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Carney Has His Majority. Three Years, No Excuses, and The First Canadian Killed in Lebanon Was Running to Help.
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Carney Has His Majority and Three Years, No Excuses.
Mark Carney has his majority at last. The Liberals swept all three byelections on Sunday - Scarborough Southwest, University-Rosedale, and Terrebonne - clearing the bar after Marilyn Gladu's floor crossing left them one seat short (Voyageur 80).
Five Conservative defections in twelve months. Carney's approval is sitting at 52%, his favourability at +20, and the Liberals hold a six-point lead in polls. No general election is required until the fall of 2029.
This give him three years to pass whatever he wants without having to negotiate much of anything. The one-percentage-point income tax cut - $27.2 billion over five years - can go through clean. Same for the Express Entry overhaul (Voyageur 79), trade policy with Washington, and a proposed $90-billion high-speed rail line from Toronto to Quebec City.
Immigration, taxes, consular services - all his to shape now without asking permission. Let’s see what he does with it.
Read more: Global News / The Conversation
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The First Canadian Killed in Lebanon Was Running to Help
Hassan Haidar, a 38-year-old mechanic and engineer from Windsor, Ontario, was killed by an Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon last Thursday. He's the first Canadian to be killed since the invasion.
Haidar had gone to Lebanon in November to be with his wife and five children and look after horses he raised on family property. He was on the phone with his wife when he heard a man who cared for the horses outside screaming for help - he had been shot by a drone. Haidar went out to help and was then shot in the head.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand confirmed the death and called for a ceasefire. Community organizers in Windsor held a vigil over the weekend.
Read more: Global News / CBC News