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By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 27, 2024 2:31 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Quebec judge is hearing arguments this week in a class-action lawsuit application against Montreal billionaire Robert Miller over allegations he paid minors for sex. The proposed lawsuit includes anyone under the age of 18 who was paid for sex by Miller or who was a victim of sexual exploitation by him or by any other group determined by the court. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts deli...

A gamble by incumbent Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston to discard the first law his government passed and swap a July election for a snap poll at the end of November has paid off. After months of telegraphing his early election plan, Houston made the call on Oct. 27, triggering a short one-month campaign period he said was necessary to get more from the federal government.Advance polling showed a drop in the number of people turning out to vote in the election — something Liberal Party Leader Zach Churchill said was likely due to “election fatigue” after the U.S. presidential election.The Progressive Conservatives’ gamble, however, has rewarded him with a sizeable win across the province.By late Tuesday night, the Progressive Conservatives remained in the 40-seat range, with 10 going to the...

Canada Post says negotiations with its workers’ union have come to a grinding halt on important issues as a nationwide strike drags into Day 13. A special mediator, appointed by the federal government, has been guiding the talks between the two sides since Nov. 18, but the Crown corporation says  “progress has been limited to minor items.”“Canada Post is considering its options to move negotiations forward as talks with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) have ground to a halt on key issues critical to the Corporation’s future,” Lisa Liu, a company spokesperson, said in a statement on Tuesday evening.Liu said  the union has not been responding to the proposals that Canada Post has put forward over the past several days and the mailing service was informed by the special mediator th...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is eyeing a number of steps to challenge the proposed federal greenhouse gas emissions cap. Announcing an upcoming motion under her Alberta Sovereignty within a United Canada Act on Tuesday, Smith said the government plans to challenge the cap in court when or if it becomes law, and that it will take the steps necessary to give the province exclusive authority and ownership of emissions data, ban federal employees from designated oil and gas facilities, and more.“We’ve been very clear that we will use all means at our disposal to fight back against federal policies that hurt Alberta, and that’s exactly what we’re doing,” she said.Under the sovereignty act, the government must first put a motion forward in the legislative assembly identifyi...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to meet with the country’s premiers Wednesday afternoon, after they asked for an urgent meeting on U.S.-Canada relations ahead of the incoming Donald Trump administration. That request came Monday, before the U.S. president-elect threatened to impose a 25-per-cent import tariff on goods coming from Canada and Mexico.Trudeau and the premiers will hold a virtual meeting at 5 p.m. on Wednesday.Trump said in a social media post Monday night that he would keep the tariffs in place until Canada and Mexico stop illegal border crossings and prevent drugs such as fentanyl from entering the U.S. 2:49 ‘We need to be strong’: Calls for Canadian unity over Trump’s tariff...

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says while he supports the Liberal plan to give Canadians a GST break during the holidays, he won’t back the $250 rebate proposal unless the government expands eligibility to the most vulnerable. The Liberals announced a plan last week to cut the federal sales tax on a raft of items such as toys and restaurant meals for two months, and to give $250 to more than 18.7 million Canadians in the spring.Speaking after a Canadian Labour Congress event in Ottawa, Singh said he’s open to passing the GST legislation, but the rebate needs to include seniors, students, people who are on disability benefits and those who were not able to work last year.Singh said he initially supported the idea because he thought the rebate cheques would go to anyone who earned under $150,000 l...

An independent senator is calling evidence the Chinese government “targeted” MPs Michael Chong and Jenny Kwan “cavalier and flimsy,” downplaying Beijing’s efforts to collect “human intelligence” on Canadian parliamentarians. Sen. Yuen Pau Woo, whom the Liberals appointed to the Senate in 2016, has been a vocal critic of the federal government’s response to Chinese interference operations and skeptical of allegations that Beijing is meddling in Canadian affairs, was denied standing during the second phase of the federal inquiry into foreign interference after participating in the first round.Standing would’ve allowed Woo to participate in the second round of testimony, and the senator requested the commission cover his legal costs. Both requests were denied.But Woo still offered some closin...

U.S. president-elect Donald Trump on Monday proposed tariffs on all products coming into the United States from Canada and Mexico once he takes office. It’s not the first time Canadians have had to deal with exports heading south of the border being taxed.During his first term, Trump imposed a 20-per cent tariff on softwood lumber — part of the ongoing decades-old row over the product — followed a year later by a 25-per cent tariff on steel and 10-per cent tax on aluminum products.Prior to taking office in 2016, Trump had blasted the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and negotiations began in August 2017 when he was in the White House to carve out a new deal with Canada and Mexico, which remained underway by spring 2018 when Trump announced the tariffs on May 31, 2018. St...

The federal government has suspended Edmonton Centre MP Randy Boissonnault’s former medical supply company from obtaining government contracts. Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) suspended Global Health Imports (GHI) from bidding or entering into contracts with the federal government, effective Nov. 22, the agency said in a press release.On Tuesday, Catherine Poulin, assistant deputy minister of departmental oversight at PSPC, told a parliamentary committee that the Edmonton Police Service’s (EPS) investigation into GHI was a factor in the decision to suspend the company.“We have gone through multiple sources of information, including lawsuits … and the information that has been brought to our attention recently concerning an Edmonton Police Services investigation kind of put us...

It’s voting day in Nova Scotia as people head to the polls to cast their ballots. Live results will begin here at 8 p.m. AT when the polls close. Global News will also be carrying a live election special at that time.Live updates and analysis can also be found online at globalnews.ca/halifax.Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston called a snap election last month and is seeking a second mandate as premier.Both of the province’s opposition leaders were critical of an early call they said broke the premier’s promise to adhere to a fixed election date. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Liberal Leader Zach Churchill has taken th...