Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - A new report by the parliamentary budget officer suggests political parties left dozens of potential platform proposals on the cutting-room floor during the last election campaign. ...

A former member of the Alberta legislature says he won't pay his provincial taxes until oilpatch players pay theirs. David Swann, who once led the Alberta Liberals, says his tax strike is in...

OTTAWA - A rookie MP from Ontario says he's going to enter the Conservative leadership race. Derek Sloan made the jump from the private sector into politics in the last election, winning the Libe...

OTTAWA - The NDP's Canadian-heritage critic says he believes Prince Harry and his family should pay for their own security while they're in Canada. Alexandre Boulerice, who is also deputy leader of th...

NEW YORK - CBS was the first major network to break away from President Donald Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate on Tuesday, allowing its viewers to watch their regular afternoon fare instead of...

WASHINGTON - The District of Columbia is suing President Donald Trump's inaugural committee and two companies that control the Trump International Hotel in the nation's capital, accusing them of abusi...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says he wants to deliver the State of the Union as scheduled even if his impeachment trial is ongoing. Trump told reporters in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday that ...

ROME - The head of Italy's 5-Star Movement met with ministers Wednesday amid rumours he would step aside as party leader following a string of parliamentary defections, falling poll numbers and questi...

OTTAWA - New Democrat MPs will gather in Ottawa today for a two-day planning session to prepare the re-opening of the House of Commons next week. Party whip Rachel Blaney says the party...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces needs to nearly double the number of women it has been recruiting in recent years to reach its goal of having women represent one-quarter of all military person...