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Tories will likely get chance to introduce non-confidence motion next week

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September 17, 2024

OTTAWA – Next week could be the first opportunity for Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to introduce a non-confidence motion asking the other parties to topple the Liberal government.

Poilievre promised he would bring such a motion at the first chance he had, after the NDP ended its supply-and-confidence deal with the Liberals earlier this month.

It now appears that chance will come on Sept. 24.

Opposition parties can introduce motions, including those declaring non-confidence in the government, on specific days designated in the House of Commons calendar.

The number of opposition days and which party they go to is determined at the start of a session, and the actual days are scheduled by the government.

During a meeting of House leaders on Tuesday, the government told the other parties that the first of five opposition days for the Conservatives this fall will be next week.

That means a debate on the Tory motion is likely to happen Sept. 24 and the vote would be the following afternoon.

The schedule for next week will be confirmed in the House of Commons on Thursday.

Poilievre brought a non-confidence motion in March, asking opposition parties to join him in triggering a “carbon tax election,” but the NDP and Bloc Québécois joined the Liberals in voting the motion down.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has said that without the supply-and-confidence deal his caucus will take each vote as it comes. He has also repeatedly said Canadians have lost faith in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberals.

The NDP wants pharmacare legislation to pass before the next election. The bill in question is currently before the Senate.

The Conservatives would likely need support from both the NDP and the Bloc for a non-confidence motion to succeed.

Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet said Tuesday he doesn’t intend to be the one to trigger an election but he expects the Liberals to provide something in exchange.

Blanchet’s party wants the government to increase the Old Age Security pension for all seniors by 10 per cent. In 2022 the Liberals increased the amount for seniors over the age of 75.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 17, 2024.

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MEG says 2024 production to come in at low end of forecast due to wildfires

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November 6, 2024

Anne Joseph

CALGARY – MEG Energy Corp. says its full-year production is likely to come in towards the lower end of its forecast range, in part due to the wildfires at its Christina Lake oilsands site in northern Alberta.

The Calgary-based company said it produced 103,298 barrels per day of bitumen in its third quarter, comparable with the 103,726 barrels per day it produced in the same quarter last year.

But over the summer and fall, the company’s Christina Lake site was affected by out-of-control wildfires in the area, leading to a temporary evacuation in July and a one-month delay in the drilling and completion of a new well pad at the site.

CEO Darlene Gates said Wednesday the company’s production was also impacted by severe cold weather at the start of the year.

She said MEG’s average production guidance for 2024 remains unchanged, but will likely come in toward the low end of the 102,000 to 108,000 barrels per day forecast.

MEG earned $167 million in its third quarter, down from $249 million during the same quarter last year, in large part due to lower benchmark oil prices.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 6, 2024.

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Montreal-area home sales jumped in October as prices rose: board

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November 6, 2024

Anne Joseph

MONTREAL – The Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers says Montreal-area home sales surged 43.8 per cent in October compared with the same month last year.

The association says home sales in the region totalled 3,824 for the month, up from 2,659 in October 2023.

The median price for all housing types was up year-over-year, led by an 8.1 per cent increase for the price of a single-family home at $589,000 last month.

The median price for a plex rose 7.1 per cent to $789,500 and the median price for a condominium rose 6.2 per cent to $414,250.

There were 6,258 new listings in the Montreal area last month, up 10.7 per cent from a year earlier.

Active listings for October rose eight per cent compared with a year earlier to 18,201.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 6, 2024.

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Murder-suicide in Cole Harbour, N.S., was intimate partner violence, police say

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November 6, 2024

Anne Joseph

COLE HARBOUR, N.S. – Police in Nova Scotia are investigating a murder-suicide in Cole Harbour they say is a case of intimate partner violence.

RCMP say a 72-year-old man killed his partner, a 71-year-old woman, and then killed himself.

They say officers found the bodies Monday morning at a residence in the town across the harbour from downtown Halifax, after they received a report that someone had died at the home.

A news release Tuesday says police are investigating alongside the provincial medical examiner service.

The release does not provide the name of the deceased man or his victim.

The Canadian Femicide Observatory says that as of Oct. 31, at least 155 women and girls have been killed so far this year in Canada and in 95 per cent of those deaths, a male was accused in their killing.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 6, 2024.

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