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CBC journalists Shawn Foss and Dan Burritt were covering a Freedom Convoy vaccine protest in February 2022 when a protester spat on Foss, a cameraman.

While the tax break will indeed put more money into consumers' pockets as the government has claimed, whether it will actually ease inflationary pressure is questionable.

OTTAWA — Parliament has approved $21.6 billion in government spending, in a late Tuesday vote in the House of Commons.

VICTORIA — John Rustad says he expects a spirit of defiance and for free speech to reign in his British Columbia Conservative Party caucus — even if it involves pitting team members against each other, including himself.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index lost more than 100 points Tuesday ahead of an expected interest rate cut Wednesday, while U.S. markets were also down. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 121.09 points at 25,504.33.

TORONTO — Canada's premiers are meeting virtually Wednesday with the prime minister to discuss the threat of U.S. tariffs on Canadian imports, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he hopes to talk about the country's approach to negotiations.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes drifted lower in the runup to the highlight of the week for the market, the latest update on inflation. The S&P 500 slipped 0.3% Tuesday and marked its first back-to-back losses in three weeks.