Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is responding to U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s ongoing suggestions that Canada become the 51st state, saying it will 'never happen.'
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is responding to U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s ongoing suggestions that Canada become the 51st state, saying it will “never happen.”
Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc was asked by reporters on Thursday about the ongoing comments, saying Trump is “quite active on social media” but “our government’s job is not to respond to everything that President Trump’s going to post.”Former deputy prime minister and Quebec Premier Jean Charest, meanwhile, is calling Trump’s remarks a “wake-up call.”
When asked about whether he has a relationship with Trump, Poilievre said, “I don’t have one right now because I’m not the prime minister.”Prime minister's team blindsided by Freeland's resignation: sourceHealth Minister Mark Holland on Australia's social media ban, AI and RFK Jr.NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has pulled his party out of the supply-and-confidence agreement that had been helping keep Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's minority Liberals in power.
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Quebec police officers were out pulling over hundreds of vehicles to combat impaired driving and check that drivers installed proper winter tires. Police arrest 46 people for drunk driving and handed out over 150 tickets for improper winter tires.Tesla is recalling almost 700,000 vehicles because of an issue with the warning light on the tire pressure monitoring system.'Theodore Too' refloated after partial sinking in St. CatharinesB.C.
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