Government Archives - constructconnect.com ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø's construction news Wed, 22 Jan 2025 13:55:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/10/cropped-favicon-32x32-1-32x32.png Government Archives - constructconnect.com 32 32 Alberta government offers blueprint to help businesses support workers in recovery /joc/news/government/2025/01/alberta-government-offers-blueprint-to-help-businesses-support-workers-in-recovery /joc/news/government/2025/01/alberta-government-offers-blueprint-to-help-businesses-support-workers-in-recovery#respond Wed, 22 Jan 2025 13:55:46 +0000 /?p=427343 CALGARY — The Alberta government is offering businesses a new guide to help workers dealing with addiction.  “We know that somewhere around 10 per cent of employees, employed in Alberta, have struggled with substance use in the past in problematic ways and are now in recovery,” Dan Williams, Alberta’s minister of mental health and addiction, […]

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]]> /joc/news/government/2025/01/alberta-government-offers-blueprint-to-help-businesses-support-workers-in-recovery/feed 0 Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: The capital gains inclusion rate deserves its day in Parliament /dcn/news/government/2025/01/industry-perspectives-op-ed-the-capital-gains-inclusion-rate-deserves-its-day-in-parliament /dcn/news/government/2025/01/industry-perspectives-op-ed-the-capital-gains-inclusion-rate-deserves-its-day-in-parliament#respond Wed, 22 Jan 2025 12:15:38 +0000 /?p=427130 While the news cycle in 2025 has largely been focused (rightfully) on the Liberal leadership race and the inauguration of President Donald Trump, there is another issue that still warrants significant discussion: the detrimental impact of the proposed changes to the capital gains inclusion rate. The prorogation of Parliament meant any legislation in front of […]

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]]> /dcn/news/government/2025/01/industry-perspectives-op-ed-the-capital-gains-inclusion-rate-deserves-its-day-in-parliament/feed 0 Liberal leadership hopefuls distance themselves from carbon pricing /dcn/news/government/2025/01/liberal-leadership-hopefuls-distance-themselves-from-carbon-pricing /dcn/news/government/2025/01/liberal-leadership-hopefuls-distance-themselves-from-carbon-pricing#respond Wed, 22 Jan 2025 12:05:10 +0000 /?p=427124 OTTAWA — The three frontrunners in the Liberal leadership race have all backed away — to one degree or another — from the Liberal government’s keystone climate policy in a bid to take a major Conservative line of attack off the table. The Liberals first campaigned on a carbon price in 2008 and moved to […]

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]]> /dcn/news/government/2025/01/liberal-leadership-hopefuls-distance-themselves-from-carbon-pricing/feed 0 Jasper says housing plan promised by Alberta government after wildfire falls short /joc/news/government/2025/01/jasper-says-housing-plan-promised-by-alberta-government-after-wildfire-falls-short /joc/news/government/2025/01/jasper-says-housing-plan-promised-by-alberta-government-after-wildfire-falls-short#respond Wed, 22 Jan 2025 12:00:26 +0000 /?p=427120 JASPER, ALTA. — The Municipality of Jasper says the Alberta government’s $112-million interim housing plan would bring less than half the units promised months ago. The province announced in October that it planned to build 250 housing units in the Rocky Mountain tourist town for those displaced by the summer wildfire, which destroyed more than […]

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]]> /joc/news/government/2025/01/jasper-says-housing-plan-promised-by-alberta-government-after-wildfire-falls-short/feed 0 Trudeau says ‘everything is on the table’ for response to Trump tariffs /dcn/news/government/2025/01/trudeau-says-everything-is-on-the-table-for-response-to-trump-tariffs /dcn/news/government/2025/01/trudeau-says-everything-is-on-the-table-for-response-to-trump-tariffs#respond Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:52:16 +0000 /?p=427061 MONTEBELLO, QUE. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that if President Donald Trump wants to usher in a “golden age” for the United States, he’ll need the energy, critical minerals and resources that ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø is ready to provide. “We are there to be constructive partners,” Trudeau said in his first public comments since Trump […]

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]]> /dcn/news/government/2025/01/trudeau-says-everything-is-on-the-table-for-response-to-trump-tariffs/feed 0 B.C. premier should work with U.S., not ramp up trade threats: Opposition leader /joc/news/government/2025/01/b-c-premier-should-work-with-u-s-not-ramp-up-trade-threats-opposition-leader /joc/news/government/2025/01/b-c-premier-should-work-with-u-s-not-ramp-up-trade-threats-opposition-leader#respond Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:19:08 +0000 /?p=427022 VICTORIA — The leader of B.C.’s Opposition Conservative Party says Premier David Eby is putting people in the province at risk by “threatening a trade war” with the United States rather than working with the Americans. In a video posted on social media, John Rustad says everything possible needs to be done to stop drugs […]

