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Publication Date: November 19, 2025 - 18:01
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Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Wed. November 19th, 2025
November 19, 2025
The Ford government is developing new drunk driving measures, which would force impaired drivers to pay if they kill a child’s guardian or parent in a crash. It announced the proposal in Tuesday’s news release, noting there are similar requirements in Texas. Should drunk drivers that kill parents have to pay child support? MADD Canada CEO Steve Sullivan says they support the idea in principal, but lots of questions still remain. He explains further in Hour 2. Plus, as CTV Ottawa’s ‘Scam Series’ continues, we examine the role that Artificial Intelligence plays in the real-life drama.
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“The level of uncertainty is higher than what we have seen and felt for generations,” federal finance minister François-Philippe Champagne told the House of Commons in early November, describing the current state of the Canadian economy.
The transition Canada is undergoing—including the reshaping of “the rules-based international order and the trading system that powered Canada’s prosperity for decades”—is “a true generational shift,” he said. And it was in this spirit, he told the members of Parliament in the House, that he presented this year’s budget, the first from the Mark Carney...
December 12, 2025 - 06:30 | Colin Horgan | Walrus
I had never been to a literary event with booing until I attended the launch of Souvankham Thammavongsa’s debut novel, Pick a Colour, at the Toronto Public Library. She had chosen Steve Paikin, a Canadian media celebrity of sorts, to interview her. “I don’t read fiction,” he said up top. Thammavongsa, of course, won the Giller Prize for How to Pronounce Knife, her acerbic collection of short fiction, and her stories have been published by the likes of The New Yorker, Granta, Noon, and this very magazine. “Is this book really just for female readers?” he asked. Pick a Colour, which the...
December 12, 2025 - 06:29 | Ariella Garmaise | Walrus
Good morning. The Globe spoke with thalidomide survivors about how their lives have changed 10 years after a settlement with the Canadian government. More on that below, along with news on Costco patriotism and Time’s person(s) of the year. But first:Today’s headlinesA member of the Canadian Armed Forces has been arrested and charged in a foreign interference probeAnother Conservative MP is crossing the floor to the Liberals, putting the party one seat short of a majorityIn B.C., flooding displaces hundreds in the Fraser Valley as some highways reopen
December 12, 2025 - 06:11 | Erin Anderssen | The Globe and Mail
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