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March 19, 2019
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Budget to tout Liberal economic record, provide distraction from SNC furor

The Trudeau government is expected to set the narrative for the coming election – and take the focus off the SNC-Lavalin conundrum


Liberal dominated justice committee ends SNC-Lavalin probe amid opposition howls

Conservative MP Lisa Raitt and New Democrat Murray Rankin say Canadians need to hear more about the affair


Alberta government announces further easing of oil production restrictions

The province’s crude-by-rail program is scheduled to begin initial shipments in July, ramping up to 120,000 barrel-a-day shipments by 2020


Privy Council clerk Michael Wernick to quit before October election

Wernick's letter says there's no way for him to have "a relationship of mutual trust and respect with the leaders of the opposition parties"
 
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