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A measure in the federal government’s new border security plan to expand the sharing of police data on sex offenders appears to answer a U.S. request to help combat cross-border sex trafficking. But advocates say there still needs to be greater collaboration and data sharing between Canadian police forces for sex trafficking investigations within the country, where a majority of victims are Canadian women and girls.“There’s a profound failure of Canada’s justice system in serving survivors of human trafficking and especially sex trafficking,” said Julia Drydyk, executive director of the Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking (CCEHT), in an interview with Global News.The $1.3-billion border security plan includes a proposal first mentioned in the government’s fall economic statement to am...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Canada and the United States should work together to counter China, rather than engage in a damaging trade war — and has a message for Mexico to join them. Speaking to CNN Monday night, Ford said cutting off energy exports to the U.S. remained “a tool that we have in our toolbox” to retaliate if U.S. president-elect Donald Trump follows through on his threat to slap 25 per cent tariffs on all Canadian exports when he takes office next month.However, Ford said “that’s the last thing I want to do,” adding he would prefer to boost U.S. trade and counter Chinese incursions into the North American market, which he says is largely being done through Mexico.“I just feel we aren’t the enemy,” he told CNN. “The big problem, in my opinion, is China: cheap Chinese produ...

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 18, 2024 8:34 am Updated December 18, 2024 8:52 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size U.S. president-elect Donald Trump is taking another shot at Canada about becoming part of the United States. In a post on Truth Social, Trump says many Canadians want Canada to become the 51st state.He says it would save on taxes and military protection and that he thinks it’s a “great idea.”Trump has made repeated digs at Canada and the suggestion that...

Newly-appointed Minister of Finance Dominic LeBlanc, along with his cabinet colleagues, will announce fresh measures to strengthen security at the Canada-U.S. border within the next hour. It comes after the fall economic statement tabled on Monday included $1.3 billion for the border, without details.LeBlanc, who was sworn in Monday following the dramatic departure of his predecessor, Chrystia Freeland, will be joined by Immigration Minister Marc Miller, International Trade Minister Mary Ng and Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Ya’ara Saks.The announcement comes amidst growing pressure from U.S. president-elect Donald Trump to crack down on border security and the trafficking of drugs.Last month, Trump said he will sign an executive order imposing a 25-per cent tariff on all product...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Conservative members of Parliament are calling for a committee probe next month that will ask ministers and officials responsible for dealing with the United States on tariffs to testify. “Conservatives have launched a motion, calling for the International Trade Committee to hold hearings beginning the week of January 6 through to January 20, when 25 percent tariffs may be imposed if a deal isn’t secured,” the party said in a press release Tuesday.“This House of Commons order will force testimony from key ministers, border enforcement, the RCMP, Canada’s Ambassador to the United States, and top officials responsible for securing a Canada First deal with the United States.”The Conservatives...

The federal government is moving forward with plans to make automatic tax filing more widely available to Canadians, including those who are “middle class.” In the fall economic statement released on Monday, Ottawa announced several measures to make it easier for Canadian taxpayers to file their annual returns, building on efforts that are already underway.“It is time for Canada to accelerate modernization of how Canadians file their taxes and make needlessly complicated and costly tax filing services a thing of the past,” the fall fiscal document states.“Many countries have already pursued full-scale automatic tax filing and the federal government is launching the second phase of its work to move Canada towards broad-based automatic tax filing.” ...

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 17, 2024 11:49 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Quebec government has adopted regulations banning the sale of most new gasoline-powered vehicles as of 2035. The rules, adopted Monday, applies to all “light-duty” vehicles, which the province describes as cars, light trucks, pickup trucks, and most SUVs.Starting Jan. 1, 2034, it will be illegal to sell a new or used version of any 2035 model of vehicle subject to the rule, including hybrid and plug-in hybrid models. Get daily National news Get the day's top news...

Thousands of Canada Post workers are returning to work on Tuesday, but the postal service is warning of delays as it gradually works through the mountain of backlog after a month-long strike. Postal operations across the country were set to resume at 8 a.m. local time on Tuesday.The Crown corporation said in a statement on Monday that employees will deliver mail and parcels that were held back due to the strike “on a first-in, first-out basis.”Canada Post will start accepting new commercial mail on Thursday and new international mail on Dec. 23.“Canadians should expect delivery delays through the remainder of 2024 and into January 2025,” the company said.“With a large, integrated network of processing plants, depots and post offices, stabilizing operations will take time and the company as...

This holiday season, Canadians are being more cautious about their spending despite a tax break on a slew of items, new polling shows. Nearly 40 per cent of Canadians said in an Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News and released Tuesday that they plan on reining in their gift shopping this holiday season. That is an increase of 10 points compared to when similar polling was done last year.Four in 10 also plan to spend the same amount as last year — down nine points compared to October 2023 — while 11 per cent said they will increase their spending on gifts this time around, the Ipsos poll showed.“At the moment, it looks like people are approaching the holidays pretty cautiously and to the extent that people are moving past caution, it’s not to spend more, it’s to spend less,” sa...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Members of Parliament are set to begin their holiday break later on Tuesday, capping off a tumultuous fall sitting filled with non-confidence votes, filibusters, stalled legislation, a growing deficit and the finance minister’s resignation. After Chrystia Freeland’s bombshell departure from cabinet Monday morning, several Liberal MPs called for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step aside as well.Ontario MP Chad Collins left an evening caucus meeting telling reporters the Liberal caucus is divided and that the party needs a leadership race.Dominic LeBlanc was sworn in as the new finance minister Monday, minutes after the government’s fall economic statement was released.The economic update ...