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Heather McPherson jumps into the NDP leadership race. She assumes unofficial front runner status, as she is the only candidate who currently holds a seat in the House of Commons.
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Edmonton MP Heather McPherson enters NDP leadership race | CBC News
Heather McPherson entered the NDP leadership race Sunday afternoon, telling supporters that she intends to unite her party and lead a campaign that leads New Democrats out of their worst election perf...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/edmonton-mp-heather-mcpherson-enters-ndp-leadership-race-1.7645303
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Canadians are changing their shopping habits. The country's largest purchaser wants to do the same. I have some new details on Carney's "Buy Canadian" policy.
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Carney's 'Buy Canadian' policy expected to be fully in place next year: source | CBC News
A senior federal source with knowledge of the government's plans said initial elements of the proposal should be in place by as early as November, with the entire policy expected to take effect by the...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/buy-canadian-policy-tariffs-2026-1.7636363
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To meet Canada's energy needs, "we're really going to have to produce a lot more electricity. That needs to come primarily from wind & solar." IISD's Nichole Dusyk discusses electrification & a clean energy grid with
@davidthurton.bsky.social
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Is the electric vehicle mandate another tax? I sorted through some of the claims and misinformation that seem to be emerging on this
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policy.
#cdnpoli
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A $20K tax? Here's what we know about Ottawa's zero-emission vehicle mandate | CBC News
With the future of the federal EV mandate up in the air, some fear that the policy might meet a similar fate as the federal carbon tax.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-ev-mandate-explained-1.7631327
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Swapping weather bombs for real bombs: The debate over climate change as national security heats up
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ANALYSIS | Swapping weather bombs for real bombs: The debate over climate change as national security heats up | CBC News
While much of Western Canada, northern Ontario and Newfoundland burn this summer, there's a growing debate about whether climate change should be considered a national security issue and questions abo...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/climate-change-military-analysis-1.7592647
2 months ago
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Out of the first ministers' meeting in Saskatoon, expectations were high that Prime Minister Mark Carney would release a list of nation-building projects that his government would prioritize. He didnât, but he offered some examples.
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Here's a look at some major projects Canada's leaders hope to fast-track | CBC News
Out of the first ministers' meeting in Saskatoon, expectations were high that Prime Minister Mark Carney would release a list of nation-building projects that his government would prioritize. He didnâ...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/major-projects-carney-fast-track-1.7552126
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The Liberal government will introduce legislation to assist in identifying projects in the national interest and provide "up-front regulatory approvals" to major projects, according to a federal document obtained by CBC News.
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Ottawa planning 'up-front' approval for projects deemed in the national interest | CBC News
The Liberal government will introduce legislation to assist in identifying projects in the national interest and provide "up-front regulatory approvals" to major projects, according to a federal docum...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/national-interest-projects-approvals-legislation-1.7547435
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April's final carbon tax rebate will cost the government $3.5 billion, according to the Main Estimates.
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2025â26 Estimates - Canada.ca
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4 months ago
My new investigation for
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. The future of climate misinformation is here: persuasive letters generated by Al at "close to zero" costâand targeting your city council.
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A weaponized AI chatbot is flooding city councils with climate misinformation
Internal instructions accessed by Canadaâs National Observer show that the chatbot produces tailored scripts, petitions, reports and even speeches for council chambers. The messaging is all framed to ...
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/05/28/investigations/weaponized-ai-chatbot-city-councils-climate-misinformation
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A weaponized AI chatbot is flooding city councils with climate misinformation via @nationalobserver.com
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A weaponized AI chatbot is flooding city councils with climate misinformation
Internal instructions accessed by Canadaâs National Observer show that the chatbot produces tailored scripts, petitions, reports and even speeches for council chambers. The messaging is all framed to ...
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/05/28/investigations/weaponized-ai-chatbot-city-councils-climate-misinformation
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Canada's new Energy Minister Tim Hodgson made his public debut in Calgary
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'Energy is Canada's power': New federal energy minister touts past Alberta oilpatch ties | CBC News
The new federal energy minister delivered a boisterous speech in support of the country's energy sector on Friday morning, while highlighting his past involvement in the sector and the urgent need to ...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/bakx-hodgson-calgary-chamber-oilpatch-1.7541268
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4 months ago
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Mark Carneyâs chief of staff considering running to be Torontoâs mayor, insiders say
Four sources close to Mendicino confirmed Friday that he is eyeing a mayoral bid to replace incumbent Olivia Chow in next year's municipal election.
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/mark-carneys-chief-of-staff-considering-running-to-be-torontos-mayor-insiders-say/article_8f98a6ca-708f-4529-b344-782f144db436.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=copy-link&utm_campaign=user-share
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Uber drivers wait. And wait at LAX
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At LAX Airport, Uber Drivers Wait. And Wait. And Wait.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/technology/lax-uber-driver-wages.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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BREAKING: Prime Minister Mark Carney announces Liberals will table a budget in October. The news comes after Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said the party would not table a budget in the spring.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney says Liberals will table a budget this fall | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Sunday morning in Rome that his Liberal government will table a budget this fall â a decision he argued is the right one because thereâs ânot much valueâ in rushing out...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-budget-mark-carney-1.7538248
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Speaking with
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about the three NDP MPs disputing the New Democratic Party federal council's appointment of Don Davies as interim leader. Plus, a panel of party insiders weighs in.
