A True North exclusive revealed that taxpayers in Nova Scotia are on the hook for “gender-affirming items” such as prosthetic breasts, fake penises and chest binders for youth.
Plus, Calgary city council rejected an expert task force’s recommendations to increase affordable housing – and MPs across party lines are not happy.
And the Bank of Canada suspended its conditional pause and raised interest rates to a 22-year high on Wednesday – meanwhile, Pierre Poilievre promises to block the Trudeau government’s “inflationary budget.”
Tune into The Daily Brief with Rachel Emmanuel and Lindsay Shepherd!
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Rachel is a seasoned political reporter who’s covered government institutions from a variety of levels. A Carleton University journalism graduate, she was a multimedia reporter for three local Niagara newspapers. Her work has been published in the Toronto Star. Rachel was the inaugural recipient of the Political Matters internship, placing her at The Globe and Mail’s parliamentary bureau. She spent three years covering the federal government for iPolitics. Rachel is the Alberta correspondent for True North based in Edmonton.
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Lindsay holds an M.A. in Cultural Analysis and Social Theory from Wilfrid Laurier University. She has been published in The Post Millennial, Maclean’s, National Post, Ottawa Citizen, and Quillette.
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