Category Archives: National
What happens after the Liberals table their budget in a minority Parliament
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau finds himself in familiar territory Thursday as the leader of a minority government that needs support from another party to pass a budget and avoid another federal election. Only this time, there’s a formal agre...
Federal environment minister approves Bay du Nord oil project off Newfoundland
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault has approved a controversial new oil project off the coast of Newfoundland with what Ottawa is calling the strongest emissions rules ever imposed. His decision released Wednesday by the ...
Extend special immigration measures to other crises: House of Commons committee
OTTAWA — Canada's treatment of Ukrainians fleeing war has been distinctly different to those fleeing other humanitarian crises, the House of Commons immigration committee said Wednesday, and MPs want that to change. The committee voted Tuesday to issue...
Review critical of arrest of Indigenous man and granddaughter in opening bank account
VANCOUVER — A retired judge who led a disciplinary hearing against two police officers has found they "demonstrated serious, blameworthy conduct" when they "recklessly" arrested an Indigenous man and his granddaughter who were trying to open a bank acc...
Health Canada mulls lower threshold for drug decriminalization: B.C. minister
OTTAWA — Health Canada is considering British Columbia's decriminalization request but with a lower threshold for the amount of drugs a person can carry, says a provincial minister. Mental Health and Addictions Minister Sheila Malcolmson told reporters...
Ottawa police have charged a second man with arson after fire in downtown apartment
OTTAWA — A second man has been charged with trying to set fire to a downtown Ottawa apartment building in early February. Ottawa police say they’ve charged 41-year-old Bartosz Wernik with arson causing property damage and disregard for human life, misc...
Feds try to avoid Australian pitfalls in online news bill
OTTAWA — The Canadian government says it has learned from Australia's experience when it comes to requiring online giants to pay news outlets to use their journalism, and has framed its bill to avoid the country's pitfalls. Heritage Minister Pablo
‘I am not behind’: Leona Alleslev officially enters Conservative leadership race
OTTAWA — Former Conservative deputy leader Leona Alleslev has officially entered the party's leadership race. Alleslev, who lost her Greater Toronto Area seat in last year’s federal election, unveiled her plans at a Parliament Hill news conference We...
More cost overruns, delays coming for new navy, coast guard fleets
OTTAWA — Federal bureaucrats are warning that more cost overruns and delays are on the horizon for the delivery of new ships to Canada’s navy and coast guard, as “significant challenges” batter Ottawa’s multibillion-dollar shipbuilding program. That in...
Liberals expected to raise taxes on big banks, insurance companies in budget
OTTAWA — The final message to Scotiabank shareholders from its president and CEO's annual address: a higher tax on the country’s biggest banks is a tax on you. Brian Porter called a tax hike that's widely expected to be included in