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Elizabeth Thompson

Elizabeth Thompson

Senior Reporter at CBOT-DT (CBC Television Ottawa) Online

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    MPs urge Carney government to release special agency governing documents

    Opposition MPs are calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government to make public the documents that govern three special agencies it has created to manage billions of dollars for major projects, defence procurement and the construction of affordable homes.
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    Canada issues warning for citizens with gender-neutral passports tr...

    The Canadian government is warning citizens who list "X" as their gender on their passports could have problems entering the U.S.
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    Federal government adopts new strategy to reduce animal testing

    The federal government has launched a new strategy to reduce the number of animals used in regulatory laboratory testing across Canada — a strategy that some experts estimate could result in thousands fewer animals each year being subjected to painful or toxic tests.
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    Trump's 'big, beautiful' budget bill could cost Canadians billions

    A small, obscure section in U.S. President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act could cost Canadians and Canadian companies billions of dollars, CBC News has learned. It could also put pressure on Prime Minister Mark Carney to scrap Canada's digital services tax.
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    The economy, housing, pipelines: Not all claims in the federal elec...

    Over the course of the federal election campaign, CBC's Election Fact Check Unit looked into dozens of statements made by the leaders of Canada's four largest parties. Here's some of what they said that didn't pass the smell test.
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    5 things federal party leaders keep getting wrong

    Sometimes political leaders get it wrong — repeatedly. The CBC News fact-checking team looks at some of the inaccurate claims that leaders have made more than once in this campaign.
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    These are the assets disclosed by Canada's party leaders, and the r...

    Liberal Leader Mark Carney's assets have been in the spotlight in this election, but what assets do Canada's other political leaders have, and what rules must they follow?
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    Transition process to replace Justin Trudeau is quietly underway

    The next Liberal leader is scheduled to be announced on March 9. Behind the scenes, work to prepare the transition has already begun.
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    Why Canada can't strip Elon Musk of Canadian citizenship

    More than 263,000 Canadians have signed a petition to strip billionaire Elon Musk of Canadian citizenship. But to do that, the Canadian government would have to change the law.
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    Violent extremists are using antisemitism to recruit in Canada: CSI...

    Ideologically motivated violent extremist groups are using antisemitism in a bid to recruit followers and inspire violence, according to a report from Canada's spy agency. 
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    Canadian residents are racing to save the data in Trump's crosshairs

    As U.S. President Donald Trump's administration removes access to government websites and databases with critical medical and environmental data used around the world, some Canadian residents are playing key roles in the effort to preserve copies.
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    Trump's tariffs could make sending a package or crossing the border...

    It could get more complicated — and potentially more expensive — for Canadians to cross the border or send packages to the United States, if President Donald Trump's executive order on tariffs goes into effect.
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    5 things to know if Canada hits back against Trump tariffs

    U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to impose a punishing 25 per cent tariff on everything imported to the U.S. from Canada. In return, the Canadian government says it will impose retaliatory tariffs of its own. Here's what would happen if Canada takes that route.
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    Meta is ending fact-checking in the U.S. Could that affect the vote...

    Social media giant Meta's decision to move away from fact-checking and content moderation on its platforms like Facebook and Instagram could make it easier to interfere in Canada's next federal election and the Liberal leadership race to succeed Justin Trudeau, say experts.
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    How one Canadian is trying to keep a fast-growing social media plat...

    Canadian Aaron Rodericks is head of trust and safety for Bluesky Social. Can he keep the rapidly growing social media platform free of trolls and misinformation, and stop foreign actors from using Bluesky to try to interfere in Canada's next election?
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    Did Justin Trudeau's meeting with Donald Trump break a 225-year-old...

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s meeting with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump last week likely violated a 225-year-old U.S. law, but experts say it's highly unlikely that Trump will face any consequences.
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    RCMP plans to go undercover online to trap violent extremists

    Faced with the threat of ideologically motivated violent extremism, which has resulted in several attacks in recent years, RCMP officers will be carrying undercover surveillance online, engaging with suspected extremists.
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    Bill Blair's former chief of staff rejects claims of political moti...

    Former Public Safety Minister Bill Blair's chief of staff denied Wednesday that she delayed the signing of a Canadian Security and Intelligence Service warrant application because it could have resulted in communications by top members of the Liberal party being captured by the security service. 
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    Trudeau government was warned two years ago of foreign interference...

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government was warned more than two years ago that it had to take action to counter threats from state actors like China, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Iran, according to a summary of a secret cabinet document made public by the foreign interference inquiry Monday.
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    CRTC to take a closer look at Chinese language media outlets, forei...

    Canada's broadcast watchdog will take a closer look at Chinese-language media outlets after the inquiry into foreign interference was told the Chinese government pressures them to parrot government positions and suppress “red line” subjects it doesn’t want discussed.
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    Ottawa considering lower threshold for issuing alerts on foreign in...

    The federal government is considering changes to the way it lets Canadians know about attempts at foreign interference in elections, including lowering the threshold for alerting the public that an attempt has been made.