Start your day off right with five things you need to know this morning.
Five things you need to know
A new poll from Leger suggests a plurality of Canadians – 37 per cent – had a negative response to the Liberal budget tabled earlier this month. Another 30 per cent had a positive reaction, the pollster reckons, while just 15 per cent said they anticipated a positive result in their personal lives as a result of the budget.
Affordability gap leaves Liberal budget with middling reviews: Leger poll https://t.co/pG8unGGlpZ
— CP24 (@CP24) November 12, 2025
Donald Trump's worst nightmare is coming back to haunt him, with emails released by the Democratic Party today showing that Jeffrey Epstein said the president "spent hours at my house" with a sex trafficking victim. Trump has previously denied any involvement in Epstein's trafficking operation, but the Democrats are now claiming Trump was involved in a "cover-up." The White House said this morning the Democrats are trying to "smear" the president.
🚨BREAKING: Oversight Dems have received new emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate that raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein’s horrific crimes.
— Oversight Dems (@OversightDems) November 12, 2025
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES. pic.twitter.com/A5XgOHj2Jq
The US economy will bring in $5.7 billion less this year from tourism amid a decline in visitors to the country, according to a forecast by the US Travel Association. The main reason for the fall in spending and visits is because Canadians are increasingly reluctant to head south, according to the group.
‘U.S. tourism faces $5.7B US loss as Canadians continue to stay home,’ reports @CBC Number of Canadians visiting the U.S. has been in steep decline since Trump took officehttps://t.co/btFFrGwHjg
— Husain Haqqani (@husainhaqqani) November 12, 2025
The Liberals' pledge to oversee a modest reduction in immigration over the next few years will hit Canada's GDP growth, according to the economist Stephen Brown. But Brown, the deputy chief North America economist at Capital Economics, said it won't be all bad, adding: "As the pool of temporary workers dries up, then young Canadians should have a better time finding positions." RBC, meanwhile, said fewer foreign students could mean lower rents in cities with universities.
Federal budget's refreshed immigration targets will weigh on growth: economist https://t.co/mgjDRltqbw #nationlnewswatch via @natnewswatch
— National Newswatch (@natnewswatch) November 11, 2025
Tuesday was Remembrance Day, marking 80 years since the end of the Second World War and 72 years since the end of the Korean War. But how many Canadian veterans of those wars are still alive? According to Veterans Affairs Canada: 0 from the First World War, 3,691 from the Second World War and 1,909 from the Korean War.
Canada's veteran population is dwindling fast. Here are the numbers.https://t.co/0lQqqu492X
— Barrie 360 (@Barrie360) November 11, 2025
