Etiket: federal
Federal budget won’t affect inflation, says Bank of Canada governor
(Ottawa) The Governor of the Bank of Canada, Tiff Macklem, believes that the federal budget tabled last month will not have much effect on inflation. Published at 10:45 p.m. Mr.…
The US Federal Reserve leaves its rates unchanged
The US Federal Reserve (Fed) kept its interest rates unchanged on Wednesday following its latest meeting, citing the recent “lack of progress” on the inflation front, but announced that it…
Private company’s app tested by officials | A diversion of federal government resources, says the Bloc Québécois
(Ottawa) “Unacceptable” and “scandalous”. The opposition parties consider it completely unacceptable that federal employees paid by taxpayers are called upon to test an application based on artificial intelligence designed by…
Federal Environment Commissioner concerned about contaminated sites in the North
Ottawa is failing to clean up contaminated sites in the North, leaving Indigenous people at risk and increasing the government’s own financial liability for polluted areas, Environment Commissioner Jerry DeMarco…
The capital gains measure will be part of a separate law in the federal budget
(Ottawa) Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland intends to ask Parliament to approve proposed changes to capital gains tax thresholds in a separate bill. Published at 1:10 p.m. Nojoud Al Mallees…
It’s up to McGill University to manage the camps, says the federal Minister of Justice
Federal Justice Minister Arif Virani believes that it is the responsibility of McGill University to “manage” the situation of pro-Palestinian demonstrators who have been installed on its campus for several…
The overhaul of copyright forgotten in the last federal budget
If the Canadian Copyright Act turned 100 years old on 1er January, it is not this year that the federal government will launch its update. An overhaul, however, promised since…
Federal government weighs possible actions against foreign interference
A federal inquiry into foreign interference has yet to submit its initial report, but the Liberal government is already advancing plans to overhaul a series of national security laws and…
“Our government does not hear us, even our universities do not want to hear us,” laments Emmy Marc, federal secretary of the Student Union
Published on 04/27/2024 22:55 Video length: 13 min Blockage at Sciences Po: “Our government does not hear us, even our universities do not want to hear us”, deplores Emmy Marc,…
“Our government does not hear us, even our universities do not want to hear us,” laments Emmy Marc, federal secretary of the Student Union
Published on 04/27/2024 22:55 Video length: 13 min Blockage at Sciences Po: “Our government does not hear us, even our universities do not want to hear us”, deplores Emmy Marc,…
Federal Environment Minister does not believe in the need for a cap on plastic production
Contrary to what was reported in the media, the federal Minister of the Environment, Steven Guilbeault, does not believe that the global treaty to end plastic waste must necessarily include…
End of plastic waste: Federal Environment Minister does not believe in the need for a production cap
Contrary to what was reported in the media, federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault does not believe that the global treaty to end plastic waste must necessarily include a cap on…
The federal government is enhancing its support program for people seriously injured or killed by an approved vaccine
The federal government has added $36.4 million to its program that supports people seriously injured or killed by an approved vaccine since the end of 2020. This program was created…
Federal aid for clean electricity production | Hydro-Québec will have to be accountable to Ottawa
Hydro-Québec will have to prove each year to the federal government that the financial assistance from Ottawa for electricity production from which it receives actually reduces its customers’ electricity bills.…
Lefebvre has called himself a federal conservative for 20 years
In his first public appearance since his exclusion from the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) caucus on Tuesday, former government whip Eric Lefebvre defended his decision to join Pierre Poilievre’s conservatives…
The hostility of the federal regime towards Francophones is changing, but remains constant
A recent article published in The duty had the title “The PQ associates Trudeau with deportations and executions of French speakers”. These are comments that I have never made, and…
Letter to Justin Trudeau | Canadian prime ministers “concerned” about the federal budget
(Quebec) Canadian prime ministers say they are “concerned” by the latest federal budget. In a letter addressed to Justin Trudeau, they united their voices to ask Ottawa to “refrain from…
“The duplex is our life savings”: at the dawn of retirement, their pension fund drops by $8,000 due to the federal budget
A couple nearing retirement are victims of the new federal capital gains tax. His savings are not in a pension fund, but in a duplex which has just been reduced…
Restructuring at Lion Électrique | Fitzgibbon wants a federal subsidy program for the purchase of electric buses
(Quebec) The financial situation of Quebec manufacturer Lion Électrique is disappointing, deplored the Minister of the Economy Pierre Fitzgibbon, who hopes that Ottawa will quickly announce a subsidy program for…
Eric Girard will soon decide on the harmonization of the capital gains tax with the federal government
Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard will decide by the end of the week whether Quebec will also increase the tax on capital gains, as Ottawa will do starting at the…