Category Archives: National
Canada-Britain trade negotiation in final stages as Dec. 31 tariff deadline looms
OTTAWA — Canada and Britain say they are in the final stages of negotiating a new trade deal before a Dec. 31 deadline. That would prevent Canadian products from seafood to steaks and autos from being slapped with new tariffs when
Feds ‘missing opportunity’ to ensure political parties covered by privacy law
OTTAWA — A not-for-profit group that promotes public awareness of digital rights says the Trudeau government has missed an opportunity to ensure political parties come under federal privacy law. Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains introduced a bill this ...
Liberals legislate 2050 net-zero emissions, but critics say they’re delaying action
OTTAWA — Newly proposed federal legislation would legally bind the government to set multiple targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the next 30 years but the only penalty for failing to meet them would be to admit so publicly. It
RCMP needs structural changes to address racism: MMIWG commissioner
OTTAWA — A commissioner who served on the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls says top-down attitudes and the centralized structure of the RCMP are leading to racist practices against Indigenous people in Canada. Speaking in Fr...
Tories disappointed by Scheer’s decision to hire family as they call for better rules
OTTAWA — Conservative MPs vented some disappointment in their former leader — and current caucus colleague — Andrew Scheer Wednesday after revelations he twice hired family members to work in his office. Alberta MP Shannon Stubbs was one of them, sayin...
Parliament passes Tory motion to demand government decision on Huawei, 5G
OTTAWA — A united federal opposition has supported a Conservative motion to insist the Liberal government take a harder line against what it says are national-security threats from China. The motion, sponsored by Tory foreign affairs critic Michael Cho...
B.C. premier to call on prime minister for national travel policy to fight COVID-19
VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier John Horgan says he will lobby Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to tell Canadians that travel within the country at this stage of the COVID-19 pandemic should only be for essential purposes. He said he is not
Liberals shouldn’t jettison spending restraints because of pandemic, former PBO says
OTTAWA — Canada's first parliamentary budget watchdog says there are ways for the federal government to impose some discipline on its upcoming spending plans to keep the deficit from spiralling out of control. Kevin Page makes the argument in a paper
Federal fisheries minister should resign over lobster dispute: Indigenous leader
HALIFAX — The chief of the First Nation at the centre of a lobster fishing dispute in Nova Scotia says the federal fisheries minister should resign because she appears unwilling to deal with the band's challenges. Chief Mike Sack of the
Canada-U. S. border closure extended 30 days as American COVID-19 cases rise: source
OTTAWA — The Canada-U. S. border is set to remain closed well into December. A federal source speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly confirmed the 30-day rollover of the closure that was set
