Ian’s back from vacation – and there’s politics to talk about. BCGEU goes on strike, Poilievre and Eby take aim at the temporary foreign worker program, Poilievre wants stand your ground laws, Carney opens his Major Project Offices and the NDP launch their leadership race.
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* BCGEU says its members will begin walking picket lines Tuesday
* As BCGEU strike drags on, teachers’ union negotiations simmer in background | Globalnews.ca
* B.C. schools at funding ‘crunch point’ as districts cut millions from budgets | CBC News
* Poilievre calls on Liberals to scrap the temporary foreign worker program
* Ottawa must cancel or significantly reform temporary foreign worker program, says Eby
* Bryan Breguet v John Rustad on TFWs
* Youth unemployment is now at level seen ‘during a recession,’ report shows – National | Globalnews.ca
* Poilievre calls for more legal protection for Canadians defending homes from intruders | CBC News
* Prime Minister Carney launches new Major Projects Office to fast-track nation-building projects
* Internal PMO polls show huge support for major hydro, road, port projects – National | Globalnews.ca
* Project 2025 architect Kevin Roberts no longer attending cabinet forum – iPolitics
* Finance Minister announces 100-day plan to fix CRA service delays – The Globe and Mail
* NDP Leadership 2026 « Canada’s NDP
* Huron County farmer files application papers to lead federal NDP
* Heather McPherson, Avi Lewis prepare NDP leadership bids