Unpublished Newswire
We’ve had roughly 24 hours to sift through the 2024 Federal Budget. The Liberals seemed to be making a genuine effort to connect with Millennials and Gen-Z Canadians, emphasizing a need for ‘generational fairness’. And as we inch closer to a federal election, it’s a politically smart move. Did it work? And no matter what demographic you belong to, does this gameplan work for you? It’s time to welcome back our Political Heat Panel. Speaking of priorities, the Trudeau government was also going big on housing, a top-of-mind issue that the Deputy Prime Minister insists has always been top-of...
April 17, 2024 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
With the majority of Canadians focused on housing and inflation during Tuesday’s Federal Budget unveiling, there is one piece of legislation that peaked Kristy Cameron’s interest. The 2024 playbook included a path forward for the Trudeau Liberals to introduce a ‘right to disconnect’ law, which is designed to protect federally-regulated workers from answering emails after-hours. We dig deeper with Alex Lucifero, an employment lawyer and labour expert with Samfiru Tumarkin LLP. Plus, are phone books going the way of the do-do bird? And if they are, will we regret it later?
April 17, 2024 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
A long-running dispute over whether a structure on a Surrey property violates a city bylaw that prohibits shipping containers on residential lots has been settled by the B.C. Supreme Court
April 17, 2024 - 17:12 | Lisa Steacy | CTV News - Canada
The final home is in place at a tiny house community in Fredericton, where a local entrepreneur backed a project designed to give people access to their own affordable — and safe — housing.
April 17, 2024 - 15:31 | | CBC News - Canada
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's predecessor Bill Morneau says there was talk of increasing the capital gains tax while he was on the job — but he resisted such a change because he feared it would discourage investment by companies and job creators.
April 17, 2024 - 15:01 | | CBC News - Canada
A hearing to decide whether a B.C. man who killed his three children can continue to go out in public unescorted ended abruptly and without a decision on Wednesday, after the man shouted at members of the B.C. Review Board and his lawyer quit the case.
April 17, 2024 - 10:35 | | CBC News - Canada
