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2 years

Conservative senator says 'friendly ... patriotic' Ottawa protesters have been demonized. #cdnpoli

Conservative senator says 'friendly ... patriotic' Ottawa protesters have been demonized | CBC News

Conservative Saskatchewan Sen. Denise Batters defended anti-vaccine mandate protesters in a speech late Tuesday, saying these "friendly" and "patriotic" demonstrators have been unfairly maligned by...

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New from me — Immigration lawyers report Canadian Muslims being denied entry to U.S. #cdnpoli

Immigration lawyers report Canadian Muslims being denied entry to U.S. | CBC News

A number of Canadian Muslims have been turned away at the Canada-U.S. border in recent weeks, immigration lawyers say.

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A major development on the vaccine front — PMJT and @AnitaOakville have just announced that Pfizer is moving up 5 million doses from Q3 to Q2. That means 17.8 million Pfizer shots alone will be delivered between April-June.

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NBA player calls out Trudeau for Canada's inaction on Uighur 'genocide.’ #cdnpoli

NBA player calls out Trudeau for Canada's inaction on Uyghur 'genocide' | CBC News

NBA star and human rights campaigner Enes Kanter Freedom is frustrated with what he calls a lacklustre response from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to his calls for more action to help Uyghur Muslims...

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"As the situation evolves we are adjusting our efforts to help you better," Trudeau says. $2,000 a month for the next four months for workers who are not getting a paycheque. "If you've lost your job, were on a contract or self-employed this benefit will be there for you."

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7 years

Here's the @PressSec clip where he appears to call PM "Joe Trudeau," although he really is just tripping all over his words here #hw

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3 years

I've done a bit of number crunching. Based on current delivery estimates — and those could change! — there should be enough Pfizer and Moderna shots coming in May to vaccinate every Ontarian over the age of 30 with at least one shot by the first week of June.

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NEW: Trudeau announces the Canada-U.S. border closure will be extended until June 21 — travel limited to essential workers. "This is an important decision that will keep people in both our countries safe," he says.

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"With the challenges we currently face with COVID-19, both here at home and abroad, we all agree that now is just not the time to be flying," Trudeau says.

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Trudeau says "We need a sustainable stable supply" of PPE. "That means making them at home." PM says he has good news to share: Thornhill Medical, CAE, Ventilators for Canadians, Starfish Medical will produce 30,000 ventilators.

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"I've never seen language like this," former PM Brian Mulroney tells @RosieBarton on Trump's Canada talk. "Least of all from subordinates of the president directed at the prime minister of their greatest friend and ally. This I've never seen before nor has anybody else." #cdnpoli

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Just off the phone with a Conservative caucus member who spoke very frankly about Monday's election. They're not happy with O'Toole. Biggest issue? Campaigning as a "true blue" in the leadership and then abandoning many promises in the general. Carbon tax. Guns. Fiscal prudence.

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So, we've gone from "Don't wear masks" to "Masks are OK" to "You must wear a mask when flying or else" in less than a month.

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Starting Monday, Transport Canada is requiring all travellers to wear masks or face coverings on flights due to COVID-19. If you don't have one, you won't be allowed to board the plane. #cdnpoli

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New — Andrew Scheer spotted without a mask at Toronto's Pearson Airport. #cdnpoli

Andrew Scheer spotted without a mask at Toronto's Pearson Airport | CBC News

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer was seen at a departure gate at Toronto’s Pearson Airport Tuesday without a mask on — an apparent contravention of the rules that apply to travellers passing through...

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Scheer says Trudeau, Morneau need to step aside 'for the good of the country.' #cdnpoli

Scheer says Trudeau, Morneau need to step aside 'for the good of the country' | CBC News

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said today that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Bill Morneau need to "step aside for the good of the country" over the WE Charity scandal.

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. @JustinTrudeau had an audience with her Majesty Queen Elizabeth at Holyrood Palace in Scotland. @RoyalFamily #cdnpoli #hw

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BREAKING | Health Canada approves Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. #cdnpoli

Health Canada approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine | CBC News

The federal government has given the green light to the Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine, a key step toward launching the largest inoculation campaign in Canada's history.

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An Erin O'Toole-led pandemic plan would look like Alberta's COVID crisis, Trudeau says. #cdnpoli

An Erin O'Toole-led pandemic plan would look like Alberta's COVID crisis, Trudeau says | CBC News

With Alberta now in the grip of another public health emergency after a summer largely free of COVID-related restrictions, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said today Canadians can’t trust Conservatives...

