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"If he wants us to cut off electricity, he would have to walk up the Trump Tower with candles to go to his office, because the state of New York relies a lot on electricity coming from Canada," said former PM Jean Chrétien about the prospect of a trade war with the United States.
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Conservative leadership candidate @JeanCharest_ says @PierrePoilievre should be disqualified from the race for supporting the "Freedom Convoy."
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NEW: Charest says Poilievre should be disqualified from Conservative leadership race over his support of the Freedom Convoy. #cdnpoli ctvnews.ca/politics/charest-…
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"I would not call it a fringe group," says pollster @ShachiKurl of the Freedom Convoy movement.
"54 per cent of Cdns...are ready for a conversation about whether it's time to start lifting and ending restrictions." #cdnpoli #ctvqp
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Former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig is warning the Canadian government against making China "the core" of its economic diversification strategy because "its not, geopolitically, a reliable partner."
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“He [Prime Minister Justin Trudeau] has made sure that the bilateral relation with India only goes downward, spiralling down,” said expelled Indian High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma, before going on to cast doubt on the political independence of the RCMP.
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Why are some members of the Conservative Party meeting with former leaders of the Freedom Convoy?
@CandiceBergenMP says "...our job is to listen to Canadians." #cdnpoli #ctvqp
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Former Saskatchewan Premier @BradWall306 defends the importance of the oil and gas sector. #ctvqp #cdnpoli
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Hearings begin this week into the unprecedented use of the Emergencies Act.
Conservative MP @RaquelDancho partly blames @JustinTrudeau for the trucker protests in February. #cdnpoli #ctvqp
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Expelled Indian High Commissioner to Canada Sanjay Kumar Verma denies playing any role in the murder of Canadian Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, claiming to Vassy Kapelos “no evidence has been presented” while characterizing the allegation as “politically motivated.”
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"We're at the precipice...we're kind of looking out over the cliff at this point," said Interim Parliamentary Budget Officer Jason Jacques about the federal government's fiscal outlook ahead of the budget.
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Former OPP Commissioner & CTV News' Public Safety Analyst Chris Lewis says he doesn't believe the protests/blockades warranted the invoking of the Emergencies Act. #ctvqp #ottnews #cdnpoli
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Does @jkenney take responsibility for giving credibility to the trucker convoy? This was the Alberta Premier's response.
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Former BOC Governor David Dodge on @PierrePoilievre claims the central bank is financially illiterate: 'It's bull****.' #cdnpoli #ctvqp
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Canadians who worked in 2023 and made $150K or less are eligible for Trudeau's promised $250 "Working Canadian Rebate."
Vassy Kapelos asks Youth Minister Marci Ien: Why would the government send money to someone who makes $149K and not to a student who can't find a job?
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Why won’t Conservative leader @PierrePoilievre get security clearance to review confidential information related to foreign interference?
@MichaelChongMP says “What the prime minister is asking Poilievre to do is to essentially tie his hands behind his back.” #cdnpoli
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Republican Rep. Mike Turner, chairman of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee, claims Justin Trudeau - not Donald Trump - is the "greatest threat to NATO."
You can watch Rep. Turner's exclusive Canadian broadcast interview on CTV's Question Period, Sunday at 11:00 a.m. ET.
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Alberta Premier-Designate @ABDanielleSmith says she will move quickly on her proposed Alberta Sovereignty Act.
What is her response to critics who say it's unconstitutional? Does she have a mandate to implement it?
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In a conversation about carbon capture and oil production, Alberta's Premier Danielle Smith said Canada has "the lowest living standards in the world."
"We're falling behind all the OECD countries in productivity growth and standard of living growth," said Smith.
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As Trump’s threat to impose tariffs hangs over Canada, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith continues to oppose any oil and gas export tax or restriction, likening such a response to another equalization program.
“Albertans are just simply not going to accept an export tax on this product. They’re not going to accept the federal government blocking the export of this vital product," said Smith.
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As Canada and India seek to reset relations, New Delhi's new High Commissioner to Canada Dinesh Patnaik insists the allegations levelled by the RCMP and then-PM Justin Trudeau are "preposterous and absurd."
