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Mark Carney unveils Liberal party’s election platform, promises $129 billion in new spending
Saturday, April 19th, 2025
The platform defines capital spending as “anything that builds an asset” owned by the federal government, another level of government, or a private company… not “spending” but “investing” that will prompt private sector investment to grow the economy… Carney also repeated his promise that his government would not cut health and social transfers to provinces, and would preserve programs like national child care, dental care, pharmacare and an emerging school food program.
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Canada unveils new restrictions on work permits for international students, spouses
Monday, January 22nd, 2024
Starting on Sept. 1, the federal government will stop issuing postgraduate work permits to international students who graduate from programs provided under so-called Public College-Private Partnerships, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said… “I’m not the minister of post-secondary education underfunding. I’m the minister of immigration. Clearly in the last decade or so or even longer, post-secondary institutions in Canada have been underfunded by provinces.”
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Justin Trudeau’s $3.1B inflation-relief plan includes increase in GST rebate
Tuesday, September 13th, 2022
… the first pieces of legislation… will be to double the GST tax credit, provide dental care payments and increase housing benefits for millions of Canadians… the tax credit increase will last for six months… dental care payments are framed as a first step to achieving a national program… for people without existing insurance… The third measure [will] provide 1.8 million people with a $500 increase their federal housing supports.
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A last-minute guide to what the federal parties are pitching
Monday, October 21st, 2019
Over the course of the election, federal parties have been making their pitch to Canadians on their plans for the environment, health care, affordability, the economy and plenty more…here’s what the parties are pitching:
Tags: budget, child care, crime prevention, economy, featured, Health, housing, ideology, immigration, Indigenous, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living, tax
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Justin Trudeau made reconciliation a top priority. Four years later, what’s changed?
Sunday, July 21st, 2019
Annual funding for health services, education, children’s programs, housing and more has jumped by 50 per cent, from $11 billion in 2015-16 to more than $17 billion slated for 2021-22… Yet striking disparities remain… “There’s still a huge socio-economic gap between First Nations and the rest of Canadians. And that gap is not going to close in one, two or three years,” Bellegarde said. “You need long-term, sustained investments.”
Tags: budget, featured, Health, housing, ideology, Indigenous, jurisdiction, participation, rights, standard of living
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