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Canada

Ottawa pledges $750M for Quebec immigration costs, sets no clear reduction targets

Ottawa has rejected Quebec’s demand for $1 billion in compensation for receiving what Premier François Legault says is over half a…

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Canada pledges billions in new defence spending, but doesn’t reach NATO’s 2% commitment

Two years after being ordered on an urgent basis, a new defence policy for Canada that promises to bolster the military’s…

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Federal government pledges $6B for housing in new infrastructure fund

The federal government is pledging billions of dollars in new money to tackle Canada’s housing crisis, but much of it will…

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Canada

B.C. pledges $80M to help farmers cope with prolonged drought

Unprecedented drought in British Columbia last year has prompted the provincial government to invest $80 million to help farmers manage,…

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Federal government pledges $58.8M to continue local journalism program to 2027

The Liberal government is extending a program that funds 400 local reporting jobs across the country. Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge…

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Poilievre pledges to establish minimum prison sentences for extortion

Pierre Poilievre is promising to establish mandatory minimum prison sentences for criminals convicted of extortion, including tougher punishments for people who…

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Canada

Federal government pledges more money to help with refugee housing crisis

The federal government is allocating more money to help house a rising number of asylum seekers in Canada. Minister of…

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Canada

Canada pledges to work with U.S. over competing claims to Arctic sea floor

The federal government is pledging to work with its American counterparts after the U.S. claimed parts of the Arctic sea…

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Speaker defends convention message as personal, non-partisan — but pledges more diligence in future

House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus’s office says a video message played at the recent Ontario Liberal leadership convention was…

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Nova Scotia

N.S. government pledges $1 billion for over 40,000 new housing units over five years

The provincial government released its long-awaited housing strategy Monday, pledging a $1-billion investment over five years to create conditions necessary…

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