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The Liberal government is proceeding with its controversial capital gains tax change proposal set to be introduced in the House of Commons on Monday. The tax hike could have been included in the 2024 budget bill tabled in April, but the Liberals gave it a separate legislative treatment in the hope of scoring some political … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Israeli minister Benny Gantz announced his resignation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s emergency government on Sunday, withdrawing the only centrist power in the embattled leader’s far-right coalition, amid a months-long war in Gaza. Netanyahu issued a brief statement calling on Gantz not to “abandon the front” but his departure will not … Read more
A former RCMP superintendent says the Liberal government is passing the buck by insisting it’s up to Canada’s national police force to decide what to do about parliamentarians accused of helping foreign states. “This, in my view, is total deflection,” Garry Clement told Mercedes Stephenson in an interview with The West Block. “The laws are … Read more
Nobel laureate and Ukrainian human rights lawyer Oleksandra Matviichuk is urging the international community to create a special tribunal to prosecute Russian President Vladimir Putin, who she calls the “biggest child kidnapper in the world.” “This illegal deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia is part of a genocidal policy,” said Matviichuk in an interview with … Read more
BELLEAU, France (AP) — President Joe Biden closed out his trip to France by paying his respects at an American military cemetery that Donald Trump notably skipped visiting when he was president, hoping his final stop Sunday will draw the stakes of the November election in stark relief. Before returning to the United States, Biden … Read more
THE WEST BLOCKEpisode 39, Season 13Sunday, June 9, 2024 Host: Mercedes Stephenson Guests:Garry Clement, Former RCMP SuperintendentThomas Juneau, University of OttawaOleksandra Matviichuk, Chair, Centre for Civil Liberties in Ukraine Location:Ottawa Studio Mercedes Stephenson: It’s a massive security threat and it’s coming from inside the House of Commons. I’m Mercedes Stephenson. The West Block starts now. … Read more
Things seemed to be going well for Nancy Mace two years ago. The South Carolina Republican was a rising star in Congress and had just fended off a primary from a Trump-backed opponent. She was on TV a lot. And that winter, Mace delivered a searing roast of her colleagues at D.C.’s annual press club … Read more
On the campaign trail in 2020, President Biden was eager to distinguish himself from his opponent on immigration issues, promising to “restore our moral standing” while casting former President Trump’s policies as cruel and inhumane. While border numbers have dipped, they still hover at historic highs. And with immigration a central issue in the 2024 contest, … Read more
NewsNation) — Twenty years after his death, Ronald Reagan’s legacy as America’s 40th president remains multi-faceted and connected to a plain-speaking leader who was tasked with leading a nation through difficult economic times while also working internationally to end the Cold War and other global crises. Reagan, who died in 2004 at the age of … Read more
WASHINGTON ― After nearly 50 years in prison, Native American rights activist Leonard Peltier is about to get what may be his last chance at freedom. Peltier, 79, is up for a parole hearing on Monday. His last parole hearing was in 2009. Given his poor health and the many years he’d likely have to … Read more
