
David Baxter
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David Baxter is a reporter with The Canadian Press
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'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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
Canada -British Columbia |

NDP housing promise includes new landlord limits, more help for non-profits
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is heading into the end of the first week of the campaign with a pledge to ban corporate landlords from buying existing affordable rental properties.
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'Lost Canadians' can now get citizenship while update to law faces delays
Immigration Minister Marc Miller is giving so-called "lost Canadians" a chance to receive Canadian citizenship, now that court-mandated legislation will not be passed by the deadline.
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More 2SLGBTQ+ Americans looking to move to Canada since Trump's re-election
A 2SLGBTQ+ aid organization says there was a massive spike in the number of Americans looking to leave the country immediately after U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the White House.
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As auto thefts drop nationally, Alberta has highest per capita rate of stolen vehicles
Canada's auto theft rate for private passenger vehicles dropped by almost 19 per cent in 2024 compared to the previous year — but the non-profit that collected the data says the number of stolen vehicles is still "unreasonably" high.
Canada -Edmonton |

Tourism minister steps down, announces run for Montreal municipal party leadership
Tourism Minister Soraya Martinez Ferrada says she will not seek re-election and instead is looking to become mayor of Montreal.
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