Evan Bray: Canadians deserve more than vague explanations over poor trade results
Canadians elected Prime Minister Mark Carney to office to handle trade tensions between Canada and the U.S. Evan Bray sa...
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In the news today: Fed's budget pitch begins, Leaf's Matthews still shy of 70
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Liberals to sell budget as boon to fairness It's now up to the federal Liberal ...
Apr 17, 2024
Trudeau says Conservatives' vote against budget is a vote against 'fairness'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is accusing the Conservatives of siding with "multi-millionaires" and standing against fairness over their decision not to support the federal budget. The Libera...
Apr 17, 2024
Moe cautions Saskatchewan Party members over texts to legislature Speaker
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he has cautioned his caucus about texting the Speaker after his finance minister landed in hot water for doing so. Moe said Tuesday he told Saskatchewan Pa...
Apr 16, 2024
'Swing and a miss:' Saskatchewan premier criticizes federal budget
Almost as soon as the federal budget was mentioned to him Tuesday afternoon, Premier Scott Moe pointed straight at the deficit of $39.8 billion. "That's just a little bit more than I think we're willi...
Apr 16, 2024 Premier Scott Moe says the $40-billion deficit contained in the federal budget released Tuesday might be more than the country is willing to bear. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Snowfall warnings issued for northeastern parts of Saskatchewan
As expected, Old Man Winter is paying another visit to Saskatchewan. Environment Canada issued snowfall warnings for areas in northeastern Saskatchewan on Tuesday, saying some regions could get up to ...
Apr 16, 2024 (Gerald Bauman/650 CKOM)
Budget 2024: Liberals aim to hit the brakes on car theft with new criminal offences
OTTAWA - The federal government is going after car thieves in its latest budget, which proposes several new Criminal Code offences specific to auto thefts. The Liberals are proposing new charges for t...
Apr 16, 2024
Budget 2024: Liberals to dole out five years worth of carbon rebates to businesses
OTTAWA - Small- and medium-sized business owners are set to receive a long-awaited refund from Ottawa, which was holding onto billions of dollars while it sorted out a way to deliver them their carbon...
Apr 16, 2024
Higher tobacco and vaping taxes offsets drug plan spending in federal budget
OTTAWA - The federal government expects that its latest effort to discourage Canadians from smoking, contained in the federal budget tabled Tuesday, will generate $1.7 billion in new revenue. That inc...
Apr 16, 2024
Some of the winners and losers in the 2024 federal budget
OTTAWA - With a variety of fiscal and policy measures announced in the federal budget, here's a look at some of the winners and losers: Winner: Small businesses Carbon tax rebates for small businesses...
Apr 16, 2024
Liberals raise capital gains tax on wealthiest Canadians to pay for agenda
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland delivered a federal budget Tuesday that keeps the deficit capped at $40 billion, thanks to higher-than-expected government revenues and new taxes that large...
Apr 16, 2024
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Sarah Mills: Who would want to head up Canada Post?
Sarah Mills says the federal government is on the search for a new CEO to head up the mail service to bring success to a...
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TODAY ON EVAN BRAY
The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, September 10
8:30 - Many Canadians say Prime Minister Mark Carney's decision to launch counter-tariffs was a gamble he had to make. B...