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In the news today: Economic update, OPP officer dead, Parents on social media ban
The roundup covers Ottawa’s fiscal update, committee changes after the Liberals’ majority, an OPP officer’s death and pressure for a social media ban.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney promises "good news" in the spring economic update tabled today, which will detail how the war in Iran and new GST benefit spending affect federal finances.
- Parliament's Liberals formalized their majority Monday by passing a motion to restructure committees for more government seats, a move Government House leader Steven MacKinnon called reflecting "long tradition" but Opposition House leader Andrew Scheer decried as undemocratic.
- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre describes the spending strategy as "credit card budgeting" and calls for deeper cuts, while Carney defended the Liberals on Monday as "good fiscal managers" making tough choices.
- Demand is mounting for a federal social media ban preventing kids under 16 from using such platforms, with Rebecca Snow of advocacy group Unplugged Canada arguing age limits mirror existing restrictions on drinking and smoking.
- Separately, Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner Thomas Carrique mourned Sgt. Malcolm's death Monday in a Cobourg motorcycle crash, while rescuers in Indonesia finished recovering victims from a train collision outside Jakarta that killed 14 women and injured 84.
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In the news today: Economic update, OPP officer dead, Parents on social media ban
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Total News Sources26
Leaning Left16Leaning Right0Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution76% Left
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- 76% of the sources lean Left
76% Left
L 76%
C 24%
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