Elizabeth Thompson
Senior Reporter at Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Parliament Hill reporter, mother & occasional baker of cookies.
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3 weeks ago |
cbc.ca | Elizabeth Thompson
Politics·NewA small, obscure section in U.S. President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act could cost Canadians and Canadian companies billions of dollars, CBC News has learned. It could also put pressure on Prime Minister Mark Carney to scrap Canada's digital services tax.
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4 weeks ago |
cbc.ca | Elizabeth Thompson
Politics·NewOpposition critics are calling for Prime Minister Mark Carney's government to act quickly to implement a foreign agents registry and a foreign interference commissioner, following revelations that attacks by the Chinese government and its proxies on dissidents living in Canada are on the rise.
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1 month ago |
cbc.ca | Elizabeth Thompson |Aloysius Wong
For Yao Zhang, the news came as a shock. Sexually explicit, deepfake images of her were circulating widely online — an attack that Ottawa blamed on the Chinese government. It wasn't the first time Zhang had been targeted by China. Shortly after the Quebec-based accountant-turned-influencer travelled to Taiwan in January 2024 to support its independence, China's national police paid a visit to her aunt in Chifeng, in mainland China.
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Mar 14, 2025 |
cbc.ca | Elizabeth Thompson
Politics·NewPrime Minister Justin Trudeau's government has stacked agencies and Crown corporations with dozens of "future appointments" and early appointment renewals, many of which would only go into effect weeks and months after the next election. Many will only take effect after the next federal electionElizabeth Thompson · CBC News · Posted: Mar 14, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes agoPrime Minister Justin Trudeau's government has made dozens of future appointments since Jan.
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Mar 5, 2025 |
cbc.ca | Elizabeth Thompson
Far from the political spotlight and prying eyes, the process has already begun. When the next Liberal leader is announced on March 9, it will mark the end of the leadership campaign triggered by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's decision to resign. However, experts say the process to transition to the next prime minister begins well before that day. Before any new Liberal leader decides to plunge Canada into an early federal election, there are legal and technical steps they must first take.
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Trump's "big beautiful" tax reform bill could cost Canadians, Canadian business and pension funds billions. https://t.co/laLPBiTjyr
It's time to act on foreign interference, attacks on dissidents say opposition MPs. Comes after an investigation by CBC News and the #ICIJ found attacks by the Chinese government and its proxies on dissidents around the world are on the rise. https://t.co/eY0aROolYa
An investigation by CBC News in conjunction with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists #ICIJ reveals that attacks by the Chinese government and its proxies on dissidents in Canada and around the world is on the rise. https://t.co/jjhclxEJEK