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With little more than a month to go before the next federal election, party leaders have proposed a laundry list of measures (here and here) to deal with Canada’s growing low-waged workforce. Following changes to the Canada Labour Code, the Liberals continue to mull a guaranteed national minimum income. Short on details, the Conservatives have vowed to improve credential recognition for new immigrants to help them get jobs. Both the NDP and Green parties have promised to raise the federal

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau admitted that he’s worn makeup that mocked and dehumanized brown and black people on at least three separate occasions.Most of us haven’t worn blackface, hopefully. But because we live in the world we live in, most Canadians have probably (consciously or unconsciously) engaged in some sort of racism. Voters will decide if Trudeau’s racist acts impact their election choices, but for the rest of us who don’t occupy such positions of p

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will announce a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, according to the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post.The speaker had been the biggest obstacle to opening a full impeachment inquiry by a floor vote in the House of Representatives. She had previously argued that a fully empowered impeachment inquiry into Trump would be divisive, distract from Democrats’ agenda and force recently elected freshmen members, many in closely divide

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has announced a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, calling his conduct “a violation of the law.”The speaker had been the biggest obstacle to opening a full impeachment inquiry by a floor vote in the House of Representatives. She had previously argued that a fully empowered impeachment inquiry into Trump would be divisive, distract from Democrats’ agenda and force recently elected freshmen members, many in

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has announced a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, calling his conduct “a violation of the law.”The speaker had been the biggest obstacle to opening a full impeachment inquiry by a floor vote in the House of Representatives. She had previously argued that a fully empowered impeachment inquiry into Trump would be divisive, distract from Democrats’ agenda and force recently elected freshmen members, many in

Sometimes you don’t need a lot of words to get your point across. That was definitely the case Tuesday when the NDP issued a press release in response to Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s climate plan.Trudeau was campaigning in NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s B.C. riding Tuesday to announce his party’s climate change policies in its election platform. Trudeau says he plans to push Canada to net-zero emissions by 2050, through strategies such as tax cuts for small clean energy bu

Sometimes you don’t need a lot of words to get your point across. That was definitely the case Tuesday when the NDP issued a press release in response to Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s climate plan.Trudeau was campaigning in NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s B.C. riding Tuesday to announce his party’s climate change policies in its election platform. Trudeau says he plans to push Canada to net-zero emissions by 2050, through strategies such as tax cuts for small clean energy bu

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have set out on their first royal tour as a family of three, and, with baby Archie in tow, the pair opened up about a new skill they’re “learning and developing” together: parenting.For the first stop on their royal tour, Prince Harry and Meghan landed in South Africa. There, they took part in a group mindfulness activity on a beach alongside Waves for Change, an organization that works to offer mental health services to youth in at-risk communiti

VANCOUVER — Companies that produce zero-emission technologies will pay half as much income tax if the Liberals are re-elected, leader Justin Trudeau promised Tuesday, as the party took heat over a lack of details in its climate plan.Tuesday’s announcement marked the first specific new climate policy coming from the Liberal camp, which was criticized earlier for promising to ramp up Canada’s cuts to greenhouse gas emissions without saying how.At an event in Burnaby, B.C., Trudea

CALGARY — A Federal Court judge has granted the British Columbia government a temporary injunction against an Alberta law that could have limited oil exports to other provinces.In a decision released Tuesday, Justice Sebastien Grammond said Alberta’s so-called turn-off-the-taps legislation raises a serious issue and could cause irreparable harm to the residents of B.C.“British Columbia has met the criteria usually applied by the courts for the issuance of such an injunction,&rd

Hot girl summer has come and gone, along with its summer nails trends. While parting from neon hues and tan-friendly shades is such sweet sorrow, we’ve been blessed by the inventor of the term with a new seasonal theme, “Hot Nerd Fall.”We can’t think of a better way to interpret that than doing the hottest, nerdiest thing we know: getting an absolutely show-stopping manicure at the salon ... after rigorously researching fancy cuticles on fashion runways and Instagram feed

SEGUIN TOWNSHIP, Ont. — The wife of celebrity businessman Kevin O’Leary and an American man have been charged in connection with a boat crash that left two people dead and three others injured.Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say Linda O’Leary, 56, of Toronto, has been charged with careless operation of a vessel, contrary to the Canada Shipping Act.The crash happened around 11:30 p.m. ET on Aug. 24 near Emerald Island on Lake Joseph, north of Toronto. The incident invo

TORONTO — Organizers of a foreign-policy election debate that was scheduled for next Tuesday say they’re cancelling the event because Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau won’t participate.Rudyard Griffiths, chair of the Munk Debates, says in a statement that Trudeau’s refusal to attend has denied Canadians the only real opportunity they had to see his foreign-policy record challenged substantively.Griffiths says no one has had a bigger impact on Canada’s foreign policy ov

It’s hard to watch your child struggle with friendships. Sometimes, it’s just a matter of time before they find and make new friends in their classroom or on their soccer team. However, for other children, their quirky nature or social skills just seem to repel others wherever they go, and it is likely something that won’t correct itself with time and age alone. We need to think of making and keeping friendship as a set of skills to be taught and developed. Sure, some kids

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say they are no longer releasing the gender of people who are charged with crimes or that of their alleged victims, citing concerns over privacy and a broader shift on the issue of gender identity.OPP spokeswoman Sgt. Carolle Dionne said Monday that during a recent review of legislation, the force found the provincial Police Services Act does not require that information to be made public.The force then proactively decided to stop releasing gender information out

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says she’ll look into why Ottawa signed off on a sympathizer of Syrian President Bashar Assad as that country’s honorary consul in Montreal.A report in Maclean’s says Waseem Ramli, a well-to-do Montreal businessman and “unapologetic supporter” of Assad, was nominated for the post earlier this summer and approved last month by Global Affairs Canada.As honorary consul, Ramli — a familiar figure who conjur

LONDON — The U.K. Supreme Court has ruled that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s controversial decision to suspend parliament was unlawful. The prime minister “prorogued” parliament for five weeks at the start of September, arguing the suspension would allow him to set out a new domestic agenda in a Queen’s speech.But in announcing the verdict on Tuesday, the president of the U.K. Supreme Court, Lady Hale, said the prorogation was “void and of n

That viral video featuring WWE wrestler Lacey Evans and an Alberta RCMP officer was not as spontaneous as it looked, the force admitted Monday.  The video, which made the rounds on social media over the weekend, showed Evans getting stopped for a speeding ticket and tearing into the Leduc County Mountie.His response — “Welcome to Edmonton”  — was heralded as a bastion of Canadian politeness. 1.Canada is terrible.🇺🇸
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OTTAWA — The New Democrats have been running a campaign aimed at undermining the message that the Oct. 21 election is about a choice between the Liberals and Conservatives, positioning themselves as the party that is “in it for you.”That strategy has the NDP making promises to Canadians who are having trouble getting by, including when it comes to the costs of medication and dental care, but it also involves portraying the Liberals and the Conservatives as caring more abou