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"If you're auditioning to be the Prime Minister of this country, show up and march." The scrum weighs in on @AndrewScheer's decision not to march in pride parades. #ctvqp #cdnpoli
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Vassy asks Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre why Canadians should treat him as an authority on the economy when for months he said food prices would go down once the carbon tax was gone: "The carbon tax has been gone since April the first, and food prices continue to rise." #cdnpoli
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"We have a chance to pivot, we need to do that," said former interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose, urging the Liberal government to abandon its "higher-tax agenda" in an effort to increase productivity and competitiveness with the U.S. under Donald Trump.
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The Globe and Mail's @RobertFife has more on the story revealing Andrew Scheer never really was a licensed insurance broker, despite claiming to be one. #ctvqp #cdnpoli #elxn43
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The Globe reported this week that the Justin Trudeau has made another attempt to recruit Mark Carney into government.
“What sense does that make for Mark Carney? Rushing into a burning building with charcoal pants on. It’s just insane,” said CTV Political Analyst Scott Reid.
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.@AndrewScheer says Canada shouldn't have sent its own personal protective equipment to China when it was dealing with shortages here at home. #ctvqp #cdnpoli
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Gerald Butts on how the Conservative Party has approached the trucker convoy. #cdnpoli #ctvqp
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Did @mary_ng ever consider resigning over breaking ethics rules for awarding a contract to a friend? #cdnpoli
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"The standard isn't Holocaust. There's nothing strategic about the rape, torture, murder, disappearances, human trafficking of Indigenous women and girls. This is in fact the reality," says @Pam_Palmater on the scrum. #ctvqp #cdnpoli
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The Globe's @RobertFife says @Puglaas' careful note taking is the reason "they will never have a public judicial inquiry into this," as
it would require the PMO and all involved aides to produce their texts, documents and emails and to testify under oath.
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"I was shocked," said Liberal MP Wayne Long of the speed of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's decision to stay on as Liberal leader. "We expected some second thought by the prime minister."
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Craig Oliver - I've done 40 years of travel with PM's and this is one of the most unsubstantial trips I've ever seen. #cdnpoli
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He may not have used the word tax, but Conservative Leader @AndrewScheer just acknowledged to @EvanLSolomon that his climate plan includes putting a price on carbon. No details on how much big emitters would pay. More here: ctvnews.ca/politics/scheer-a… #ctvqp #cdnpoli
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“The United States is now, in its own way, as unreliable as China,” said Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman of Trump’s global tariff regime, adding that the president has caused permanent damage to America’s reputation. “We will always be one election away from going crazy again.”
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"It feels like the air is coming out of the bicycle tire of the government," said CTV News Political Analyst Scott Reid after the Liberal byelection loss in Montreal. "You can see it in people's faces and you can read it in their body language."
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.@StephanieLevitz: "You know what the [government] can do?... Be transparent...tell Canadians what's going on...show it, show your work...if the public health system and gov't doesn't step it up, people stop trusting them." #cdnpoli #ctvqp
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A new PBO report says by 2030, most households will pay more for carbon pricing than it gets back in rebates.
@s_guilbeault responds. #cdnpoli
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"When I faced racism every once and a while, who was in my corner? It was Justin Trudeau," says @OmarAlghabra. #ctvqp #cdnpoli #elexn43
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"We have to ask ourselves, is it the really right time for caps on emissions?": Former Liberal finance minister Bill Morneau says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government need to reconsider several key policy issues in the wake of Trump's re-election.
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"I don't have an interpersonal relationship with Minister Bennett, and I know that many media have been talking about that were were at odds with each other. The only at odds we were with each other, was I wanted to fulfill the promises this gov has made" - Jody Wilson-Raybould
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“I decided to endorse a candidate which shared the same vision of Canada - an ambitious Canada, a confident Canada, a prosperous Canada,” said Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne when asked why he chose to endorse Mark Carney over Chrystia Freeland in the race to replace Justin Trudeau.
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Is it worth the risk to implement a no-fly zone over Ukraine?
@AVindman says NATO should help Ukraine establish one. #cdnpoli #ctvqp
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"The Indian government response, rather than collaboration, has been to attack and vilify Canada,” said Canadian High Commissioner to India Cameron MacKay, alleging New Delhi has made a false distinction between the alleged crimes in Canada and the alleged crimes in the U.S.
