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FIRST READING: What Canada could do with the $90B it’s blowing on high-speed rail
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1441+ words) It would be about the same price to build a second Canada on top of the first Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said that if he ever became prime minister, he would scrap the Alto rail project, a $90-billion program announced…...
Stronach had pattern with women that led to sex assault charges, Crown alleges in closing arguments
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (730+ words) The judge must decide whether the "similar fact evidence" is legally admissible, and if so, what force it should have in her reasoning on each specific count In the early 1980s, when he was approaching 50 years old, auto parts billionaire Frank…...
Imperative to ‘believe all women’ turned Frank Stronach’s case upside down, defence argues in closing statement
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (896+ words) Defence argued that the politics of the #MeToo movement improperly tainted the police investigation, leading them to ignore anything that did not fit with Stronach's presumed guilt The sexual assault trial of auto parts billionaire Frank Stronach drew near to…...
Poilievre promises to derail Liberals' Alto high-speed rail project if elected prime minister
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (673+ words) OTTAWA " "Monstrosity," "ridiculous" and a "boondoggle." Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre had harsh words for the Liberal government's proposed high-speed rail project between Toronto and Quebec City which he promised to derail if elected prime minister. Speaking from a farm in…...
Jamie Sarkonak: Francophones right to be mad at Air Canada CEO
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (339+ words) A statement of condolences in French is the least he could do to show respect for francophone pilot killed at LaGuardia Both men made the same sacrifice, but only one of their families heard Air Canada's subsequent condolence message " delivered…...
Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau to retire, decision comes days after English-only video controversy
4+ day, 29+ min ago (205+ words) Airline said he will leave at the end of the third quarter of 2026 Air Canada has begun the search for a new leader after the current CEO Michael Rousseau informed the board of directors of his retirement later this year....
Political Hack: How Conservatives might win by breaking up with Quebec
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (1563+ words) Take a special free look at our VIP-exclusive Political Hack newsletter This is a special exceptional free look at our VIP-exclusive Political Hack newsletter, so all our readers can see what they've been missing. A premium subscription to Political Hack…...
Quebec's Bill 21 get its day in court
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (150+ words) Quebec's Bill 21 get its day in court'National Post Quebec's Bill 21 get its day in court Ottawa bureau chief Stuart Thomson talks to reporter Christopher Nardi about the Supreme Court hearings this week about Quebec's secularism law, commonly known as Bill…...
Jesse Kline: Tell me again why Air Canada must be officially bilingual
1+ week, 1+ day ago (928+ words) Subjecting the airline to the Official Languages Act was always unnecessary, even more so in the era of AI translators In the wake of the backlash against Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau releasing an English-language video shortly after the crash…...
Quebec’s secularism law: what to know
1+ week, 14+ hour ago (117+ words) Quebec's secularism law: what to know'National Post Quebec's secularism law: what to know Quebec's secularism law, known as Bill 21, came into force in 2019. 'Every Canadian is worth two Americans,' Los Cabos tourism officials say after surge in visits Alberta's separatists…...