Speaker silences Poilievre for a day after he accused foreign minister of pandering to Hamas | Downtown businesses association demands bail reform to restore public safety on urban streets | Foreign interference inquiry probes CSIS warrant application that lingered on minister's desk
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Speaker silences Poilievre for a day after he accused foreign minister of pandering to Hamas; Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks about an opposition motion in the House of Commons, Tuesday, Sept\.24, 2024 in Ottawa\.

Speaker silences Poilievre for a day after he accused foreign minister of pandering to Hamas

October 8 , 2024 at 01:55:53 p.m. EDT • :

Speaker Greg Fergus ruled Tuesday that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre won't be allowed to speak in the House of Commons for the rest of the day after he refused to withdraw his claim that Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is pandering to Hamas.

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Downtown businesses association demands bail reform to restore public safety on urban streets; Wolf and Rosalie, with the EMMIS street intervention team, check on a homeless person during their rounds  Monday, October 23, 2023  in Montreal\.

Downtown businesses association demands bail reform to restore public safety on urban streets

October 8 , 2024 at 11:55:04 a.m. EDT • :

Businesses in cities and main streets across the country say a "humanitarian crisis is playing out in" Canada's communities and they want the federal government to act swiftly to tackle the crime, addiction and social issues they say are hurting businesses and downtowns.

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Foreign interference inquiry probes CSIS warrant application that lingered on minister's desk; Rob Stewart, former deputy minister of Public Safety, appears as a witness at the Foreign Interference Commission in Ottawa on Tuesday, Oct\. 8, 2024\.

Foreign interference inquiry probes CSIS warrant application that lingered on minister's desk

October 8 , 2024 at 02:20:59 p.m. EDT • :

A Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) warrant application that lingered in then-Public Safety minister Bill Blair's office for 54 days included a list of people whose communications were at risk of being intercepted if they communicated with the target of the warrant, the foreign interference inquiry was told Tuesday.

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Minister demands apology after Poilievre accuses her of pandering to 'Hamas supporters'; Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly makes a statement on the one-year anniversary of a Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the ongoing war in Gaza, in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Monday, Oct\. 7, 2024\.

Minister demands apology after Poilievre accuses her of pandering to 'Hamas supporters'

October 7 , 2024 at 05:43:38 p.m. EDT • :

Tensions flared on Parliament Hill Monday as MPs marked the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks — and as Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly demanded an apology from Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre after he accused her of pandering "to Hamas supporters."

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Poilievre blames Liberals for rising antisemitism in remarks at Oct. 7 commemoration ceremony; Israel Ambassador to Canada Iddo Moed delivers remarks during a commemorative event in solidarity with Jewish community members on the anniversary of Oct\. 7 hostilities in Ottawa, on Monday, Oct\. 7, 2024\.

Poilievre blames Liberals for rising antisemitism in remarks at Oct. 7 commemoration ceremony

October 7 , 2024 at 09:40:29 p.m. EDT • :

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre marked the one year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by speaking against rising antisemitism in Canada during a ceremony in Ottawa on Monday night.

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Who will end the debate? Political gridlock continues in the House of Commons; The view of the government benches is seen from the Speakers Chair in the Chamber of the House of Commons, in Ottawa, Thursday, Sept\. 12, 2024\. Parliament will resume Monday following the summer recess\. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld  

October 7 , 2024 at 06:52:27 p.m. EDT • :

Who will end the debate? Political gridlock continues in the House of Commons

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For Pierre Poilievre, the conflict appears to be the point; Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre rises in the House of Commons during question period on Wednesday, September 25, 2024 in Ottawa\.  

October 8 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

For Pierre Poilievre, the conflict appears to be the point

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Canada has no legal obligation to provide First Nations with clean water, lawyers say; Drinking water is poured into a glass from a faucet in North Vancouver, July, 30, 2019\. An Alberta First Nation has revived a lawsuit it first launched 10 years ago in an effort to get the federal government to recognize its human right to clean, safe water\.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward  

October 7 , 2024 at 06:15:02 p.m. EDT • :

Canada has no legal obligation to provide First Nations with clean water, lawyers say

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Inflation, interest rates hit lower-income Canadians' purchasing power harder: report; Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux waits to appear before the Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs \(SECD\) at the Senate in the Parliamentary Precinct of Ottawa, on Monday, June 3, 2024\.  

October 8 , 2024 at 10:28:25 a.m. EDT • :

Inflation, interest rates hit lower-income Canadians' purchasing power harder: report

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Nearly one-quarter of Canadians work in the gig economy: poll; Harry Bains, Minister of Labour; Janet Routledge, Parliamentary Secretary for Labour; and guests for an announcement about policy changes for app-based ride-hail and food-delivery gig workers in British Columbia on Thursday November 16, 2023  

October 8 , 2024 at 07:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Nearly one-quarter of Canadians work in the gig economy: poll

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