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Who's disputing Don Davies's appointment as NDP interim leader? | Power & Politics
As first reported in The Globe and Mail, CBC News senior reporter David Thurton confirms that three NDP MPs are disputing the New Democratic Party federal council's appointment of Don Davies as interi...
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6764249
5 months ago
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5 months ago
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NDP caucus members dispute appointment of interim leader Don Davies
Three MPs of the federal NDP caucus outlined their concerns in a sharply critical letter to the partyâs executive and council
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-ndp-caucus-members-letter-interim-leader-don-davies/
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Three NDP MPsâ Leah Gazan, Lori Idlout & Jenny Kwanâ sent the letter blasting the process.
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Trio of New Democrat MPs blast party's selection process for interim leader | CBC News
Three NDP MPs have called out the partyâs executive and national council, claiming caucus wasnât properly consulted in the recent selection of its interim leader.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-mps-concerns-interim-leader-selection-process-1.7537699
5 months ago
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Jaela Bernstien
5 months ago
New from me âĄïž Canadians could be living next to a site contaminated with toxic PFAS without knowing it. That's why we built this map. Find out if there's a PFAS hotspot near you.
#PFAS
#ForeverChemicals
#DataJournalism
#CBCNews
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Mapping Canadaâs PFAS hotspots | CBC News
Invisible, toxic and slow to break down â forever chemicals are contaminating our water and food. Hereâs what we know about forever chemical hotspots in Canada.
https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/2025/pfas-canada-map/
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This Denmark-Germany undersea tunnel is quite the engineering feat.
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How the worldâs largest underwater tunnel is being built | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm2ekl2agyM
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BREAKING: Don Davies is the new NDP interim leader replacing Jagmeet Singh
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NDP appoints Don Davies as interim leader Monday evening: sources | CBC News
Veteran NDP MP Don Davies has been selected as the new interim leader to lead the New Democratic Party of Canada, according to party sources.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-new-leader-1.7526573
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My latest... New Democrats are expected to select an interim leader on Monday evening when the party's federal council is scheduled to meet, according to party sources.
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NDP expected to choose interim leader Monday evening: sources | CBC News
The NDP's federal council is meeting after the party achieved its worst showing in its history on election night.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-new-leader-1.7526573
5 months ago
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The last Canada Carbon Rebate arrives on Tuesday after Liberal Leader Mark Carney killed the federal consumer price on carbon
#cdnpoli
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Last carbon tax rebate arrives Tuesday, but Finance Canada won't say how much it costs | CBC News
The quarterly federal rebate was covered by carbon tax revenues, but the carbon tax on fuel ended April 1. In other words, Tuesday's payment could be considered a bonus or government transfer â since ...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carbon-tax-rebate-cost-1.7510013
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The New Democratic Party is promising to raise about $94.5 billion by taxing the extremely wealthy
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NDP wealth tax would raise $94.5B, pay for worker tax cut and health-care improvements | CBC News
The party released its platform Saturday, pledging to tax the extremely wealthy â a plan it says would help finance tens of billions in new spending, deliver a tax cut for workers and bolster and expa...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-wealth-tax-would-raise-94-5b-pay-for-worker-tax-cut-and-health-care-improvements-1.7514340
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NDP unveils its full 2025 election platform today.
#cdnpoli
About 100 folks are here.
5 months ago
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Singh casting his advance ballot in his riding of Burnaby Central
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6 months ago
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Back with the NDP
#cdnpoli
We are in British Columbia for the next couple of days.
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6 months ago
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NDP leader drops âI'm running for prime ministerâ line
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NDP leader drops âI'm running for prime ministerâ line
As Jagmeet Singh starts his third week of campaigning, the NDP leader is dropping his assertive messaging that he is running to be prime minister.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6716098
6 months ago
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Good morning from Halifax where the NDP is talking about its policy for renters
#cdnpoli
6 months ago
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As Jagmeet Singh heads into his third week of campaigning, the NDP leader is dropping his assertive messaging that he is running to be prime minister.Â
#cdnpoli
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NDP's Singh drops 'I'm running for prime minister' messaging two weeks into the campaign | CBC News
As Jagmeet Singh heads into his third week of campaigning, the NDP leader is dropping his assertive messaging that he is running to be prime minister.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-singh-ndp-campaign-week-3-pm-messaging-1.7502671
6 months ago
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Good morning :) The NDP is talking about health care.
#cdnpoli
NDP is promising to get everyone a family doctor/ primary care physician by 2030
6 months ago
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Still in Montreal this AM where the NDP is talking about their plan for ending tax havens
#cdnpoli
6 months ago
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davidakin
6 months ago
Stoney Creek, Surrey, Kingston and here Thursday in Oshawa, Poilievre is drawing some of the largest crowds Iâve ever seen to political rallies.
