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Véhicules électriques chinois | Doug Ford exhorte Mark Carney à maintenir les droits de douane de 100 %

Doug Ford exhorte le premier ministre Mark Carney à maintenir les droits de douane de 100 % imposés par le Canada sur les véhicules électriques chinois. Le premier ministre de l’Ontario affirme, dans une lettre ouverte publiée mercredi, que cette mesure est essentielle à la conclusion d’un accord commercial avec les États-Unis et à la protection du secteur automobile canadien.

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Aluminum sector likely to receive hundreds of millions in tariff relief, Joly says

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly in Montreal on Monday. She said the federal government hasn’t yet determined how a $5-billion tariff support fund will be divided.

Quebec’s aluminum sector should be in line to receive “hundreds of millions of dollars” from a $5-billion fund to help sectors slammed by U.S. tariffs, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said Monday.

Canadian aluminum and steel exports currently face 50 per cent U.S. tariffs. Nearly all of Canada’s aluminum is produced in Quebec.

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Poilievre wants Criminal Code to define ‘reasonable’ self-defence

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre says the Criminal Code should be amended so that the use of force is presumed to be reasonable to defend your home and family if someone breaks into it.

The federal government needs to amend the Criminal Code so the use of force is presumed to be reasonable to defend your home and family if someone breaks into it, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Friday.

Poilievre called a news conference in Brampton, Ont., amid an outcry over assault charges that were laid against an Ontario man who encountered another man who allegedly broke into his apartment while carrying a crossbow.

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Poilievre accuses Liberals of allowing temporary foreign workers take jobs from Canadians

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre has committed to proposing reforms to the immigration system. 

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on Wednesday accused the federal Liberals of allowing temporary foreign workers to take jobs away from young Canadians while youth unemployment is high.

“As our young people have a quarter-century high in their unemployment, Mark Carney this year is expected to bring in a record number of temporary foreign workers to take the jobs of Canadian youth,” Poilievre said. 

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Canada needs 3.2 million new homes to close housing gap, and it’s not on track yet: PBO

A new condo building under construction in Saint John, New Brunswick on May 6.

Canada needs to build 3.2 million new homes in the next decade to close the housing gap but isn’t on track to do that, the Parliamentary Budget Officer said in a new analysis published on Tuesday.

The latest PBO report estimates the number of new home builds will be higher over the next three years but will gradually return to historical averages after that.

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