Juno Jump Start | Budget 2025 locks in industrial carbon-tax regime, tightening grip on provinces
The Liberals’ 2025 budget maintains the consumer carbon tax at $0 while hiking and entrenching industrial carbon pricing, Carney tables $78.3 BILLION deficit, and more.
Budget 2025 locks in industrial carbon-tax regime, tightening grip on provinces
The Liberals’ 2025 budget maintains the consumer carbon tax at $0 while hiking and entrenching industrial carbon pricing as the cornerstone of Ottawa’s new climate agenda. The plan keeps carbon costs rising for industry through 2050 and introduces new federal powers to compel long-term tax increases on emissions.
WATCH: Carney’s $50B conflict of interest?
Duff Conacher warns that Prime Minister Mark Carney could personally profit from massive federal infrastructure spending tied his substantial investments - including from his time at Brookfield.
Mark Carney tables $78.3 BILLION deficit - largest non-pandemic deficit in Canadian history
The Liberal government has finally tabled its budget, projecting a national deficit of $78.3 billion this year, fueled by a massive $38 billion increase in spending to a total of $581 billion. Outside of the pandemic era, Carney’s budget deficit is the largest in Canadian history.
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MP crosses floor from Conservative to Liberals, citing “better path”
Conservative MP Chris d’Entremont has left the party to join the Liberals after he officially resigned from the Conservative caucus and joined the Liberal government.
Budget earmarks $140M for refugee, foreign worker permanent residency fast-track
The Liberal government is spending nearly $140 million as part of the 2025 federal budget to fast-track refugees, those in need of asylum and temporary foreign workers to permanent residency under two separate “one-time” programs, claiming the move will reduce the number of temporary residents in Canada.
Poilievre says Canadians have to sacrifice because of the Liberals
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has rebuked the Liberals’ claim that sacrifices are going to be required by Canadians with the upcoming federal budget, arguing that Prime Minister Mark Carney’s deficit is what’s “causing the sacrifices.
EXCLUSIVE: Policy resolution at UCP convention wants to scrap no-fault insurance
A Calgary lawyer is fighting back against Alberta’s “Care-First” auto insurance model, demanding that the United Conservative Party adopt a popular policy resolution to scrap the incoming no-fault system, which he argues strips accident victims of their rights and empowers insurance companies.
Prisons full of foreign inmates with no known origin
Ottawa has seemingly lost track of nationality details for a third of foreign prisoners in Canada, as the number of non-Canadian inmates reported by the Correctional Service of Canada hits a record high, increasing by 31% since 2015.
Taxpayer groups calls on Carney to prove he’s different than Trudeau
Taxpayer groups are putting the heat on Prime Minister Mark Carney, demanding he prove he’s not just another Justin Trudeau.
“Chain migration” bill advances after Liberals, NDP reject citizenship language requirements
A controversial bill dubbed the “chain migration” bill by Conservatives is moving forward after the Liberals and NDP rejected amendments that would have required stricter security checks, language tests, and stronger ties to Canada for new citizens. The bill, known as Bill C-3, is now headed for its third reading.
WATCH: The battle over the Notwithstanding Clause
In the latest episode of ‘Not “Sorry”’ on Juno News, host Alexander Brown, Director of the National Citizens Coalition, delves into Canada’s escalating constitutional crisis, spotlighting the Notwithstanding Clause as a bulwark against an increasingly activist judiciary.
RCMP arrest four connected to illegal border crossing in B.C.
With the help of U.S. border officials, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have taken four individuals into custody after three illegally crossed into Canada from the U.S in early October. A driver who waited to pick them up was also arrested.
Eby backs off on anti-tariff U.S. ads after meeting with feds
British Columbia’s NDP government has abandoned its plans to run anti-tariff ads in the U.S., which would have highlighted American tariffs on Canadian goods, after meeting with the federal government.
The Daily Brief | Ford and Carney continue to butt heads over anti-tariff ad
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is disputing Prime Minister Mark Carney’s claims that he wouldn’t have released an anti-tariff ad that led to a breakdown in trade talks with the U.S.
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