Prince George once bought ads on Vancouver’s Skytrain promising affordable housing. Now it’s dealing with its own real estate bubble, and locals fear they will be priced out of the market.
Day: April 20, 2021
The killing of George Floyd unleashed a global storm, and now multiple cities are preparing for the fallout from the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin. Windows are being boarded up, the National Guard has been deployed and police officers are being ordered to cancel holidays in anticipation of the verdict.
A Quebec Superior Court judge will issue a ruling later this morning on whether the province’s controversial ban on religious symbols is constitutional. The ruling could have far-reaching implications for the rest of the country.
Defence contractors, perhaps one in particular, were served notice in Monday’s budget that the Liberal government will penalize companies that try to do the country economic harm. The policy was a feature of a nasty trade dispute between Ottawa and U.S.-based Boeing over three years ago. Its resurrection comes as Boeing is one of the bidders for the replacement of the RCAF’s fighters.
Despite the Liberal Party’s 2015 promise not to table omnibus budgets, Monday’s budget contains several potentially controversial provisions that have little or nothing to do with government spending or the economy.