Parliament resuming as parties jockey for position on cost of living, housing fixes
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Members of Parliament will return to their seats in the House of Commons on Monday as the governing Liberals lay out major new housing and cost-of-living initiatives.
Members of Parliament will return to their seats in the House of Commons on Monday as the governing Liberals lay out major new housing and cost-of-living initiatives.
The Liberals are hoping to end the beating their party is taking in the polls, promising to kick-start a rental housing construction boom by taking the GST off the building cost of new rental units.
They are also summoning the heads of the country's biggest grocery chains to Ottawa Monday to find a way to ease food inflation.
But Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the affordability angst and housing shortage in Canada are both the fault of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the first place.
He intends to introduce housing legislation this week which would also eliminate the GST from new rental builds and withhold federal housing dollars from cities that don't increase their annual housing starts.
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the Conservatives have nothing substantial to offer beyond simple slogans that play up anger at the expense of hope.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 17, 2023.
Susan Thom and Kim Oystrick-Hamilton made 40 buttons to honour the memory of their friend Darren Pipen and the 40th anniversary of his murder.
Community members are coming together to support the grieving mother of Leandro Santos, the 13-year-old boy struck by a train and killed in Mississauga over the March Break.
With contracted services agreements expiring in September, the Alberta government has notified municipalities of its upcoming ground ambulance strategy.
Alberta’s government says it’s looking to change an existing law to let people sue others for sharing fake intimate images created through artificial intelligence.
Four people are dead following two separate avalanches Sunday in the northern British Columbia backcountry.
A former Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) vice chief says what’s happening at the organization is a failure of its people and nothing short of criminal.
A former Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) vice chief says what’s happening at the organization is a failure of its people and nothing short of criminal.
The owner of Caspian Construction told an inquiry he never over-billed the city for the downtown Winnipeg police headquarters project, and he is still owed money on the job.
Alberta’s government says it’s looking to change an existing law to let people sue others for sharing fake intimate images created through artificial intelligence.
Both the S&P 500 and S&P/TSX Composite Index saw significant jumps Monday after President Donald Trump said the United States has talked with Iran about a possible end to their war.
A mechanical issue with a BC Ferries vessel has prompted the company to cancel sailings along its busiest route during the second week of spring break.
First responders crowded a Kitchener street Monday afternoon as they worked to extinguish a house fire.
According to police, a speeding black Chevrolet Tahoe struck two vehicles and a telephone pole before coming to rest after hitting a business sign.