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From fighting ivory trade in Canada to fixing your fridge: Six things you may have missed in Trudeau's mandate letters

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland no longer has the condition that said, 'You will avoid creating new permanent spending'

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a news conference after his cabinet was sworn in, in Ottawa, on October 26, 2021.

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Senate helps Liberal government get all priority legislation enacted before Christmas break

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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's UCP caucus ordered not to travel internationally over the holidays

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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney.

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Challenge of Manitoba's Progressive Conservative leadership vote rejected by judge

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Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson on December 14. 2021.

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Alberta government may consider bringing back flat tax system, Kenney says

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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's United Conservatives have been obsessed with the idea of returning to a flat tax for years, but the province's struggling finances have kept it from being a viable option.

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Ivison: Omicron’s the end of the world as we know it (but I feel fine)

PLUS, how the Trudeau government benefits from inflation

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Trudeau orders ministers to take harder line on U.S. trade amid recent tensions

The letters to Canada's finance, trade and procurement ministers all included language that could be seen as a veiled threat to counter Joe Biden's Buy American policies

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'Words are not enough': Public safety minister defends assault rifle buyback plan at committee

Marco Mendicino took criticism from Conservatives over a government bill which includes removing mandatory minimum prison sentences on crimes involving firearms

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Parents of alleged ex-ISIL follower ask RCMP to probe his reported torture in Kurdish Syrian prison

They claim a little-known section of the Criminal Code allows police here to look into allegations of Canadian citizens being tortured in foreign countries

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Liberals to introduce bill forcing online giants to compensate news outlets

The mandate letter to Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez also directs him to 'modernize' the CBC

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Federal government plans to plant up to 320 million trees a year to reach Trudeau's promise of two billion

An access-to-information request found that, up until mid-November, only 8.5 million trees had been planted -- less than half a per cent of the trees Trudeau pledged

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In mandate letters, Trudeau tells ministers to focus on goal of creating more diverse, inclusive Canada

Climate change, ending systemic discrimination and inequality, and reconciliation are efforts that cross government departments in the letters

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Canadian with COVID quarantines 14 days in South Africa, still ends up in Toronto quarantine hotel

'It is a total shambles and you can't get anybody. The government won't do anything. The Liberal MP’s don't even respond to you. The Conservatives MP at least responded'

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Prominent Conservatives condemn Quebec's Bill 21: 'We can’t let laws like that go unchallenged'

On Wednesday, Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown sent a letter to his fellow mayors across Canada with an 'urgent request' for monetary contributions to fight Bill 21 in court

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Liberal, NDP MPs told to stay home, but Conservative caucus still free to leave the country

Erin O'Toole's office said there is no international travel ban in place and the advisory is meant only to help those who are vaccinated make informed decisions about travel plans

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Federal digital services tax legislation now would be 'risky' considering strained U.S. trade relations: critics

The Liberals gave notice Tuesday it will introduce legislation to implement the proposed tax aimed at web giants like Amazon, Facebook, Google, and companies like Uber and Airbnb

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Federal government warns against non-essential travel in response to Omicron

'We are asking Canadians to be cautious heading into the holiday season. If you do not have to travel internationally please do not,' said the intergovernmental affairs minister

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John Ivison: Freeland's tough choices over $50B in election promises not covered by fiscal update

Billions were promised for housing construction, clean technology, national parks, Indigenous programs and gun bans. Very little could be deemed a productive investment to boost economic growth

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FIRST READING: Could a prior Chinese international sports event have seeded COVID-19 in Canada?

Military athletes got badly sick while attending the Oct. 2019 Military World Games in Wuhan, China

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Federal government considering new travel bans to limit spread of Omicron: sources

The government is said to be considering banning all foreign travellers from Canada and putting in place an advisory banning non-essential international travel by Canadians

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Liberals to limit number of their MPs in Commons due to Omicron, say opposition can make own decisions

Conservative whip Blake Richards said his caucus will also meet in person on Wednesday. He made no commitment to take any other steps

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COVID-19 was 'expensive,' but Freeland says economy is improving in fiscal update

The Liberal government is forecasting to end the current fiscal year $144.5 billion in the red

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From business subsidies to housing tax exemptions: Four takeaways from the fiscal update

Foreigners with a child living in otherwise empty housing or who rent out real estate outside of large Canadian cities may now be exempt from the Liberals’ new underused housing tax

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John Ivison: Inflation worries may explain absence of many election commitments from fiscal update

There is little evidence of many of the $78B in commitments made in the recent election. But that merely suggests we can expect a flurry of expensive spending in the next budget

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Andrew Scheer asks Ottawa to reopen the constitution, repeal part of the 1881 Saskatchewan Act

The section allows CP Rail to forgo paying taxes 'forever' in the province

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