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With Canadians expected to head to the polls next month, political watchers are wondering if several factors, including the pandemic, will jolt Albertans out of their typical pattern of electing federal conservative candidates.
With Canada’s vaccine supply appearing to have stabilized, at least for now, the latest point of pandemic-related friction between the federal and provincial governments seems to be cross-border traffic — specifically, the “non-essential travel” that at least one premier is openly blaming for the current third wave of infections. As the Star’s Susan Delacourt reports, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc “fired off a letter to Ontario this weekend, asking (Premier) Doug Ford and his cabinet to identify which international travellers they want banned from entering t...
With just one week to go until his minority government unveils its first full budget in nearly two years, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will soon find out just what it will take to secure the support of at least one other party as he heads into preliminary negotiations with his cross-aisle counterparts. According to his official itinerary, Trudeau has scheduled closed-door têtes-à-tête with Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole (11:45 AM) and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François (3:15 PM), respectively, with similar sessions with New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh and Green Party Le...
iPolitics By Kady O'Malley. Published on Apr 12, 2021 6:01am Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to speak with two of his opposition counterparts today. (Photo via Twitter @JustinTrudeau) With just one week to go until his minority government unveils its first full budget in nearly two years, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will soon find out just what it will take to secure the support of at least one other party as he heads into preliminary negotiations with his cross-aisle counterparts. According to his official itinerary, Trudeau has scheduled closed-door têtes-à-tê...