Raisa Patel
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Trudeau minister and opposition parties to show a ‘united front’ against Google, Meta today
At noon, Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez, the NDP’s Peter Julian, and the Bloc Québécois’ Martin Champoux are set to hold a news conference “to discuss the Online News Act and the ongoing work to implement it.” → Read More
There’s one hot topic Ottawa isn’t ready to tackle as it prepares to crack down on online discrimination, racism and violent images
In an interview with the Star last week, Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez said his team has never conducted more consultations on any piece of legislation than it has for Ottawa’s online safety bill, set to be introduced this year. → Read More
Why Jagmeet Singh’s NDP thinks Olivia Chow holds the key for capturing Toronto
The NDP says Chow’s win suggests Canada’s largest city was looking for progressive change after more than a decade of conservative rule – and it turned to a stalwart among New Democrats to usher that in. → Read More
Want to read news online? Google and Facebook threaten to make that a lot harder as this federal bill is poised to become law
Bill C-18 has sparked fiery opposition from big tech, which has threatened to block access to news across Canada if the proposed legislation passes unchanged. → Read More
Jagmeet Singh says the Liberals must pass pharmacare legislation this year — but health minister makes no promises
The NDP are part of a governing agreement that could see the party prop up the minority Liberals until 2025 in exchange for a suite of policy commitments, one of which is passing legislation outlining a universal national pharmacare program by the end of 2023. → Read More
Inside the NDP’s refusal to bring down Justin Trudeau’s government over foreign interference
The Liberals’ governing partner is in a tough spot — accused of setting its own agenda ahead of Canadian democracy. → Read More
Facebook and Instagram are about to start blocking news for random Canadians. Here’s what it will look like if you’re targeted
Meta’s move follows a similar tactic employed by Google earlier this year, which saw the global search giant launch a test that filtered out Canadian and international news content for some of its users in Canada. → Read More
David Johnston defies House of Commons, refuses to quit probe into foreign interference
OTTAWA — The Liberal government’s independent adviser on foreign interference rejected a call from opposition parties to step down from his role, stating his marching orders come from the prime minister and that he will proceed with his work until his mandate is fulfilled. “When I accepted the mandate to act as independent special rapporteur, I did so with full knowledge of the fact that the… → Read More
‘Business would be over’: Canada’s news publishers say ban by Google and Facebook would devastate them
News publishers say that if big tech platforms pull Canadian news content from their pages, the move could end smaller news businesses or result in millions of dollars in lost revenue. → Read More
Drop David Johnston from foreign-interference job, Jagmeet Singh tells Trudeau government
The NDP will put forward a motion on Tuesday calling for Johnston to vacate the role, an appointment PM Justin Trudeau announced back in March to probe media reports that Beijing had meddled in general elections. → Read More
The trip was years in the making. Here’s what Canada’s Black politicians learned when they visited their U.S. peers
Canada’s Parliamentary Black Caucus took part in a long-anticipated visit to Washington this week to meet with America’s decades-old Congressional Black Caucus. → Read More
David Johnston says allegation is ‘false’ that Toronto MP Han Dong urged China to keep the two Michaels in jail
Toronto MP Han Dong said he was “vindicated” Tuesday by a report that found that some allegations that he was linked to Chinese elections meddling activities were untrue. → Read More
Rachel Notley has sought to distance herself from Jagmeet Singh. Here’s why
Polls have pegged the race as neck-and-neck between the UCP and NDP candidates, and all eyes are on what happens in battleground Calgary come election night on May 29. → Read More
Should the prime minister’s powers over Parliament be cut back? The NDP thinks so
The NDP has agreed to back the minority Liberals on a range of confidence votes, but is now looking for a pathway to limit Ottawa’s ability to trigger those tests in the first place. → Read More
Is your access to news on Facebook and Instagram about to be blocked?
Facebook blocked news in Australia during a 2021 showdown with the government. How would Canada respond to the same threat here? → Read More
Trudeau government says this housing plan will ‘save lives.’ Critics wonder why the money isn’t being spent
The NDP says the lack of clarity surrounding promised funds for shelters in Indigenous communities — and the government’s intention to actually spend that money — is putting lives at risk. → Read More
Federal health minister ignored pricing regulator’s attempts to collaborate to lower drug costs: former board members
Ottawa faces criticism for continuing to delay long-promised changes that could lower pharmaceutical prices in Canada. → Read More
Ottawa’s online streaming bill is law. Now the real fight begins
The Liberal government’s contentious online streaming bill passed into law Thursday, but the ongoing debate over how the legislation will shape what you watch and post online is just getting started. → Read More
Justin Trudeau, Pierre Poilievre and Jagmeet Singh all crave the labour vote. Here’s why the federal strike complicates that
How Poilievre and Singh will navigate the PSAC strike will be a test of their claims to be the so-called workers vote. It will also test the future of Trudeau’s government. → Read More
Ottawa will expand dental care in next federal budget. ‘It’s a big number,’ source says
The New Democrats are putting affordability at the top of their federal budget wish list, pushing the government to invest billions of dollars into an expanded dental care program at the centre of their deal with the minority Liberals. → Read More