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B.C. business groups tell finance committee they want lower taxes
The Surrey Board of Trade and the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade want the province to conduct “a comprehensive tax review” as businesses find themselves “buried in provincial debt, rising inflation and an even higher cost of living” in the wake of the pandemic.
Read MoreGrassroots NDP supporters want to wrestle party control from central command
Disaffected New Democrats, mostly from the left wing of the party, are calling for a “complete overhaul” of the NDP to make it a progressive “movement” driven by members.
Read MoreRural Alberta gets a voice in UCP leadership race
Amisk Mayor Bill Rock wants rural Alberta to get attention in the UCP leadership race to replace Premier Jason Kenney.
Read MoreFirst-ever Black MPPs elected to Ontario PC caucus
The upcoming term will also mark the first time in Ontario’s history that representatives of the Black community sit on both the government and opposition benches.
Read MoreRecommended B.C. legislature reforms still lacking after three years
In the wake of the 2018 legislature spending scandal, “significant changes” to the Legislative Assembly’s operations were made to ensure the fraud and breach of trust committed by ex-clerk Craig James “never happen again,” according to government house leader Mike Farnworth.
Read MoreNo hard feelings: Ontario PCs happy to have an old foe on board
Patrick Dillom served for years as the head of Ontario Working Families — a union supergroup whose attack ads were the bane of the PCs in election campaigns past.
Read MoreLack of ‘rules’ in MAiD’s incurability test means leaning on ‘clinical hunch,’ says prof
As Canada prepares to allow people to request medical assistance in dying (MAiD) to address an incurable mental illness, the country runs the risk of seeing people “needlessly die” if assessors are relying on their “clinical hunch,” one expert warned parliamentarians yesterday.
Read More‘Assault on democracy’: At least half of PC candidates skipping local debates
Queen’s Park Today counted 63 ridings where PC candidates have skipped debates — just over half of their total slate of 122 candidates.
Read MoreKenney to step down after slim majority of UCP members approve of premier’s performance
Premier Jason Kenney announced he will step down as leader of the UCP after receiving 51.4 per cent support among his party members at a leadership review vote.
Read MoreYounger Canadians view voting as choice, not duty: Elections Canada
While lowering the voting age to 16 is “fundamentally” a policy decision for parliamentarians to make, Elections Canada officials highlighted a “registration gap” Thursday for those under 25, acknowledging there remain barriers to voting for younger Canadians.
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