SAAQclic management lied to the Quebec government for years, commission concludes
Philip Authier, Montreal Gazette / montrealgazette - The report is careful about blaming anyone in particular for the bungled operation. Premier François Legault emerges unscathed.
- Analysis: Anatomy of the SAAQclic fiasco and managerial failures (1)
- Government weighs legal action, oversight after Gallant report (2)
- Inquiry: SAAQ managers lied, concealed massive cost overruns (6)
- SAAQ apologizes, vows overhaul; public dismayed and demands accountability (5)
Analysis: Anatomy of the SAAQclic fiasco and managerial failures
Government weighs legal action, oversight after Gallant report
Inquiry: SAAQ managers lied, concealed massive cost overruns
SAAQ apologizes, vows overhaul; public dismayed and demands accountability
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Will BC Axe FireSmart Funding in Tomorrow’s Budget?
Tyler Olsen / thetyee - The province has suggested fire prevention funding will be centralized. Local officials are concerned.
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Alberta rolls out $143 million in classroom complexity funding
Cindy Tran / edmontonjournal - More than 1,800 classes in Calgary and over 1,500 classes in Edmonton are considered high priority
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Ontario to lift freeze on domestic postsecondary tuition fees
Joe Friesen / theglobeandmail - Government also changing OSAP to deliver more loans, fewer grants
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Loss of government funding, secularism putting many Quebec churches ‘on the brink’
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Experts say Quebec's decision last year to suspend programs that provided financial aid for church renovations and transformations is putting future projects in jeopardy.
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New Brunswick Tory MP turns down pay raise
Jackson Loy / westernstandard - Mike Dawson, the Conservative Member of Parliament for the New Brunswick riding of Miramichi-Grand Lake, has sent a letter to the Clerk of the House of Commons refusing a 4.2% pay raise, which he and all other MPs are set to receive.
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Toronto city council approves 2026 budget including 2.2 per cent property tax hike
Meredith Bond / citynews - Toronto city council has adopted the mayor’s 2026 budget, which includes a modest property tax increase, caps on public transit fares and more money for the police. The budget includes a 2.2 per cent property tax hike, compared to a 6.9 increase last year…
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Eglinton Crosstown LRT to open Sunday with no official fanfare
John Marchesan / citynews - Six years after it was originally scheduled to open, and 15 years after the first shovels went into the ground, the long-delayed and much-maligned Eglinton Crosstown LRT is set to carry its first public passengers on Sunday. The 19-kilometre, 25 station L…
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Ottawa gives Canada Post a $1.01-billion loan amid ongoing financial struggles
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The federal government will provide Canada Post a $1.01B repayable loan to maintain services and support reforms for long-term stability.
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Canada’s 5% NATO pledge to add $63-billion to deficit over next decade, budget watchdog says
Steven Chase / theglobeandmail - PBO says meeting the goal could cost about $33.5-billion more each year until 2035-36
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Canadians sitting on $2B in uncashed federal cheques: Report
Brian Towie / torontosun - Families also left approximately $42.8 million in cheques for the Canada Child Benefit left uncashed.
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Carney’s grocery, GST benefit plan will cost $12.4B over six years: PBO
Ariel Rabinovitch / globalnews - The recently announced Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit will cost an estimated $12.4 billion over six years, according to the Parliamentary Budget Officer.
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Nuclear refurbishment is completed and under budget at Ontario's Darlington plant: minister
Allison Jones / nationalobserver - A nuclear refurbishment at the Darlington power plant is now complete and the unit is set to soon return to service.
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Peel school board supervision a 'smokescreen' for underfunding, chair says
sootoday - The chair of a school board recently taken over by Ontario's minister of education is defending the management and finances of the board, saying the supervision is a "smokescreen" to distract from provincial underfunding.
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Immigration minister says struggling universities must ask provinces for help
News Staff / citynews - HALIFAX — Canada’s immigration minister says universities and colleges struggling to balance the books after federal cuts to the international student program will have to turn to their provincial governments for financial help. Lena Diab told a crowd in …
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Carney unveils hike to GST credit, other measures targeting affordability
Stephanie Levitz / theglobeandmail - The package includes an increase to the GST credit for five years and $20-million to support food banks
- Core GST credit announcement details (9)
- Political context and policy debates (2)
- Regional reactions and eligibility insights (3)
Core GST credit announcement details
Political context and policy debates
Regional reactions and eligibility insights
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Executives will be among public service cuts as job notices roll out, deputy ministers say
Bill Curry / theglobeandmail - The government plans to reduce the size of the workforce by 30,000
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Universities and colleges say more funding critical to Ford’s ‘protect Ontario’ plan
John Marchesan / citynews - Ontario’s universities and colleges are looking for billion-dollar funding boosts in the province’s upcoming budget, investments they are framing as critical to Premier Doug Ford’s plan to “protect Ontario” from tariff impacts by strengthening domestic ca…
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Construction bill for BHP's Jansen potash mine in Saskatchewan up by another US$1 billion
Rob O'Flanagan / thestarphoenix - Company pegs the first stage of the project at US$8.4 billion, a US$2.7 billion increase over the original price tag of US$5.7 billion
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Thousands of federal government workers receive layoff notices
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada said federal government workers are being forced into a 'Hunger Games-style fight for jobs.'
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