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Erin O'Toole is announcing today a Conservative government would allow foreign telecommunications companies to offer cell phone service to Canadians to drive down prices, "provided that the same treatment is reciprocated for Canadian companies in that company's country."

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Scheer wants in-person Parliament to resume on May 25, demands a fiscal update. #cdnpoli

Scheer wants in-person Parliament to resume on May 25, demands a fiscal update | CBC News

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said today Parliament should reconvene on May 25 for regular in-person sittings.

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BREAKING | Ottawa to hike federal carbon tax to $170 a tonne by 2030. #cdnpoli

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"What we're saying — and what we've been saying all along — is that mRNA vaccines are the preferred vaccines," says Dr. Shelley Deeks, the vice-chair of NACI.

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"We need to stand up to Conservatives like Jason Kenney and Doug Ford and the oil barons that are supporting them," Justin Trudeau says on the environment question.

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Commons law clerk says government went too far in redacting WE Charity documents. #cdnpoli

Commons law clerk says government went too far in redacting WE Charity documents | CBC News

The House of Commons law clerk says public servants went too far in redacting the WE Charity documents released to MPs last week — and warns the cuts may have violated a production order from the...

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Speaking on a panel about "Protecting Canadians’ Health" at #LPC21 , Health Minister Patty Hajdu said "she's eternally grateful that our country had a Liberal government" at the onset of this pandemic.

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"I'm not here tonight to attack anybody. I'm here for one single reason, to help elect Erin O'Toole as the next prime minister of Canada," former prime minister Brian Mulroney says at a @CPC_HQ campaign event in Orford, Que.

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2 Conservative MPs switch allegiance from Patrick Brown to Pierre Poilievre. #cdnpoli

2 Conservative MPs switch allegiance from Patrick Brown to Pierre Poilievre | CBC News

Two Conservative MPs have defected from Brampton, Ont. Mayor Patrick Brown's team to support Pierre Poilievre, his main rival in the party's leadership race — a move that leaves Brown with just two...

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First Nations leaders endorse Liberal candidate while at an NDP event. #cdnpoli

First Nations leaders endorse Liberal candidate while at an NDP event | CBC News

Two First Nations leaders from Manitoba endorsed a Liberal candidate running in the province's north while standing next to NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh at a campaign event.

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3 years

For some of the more delicate questions - about O'Toole's balanced budget claim, Islamophobia and his plan to scrap the Liberal $10-a-day child care program - the callers were cut off, which the moderator, John Baird, blamed on "technical issues."

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New — 2 NDP candidates resign, promising to learn more about anti-Semitism. #cdnpoli

2 NDP candidates resign following 'unacceptable' online comments | CBC News

The NDP says two of its candidates have quit the federal election race with less than a week to go, promising to learn more about antisemitism.

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2 years

Just off the phone with a Conservative caucus member who's hopping mad about Denise Batters getting the boot.

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Erin O'Toole is hosting a virtual town hall tonight with voters in Ontario. The party-supplied numbers suggest as many as 36,000 people are tuned in online and on the phone to ask questions and hear O'Toole's pitch.

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U.S. President Joe Biden has just suggested he may send more shots to Canada. "We have talked to our neighbours. As a matter of fact, a fellow who is working really hard to take care of his country and deal with this, I was on the phone with him for half an hour today," he says.

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Calgary police have launched a formal investigation into an incident involving Liberal MP-elect George Chahal. Chahal, who won in the riding of Calgary Skyview, was captured on a doorbell camera the day before the election removing one of his opponent's campaign brochures.

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PM is up. "This is only the beginning," Trudeau says of the aid package that passed the Commons this morning.

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Scheer says Canada has been following 'a policy of appeasement' with China. #cdnpoli

Scheer says Canada has been following 'a policy of appeasement' with China | CBC News

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said today the federal Liberal government should take a harder line with China going forward, and accused it of displaying weakness in the face of aggressive moves...

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O'Toole attacks Trudeau for holding a large campaign event indoors. #cdnpoli

O'Toole attacks Trudeau for holding a large campaign event indoors | CBC News

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole ripped into his Liberal opponent today, saying it was irresponsible for Justin Trudeau to hold a sizable indoor campaign rally during the pandemic.

