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That Liberal-NDP deal made Parliament more predictable — but not more boring | CBC News
This is an excerpt from Minority Report, a weekly newsletter on federal politics. If you haven't subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here.The confidence-and-supply agreement between the Liberals and NDP — now two months old — has…
Analysis: How Sinn Féin is dominating among younger and middle-aged voters
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The latest Business Post/Red C poll suggests that Irish politics is now poised for a further shift away from what was once called ‘civil war politics’…
Romano strikes back at local ‘gutter politics’ (3 photos)
Insinuations that he doesn't live in the Sault are false and are affecting his family, Romano insists
Ross Romano, seeking re-election as Sault Ste. Marie's MPP, is lashing out against what he says is a "completely inappropriate"…
Fossil fuel giants would pay New York $30 billion under new climate bill
When someone makes a mess, they're expected to clean it up.
Fossil fuel companies that have emitted significant greenhouse gases leading to the climate crisis would be required to pay a combined $30 billion to the state for environmental…
Liberal Los Angeles could take right turn in mayor’s race
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Many voters in heavily Democratic Los Angeles are seething over rising crime and homelessness and that could prompt the city to take a turn to the political right for the first time in decades.One of the leading…
Rishi Sunak defends letting second home owners get £400 energy bill rebate twice – UK
As my colleague Graeme Wearden reports on his business live blog, Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, has criticised the decision to allow second home owners to get the £400 energy bills rebate twice. She claimed on Sky News that this…
New York business leaders urge pause on farmworker overtime change
This past March, U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado urged Gov. Kathy Hochul to reconsider a lowering of the threshold for overtime pay for agriculture workers from 60 hours a week to 40. Now, a day after he was sworn in as lieutenant governor,…
Trump must answer questions under oath in New York AG probe into business practices,
Former President Donald TrumpCarlos Barria | ReutersAn appeals court on Thursday rejected a bid by former President Donald Trump and two of his adult children to avoid being compelled to answer questions under oath by investigators for…
Literary ‘superagent’ Mort Janklow dies at 91
NEW YORK (AP) — Mort Janklow, a colorful former corporate attorney who raised high the power of the literary agent as he brokered big advances for publishing, political and entertainment leaders, from Ronald Reagan and Al Gore to David…
Business Highlights: Fed’s ‘restrictive’ levels, Davos gloom
___Fed officials signal rates may head to ‘restrictive’ levelsWASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials agreed when they met earlier this month that they might have to raise interest rates to levels that would weaken the economy as…