Tag Archives: Politics

TORONTO - As the U.S. government takes big steps to usher cryptocurrency into mainstream finance, one of the world's biggest crypto exchanges is urging the Canadian government to match and exceed thos...

EDMONTON - As Canada prepares Tuesday to blow out 158 birthday candles, Alberta plans three days later to formalize rules making it easier to have an independence celebration of its own. Beginning Fri...

OTTAWA - Federal and provincial leaders are working to dismantle internal trade barriers that push up the cost of goods and make it harder to do business within Canada. But anyone expecting all of the...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday his move to drop Canada's digital services tax is part of the broader trade negotiation with the United States, even as the White House said Carney "cav...

OTTAWA - Tech giants such as Amazon and Google will not have to shell out close to $2 billion as expected today, as Canada moved to cancel the controversial digital services tax on Sunday, just one da...

OTTAWA - Sen. Marc Gold's career as the government's representative in the Senate is ending, closing a chapter he called "the greatest privilege" of his life. Gold reaches the Senate's mandatory retir...

Efforts to boost interprovincial trade have kicked into high gear amid the U.S.-Canada tariff war. Here's a look at some trade agreements, legislation and proposals among provinces and territories tha...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina said Sunday he will not seek reelection next year, an abrupt announcement that came one day after he staked out his opposition to Presid...

OTTAWA - Justice Minister Sean Fraser says the federal government plans to take a "fresh" look at its online harms legislation over the summer but it's not clear yet exactly what the bill will look li...

The federal government has ordered a Chinese maker of surveillance camera systems to shutter its Canadian business and leave the country over national security concerns. Industry Minister Mlanie Joly ...