cover of episode Valerie Plante won’t run again. Plus: Canada’s Supreme Leader extols a “Strong and United” party.

Valerie Plante won’t run again. Plus: Canada’s Supreme Leader extols a “Strong and United” party.

2024/10/24
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Elias Makos is joined by Gabriel Retta, a Montrealer active in politics and government service at all three levels for the last 20 years and Sterling Downey, City councillor for the Desmarchais-Crawford district in the borough of Verdun.

  • Valérie Plante announced yesterday that she would not be seeking re-election.
  • Drama on Parliament Hill on Wednesday as a group of two dozen Liberal MPs called for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down by Monday.
  • The Trudeau government will lower the number of permanent immigrants it allows into the country by at least 20 per cent from its previous target of about 500,000.