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Feds to announce plan to pardon Canadians convicted of simple possession of pot

PM's official residences in 'critical condition': report

The prime minister’s official residences in Ottawa and at Harrington Lake are both in “critical condition,” according to a new report from the National Capital Commission.
Expelled Canadian envoy says stable Saudi Arabia needed amid Khashoggi probe

Canadian and global foreign policy towards Saudi Arabia can't be driven by revulsion over the treatment of individual human rights cases, Canada's most recent ambassador to the country says.
Foreign affairs minister lay on floor of PM's office after USMCA was inked

After more than a year of leading intense trade negotiations with the United States and Mexico, the first thing Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland did when the new agreement was reached was lay on the floor of the prime minister's office.
Feds to replace solitary confinement with new form of inmate separation

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale has introduced a new piece of legislation that proposes to overhaul how federal inmates are separated from the general prison population, eliminating solitary confinement as it is known. The new legislation also allows the use of body scanners in the federal prison system.
Feds' tariff relief plan faces criticism; Morneau says 50 firms tariff-free

The federal government has so far exempted 50 Canadian companies from surtaxes imposed last summer when Ottawa slapped retaliatory tariffs on U.S. steel and aluminum imports, Finance Minister Bill Morneau said Tuesday as he faced pointed questions about his relief plan from political opponents.
Government says imprisoned Canadian terror suspects must face consequences

The Trudeau government appears to be in no hurry to help Canadians who voluntarily joined Islamic terrorists and are now imprisoned in Syria.
Ottawa eyeing options to expedite pardons for minor pot convictions

People convicted of pot possession could soon be asked to fill out a simple form to speed up the process of obtaining a criminal pardon as part of the government's plan to address past cannabis crimes, federal officials say.
Senators urge Trudeau government to overhaul tax system, cut corporate taxes

The Senate's banking committee is urging the Trudeau government to begin a process that will revamp Canada's tax system.

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