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MANY ENGLISH-SPEAKING QUEBECKERS SUPPORT LANGUAGE REFORM: LEGAULT - Premier François Legault says he knows many, many English-speaking Quebeckers who completely support the Charter of the French Language, even if the current overhaul in the form of Bill 96 goes much further than the old law. Story here.įINAL SUNWING FINES - The federal Transport Minister says 37 passengers on a late-December party flight from Montreal to Mexico have been fined a total of $59,500. Meanwhile, the Ontario Greens are hoping to build on momentum from their first-ever provincial win and expand their caucus of one this spring – or at least hold onto the seat they won four years ago. LATEST ONTARIO ELECTION DEVELOPMENTS – Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government is introducing its budget Thursday, which is set to stand as its election platform and includes new promises on widening Highway 401. Story here.ĪNAND AT THE PENTAGON ‐ Defence Minister Anita Anand was at the Pentagon on Thursday to meet with her American counterpart, Lloyd Austin, as the war in Ukraine injects new urgency into cross-border military priorities. LIBERALS AND NDP STRIKE DOCUMENTS DEAL – The Liberal government and the NDP have struck a deal to set up an ad hoc committee – without the approval of the Official Opposition – that will gain access to secret documents on the firings of two infectious-disease scientists at Canada’s high-security microbiology laboratory. OTTAWA PREPARING FOR NEW PROTEST – Ottawa’s mayor and interim police chief say a key part of the city’s planning for a massive motorcycle rally in the capital this weekend is to regain the trust of downtown residents who were traumatized by the trucker convoy protest earlier this year. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said ending the discriminatory ban was “good news for all Canadians” but had taken too long. HEALTH CANADA ENDS BLOOD BAN – An end to the ban on gay men donating blood has been approved by Health Canada and could be brought in by September.
Have any feedback? Let us know what you think. If you're reading this on the web, subscribers can sign up for the Politics newsletter and more than 20 others on our newsletter signup page. It is available exclusively to our digital subscribers. This is the daily Politics Briefing newsletter, written by Ian Bailey. Poilievre’s campaign is getting some help from a conservative meme machine. Meanwhile, CBC is reporting here that Mr. Poilievre made his comments during a news conference held outside the Bank of Canada Museum in downtown Ottawa.Įconomics Reporter Mark Rendell and I report here.
Former party leader Andrew Scheer proposed this idea in a private member’s bill in February. The Conservative MP doubled down on his criticism on Thursday, saying he would empower the auditor-general to scrutinize the central bank’s balance sheet and transactions. He has mocked the central bank for incorrect inflation forecasts over the past two years, and recently called the institution “financially illiterate.” Poilievre has been highly critical of the Bank of Canada, accusing it of acting as an ATM for the federal government during the pandemic through its government bond-buying program, also known as quantitative easing.
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Log In Create Free AccountĬonservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre says he would oppose a public digital currency backed by the Bank of Canada and would increase parliamentary oversight of the central bank.