The federal government is scrapping measures brought in by the Conservatives that allow Ottawa to revoke the citizenship of Canadians convicted of terrorism and other offences. If Liberal Immigration Minister John McCallum's new legislation passes, the citizenship of Zakaria Amara of the so-called Toronto 18 terrorist group could be restored.Don't blame me... I didn't vote for them.
"We did run on those things. We did win the election," he said. "And therefore, I would argue that we have a strong mandate to do those things we wish to do."
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TORONTO - Ontario's Liberal government will outline a plan to eliminate its deficit and stem the growth of its massive debt in today's provincial budget, the ninth in a row to be awash in red ink. Mike Moffatt of the Ivey Business School expects the net debt will crash through the psychological $300-billion mark in today's budget.Unbelievable.