David Baxter

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David Baxter is a reporter with The Canadian Press

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Migrant worker calls proposed spike in housing cost payroll deduction 'wickedness'

The Migrant Workers Alliance for Change shared with The Canadian Press a discussion paper from Employment and Social Development Canada. The document outlines possible regulations for a new temporary worker stream for agricultural and fish processing workers.

Canada joins allies in demanding Israel stop 'dangerous' aid delivery in Gaza

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and 24 of her counterparts abroad have signed a joint statement saying "the war in Gaza must end now," while calling on Israel to stop displacing Palestinians.

Carney meets with car industry CEOs as U.S. trade talks continue

Prime Minister Mark Carney met with automotive sector CEOs Wednesday morning to discuss U.S. tariffs and ways to protect Canadian supply chains from the trade war with the United States.

Watchdog says military police still resisting civilian oversight

The military police watchdog says resistance to civilian oversight in the Canadian Forces provost marshal's office "worsened" last year.

U.S. condemns Canada, 4 other nations over Israeli sanctions

The United States has condemned Canada and four other countries for imposing sanctions on two Israeli cabinet ministers.

'Lost Canadians' citizenship bill tabled as court deadline looms

Immigration Minister Lena Diab tabled legislation Thursday to restore citizenship to the "lost Canadians" after a court found the existing law unconstitutional.

Opposition MPs defeat Liberals on vote calling for spring economic update

Government whip Mark Gerretsen insists nothing went wrong Monday evening when opposition parties successfully amended the throne speech to call on the government to table an economic update before Parliament breaks for the summer.

Recount confirms narrow Liberal victory in Milton East-Halton Hills South

Liberal Kristina Tesser Derksen says she found out just before midnight on May 15 that a judicial recount had confirmed her victory in the federal Ontario riding of Milton East-Halton Hills South.

NDP faces 'Parliament from hell' without official party status, says former MP

The NDP will return to the House of Commons without official party status at the end of May. The last time this happened was after the 1993 election — a time one former MP remembers as "the Parliament from hell."

Jagmeet Singh says the only way to stop a Liberal 'super majority' is to vote NDP

Public opinion polls suggest the Liberals could form a majority government after this election, while the NDP is at risk of losing official party status.