Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - Parents of children who died because of online sexual extortion are urging MPs to act on online harms legislation. The online harms bill is among the legislation that's been blocked from movi...

REGINA - Premier Scott Moe's government followed through on two fall election promises Thursday, passing bills on tax relief and the carbon levy. One bill, the Saskatchewan Affordability Act, will red...

OTTAWA - Security agencies from Canada and other members of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance are calling for a "whole-of-society response" to deal with the radicalization of young people lu...

OTTAWA - Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown said foreign interference did not tip the scales in the Conservative party's last leadership race that installed Pierre Poilievre at the helm. Brown, who was a ca...

OTTAWA - Randy Boissonnault, whose shifting claims to Indigenous identity cost him his job as employment minister, told a House of Commons committee today that he is not Indigenous. Boissonnault was c...

HALIFAX - A group of unionized Nova Scotia jail guards marched in driving rain Thursday to draw attention to what they say are "crisis" working conditions. About 40 members of the Nova Scotia Governme...

OTTAWA - The federal government is seeking a third extension to a court-mandated deadline to pass legislation that grants citizenship to "lost Canadians," Immigration Minister Marc Miller said on Thur...

EDMONTON - Alberta's information and privacy commissioner says she is worried -- but not surprised -- the province voted this week to pass legislation she says will reduce public access to government ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not commit to holding a national inquiry on systemic racism in policing Thursday morning even as he acknowledged the pain of First Nations mothers who have h...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government says it will seek leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada a ruling that found permitting random traffic stops leads to racial profiling. In October, Quebec's Co...