Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government has no intention of proroguing Parliament to end an impasse with the Tories over a matter of privilege. At a news conference today ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is travelling to Laos today to take part in the ASEAN Summit. Canada is not a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, but has a strategic partnersh...

REGINA - Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe is promising to increase a set of tax credits for persons with disabilities if he's re-elected on Oct. 28. He says another four years with his party in gov...

OTTAWA - A new report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer says inflation and higher interest rates have eroded Canadians' purchasing power since 2022, particularly for lower-income households. Howev...

WASHINGTON - A new report from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce is sending a stark warning ahead of the U.S. presidential election, saying protectionist policies like Donald Trump's proposed tariffs c...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's three party leaders offered starkly different visions of the province and its future Tuesday in the only televised debate of what appears to be an increasingly close ele...

OTTAWA - A former deputy minister of public safety says nothing struck him as "particularly exceptional" in early 2021 about a weeks-long delay in ministerial approval of a spy service warrant. Rob St...

Marc Garneau had already been strapped into his seat aboard the space shuttle Challenger for two hours before hearing the countdown that would make him Canada's first man in space. Ten ... nine ... ei...

FREDERICTON - Improving health care comes through better management, not spending more money, according to New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative leader, who says he'll bring "business acumen" to de...

REGINA - Saskatchewan New Democratic Leader Carla Beck says her government would hire 100 police officers across the province if elected on Oct. 28. Beck has not provided a timeline on when she would ...