National Former sect leader found guilty of polygamy in Canada case A Canadian court on Monday found a former leader of a breakaway religious sect guilty of practicing polygamy, after a decades-long attempt to prosecute members of the group, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp said. Winston Blackmore, a former bishop of the breakaway Mormon community of Bountiful in southeastern British Columbia, was found guilty by a British Columbia Supreme Court judge of … Read More
Elections New Government in British Columbia “Our government will offer families relief from high costs and fees, strengthen services like health care and education, and create good jobs and economic opportunity across B.C.,” said Premier John Horgan. “We will put people at the heart of everything we do. And we’ll work hard to deliver on our commitments to British Columbians.” The new cabinet is … Read More
Elections British Columbia’s kingmaker Greens to plot path in next week VANCOUVER (Reuters) – British Columbia’s Green Party plans to decide over the next week which political party to back in the Western Canadian province, its leader said on Wednesday, after final voting results showed the tiny party holding the balance of power. Official results confirmed that the ruling provincial Liberal Party lost its legislative majority in a May 9 election … Read More
Elections B.C. Election 2017: Final voting results Following are the final results of voting in the 2017 British Columbia general election as compiled by The Canadian Press, from Elections B.C. data. The Liberal Party won 43 seats, the New Democratic Party won 41 seats, and the Green Party won three seats. The Liberals received 796,672 votes, or 40.36 per cent of the total; the New Democratic Party … Read More
Elections Canada opposition picks young social conservative to take on Trudeau By David Ljunggren and Andrea Hopkins OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s official opposition Conservatives on Saturday chose a little-known, 38-year-old leader to fight a 2019 election against Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau but only after a fierce contest that revealed internal divisions. On the 13th and final round of balloting, many more than political observers predicted, former House of Commons speaker … Read More
Elections Nova Scotia election: Seven charts to read before Tuesday’s vote On May 30, Stephen McNeil’s Liberal government faces off against NDP and PC challengers over the economy, jobs, health care and more. Here’s a primer on the numbers behind the issues. The numbers: Atlantic Canadian provinces are bracing themselves for a wave of grey in coming years. According to 2016 census data released earlier this month, Canada has more people … Read More
Elections Canada’s Trudeau seeks reset as agenda lags, rivals regroup OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks set to shuffle his cabinet and trigger a new session of Parliament to help refocus a flagging agenda in the run-up to an election in late 2019, say political insiders. Trudeau’s Liberals took power in November 2015 with ambitious plans but have abandoned some high-profile electoral commitments and are struggling to … Read More
Economics Canada posts C$21.85 billion deficit in 2016-17 OTTAWA May 26 (Reuters) – Canada posted a preliminary budgetary deficit of C$21.85 billion ($16.3 billion) for the 2016-17 fiscal year, largely in line with what the government had projected, the Finance Department said on Friday. The deficit for the fiscal year that ended in March was significantly wider than the C$1.96 billion deficit the government ran in the previous … Read More