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]]> /joc/news/government/2025/01/b-c-premier-should-work-with-u-s-not-ramp-up-trade-threats-opposition-leader/feed 0 Unmarked graves: Supreme Court won’t hear Mohawk Mothers appeal over McGill expansion /dcn/news/government/2025/01/unmarked-graves-supreme-court-wont-hear-mohawk-mothers-appeal-over-mcgill-expansion /dcn/news/government/2025/01/unmarked-graves-supreme-court-wont-hear-mohawk-mothers-appeal-over-mcgill-expansion#respond Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:15:25 +0000 /?p=425859 OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø has refused to hear an appeal from Indigenous elders who were seeking greater oversight over a university construction site in Montreal where they suspect unmarked graves of children are located. An application for leave to appeal was dismissed by the country’s highest court, which gave no reason for […]

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]]> /dcn/news/government/2025/01/unmarked-graves-supreme-court-wont-hear-mohawk-mothers-appeal-over-mcgill-expansion/feed 0 ‘We will not hesitate’: ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø prepares to hit U.S. with billions in tariffs /dcn/news/government/2025/01/we-will-not-hesitate-canada-prepares-to-hit-u-s-with-billions-in-tariffs /dcn/news/government/2025/01/we-will-not-hesitate-canada-prepares-to-hit-u-s-with-billions-in-tariffs#respond Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:06:26 +0000 /?p=425870 WASHINGTON — Ottawa is ready to retaliate if U.S. president-elect Donald Trump slaps ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø with devastating tariffs, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised Friday — and his ministers say Republicans in Washington don’t fully understand the likely impact of the duties on both countries’ economies. “We will not hesitate to act,” Trudeau said at a meeting […]

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]]> /dcn/news/government/2025/01/we-will-not-hesitate-canada-prepares-to-hit-u-s-with-billions-in-tariffs/feed 0 Chrystia Freeland will run for the Liberal leadership /dcn/news/government/2025/01/all-eyes-on-freeland-now-that-carney-is-in /dcn/news/government/2025/01/all-eyes-on-freeland-now-that-carney-is-in#respond Fri, 17 Jan 2025 13:27:21 +0000 /?p=425758 OTTAWA — Less than five weeks after she resigned her cabinet seat over a dispute with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Chrystia Freeland has launched her campaign to replace him as the leader of the Liberal party. In a one-sentence statement posted on social media Friday morning, she said her official campaign launch will come Sunday. […]

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]]> /dcn/news/government/2025/01/all-eyes-on-freeland-now-that-carney-is-in/feed 0 B.C. forests minister says Trump tariffs could be ‘devastating’ to sector /joc/news/government/2025/01/b-c-forests-minister-says-trump-tariffs-could-be-devastating-to-sector /joc/news/government/2025/01/b-c-forests-minister-says-trump-tariffs-could-be-devastating-to-sector#respond Fri, 17 Jan 2025 12:00:58 +0000 /?p=425577 VANCOUVER — U.S. softwood lumber duties and president-elect Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs against Canadian exports could be “devastating” to the province’s forestry sector, B.C. Forests Minister Ravi Parmar said on Wednesday. He said the federal government needed to step up and help the industry as part of a co-ordinated strategy. “We’ve got some work to […]

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]]> /joc/news/government/2025/01/b-c-forests-minister-says-trump-tariffs-could-be-devastating-to-sector/feed 0 Trudeau names ex-premiers, business and union reps to ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø-U.S. relations council /dcn/news/government/2025/01/trudeau-names-ex-premiers-business-and-union-reps-to-canada-u-s-relations-council /dcn/news/government/2025/01/trudeau-names-ex-premiers-business-and-union-reps-to-canada-u-s-relations-council#respond Fri, 17 Jan 2025 11:15:14 +0000 /?p=425591 OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has formed a new ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø-U.S. relations council to support the federal government as it deals with the incoming Trump administration’s vow to impose tariffs. The 18 members of the council include Steve Verheul, who was ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s chief trade negotiator during the renegotiation of NAFTA.  Joining him on the council […]

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]]> /dcn/news/government/2025/01/trudeau-names-ex-premiers-business-and-union-reps-to-canada-u-s-relations-council/feed 0 Mark Carney launching his Liberal leadership bid from Alberta /dcn/news/government/2025/01/mark-carney-launching-his-liberal-leadership-bid-from-alberta /dcn/news/government/2025/01/mark-carney-launching-his-liberal-leadership-bid-from-alberta#respond Thu, 16 Jan 2025 14:27:52 +0000 /?p=425466 OTTAWA — Mark Carney is set to unveil his Liberal leadership campaign this afternoon in Edmonton, ending nearly a decade of speculation about his political ambitions. Former finance minister Chrystia Freeland and government House leader Karina Gould are also expected to enter the race in the coming days. The cut-off date to declare a bid […]

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