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'Don't speak to us that way': Indigenous activists react angrily to reporters. #cdnpoli #hw

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Here is the full opening statement from Michael Wernick, the Clerk of the Privy Council of Canada, the most senior bureaucrat in government, at the justice committee today. #cdnpoli

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NEW: NDP's Jagmeet Singh denounces trucker convoy, disagrees with brother-in-law's donation to the cause. #cdnpoli

NDP's Jagmeet Singh denounces trucker convoy, disagrees with brother-in-law's donation to the cause...

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh today condemned a convoy of truckers and others travelling to Ottawa to protest a federal mandate requiring all cross-border drivers to get their COVID-19 shots. He said some...

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@ElizabethMay . @theJagmeetSingh says Scheer's speech on the blockades this morning was "reprehensible. What he said was divisive. It was purposely designed to pit some groups against another - and to me it needs to be denounced. What he is suggesting is not a way forward." #cdnpoli

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BREAKING | Canada, along with the European Union, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the World Bank, today announced an investment of close to $3.8 billion in education for women and girls in crisis and conflict situations. #G7Charlevoix

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BREAKING | Trudeau announces ban on 1,500 'assault-style' firearms — effectively immediately.

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Good morning! I’ll be joining Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on his six-day European tour — we’ll stop first in the Netherlands for an official visit before heading to the G20 summit in Rome (the PM’s 7th!) and COP26 in Glasgow. The focus at all of these stops? Climate. #cdnpoli

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Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer was seen at a departure gate at Toronto's Pearson Airport today without a mask on — an apparent contravention of the rules that apply to all travellers passing through the terminal.

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I want to clear something up: the 450 temporary layoffs announced by CN this week are entirely blockade related. They are separate from the 2019 downsizing. There's been some suggestion here that they're related. They're not. Source: @TeamstersCanada #cdnpoli

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New — Trudeau announces Air Canada, WestJet, Sunwing, and Air Transat are cancelling air service to all Caribbean destinations and Mexico starting this Sunday until April 30th.

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Trudeau, Boris, Macron and Princess Anne had a confab about Trump’s impromptu press conferences at today.

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. @JustinTrudeau , @EmmanuelMacron , @BorisJohnson and other VIPs shared a few words at a Buckingham Palace reception Tuesday. No one mentions @realDonaldTrump by name, but they seem to be discussing his lengthy impromptu press conferences from earlier in the day. (Video: Host Pool)

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Some personal news: I’m thrilled to say I’ve been promoted to “senior reporter” in the CBC’s parliamentary bureau. I’ll be bringing more of my original stories to our flagship broadcast platforms @CBCTheNational and @CBCWorldatSix . Thanks to my amazing colleagues 💪💪

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Some important vaccine updates — Maj. Gen. Dany Fortin says the 590,000 Moderna doses that were delayed last week (slow quality assurance process) are leaving Europe today, and will land in Canada tomorrow morning. Provinces will have them by Saturday, the general says.

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The image below shows some of the firearms banned by the Liberal government in its May 2020 order in council. O'Toole has promised to repeal the ban on these "assault-style" firearms, if elected.

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@AnitaOakville Combined with the 12.3 million more Moderna doses expected in this Q2 period — we will have 30.1 million mRNA vaccines delivered over the next three months. (7 million mRNA will be delivered by the end of this week, for a total of 37.1 million in Jan.-June period.)

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Good morning from Vancouver. Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is announcing support for grieving parents. If elected, a Conservative government will extend EI parental leave for at least eight weeks following the death of a child.

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"Imagine having to fight for the basic rights that your peers enjoy, over and over again. And imagine being criminalized for being who you are," PMJT says #cdnpoli #hw

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BREAKING | Lynn Beyak has been suspended from the Senate for a second time. #cdnpoli

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BREAKING | CBC News is now projecting a Liberal *minority* government.

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BREAKING — In 6-3 decision, Supreme Court rules Ottawa's carbon tax is constitutional. #cdnpoli

Supreme Court rules Ottawa's carbon tax is constitutional | CBC News

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that the federal government's carbon pricing regime is constitutional.

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. @ElizabethMay says Scheer was excluded from the Trudeau-led meeting of opposition leaders because "the speech that Mr. Scheer gave following the PM's statement was viewed as disqualifying him from participation in a discussion on how to find solutions." #cdnpoli

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"Today we acknowledge an often-overlooked part of Canada’s history. Today, we finally talk about Canada’s role in the systemic oppression, criminalization, and violence against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and two-spirit communities," PMJT says #cdnpoli #hw

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NEW: CBC News has learned that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will inform the provinces he will invoke the Emergencies Act to give the federal government extra powers to deal with the protests across the country.