#elxn45
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Jagmeet Singh announces New Democrats will introduce tax-free savings bonds or what he calls âvictory bondsâ
#cdnpoli
Revenues raised will go for public infrastructure projects, he says.
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The NDP campaign is in Winnipeg still
#cdnpoli
Jagmeet Singh is visiting this picket line. âYou are not going to see Conservatives show up,â he says.
6 months ago
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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is meeting Premier Wab Kinew at the Manitoba Legislature this evening
#cdnpoli
The premier showed Singh some artwork on display at the legislature.
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Iâm following the NDP during this first week of the federal election campaign
#cdnpoli
First stop Montreal.
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7 months ago
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National Newswatch
7 months ago
Carney Liberals reach out to prominent Tories and NDPers to recruit âstarâ candidates for next election. Priti Obhrai-Martin, daughter of the late CPC MP Deepak Obhrai, seeking the LPC nomination in Calgary East
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Carney Liberals reach out to prominent Tories and New Democrats to recruit 'star' candidates for next election
Sources told The Hill Times that Priti Obhrai-Martin, daughter of the late Conservative MP Deepak Obhrai, is seeking the Liberal nomination in Calgary East, Alta., the same riding her father represent...
https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/03/16/carney-liberals-reach-out-to-prominent-conservatives-and-new-democrats-to-recruit-star-candidates-for-next-election/453975/
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Wolfgang Blau
7 months ago
Do you believe in climate change? I donât. I also donât âbelieveâ in 2 plus 2 being 4. The idea of âbelievingâ in climate change was the beginning of framing science as ideology. Donât fall for it.
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PM Carney signs an order ending the collection of the consumer carbon tax
#climate
#cdnpoli
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Carney kills consumer carbon tax in first move as prime minister | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney wasted little time in removing a potent point of attack for the Conservatives in recent years: the consumer carbon tax.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mark-carney-drops-carbon-tax-1.7484290
7 months ago
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Prime Minister Mark Carney said going into his first cabinet meeting that his âfirst priorityâ will be to deal with the federal consumer carbon tax
#cdnpoli
#climate
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7 months ago
Federal Health Minister Mark Holland says he won't be seeking re-election in his
#Ajax
riding near Toronto in the next federal election.
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Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault will be given a new portfolio in Mark Carney's cabinet, a source with knowledge of the decision told Radio-Canada.
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Carney to move key carbon tax defender to new cabinet role: source | CBC News
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault will be given a new portfolio in Mark Carney's cabinet, a source with knowledge of the decision told Radio-Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cabinet-carney-transition-1.7482507
7 months ago
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Robin Gerus, the new executive director of Halifax Transit, takes the bus daily to understand the system from a riderâs perspective. đ
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Why Halifax's new transit boss is taking the bus every day | CBC News
Halifax has a new transit boss for the first time in a decade and he's learning the system from the blue seats of a city bus. Robin Gerus became the executive director of Halifax Transit in January.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/why-halifax-s-new-transit-boss-is-taking-the-bus-every-day-1.7479717
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A new PBO report clarifies that the oil and gas cap is not a production at current levels but raises questions about whether it would limit future growth.
#cdnpoli
#climate
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Oil and gas production can meet 'historical highs' under emissions cap: PBO | CBC News
The Parliamentary Budget Office released a new analysis showing the federal government's oil and gas emissions cap would not affect the sector's current production levels â but does raise questions ab...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/oil-gas-emissions-cap-production-1.7481866
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CBC hiring new correspondents in (takes deep breath): -Banff -Red Deer -Lethbridge -Medicine Hat -Fort McMurray -Lloydminster -Hinton/Jasper Plus a slew of other cities outside Alberta. Apply.
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Reporter - Editor (English Services) (On Site)
Position Title: Status of Employment: Permanent Position Language Requirement: Language Skills: Work at CBC/Radio-Canada At CBC/Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Ca...
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The NDP has a list of battleground ridings where party insiders believe they are competitive and have a chance to grow
#cdnpoli
Read more:
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NDP betting on these people and ridings to reverse its electoral fortunes | CBC News
Although the party intends to field candidates in all 343 federal ridings during the 2025 election, local riding associations and the party have been working for well over a year to strategically plac...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-candidates-1.7450022
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The NDP has a list of battleground ridings where party insiders believe they are competitive and have a chance to grow
#cdnpoli
Read more:
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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NDP betting on these people and ridings to reverse its electoral fortunes | CBC News
Although the party intends to field candidates in all 343 federal ridings during the 2025 election, local riding associations and the party have been working for well over a year to strategically plac...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-candidates-1.7450022
7 months ago
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New Democrats say Conservative MPs were missing in action as Canadian parliamentarians visited Capitol Hill and met with American lawmakers and business leaders this week.
#cdnpoli
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NDP calls out Conservative MP 'no show' at parliamentary visit to Washington | CBC News
New Democrats say Conservative MPs were missing in action as Canadian parliamentarians visited Capitol Hill and met with American lawmakers and business leaders.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-washington-lobby-1.7475890
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