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Author: Aaron Hutchins
Publication Date: February 10, 2026 - 11:00
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The vacant unit tax shouldn't treat people this way | Opinion
February 10, 2026
It’s good to see Ottawa city councillors are talking about their punitive vacant unit tax, but it would be markedly better if they were prepared to dump the cash grab that penalizes people who don’t rent or sell vacant properties as quickly as the city would like. Read More
Unpublished Newswire
OTTAWA
— Prime Minister Mark Carney departs Thursday on his first travels to India, Australia and Japan as prime minister.
While Carney seeks to deepen his focus on economic diversification, he must manage ongoing concerns of transnational repression from India, the unravelling of which led to the rupture in the relationship that the prime minister has been trying to repair.
Here are five things to expect from Carney’s trip to India....
February 26, 2026 - 04:00 | Stephanie Taylor | National Post
OTTAWA — A gnawing dispute spilled into public view this month when the premiers of Alberta and Saskatchewan publicly demanded an exemption to a federal ban on a deadly nerve toxin used to neutralize agricultural pests.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said
in a joint letter...
February 26, 2026 - 04:00 | Rahim Mohamed | National Post
OTTAWA — Canada’s public safety minister says he believes the federal government’s delays in launching its compensation program for banned firearms has partly contributed to the drop in support among police across jurisdictions and sowed confusion among Canadians.
“There’s been a lot of misunderstandings about the program,” Gary Anandasangaree told National Post in a wide-ranging interview on Wednesday.
“Our resolve is to make sure that this program is completed in a timely manner.”
Firearms owners with one of the more than 2,500 makes and models of guns that the federal Liberal...
February 26, 2026 - 04:00 | Stephanie Taylor | National Post
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