Economic Policies and Indigenous Women

Islamic State: They included economic policies to boost Canada middle class, an ambitious plan to welcome 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of 2015, an inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women, and a new approach to the fight against Islamic State militants, according to CTV. Promises kept, broken during Trudeau first 100 days in power The first 100 days in photos As Trudeau and his cabinet mark their first 100 days in office, we asked three political observers to evaluate the government performance on these key issues: The Liberals moved quickly on their key economic plank – raising taxes for the highest income earners in order to pay for middle class tax cuts. Throughout the election campaign that preceded the Liberals’ historic comeback from third party status, Trudeau made sweeping promises as part of his real change mantra. Their tax package passed in the House of Commons in December, even as they acknowledged that the change would cost the treasury $1.2 billion annually for the next five years. Now that the first 100 days are over, they have to turn 99 per cent of their attention to economic well-being, said Scott Reid, a CTV political analyst who served as an adviser to former Liberal prime minister Paul Martin. But the biggest test of the new government is yet to come, as Finance Minister Bill Morneau prepares to deliver his first budget. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.