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an income tax cut for millions of people and policies she says will lower the price of groceries and reduce credit card debt.</div></div><div class="card-content-bottom"><div id="m-card-6644216" class="metadata"><div class="metadataText"><span class="departmentItem deptItem-politics">Politics </span><span class="metaSeparator" aria-hidden="true">|</span><time class="timeStamp" dateTime="2025-02-11T18:14:31.175Z">February 11</time></div></div></div></div></div></a><a class="card cardListing rightImage sclt-contentlistcard5" data-contentid="6642752" data-cy="type-story" href="/news/politics/trump-steel-aluminum-canada-1.7455173"><div class="cardImageWrap image imageMedia"><figure class="imageMedia image full"><div class="placeholder"><img loading="lazy" alt="" srcSet="https://i.cbc.ca/1.7455682.1739230631!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_300/trump.jpg 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7455682.1739230631!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_460/trump.jpg 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class="card-content-bottom"><div id="m-card-6642752" class="metadata"><div class="metadataText"><span class="departmentItem deptItem-politics">Politics </span><span class="metaSeparator" aria-hidden="true">|</span><time class="timeStamp" dateTime="2025-02-11T09:44:11.441Z">February 11</time></div></div></div></div></div></a><a class="card cardListing rightImage sclt-contentlistcard6" data-contentid="6640726" data-cy="type-story" href="/news/politics/freeland-wechat-malicious-activity-1.7454067"><div class="cardImageWrap image imageMedia"><figure class="imageMedia image full"><div class="placeholder"><img loading="lazy" alt="" srcSet="https://i.cbc.ca/1.7439421.1737649300!/cumulusImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_300/freeland-bid-presser.jpg 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7439421.1737649300!/cumulusImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_460/freeland-bid-presser.jpg 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7439421.1737649300!/cumulusImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/freeland-bid-presser.jpg 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7439421.1737649300!/cumulusImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_780/freeland-bid-presser.jpg 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7439421.1737649300!/cumulusImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_1180/freeland-bid-presser.jpg 1180w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 90vw,320px" src="https://i.cbc.ca/1.7439421.1737649300!/cumulusImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_780/freeland-bid-presser.jpg" data-cy="image-img"/></div></figure></div><div class="contentWrapper"><div class="card-content"><div class="card-content-top"><h3 class="headline" id="h-card-6640726" data-cy="headline">Freeland targeted by 'malicious' WeChat campaign with alleged ties to China: Threat task force</h3><div id="d-card-6640726" class="description">China may have launched a "disparaging" and "malicious" campaign against Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland on the social media platform WeChat, according to the task force set up to monitor foreign election interference.</div></div><div class="card-content-bottom"><div id="m-card-6640726" class="metadata"><div class="metadataText"><span class="departmentItem deptItem-politics">Politics </span><span class="metaSeparator" aria-hidden="true">|</span><time class="timeStamp" dateTime="2025-02-08T01:41:50.943Z">February 8</time></div></div></div></div></div></a><a class="card cardListing rightImage sclt-contentlistcard7" data-contentid="6640248" data-cy="type-story" href="/news/politics/liberal-party-leadership-payment-1.7453667"><div class="cardImageWrap image imageMedia"><figure class="imageMedia image full"><div class="placeholder"><img loading="lazy" alt="" srcSet="https://i.cbc.ca/1.7453663.1738951705!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_300/liberal-leadership-20250130.jpg 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leadership hopefuls have overcome the third financial hurdle for candidates, which was due Friday evening. </div></div><div class="card-content-bottom"><div id="m-card-6640248" class="metadata"><div class="metadataText"><span class="departmentItem deptItem-politics">Politics </span><span class="metaSeparator" aria-hidden="true">|</span><time class="timeStamp" dateTime="2025-02-08T00:19:11.532Z">February 8</time></div></div></div></div></div></a><a class="card cardListing rightImage sclt-contentlistcard8" data-contentid="6638792" data-cy="type-story" href="/news/politics/baylis-gould-policy-announcements-1.7452516"><div class="cardImageWrap image imageMedia"><figure class="imageMedia image full"><div class="placeholder"><img loading="lazy" alt="" srcSet="https://i.cbc.ca/1.7452962.1738886232!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_300/elxn-ont-20250206.jpg 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7452962.1738886232!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_460/elxn-ont-20250206.jpg 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aggressive fundraising deadline."</div></div><div class="card-content-bottom"><div id="m-card-6638792" class="metadata"><div class="metadataText"><span class="departmentItem deptItem-politics">Politics </span><span class="metaSeparator" aria-hidden="true">|</span><time class="timeStamp" dateTime="2025-02-07T00:23:40.474Z">February 7</time></div></div></div></div></div></a><a class="card cardListing rightImage sclt-contentlistcard9" data-contentid="6636522" data-cy="type-story" href="/news/politics/canada-us-economic-summit-1.7450975"><div class="cardImageWrap image imageMedia"><figure class="imageMedia image full"><div class="placeholder"><img loading="lazy" alt="" srcSet="https://i.cbc.ca/1.7394494.1737484337!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_300/covid-trump-who-20200423.jpg 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7394494.1737484337!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_460/covid-trump-who-20200423.jpg 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