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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre needled Prime Minister Mark Carney over the size of the federal deficit Friday in a speech offering his critique of the Liberal budget tabled on Nov. 4. Poilievre delivered his address to a business crowd at the Economic Club of Canada, a few blocks away from the Canadian Club Toronto — where Carney was outlining the vision behind his federal budget at the same time.Poilievre’s speech, which repurposed some proposals from the Conservative election campaign in the spring, largely championed a free-market ethos.“What you really have as a difference between us, between the Carney Liberals and the Poilievre Conservatives, is this: They believe in adding new obstacles for all of you, and then asking you to go to them and ask for a handout to help you get ove...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood, claiming the organization is “misrepresenting the safety” of abortion pills. It is the latest legal challenge aimed at abortion pills, which are the most common way to end a pregnancy in the U.S., and which is increasingly a target for opponents of the procedure in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade.In a complaint filed in a state court in Santa Rosa County on Thursday, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier claimed the network of clinics is “making false claims about the safety of abortion drugs,” highlighting Planned Parenthood’s statements the pills are “safer than Tylenol.”Here’s what to know.Florida’s lawsuit targets ‘false claims’ about abortion...

It’s safe to say these probably weren’t the headlines Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives were hoping for this week. Two announced departures from the Conservative caucus have overshadowed Poilievre’s criticisms of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s inaugural budget, shifting the focus back to Poilievre’s leadership ahead of his party’s convention in January.While the circumstances around Nova Scotia MP Chris d’Entremont’s defection to the Liberals and Alberta MP Matt Jeneroux’s out-of-the-blue early retirement differ, both were political gifts to the Carney government.Two connected Tories who spoke to Global News worried they were more symptoms of a “malaise” that has fallen over the party since April’s election loss.“In caucus, there’s a reasonably widespread concern that maybe Pierre can n...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Liberal government led by Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to face its second confidence vote in the House of Commons on Friday, after it survived the first on Thursday. The confidence vote, expected around 1:45 p.m. eastern, will be on an amendment to the budget put forward by the Bloc Québécois.This comes after the NDP, the Bloc Québécois and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May voted with the minority Liberals to defeat a Conservative sub-amendment to the budget in the House of Commons on Thursday.The Conservative measure was a sub-amendment to the Bloc’s own budget amendment.Governments must win confidence votes in order to remain in power. ...

Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux said Thursday he is resigning as a member of Parliament, becoming the second Conservative to leave the caucus this week after the Liberal government released its federal budget. The member for Edmonton Riverhead, who has served the riding since 2015, did not say in a statement posted online why he was leaving.“It was not an easy decision, but it is, I believe, the right one,” he said.Jeneroux said he had hoped Canadians would “put their faith” in a Conservative government led by Pierre Poilievre in the last federal election, but added he has “great admiration” for his fellow MPs “on both sides of the aisle.”“Their work gives me faith that the momentum toward a stronger and more unified Canada endures,” he wrote. Story continues below advertisement ...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government will face its first confidence vote over the federal budget on Thursday evening, with another to follow the next day. The House of Commons is set to vote Thursday on a Conservative subamendment to the budget, followed by a Bloc Quebecois amendment vote on Friday.A spokesperson for Government House Leader Steven Mackinnon told Global News that Carney has made the determination to make both issues confidence votes.“They are matters of confidence,” communications director Mark Kennedy said.NDP interim leader Don Davies told reporters his seven-member caucus will vote with the minority Liberals to defeat the Conservative measure, which seeks to add its s...

Alberta teachers are taking Premier Danielle Smith’s UCP government to court for passing a law to end their strike and for using the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to do it. Jason Schilling, head of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, said on Thursday the union has filed an application asking for a judge to immediately pause the law until a full constitutional challenge is heard.The case over Bill 2, the Back to School Act, is scheduled to be heard Nov. 20 in Edmonton Court of King’s Bench.“In this action, teachers will ask the court to declare that the government’s use of the notwithstanding clause was improper and invalid,” Schilling told reporters.He said the law violates teachers’ rights to freedom of association and expression, and, if left unchallenged, sets a dangerous precedent th...

Trump's lawyer faced pointed questions from the conservative-led court on Wednesday about the president's use of a national security statute to pursue his tariff agenda. Source link

By Anja Karadeglija The Canadian Press Posted November 5, 2025 7:05 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Liberal government says it will restore a privacy provision to the Online Streaming Act, more than two years after it was accidentally deleted. The federal budget released this week says the government will make a legislative amendment to “restore the right to privacy of individuals to the interpretation provisions and remove a duplicative provision relating to official languages.”In 2023, the Online Streaming Act updated Canada’s Broadcasting Act to capture online streamers like Netflix....

Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem said he would not comment directly on measures in the federal budget during a scheduled appearance before the House of Commons finance committee on Wednesday. But he told members of Parliament he believes the budget got the diagnosis right on what ails the Canadian economy: flagging productivity and low investment levels.Macklem said that to boost growth and make up for the hit from U.S. tariffs, Canada needs to create conditions that encourage private investment.That’s a job best suited to targeted fiscal policy, he said, rather than the sweeping effects of monetary policy and changes in the Bank of Canada’s benchmark interest rate.“I think what’s going to be important in moving forward is the quality of those investments, the quality of that spending,...