Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet and MPs from all parties in the House of Commons were on Parliament Hill on Thursday to call for the Senate to pass a Bloc bill on supply management....

MONTREAL - Quebec has introduced legislation to cap the number of international students in the province, part of a larger push by the government to reduce temporary immigration. The Coalition Avenir ...

The parliamentary budget officer says his updated report on the federal carbon price is largely consistent with his earlier findings, even after adjusting for a previous error. Yves Giroux says today'...

FREDERICTON - With New Brunswick's provincial election approaching, a housing advocacy group is calling on the next government to strengthen tenants' rights, particularly through caps on rent increase...

OTTAWA - In a story on Oct. 9 about Canada donating another $15 million in aid for Lebanon relief efforts, The Canadian Press erroneously reported that the federal government would match donations to ...

VIENTIANE - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has congratulated the new prime minister of Thailand for her country's move to legalize same-sex marriage. Trudeau made the comments during a bilateral meetin...

TORONTO - Toronto city council is granting the island airport a lease extension that would keep the hub open for at least another two decades. In a 17-8 vote on Wednesday, councillors passed a motion ...

OTTAWA - A federal inquiry into interference in Canada's affairs is slated to hear today from Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly. Former public safety minister Marco Mendicino is also scheduled to t...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Millions of Social Security recipients will get a 2.5% cost-of-living increase to their monthly checks beginning in January, the Social Security Administration announced Thursday. Th...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Inflation in the United States dropped last month to its lowest point since it first began surging more than three years ago, adding to a spate of encouraging economic news in the cl...