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Promises to boost economy, mental health funding and help housing prices on the campaign trail
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole discussed his plans to boost the economy, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau faced more protesters while discussing mental health funding and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh pledged to cut down on serial house flippers.
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O'Toole says he's waiting for the PBO to put a price tag on his platform
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says he is waiting for the Parliamentary Budget Officer to cost his platform — but is being pressed to say why he needs the PBO's numbers.
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FIFA 21 players enticed into lucrative ‘loot-box’ option, insider claims | Go Public
A company insider tells CBC’s Go Public that video game giant Electronic Arts is enticing the players of FIFA 21 to buy bonus-filled ‘loot-boxes,’ which have been the subject of lawsuits because of links to gambling.
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Budget looks ahead to post-pandemic, next election
CBC’s chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton says the budget contains a lot of pieces to try to please a lot of different factions and set the Liberals up for the next federal election.
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Child care, pandemic recovery key elements in Liberals' lengthy budget
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland presented the Liberals' first budget in two years with a focus on recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and a $30-billion promise of a national child-care program.
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Weekly First-Time Unemployment Claims Fall to 576,000 as March Retail Sales Jump 9.8%
New economic data out this morning shows initial weekly jobless claims came in much lower than expected, with 576,000 Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits last week. The U.S. also saw a 9.8% jump in retail sales for the...
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Provincial leaders want meeting with Trudeau before government's throne speech
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs joins Power & Politics to discuss the provincial leaders' reiterated call for the federal government to increase long-term health care spending.
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Home Depot Tops Sales Estimates Despite Retailers Seeing Big July Drop
Retail sales experienced a bigger than expected drop in July after consumers pulled back on spending. Jharonne Martis, director of consumer research at Refinitiv, joined Cheddar to talk about the disappointing report and attributed the...
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What's fueling the rise in global military expenditure? | Inside Story
A report says global military spending reached nearly $2 trillion last year.
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Singh questions Trudeau's resolve on delivering vaccines to Canadians
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke during the first question period of 2021 after the Commons returned from its winter break.
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Bank of Canada predicts wealthier households will hold on to their pandemic savings
Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem spoke with reporters after the quarterly interest rate announcement on Wednesday.
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Why CBC News is examining the government’s pandemic spending | The Big Spend
CBC News senior investigative editor Diana Swain discusses what sparked the investigation into the federal government’s pandemic spending and why there’s different information available in the U.S.
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What to expect in the federal fiscal update
CBC News’s David Cochrane breaks down what Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is expected to announce in Monday's federal fiscal update, including details on the deficit and new pandemic spending.
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Bolivia's president-elect prepares for inauguration amid tensions
Former Minister of Economy Luis Arce prepares for his swearing-in and for the challenges ahead.
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Critics call Liberals’ immigration targets unrealistic
The Liberal government has announced plans to bring 1.2 million immigrants to Canada over the next three years, saying large-scale immigration is key to keeping the economy afloat, but Conservative critics call the goal unrealistic at best.
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Poilievre challenges Freeland over the lack of fiscal anchors in her department's pandemic spending
Conservative finance critic Pierre Poilievre questioned Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland in QP Monday.
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Trudeau says election possible if government loses a confidence vote
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians will go to the polls if his government loses a confidence vote on a Conservative motion this week.
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EU agriculture reform pits farmers against environmentalists as CAP vote looms large over Brussels
For farmers, big and small, Europe’s Common Agriculture Policy keeps them in business, and it’s a big slice of the European Union’s budget too, representing over a third of entire expenditure. After years of negotiations changes are...
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EU agriculture reform pits farmers against environmentalists
For farmers, big and small, Europe’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) keeps them in business, and it’s a big slice of the European Union’s budget too, representing over a third of the entire expenditure. After years of negotiations,...
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Trump signs COVID relief bill amid pressure, but adds conditions
Clock ticking on relief bill that includes payments to jobless Americans, and funding for federal government operations.
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Trudeau government won't say who got billions of dollars in aid
Nine months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the government has yet to reveal all the details of where billions of dollars in pandemic aid has gone. Only a few federal departments have released information about which individuals, groups or...
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Pandemic Worsening Racial Wealth Gap, Says University of Chicago Professor
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to hit Americans' wallets, it's also exposing the longstanding wealth gap between minority communities and White Americans, according to Damon Jones, professor at the University of Chicago.
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Alberta a ‘have not’ province for 1st time in 50 years
COVID-19 hit Alberta's already struggling economy so hard, Albertans are no longer giving more in federal taxes than their province receives in support, turning it into a ‘have not’ province for the first time in over 50 years, according...
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EU recovery fund: Germany abandons years of thrift for deal
The Macron-Merkel plan is unpopular in some conservative circles in Germany.