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NDP, BC Greens to provide update on co-operation deal
Deputy B.C. Premier Niki Sharma and interim B.C. Green Leader Jeremy Valeriote are slated to provide an update on Tuesday on the agreement between their parties that cemented the NDP government's slim majority. Global News will stream the update live here at 2:15 p.m. PDT. The one-seat majority the NDP won in October's provincial election left the government vulnerable to MLA illness or absence, and would have required the traditionally neutral speaker of the legislature to cast frequent tie-breaking votes. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy Instead, the two parties inked a deal that sees the Greens' two MLAs back the NDP on all confidence votes. In turn, the government has incorporated a variety of proposals from the BC Green platform into their agenda, and has committed to 'a relationship of trust based on good faith and no surprises.' Story continues below advertisement Those priorities include creating Community Health Centres in all B.C. ridings, reviewing the performance of the entire health care system, and reviewing the NDP's Clean BC climate program one year early. The NDP also promised to consult the Greens on U.S. tariff and trade actions related to 'shared initiatives' on housing, health care, transit, environment and social justice. The agreement says the parties' top shared priorities include the creation of 'tens of thousands' of affordable non-market housing units, as well as a commitment to expand key transit routes to maintain cheap and reliable public transportation.
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Carney announces over $1B in supports for clobbered softwood lumber industry
Prime Minister Mark Carney vowed to use Canadian lumber to build homes and provide financial supports for the forestry sector as the U.S. hikes duties on the softwood industry. We will be our own best customer by relying on more Canadian lumber for Canadian projects, Carney said at the announcement held a manufacturing mill in West Kelowna, B.C., Tuesday. The sector has been a longstanding target of the U.S., which recently raised anti-dumping duties on Canadian softwood. B.C. Forests Minister Ravi Parmar described the hit as a "gut punch" for the province's forestry industry (new window) which has seen thousands of workers laid off over the last few years. Carney called the duties unjustified while promising to move the industry away from its dependence on the U.S. market. This dependence creates costly uncertainty, he said from the Gorman Bros. Lumber Ltd. mill. It weakens our industry's ability to weather downturns. It makes lumber more expensive. WATCH | Carney announces supports for softwood lumber: The prime minister unveiled a suite of new measures Tuesday that he promised would help the industry serve a growing Canadian market and those of new, reliable trading partners around the world. Carney said his government will use Canadian lumber and workers as part of its promise to build affordable homes. The Build Canada Homes program, promised during the election campaign, will launch this fall and provide up to $25 billion in financing to private sector home builders. We are going to write our own story rather than letting others dictate theirs to us, he said. Carney also announced up to $700 million in loan guarantees for forestry companies and $500 million, largely in grants and contributions, to spur product development and market diversification for the hard-hit industry and millions for reskilling lumber workers. Catharine Tunney (new window) · CBC News · Reporter Catharine Tunney is a reporter with CBC's Parliament Hill bureau, where she covers national security and the RCMP. She worked previously for CBC in Nova Scotia. You can reach her at
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'A way of life': Gun regulations on rural Alberta voters' minds ahead of high-profile byelection
In the federal Battle-River Crowfoot riding in Alberta, gun culture runs deep. Ahead of the August 18th byelection there, the CBC's Acton Clarkin and Joel Dryden visited the riding to find out if candidates' stances on federal gun policy could influence how locals vote. More than 200 candidates are running for the seat, including Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre.