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Green Party Leader @ElizabethMay says Justin Trudeau shouldn't pander to climate change deniers in the Western provinces. #ctvqp #cdnpoli
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“There needs to be billions of dollars of reductions in the federal bureaucracy,” says Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre when asked how much the federal government should cut the public service. #cdnpoli
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“Count me as skeptical, and count me as opposed to the idea of tens of billions of dollars of additional federal subsidy when we have a pipeline that is not currently at capacity,” B.C. Premier David Eby says of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s push for a new oil pipeline to tidewater through his province.
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Jody Wilson-Raybould says the text that Carolyn Bennett sent to her was "insulting, particularly since it was the first word she has sent me via text since December of 2018" #cdnpoli
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Why will the NDP continue to support the Liberals despite its criticism over the feds’ handling of foreign interference?
@theJagmeetSingh says “I’m worried about foreign interference in an election. I don’t want to cause an election to address foreign interference.” #cdnpoli
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"I did tell Min. Sajjan that I had received a complaint of inappropriate sexual behaviour against the chief of defence staff...those were my exact words," says former military ombudsman Gary Walbourne #cdnpoli #ctvqp
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"You can either run on your record, or run from your record," says Conservative Party Spokesperson @BrockWHarrison in response to the Prime Minister sitting out several key debates. #cdnpoli #ctvqp
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Conservative leadership candidate @LeslynLewis says she wouldn't march in a pride parade. Hear her explain why, here. #ctvqp #cdnpoli
More coverage of the leadership race at ctvnews.ca.
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Former New Brunswick Liberal premier Frank McKenna says if he were in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s shoes, at this point in the government’s mandate, he would step down.
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What does former PM Jean Chretien think about the political climate today? Has it changed since he was in office?
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“Let’s just rip the Band-Aid off, let’s get this done, bring them in, have a conversation, lift the waivers, relieve them of their oaths, get it done,” @lraitt said of allowing @Puglaas and @janephilpott to speak freely.
#ctvqp #cdnpoli
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"You guys are 3.6% vaccinated with 2 doses, so just wait for (the Indian variant) to rip through the Canadian population, and then the problems you've had with these very rare clotting events will look pretty insignificant" - Sir John Bell
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Alberta’s provincial fuel tax is also set to go up April 1. How can Alberta ask Ottawa for relief when it’s also increasing its tax?
@ABDanielleSmith responds, by questioning whether the federal carbon tax changes behaviour and calls the policy a “shell game.” #cdnpoli
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The Liberals have no intention of using procedural tactics to delay the Conservatives’ promised non-confidence motion, and they have no plans to prorogue Parliament to hold onto power, according to Government House Leader Karina Gould.
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"You're already past due," says Republican Rep. Mike Turner of the Liberal government's promise to spend 2% of GDP on defence by 2032. "The Canadian military needs desperate investment right now."
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Despite Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer's trials and tribulations during the campaign, former interim Tory leader @RonaAmbrose says he's come a long way since his time as House Speaker. #ctvqp #cdnpoli #elxn43
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Former Liberal Finance Minister Bill Morneau says he thinks the federal government needs to look at its emissions cap, among other policies, with a "fresh eye based on the very significant different environment we find ourselves in."
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Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer won’t say whether his party will either scale back or fully scrap the federal dental care program born of the now-ended Liberal-NDP supply-and-confidence agreement, despite new data showing nearly 650,000 Canadians have used the plan.
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.@VanJones68 says not all of Trump's supporters are racist, but there is still a toxic strain of bigotry emerging in the Trump phenomenon.
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"She showed steely determination. All you have to do is go back to the tape of her being sworn is as Veterans Affairs minister. She looked furious, she knew what was going on," said @ThomasMulcair of @Puglaas and SNC-Lavalin.
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Scheer says he halted the process of renouncing his U.S. citizenship once he stepped down as leader. Why? "Just for personal reasons..." #ctvqp #cdnpoli
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What is Human Rights Foundation Chairman @Kasparov63’s assessment of how Russian President Vladmir Putin’s attack is going?
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“[Trudeau's energy] bargain with the Notley government ended on election day. And it was from our perspective, and I think the vast majority of Alberta voters, a complete failure,” said @jkenney.