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BREAKING: Federal public servants, RCMP and air and rail travellers must be vaccinated by month's end. #cdnpoli

Federal public servants, RCMP and air and rail travellers must be vaccinated by month's end,...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled his government's mandatory vaccine policy today — a mandate that will require public servants to either get their shots by month's end or be forced into an...

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"From coast to coast to coast, vaccination is underway," Trudeau says. (Five weeks in to this inoculation campaign — just 37,000 people have been fully vaccinated.)

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Maj.-Gen. Fortin confirms *no new doses* of the Serum Institute-produced AstraZeneca shots will arrive this month. One million doses had been expected by month's end — that's not happening now.

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The airport's website stipulates that "all passengers and airport employees" must wear a mask or a face covering "at all times." The mandatory mask rule has been in place since June 1 to stop the spread of COVID-19 among the travelling public.

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New — Liberal delegates endorse a universal basic income, reject capital gain tax hike. #Lib21

Liberal delegates endorse a universal basic income, reject capital gain tax hike | CBC News

Liberal delegates to the party's policy convention have overwhelmingly endorsed a resolution calling for the establishment of a universal basic income (UBI) in Canada, while also rejecting a call to...

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Trudeau makes another plea for Canadians to stay home. "It's not hard to do what we're asking you to do - just stay home. If you must go keep a 2 m distance between you and others," PM says.

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Another new piece of information from @AnitaOakville today — she says deliveries of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson will begin "by the end of April." (That product isn't included in any of the delivery numbers I mentioned above.)

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If the current seat count holds, this Liberal minority government is stronger than what Harper achieved in 2006. 156/338 seats for Trudeau = 46% of the seats. 124/308 for Harper = 40% of the seats.

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BREAKING — Green Party members have picked Toronto lawyer Annamie Paul as their next leader, bringing to a close the year-long race to replace Elizabeth May. #cdnpoli

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Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin says Pfizer will deliver 444,000 doses each week for the first two weeks of March... I really don't know how we will meet the prime minister's 6 million doses delivered by the end of March promise at this point.

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BREAKING: Conservative MPs vote to remove Erin O'Toole as leader

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The prime minister has repeatedly dodged questions in #QP today about whether there will be a drop in Moderna shipments later this month (the week of Feb. 22). The allocation forecasts for that week have disappeared from the Health Canada website -

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"If he had campaigned in the leadership on these ideas he never would have won," the caucus member said. They were also perturbed by O'Toole's idea of mandating workers on corporate boards. "What are we, a communist country? This is incredible coming from a Conservative leader."

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NEW — @BobRae48 has just been appointed Canada's ambassador to the United Nations.

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“The Americans are finding the negotiations tough because Canadians are tough negotiators,” PM Trudeau said this morning after Trump’s negativity on NAFTA yesterday. #cdnpoli

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Le PM Trudeau réagit aux propos de Donald Trump sur l’ #alena et les négociateurs canadiens #polcan

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COVID-19 vaccine maker Providence says it's leaving Canada after calls for more federal support go unanswered. #cdnpoli

COVID-19 vaccine maker Providence says it's leaving Canada after calls for more federal support go...

The head of a homegrown company behind a promising COVID-19 vaccine says he's ready to pull his company out of Canada and take its product elsewhere after calls for more substantial federal support...

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"He campaigned as a Liberal. He wasn't even Liberal lite — he campaigned as a Liberal in this campaign with no input from caucus or the party or anybody else," the caucus member said.

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Scheer says people are 'upset and confused' by Trudeau's decision to attend a protest during the pandemic. #cdnpoli

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@CPC_HQ "Erin O'Toole is tough and he is fair. He is a man of good judgment and good humour. He has strong principles and the courage to stand by them in all circumstances," Mulroney says.

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Liberal MPs filibuster ethics committee meeting, delaying decision on WE Charity probe. #cdnpoli

Liberal MPs filibuster ethics committee meeting, delaying decision on WE Charity probe | CBC News

The House of Commons ethics committee has punted a decision on whether it should launch its own probe of the WE Charity scandal to next week after Liberal MPs filibustered through part of the...

