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Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Danielle Groen
Publication Date: September 12, 2024 - 06:23

Morning Update: The political survival games start Monday

September 12, 2024
Good morning. Get ready to start the clock on Canada’s election showdown – more on that below, along with the return of a stolen Winston Churchill portrait and the best time to cancel your Air Canada flight. But first:Today’s headlines
  • Manitoba Grand Chief Cathy Merrick lies in state
  • Ottawa considers donating 200,000 doses from its large mpox vaccine stockpile to African countries
  • Kamala Harris’s debate performance keeps Democrat momentum going in Washington’s bellwether Clallam County

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The past was as much a part of British Columbia’s televised election debate as any vision of the future as the leaders squared-off ahead of the Oct. 19 vote.New Democrat Party Leader David Eby repeatedly attacked Conservative Leader John Rustad for his record when he was a part of the Liberal government. In turn, Mr. Rustad declared that nothing the NDP government has done has left British Columbians better off. Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau, who is open about her hopes of providing the balance of power in what polls are suggesting will be a minority government, repeatedly...
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One of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s top advisers is leaving government, roughly four weeks prior to United Conservative Party members voting on whether they approve of their leader’s time at the helm of their organization.Ms. Smith announced Tuesday on social media that her chief of staff earlier this year informed her that he intended to “retire from public service” in October. She credited Marshall Smith for pioneering Alberta’s approach to substance-use disorders, which favours treatment and recovery above harm reduction.
October 8, 2024 - 22:01 | Carrie Tait | The Globe and Mail
British Columbia’s Conservatives have pledged to combat the province’s toxic-drug crisis by expanding access to treatment and recovery services, while scrapping some harm-reduction policies introduced under the incumbent NDP.However, many of the Conservatives’ promises closely mirror NDP initiatives already underway, and the Green Party and health experts criticize the plan as offering populist platitudes for a complex crisis with no simple solutions.
October 8, 2024 - 21:19 | Andrea Woo | The Globe and Mail
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