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As former finance minister Chrystia Freeland prepares to launch a Liberal leadership bid, a source close to her says scrapping the controversial consumer carbon tax will be one of her policy planks.

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After months of speculation about his political aspirations, Mark Carney is set to launch his Liberal leadership campaign in Edmonton this afternoon.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that a 'last minute crisis' with Hamas was holding up Israeli approval of a long-awaited agreement to pause the fighting in the Gaza Strip and release dozens of hostages. Israeli airstrikes meanwhile killed dozens of people across the war-ravaged territory.

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U.S. President Joe Biden used his farewell address to the nation Wednesday to warn of an “oligarchy” of the ultra-wealthy taking root in the country and of a “tech-industrial complex” that is infringing on Americans' rights and the future of democracy.

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford urged his colleagues to put the country first as the premiers sat down with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday to hash out a response to U.S. president-elect Donald Trump and his threat to impose potentially devastating tariffs on Canada.

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