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Virtually every MP has voted in favour of the Uighur genocide motion — with the notable exception of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet ministers who abstained. Foreign Affairs Marc Garneau said he was abstaining "on behalf of the government of Canada." #cdnpoli

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BREAKING | Justin Trudeau has just waived solicitor-client privilege and cabinet confidentiality — allowing @Puglaas to speak freely with one exception #cdnpoli

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The callers with questions about Liberal scandals — "I've always got time to talk Liberal scandals!" O'Toole said — and the "rumour" that the Liberals will tax capital gains on primary residences have had no such "technical issues."

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O'Toole urges Canadians to punish Trudeau for calling 'unwanted and unnecessary election.' #cdnpoli

O'Toole urges Canadians to punish Trudeau for calling 'unwanted and unnecessary election' | CBC News

With just six days left in this election campaign, Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is ramping up the pressure on his Liberal opponent — urging Canadians to punish Justin Trudeau for triggering what...

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. @KellieLeitch 's Collingwood office was vandalized overnight and a tarp with names of #QuebecShooting victims is hanging there #cdnpoli #hw

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New — Source close to CPC Fund tells me they did not know Scheer was receiving party funds to pay for his kids’ private schooling. They were looking into it when Scheer resigned. They do not view his decision to resign as concidental & would not have approved expenses if asked

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Breaking — Julie Payette has resigned as governor general, sources confirm to @AshleyBurkeCBC #cdnpoli

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"O'Toole was willing to give the gun lobby whatever they wanted" during the leadership, the caucus member said, and then he flip-flopped on the assault-style firearms ban during the campaign. "I was stunned," the person said.

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The Prime Minister's Office has confirmed to CBC that Scheer was not invited.

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Michael Kovrig got his shot 💪

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Today I had the honor of providing this man with his first dose at #LawlorPharmasave #pharmacy . "I want everyone to know this, vaccines are the best way to combat this disease". - #MichaelKovrig *Shared with permission*

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And what's the city gonna do about this? "Understanding it is 4:15 p.m., we may only be able to get back to you tomorrow," an @ottawacity comms person tells my @CBCOttawa colleagues. The @NCC_CCN says they're "aware of this situation."

Mackenzie Gray

@Gray_Mackenzie

2 years

500 M from Parliament Hill in Confederation Park, the #TruckersConvoy2022 protestors are building wooden structures #cdnpoli #ottnews

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2 years

NEW: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces Monday will be a federal holiday to mourn the late Queen. Trudeau says the feds are still working out the details with the provinces to see if they'll follow suit in their respective jurisdictions.

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J.P. Tasker

@JPTasker

3 years

NEW — Jane Goodall backs new bill to ban ape, elephant captivity in Canada. #cdnpoli @JaneGoodallInst @SenSincmurr

Jane Goodall backs Sen. Murray Sinclair's bill to ban ape, elephant captivity in Canada | CBC News

World-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall and Manitoba Sen. Murray Sinclair have joined forces to pressure Canada to adopt more ambitious animal welfare legislation that will effectively outlaw...

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@JPTasker

3 years

New — Lynn Beyak is retiring from the Senate, eight years after her appointment by former prime minister Stephen Harper. #cdnpoli

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@JPTasker

5 years

Would you consider becoming a senator in future, Mr. Goodale? "Oh good lord, no. No no no no no no no," he says rather definitively #SenCA

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@JPTasker

4 years

Trudeau says our health care system is "a major asset" during this pandemic - a system where health is a "right not a privilege."

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@JPTasker

3 years

Trudeau made virtually the same promise during the 2019 campaign — $6 billion to hire more doctors — but the Canadian Medical Association recently said they "have yet to see any real commitment to this ongoing issue."

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@JPTasker

3 years

New — Conservative delegates reject adding 'climate change is real' to the policy book. #cdnpoli

Conservative delegates reject adding 'climate change is real' to the policy book | CBC News

Conservative delegates at the party's policy convention have voted to reject adding green-friendly statements to the policy book — including a line that would have stated the party believes "climate...

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J.P. Tasker

@JPTasker

5 years

. @AndrewScheer is announcing he will scrap the mortgage stress test and increase mortgage amortization rates to 30 years for first-time home buyers to make it easier to purchase pricey properties.

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3 years

Canada has ordered 10 million doses from Johnson & Johnson with options for up to 28 million more, if necessary.

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