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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled on Tuesday a 38-person cabinet — 28 ministers and 10 secretaries of state — which showcased a mix of new faces and experienced ministers to represent a “big change” from the prior Liberal government.
Speaking outside of Rideau Hall, Carney promised to get rapidly to work with his new team, with a first cabinet meeting being held on Wednesday. He said his cabinet is “smaller and more focused” than those of previous governments despite appointing roughly the same number of Privy Council members as Justin Trudeau’s final cabinet.
“Canadians...
May 13, 2025 - 08:26 | Catherine Lévesque , Christopher Nardi | National Post
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney will be at Rideau Hall on Tuesday to unveil the team he promised would “do things previously thought impossible at speeds we haven’t seen in generations.”
Carney will be presenting a “small, focused” cabinet of fewer than 30 ministers and up to 10 secretaries of state, with half of the entire team being “fresh faces,” meaning that they have never been sworn in as ministers, said a source within the Prime Minister’s Office.
The secretaries of state will be members of the Privy Council and will be responsible for key issues and priorities within a...
May 12, 2025 - 16:12 | Catherine Lévesque | National Post
OTTAWA — If only they’d signed up for direct deposit.
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is searching for the owners of 160 cheques each worth over $100,000 as part of a massive stash of more than 10 million uncashed cheques waiting to be claimed.
As of late April, the CRA was sitting on a total of $1.7 billion payments that it once unsuccessfully tried to send to their rightful owners going back nearly three decades, according to data compiled by the agency for National Post.
“Each year, the Canada Revenue Agency issues millions of payments in the form of refunds and benefits. These...
May 12, 2025 - 04:00 | Christopher Nardi | National Post
May 9, 2025 - 06:37 | | CBC News - Canada
May 5, 2025 - 16:54 | | CBC News - Canada
OTTAWA — Liberals are back to 168 seats and the Bloc Québécois to 23, after the Bloc took back the Montreal-area riding of Terrebonne according to revised election results.
Elections Canada published their validated riding results on Thursday, which show that Bloc incumbent Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné won 23,340 votes — 44 votes ahead of Liberal challenger Tatiana Auguste who got 23,296 votes.
Preliminary numbers finalized on Tuesday showed that...
May 1, 2025 - 16:46 | Catherine Lévesque | National Post