#ctvqp #cdnpoli
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she is going to convince B.C. Premier David Eby to support a new oil pipeline through his province.
"I know that he is on Team Canada and I can't imagine in the end that if we meet the issues that have been raised by British Columbia that he would go off Team Canada," says Smith. "That doesn't seem to me to be the type of person that David Eby is."
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What message does B.C. MLA @ellisbross have for protesters demonstrating in solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en across Canada? He explains in this video.
#ctvqp #cdnpoli
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The Conservatives say a 'made in Canada' recession is on the horizon. Are they fear-mongering, or is there is some truth to their economic analysis? We asked @PierrePoilievre. #ctvqp #cdnpoli
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Evan - If you're running $19 billion deficits now, your fiscal capacity to deal with a rainy day is got to be worse.
@JustinTrudeau - Actually, that's not true.
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Newly appointed Quebec Lieutenant Jean-Yves Duclos is warning the NDP that the dental care program it helped put into place will be in jeopardy if it pulls its support from the governing Liberals: "If the NDP doesn't work with us, these 4 million adults will not become eligible to dental care."
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Kenney is already making it clear that he will “do what I can to elect a federal Conservative government” in the upcoming fall federal election campaign. “I make no apologies for that,” said @jkenney.
#ctvqp #cdnpoli
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The federal Liberals have few, if any, political allies left in support of the consumer carbon tax.
CTV Chief Political Correspondent Vassy Kapelos asks Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault what responsibility the government bears in causing that support to erode?
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Prime Minister Trudeau says he was not informed until this week about attempts by the PRC to target @MichaelChongMP and his family in 2021, despite CSIS sharing the information to some levels of government.
Chong calls it “alarming.’” #cdnpoli
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With Tuesday's budget @PierrePoilievre says he expects the PM to "pull some tricks out of the old Kathleen Wynne trick book." #ctvqp #cdnpoli
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford says premiers are unanimous in calling on the federal government to accelerate its defence spending timeline to hit 2% of GDP.
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Conservative Leader @AndrewScheer says the buck stops with @JustinTrudeau when it comes to Norman affair accountability. He's calling for parliament to study the matter to determine what happened, vows to use whatever tools they have to continue asking questions. #cdnpoli #ctvqp
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Will carbon pricing carve-outs for Western provinces and other home heating be possible?
@Gudie says “Atlantic Caucus was vocal….and perhaps they need to elect more Liberals in the Prairies so that we can have that conversation as well.” #cdnpoli
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Conservative health critic @MichelleRempel has been very critical about the lack of rapid tests for COVID-19, saying they could help the government to alleviate certain measures.
"Rapid testing is key," Rempel Garner argued.
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Alberta Premier @ABDanielleSmith has left the door open to using the notwithstanding clause to pass proposed gender policies. Should the federal government intervene?
@RachelNotley says “the notwithstanding clause was never designed to be used as casually.” #cdnpoli
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Former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig is urging caution and warning against making China “the core” of Canada’s diversification strategy.
Catch the full interview today at 11ET/8PT on CTV and CTV News Channel. #cdnpoli ctvnews.ca/politics/article/…
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Why is India not cooperating in an investigation after Prime Minister Trudeau alleged India may be involved in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader on Canadian soil?
India’s High Commissioner to Canada Sanjay Kumar Verma joins @ctvqp for his first TV interview since the allegations on Sunday at 11ET/8PT on CTV and CTV News Channel. #cdnpoli
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Why did the federal government wait until now to remove the GST on rental housing construction and to threaten tax measures on major grocers?
Treasury Board President @AnitaAnandMP says “it is clear that the market itself is not going to bring those prices down.” #cdnpoli
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Asked by @EvanLSolomon if the government has blown its handling of the #COVID19 crisis, @AndrewScheer says the Liberals have "consistently had to reverse their own positions." #ctvqp #cdnpoli
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Why are police not enforcing the law? @BillBlair responds saying that the country needs police to "do their job"
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Was the Conservatives vote against an updated free trade deal with Ukraine solely about carbon pricing concerns?
@MelissaLantsman defends the move. #cdnpoli
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Who will be subject to discoverability regulations under C-10? People with large followings? What’s the threshold? @s_guilbeault responds.
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