Atlantic premiers shift forest ban justifications amid backlash

Nova Scotia and New Brunswick’s premiers have each altered their explanations for controversial forest bans for the third time in a week.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Mark Carney’s Liberals “couldn’t care less about the West,” citing their electric vehicle mandate.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is celebrating a federal court decision allowing its challenge to the capital gains tax hike to proceed, potentially setting a precedent for democratic approval of all future tax increases.