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38 state AGs, DoJ announce plan to end Google’s search monopoly

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A coalition of 38 state attorneys general, alongside the Department of Justice (DOJ), has announced a final plan to break up Google’s search engine monopoly. The proposed remedies include forcing Google to divest its Chrome browser and, potentially, its Android operating system. The move follows a court ruling last year that found Google guilty of monopolistic practices in online search.

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  • The plan would require Google to sell Chrome and could extend to Android if initial measures fail.
  • The initiative aims to restore competition in the search and search advertising markets, according to Colorado AG Phil Weiser.
  • Google argues the DOJ’s proposal is overly aggressive and claims it would harm consumers and U.S. technology leadership.

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The Justice Department and 38 state attorneys general have put forward a final set of remedies aimed at dismantling Google’s dominance in online search and digital advertising. The proposal, announced by Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, seeks to correct years of alleged anti-competitive behavior by the tech giant.

“For years, the Google browser has been the dominant gateway for users to search the internet,” Weiser said, emphasizing that Google’s monopolistic grip has “stifled innovation, undermined competition, and harmed consumers.” The coalition’s proposed remedies focus on breaking up Google’s search empire to promote a more competitive marketplace.

One of the most significant aspects of the proposal is the forced divestiture of Google’s Chrome browser, which currently serves as the primary access point for billions of users. Additionally, if Google is found to be undermining the decree’s effectiveness, the company could also be required to sell off Android, further reducing its influence over digital search.

This aggressive action follows a federal court ruling last year that determined Google had engaged in monopolistic practices. The ruling came after extensive legal battles between the government and the tech giant, reinforcing concerns that Google’s dominance in online search has hurt competition and limited consumer choice.

However, Google has strongly pushed back against the proposal. Lee-Anne Mulholland, the company’s vice president of regulatory affairs, criticized the DOJ’s intervention, calling it an overreach. “DOJ’s proposal would harm American consumers and undermine America’s global technology leadership,” Mulholland said, signaling the company’s intent to challenge the ruling in court.

A court hearing on the proposed remedies is set to begin on April 21 and is expected to conclude by May 9. Google has already indicated that it will appeal any ruling that forces it to break up its core business, setting the stage for another high-stakes legal battle between the tech giant and federal regulators.

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Conservative MP Leslyn Lewis warns Canadian voters of Liberal plan to penalize religious charities

Published on April 15, 2025

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A Liberal government plan for pro-life and religious groups to be stripped of their tax charity status is an ‘assault’ on people’s faith, MP Leslyn Lewis said.

Canadian Conservative pro-life MP Leslyn Lewis said a plan supported by Mark Carney’s Liberal government that calls for pro-life and religious groups to be stripped of their tax charity status should be an election issue as it’s an “assault” on people’s faith.

“The Liberal plan to revoke the charitable status of religious organizations is an assault on people of faith across Canada,” Lewis wrote on X last week.

Lewis linked her post to an opinion piece published in the Niagara Independent by Lee Harding with the headline “Canada’s sleeper election issue: the loss of charitable status for religious organizations.”

Harding observed that the “potential loss of charitable status for religious charities might be the biggest sleeper issue in the federal election.”

“The Liberal government proposed the change and only Conservatives opposed,” Harding said.

Lewis noted that 40 percent of the 85,600 charities in Canada are religious organizations.

“These are organizations that feed the hungry, support the elderly, rally around people in crisis, provide addiction recovery services – and this is just the tip of the iceberg,” she wrote.

“It is quite honestly disgusting that the Liberals would try to sneak in this unconscionable attack in a Finance Committee report, just before Parliament prorogued.”

She noted how a recent Cardus study shows that if these charities lose their tax status “Canadians would lose $16.5B in services.”

“Fortunately, Canadians can vote down this misguided attack on religious charities. Whether they do so is up to them.”

Last month, the Conservative Party of Canada launched a petition blasting a recent finance committee recommendation supported by Carney that calls for pro-life and religious groups to have their charity tax status revoked.

The Finance Committee’s pre-budget report proposal released in December 2024 by the all-party Finance Committee suggested that legislation is needed to strip pro-life pregnancy centers and religious groups of their charitable status.

The legislation would amend the Income Tax Act and Income Tax. Section 429 of the proposed legislation recommends the government “no longer provide charitable status to anti-abortion organizations.”

All federal parties except for the Conservatives under Pierre Poilievre support the finance report’s recommendation.

Canada’s Catholic bishops have blasted the report’s recommendations and have urged the Liberal federal government to not proceed with any legislation that would target pro-life groups of religious organizations’ charity tax status.

The good news is that in light of former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s shutting of Parliament in order to step down from office, already planned legislation to strip pro-life pregnancy centers of charity status is on pause, at least for now.

Despite the reality that Poilievre is also pro-abortion, the former Trudeau now Carney Liberal government has in recent months ramped up his abortion rhetoric on social media in a seeming bid to rally its base, consistently boasting about his government’s desire to make killing a child in the womb easier than ever. Trudeau also repeatedly bragged about his pro-abortion record in the House of Commons.

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Made in Alberta! Province makes it easier to support local products with Buy Local program

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Show your Alberta side. Buy Local.

When the going gets tough, Albertans stick together. That’s why Alberta’s government is launching a new campaign to benefit hard-working Albertans.

Global uncertainty is threatening the livelihoods of hard-working Alberta farmers, ranchers, processors and their families. The ‘Buy Local’ campaign, recently launched by Alberta’s government, encourages consumers to eat, drink and buy local to show our unified support for the province’s agriculture and food industry.

The government’s ‘Buy Local’ campaign encourages consumers to buy products from Alberta’s hard-working farmers, ranchers and food processors that produce safe, nutritious food for Albertans, Canadians and the world.

“It’s time to let these hard-working Albertans know we have their back. Now, more than ever, we need to shop local and buy made-in-Alberta products. The next time you are grocery shopping or go out for dinner or a drink with your friends or family, support local to demonstrate your Alberta pride. We are pleased tariffs don’t impact the ag industry right now and will keep advocating for our ag industry.”

RJ Sigurdson, Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation

Alberta’s government supports consumer choice. We are providing tools to help folks easily identify Alberta- and Canadian-made foods and products. Choosing local products keeps Albertans’ hard-earned dollars in our province. Whether it is farm-fresh vegetables, potatoes, honey, craft beer, frozen food or our world-renowned beef, Alberta has an abundance of fresh foods produced right on our doorstep.

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  • This summer, Albertans can support local at more than 150 farmers’ markets across the province and meet the folks who make, bake and grow our food.
  • In March 2023, the Alberta government launched the ‘Made in Alberta’ voluntary food and beverage labelling program to support local agriculture and food sectors.
  • Through direct connections with processors, the program has created the momentum to continue expanding consumer awareness about the ‘Made in Alberta’ label to help shoppers quickly identify foods and beverages produced in our province.
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