes (4)
Energy infrastructure and executive maneuvers
Indigenous engagement scrutiny
Mining projects spark environmental debates
Provincial politics and pipeline clashes
Back to Top / Friday, November 14, 2025, 8:21 am / permalink 15958 / 15 stories in 3 months
Palestinian flag raising at Toronto City Hall adds to tensions between the mayor and the Jewish community
Jonathan Rothman / thecjn - Critics say the move 'is not only insensitive but also reckless and irresponsible.' The post Palestinian flag raising at Toronto City Hall adds to tensions between the mayor and the Jewish community appeared first on The Canadian Jewish News.
Back to Top / Thursday, November 13, 2025, 6:22 pm / permalink 15950 / 4 stories in 3 months
Soraya Martinez Ferrada to be sworn in Thursday as mayor of Montreal
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Montreal's new mayor will formally assume the city's top role today during a swearing-in ceremony.
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Poilievre says he won’t be changing his leadership style after caucus departures
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre said Wednesday that he has no plans to change his leadership style after the party recently lost two of its MPs.
Back to Top / Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 6:21 pm / permalink 15910 / 7 stories in 3 months
Epstein emails released by Democrats say Trump ‘knew about the girls’ and spent time with victim
Lucas Casaletto / citynews - Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2011 email that Donald Trump had “spent hours” at Epstein’s house with a victim of sex trafficking and said in a separate message years later that Trump “knew about the girls,” according to communications rel…
Back to Top / Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 10:22 am / permalink 15893 / 5 stories in 3 months
Please Advise! Are Poilievre’s Conservatives in Full Bully Mode?
Steve Burgess / thetyee - Party enforcers called a defecting MP a lying snake. But nicely, they say.
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Massive car blast in Delhi, India kills at least 10
Denette Wilford / torontosun - A car explosion killed at least 10 people near a metro station at the landmark Red Fort monument in northern India on Monday, according to a hospital official.
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What can Canada’s left learn from Mamdani’s win?
Patricia D'Cunha / citynews - After a crumbling loss in the federal election, coupled with Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal shift towards the centre, the NDP is grappling with a political identity crisis. What does it stand for? Who do they represent? And does Canada’s population …
Back to Top / Monday, November 10, 2025, 10:22 am / permalink 15843 / 4 stories in 3 months
States face uncertainty as Trump administration tries to reverse SNAP food payments
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - States administering a federal food aid program serving about 42 million Americans faced uncertainty Monday over whether they can — and should — provide full monthly benefits during an ongoing legal battle involving the U.S. government shutdown.
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TERRAZZANO: Mark Carney shrugs off debt problem with more borrowing
Ian Shantz / torontosun - Prime minister's first budget shows Ottawa will borrow about $80 billion this year.
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Canadians honour Indigenous veterans with ceremonies across the country
Prisha Dev / globalnews - Canadians marked Indigenous Veterans Day with ceremonies countrywide, honouring First Nations, Inuit and Métis service members and calling for continued reconciliation.
Back to Top / Saturday, November 8, 2025, 6:20 pm / permalink 15809 / 2 stories in 3 months
Alberta creates committee to tackle class sizes after forcing striking teachers back to work
theglobeandmail - Premier Danielle Smith, who will chair the 11-person taskforce, says there will be opportunity for input from educators and school boards.
Back to Top / Saturday, November 8, 2025, 4:21 pm / permalink 15807 / 4 stories in 3 months
Moe secures strong support in leadership vote
Christopher Oldcorn / westernstandard - Premier Scott Moe has won a solid endorsement from Saskatchewan Party members, earning more than 80% support in a leadership confidence vote at the party’s convention in Saskatoon.
Back to Top / Saturday, November 8, 2025, 3:21 pm / permalink 15804 / 6 stories in 3 months
A dramatic week that buried the budget but left the Liberals purring anyway
Shannon Proudfoot / theglobeandmail - Carney’s first budget was maybe the least exciting thing to happen this week after a Conservative MP crossed the floor and another abruptly resigned
Back to Top / Saturday, November 8, 2025, 6:20 am / permalink 15791 / 10 stories in 3 months
Pierre Poilievre's goose is cooked
Adrienne Tanner / nationalobserver - The departure of two Conservative MPs this week doesn't bode well for Poilievre's chances of surviving a January leadership review
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Letters, Nov. 7, 2025: ‘Curious move as MP defects to Liberals’
Joe Langford / calgarysun - Shameful act MP Chris D’entremont of Halifax crossed the floor in the House of Commons, moving from the official opposition Conservatives over to the Liberal party. He claims his motive is he disagrees with Pierre Polievre’s leadership and policies. I fin…
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N.S. premier criticizes ‘disgusting’ ban on staff wearing poppies in some courtrooms
Rebecca Lau / globalnews - 'Disgusting' is how Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston described the decision not to allow staff to wear poppies in some courtrooms ahead of Remembrance Day.
Back to Top / Friday, November 7, 2025, 10:22 am / permalink 15763 / 5 stories in 3 months
Ontario to scrap legal requirement to set and update climate target
John Marchesan / citynews - The Ontario government is set to scrap requirements that it set an emissions target and update its climate plan, wiping out key measures for holding the government to account on efforts to fight global warming. A plan to repeal parts of the 2018 Cap and T…
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Alberta teachers to challenge government's back-to-work order
theglobeandmail - The Alberta teachers' union says it is taking Premier Danielle Smith's government to court for passing a law to end their weeks-long strike and for using the Charter's notwithstanding clause to do it.
Back to Top / Thursday, November 6, 2025, 7:22 pm / permalink 15752 / 9 stories in 4 months