Cabinet gains vote of confidence after poverty challenge
Three left-leaning opposition parties accused the government of failing the nation on poverty and the rising cost of living — but it easily survived a confidence vote.
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All coin collectors urged to check change for 50p 'listed for £45,000'
A seven‑part analysis of Canada’s wage crisis: housing costs, labour market structure, policy mechanisms, migrant work, and reforms that could work.
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https://curmudgeonlycanadian.substack.com/p/canadas-low-wage-trap-the-political
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The economy that runs on cheap labour and the policies that keep it running, where a full-time job no longer guarantees a livable life. A Seven-Part Series
Canada’s affordability crisis is often framed as separate debates: housing supply, wages, immigration, and “support programs.” This series argues it’s one system with reinforcing incentives — and predictable winners. 7 parts: architecture, causes, non-solutions, migrant labour, business models, international evidence, and reforms.
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https://curmudgeonlycanadian.substack.com/p/canadas-low-wage-trap-the-political
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Fears of another lockdown amid fuel shortages and recession risk
By Nassim Khadem
As fuel costs surge and supply fears grow, businesses and households say the economic shock from the war in the Middle East is already hitting home.
#Recession #CostofLiving #EconomicGrowth #Economy #Inflation #InterestRates #SmallBusinesses #Unemployment #Work #FederalGovernment #Budget #COVID19 #EpidemicsandPandemics #War #NassimKhadem
Small town shops 'pivoting' to deal with consecutive crises
By Jen McCutcheon
Owners of stores in rural towns say the landscape has changed since COVID, and higher costs and fewer customers have forced them to innovate.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-17/small-town-retailers-reinvent-survival-fuel-crisis/106563712
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#Starbucks engaging in regressive bargaining, intentionally not giving enough hours for #HealthCare, forcing employees to rely on #Medicaid to survive
https://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2026/04/starbucks-bargaining-backwards-baristas-say
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Union baristas are finally back to the negotiating table with Starbucks, but the workers charge that rather than progressing, the company is reopening already agreed-upon issues. “They're trying to move backwards on issues we've already settled instead of settling the few that we have left,” said Mina Leon, a barista in downtown Manhattan who struck for two months to get the company back to the table.
#House #Republicans Thursday narrowly blocked a challenge to Trump’s #authority to continue #combat operations in #Iran, fending off a Democratic-led effort to halt the #war even as bipartisan frustration grows over a conflict that has dragged on for weeks without congressional consent.
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https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-trump-war-powers-iran-congress-e85410b6f404ddd45a9da0a09f1c285f
The House has rejected a resolution requiring President Donald Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from the war with Iran unless Congress authorizes military action. The vote Thursday was the latest such attempt that fell short of passage as Republicans largely continue to support Trump’s operation. Democrats are concerned about the United States getting further entrenched in another lengthy Middle East conflict and are promising to keep raising the issue through more votes in the coming weeks. Republicans counter by noting that Congress never voted on a war powers resolution when the Biden administration attacked Iranian-backed Houthis.
SNP pledges to cap bread and milk prices if it wins Scotland’s parliamentary elections | Scottish elections 2026 | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/16/snp-pledges-cap-prices-bread-milk-scotland-parliamentary-election
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