Poilievre gets some good news — but it’s not about the Conservatives

Pollsters said it’s likely that the NDP’s new leader, Avi Lewis, is also having an effect on the party’s poll numbers. Andrew Enns, executive vice-president for polling firm Leger, said Lewis’s controversial idea about government-run grocery stores as a remedy for rising food prices, for example, is at least presenting a new idea and getting his party some attention. “It’d be hard to take that…

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Canada’s social media ban for kids may narrow. Experts say that’s good – National

The social media ban for children under 16 that’s part of the federal government’s new online harms bill will likely narrow over time, experts note, with exemptions available for companies that meet yet-to-be-defined safeguards. Government officials are aiming to use the ban as a “carrot and stick” incentive for platforms to improve their designs and…

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