Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Ha Tu Thanh
Publication Date: March 24, 2025 - 07:00
The federal government is in ‘caretaker mode’. What does that mean?
March 24, 2025
Civil servants will still work, employment insurance benefits will still be issued and transfer payments remain in place, but the federal government is now in caretaker mode until Canadians vote on April 28.There is a political convention that the government holds back from major matters while politicians are out on the hustings. However this election campaign is not routine, unfolding in the face of unrelenting hostility from the White House.
Unpublished Newswire
Canada suddenly finds itself in a toe-to-toe confrontation with the world’s mightiest nation, whose unhinged head of state is not just making economic war on this country but threatening to swallow it up.It’s the greatest crisis in our national life since the last referendum on Quebec separation 30 years ago. Our political leaders should be preparing us to face hard times. Instead, they are showering us with presents.Mark Carney of the Liberals and Pierre Poilievre of the Conservatives are each dangling big tax cuts in front of voters in hopes of winning their support on April 28. Mr....
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