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OTTAWA — "Freedom Convoy" lawyer Keith Wilson says he encouraged protesters to remain in Ottawa after the Liberals invoked the Emergencies Act last winter, and that the group was only ever offered a "zero-sum" choice for ending the demonstrations.

OTTAWA — After a national security review, Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne is ordering three Chinese resource companies to sell their interests in Canadian critical mineral firms.

OTTAWA — A senior government official says Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's fall economic statement will propose to tax corporate stock buybacks in a bid to encourage companies to invest in their domestic operations and workers.

OTTAWA — Haiti's ambassador to Canada faced stiff questioning Wednesday over his country's controversial request for a foreign military intervention, as the Liberals argue Ottawa must respond to a cascade of humanitarian crises.

FREDERICTON — The president of the University of New Brunswick says he's kept a lid on publicly discussing the controversy surrounding an American politician's PhD because the institution did not want to be accused of interfering in U.S. politics.

RICHMOND, B.C. — British Columbia RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang's cousin Ash Tan looked out on a sea of red serge at her funeral Wednesday and told of her lifelong dedication to helping others.

Quebec's governing Coalition Avenir Québec party says it is willing to make a constitutionally required oath to the King optional for members of the legislature.

OTTAWA — A lawyer representing some organizers of the "Freedom Convoy" says police were regularly leaking operational plans and other information to protesters in Ottawa during last winter's demonstrations.

NAUJAAT, Nunavut — A report from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada says a propeller malfunction caused a cargo plane to go off the runway in Naujaat, Nvt., two years ago.

MONTREAL — Quebec Premier François Legault is maintaining that the province cannot accept more than 50,000 immigrants a year despite Ottawa's plans to significantly raise the country's immigration levels.