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A final report into missing children and unmarked graves at residential schools is calling on the federal government to create an Indigenous-led national commission with a 20-year mandate to investigate missing and disappeared Indigenous children. It’s also calling on Canada to refer itself to the International Criminal Court for investigation.Kimberly Murray, Canada’s special interlocutor on unmarked graves, released her final report Tuesday in Gatineau, Que., during a gathering with Indigenous residential school survivors and experts from across the country.More than 150,000 Indigenous children were forced to attend residential schools, the last of which closed in 1996. An estimated 6,000 children died in the schools, though experts say the actual number could be much higher.Many of thei...

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has rejected the idea of the Liberal caucus holding a secret ballot vote on Justin Trudeau’s leadership, saying it’s “just not how Liberals govern themselves.” Last week, 24 members of the caucus signed on to a letter calling on the prime minister to step down, but the next day Trudeau said firmly that he will lead his party into the next election.Some of the dissenters are now calling for Liberal MPs to vote in a secret ballot on whether Trudeau should remain leader.Freeland said leaders are not chosen by secret ballot in the Liberal party.“Our party and our caucus have had many opportunities to decide our own rules for choosing a leader,” she said at her weekly press conference on Tuesday. Story continues below advertisement ...

Ottawa’s changes to immigration flows are the latest in a slew of developments putting the governing Liberals — already in a politically precarious position with their minority government — under increasing fiscal pressure this fall, experts warn. With a potential fall economic statement looming over a gridlocked House of Commons, some forecasters warn the Liberals may verge deeper into deficits in an update to the fiscal outlook.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party are behind the opposition Conservative Party in the polls, and Trudeau himself has been the target of a revolt within his party as some members of caucus seek to have the leader step aside — calls he has so far resisted.The House of Commons remains ensnared in procedural gridlock despite the Liberals surviving co...

A growing number of former administration officials and advisors to Donald Trump are calling the former U.S. president a “fascist,” pointing in particular to recent comments he has made about “the enemy from within.” When asked during a CNN town hall last week if she thinks Trump is a fascist, U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris replied, “Yes I do.” Later, she brought it up herself, saying Trump would, if elected again, be “a president of the United States who admires dictators and is a fascist.”Harris was responding to explosive comments made by Trump’s former chief of staff John Kelly to the New York Times, who asked him if he believes Trump is a fascist.“Certainly the former president is in the far-right area, he’s certainly an authoritarian, admires people who are dictators — he has said...

Donald Trump told supporters Monday he is “not a Nazi,” standing in front of an Atlanta, Georgia rally, denying accusations of authoritarianism during the final week of the U.S. presidential race. His comments come in the wake of recent interviews with former White House chief of staff John Kelly, who claimed Trump, while president, expressed admiration for the loyalty of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi generals. Kelly made the claims to both The Atlantic and the New York Times, and told the latter that the former president “certainly falls into the general definition of a fascist, for sure.”Comparisons to the Nazi party were only compounded, too, when Trump hosted a rally at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 27 in New York City — the same location used to host a pro-Nazi rally in 1939 that saw 20,000 sup...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national security adviser says she shared the explosive allegations about Indian officials taking part in criminal activity in Canada with her counterpart in New Delhi before the RCMP went public with the news this month. Nathalie Drouin told the House of Commons national security committee today there was an effort to work with the Indian government to ensure accountability.On Oct. 14, the RCMP said Indian diplomats and consular officials were persons of interest in cases of extortion, coercion and violence, including murder, that targeted Canadian citizens.Drouin says a meeting was held with Prime Minister Narenda Modi’s national security adviser,...

By Nojoud Al Mallees The Canadian Press Posted October 29, 2024 7:30 am Updated October 29, 2024 7:33 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has granted Google a five-year exemption from the Online News Act, ordering it to release the $100 million it now owes to Canadian news outlets within 60 days. Google agreed last year to pay Canadian news publishers $100 million a year, indexed to inflation, in order to be exempt ...

The Ford government is planning on sending Ontario taxpayers a $200 rebate cheque in the mail starting early next year. Premier Doug Ford made the announcement Tuesday alongside he province’s finance minister Peter Bethlenfalvy — a day before the province tables its fall economic statement.The $200 aside, the province is also proposing an additional $200 for each eligible child. Eligible Ontarians would receive the rebates at the start of 2025.“For an eligible family of five these rebates work out to be approximately $1,000,” Ford told reporters Tuesday.“We’re doing everything we can to keep costs down for Ontario families, but the federal carbon tax and high interest rates are still hurting taxpayers across the province.” Everyone will get rebate -- including billionaires...

Canada Post workers across the country have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a strike amid a labour dispute that could disrupt mail deliveries ahead of the busy holiday season. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers said in a statement Monday that there has been “no progress” after almost a year of bargaining new contracts for the urban operations unit and the rural and suburban mail carriers (RSMC) unit.According to the preliminary result of votes that took place across Canada, postal workers agreed to back the labour action and are ready to strike if necessary.“CUPW will be in a legal strike position as of November 3 if no agreement is reached,” the union said.The union is calling for wage increases and better working conditions, including improved staffing and health benefits as well as ...

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 29, 2024 7:45 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Bloc Québécois is poised to begin talks with other parties to bring down the minority Liberal government, which has not met its deadline to pass two key bills. Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet set the deadline last month, putting the Liberals on notice that to avoid an election “before Christmas” they must adopt a pair of private member’s bills.One of the Bloc bills aimed at safeguarding supply management in trade negotiations has the support of the government and is being studied by the Senate. ...