Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Tues. April 1st, 2025
April 1, 2025
If you were searching for the nearest gas station this morning, you probably spotted a pleasant surprise from Liberal leader Mark Carney. Before dropping the writ on March 23rd, he promised an end to the Carbon Tax, effective April 1st. That promise has now been granted, as gas prices dipped 20 cents overnight. How will this impact production costs, and how much relief will it provide to Canadians? Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Ethan Wallace, the Vice-President of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. Meantime, as Hudson’s Bay prepares to close 74 stores, what are we going to do with all those empty spaces? We pose that complex question to Kate Camenzuli, the Vice-President of Retail at the Commercial Real Estate Company.
Unpublished Newswire
Today is
election day in Canada
. A new federal government will be chosen, but none of the party leaders fought the election he expected.
Jagmeet Singh
of the
NDP...
April 28, 2025 - 07:07 | Joseph Brean | National Post
Good morning. The country mourns after a vehicle attack left 11 dead at a street festival in Vancouver this weekend. More on that below, plus today Canada votes for a new government to lead us through tough and uncertain times.TOP STORY
April 28, 2025 - 07:05 | Sierra Bein | The Globe and Mail
This wasn’t supposed to be an election about sovereignty or tariffs.
For the past year, Canadians have consistently told pollsters that their main concerns were housing, health care, and the Canadian economy. Young Canadians in particular, who have felt locked out of the future, warmed to Pierre Poilievre’s populist message that “Canada is Broken.” The Conservative leader’s message wasn’t just anti-establishment; it was a direct attack on institutional drift and a tired Liberal government that had failed to deliver on the promise that propelled Justin Trudeau to power in 2015.
Then,...
April 28, 2025 - 06:30 | Gregory Jack | Walrus
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