Alberta MP under fire over allegations about business dealings. Alberta MP Randy Boissonnault has resigned from cabinet amid allegations about his business dealings and criticism of his shifting claims about his Indigenous ancestry. "The prime minister and MP Randy Boissonnault have agreed that Mr. Boissonnault will step away from cabinet effective immediately. Mr. Boissonnault will focus on clearing the allegations...
The federal Liberals are set to announce a GST cut on a number of items, according to the NDP. Prime...
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Ford, chair of the Council of Federation of premiers, said “there’s a clear consensus that everyone agrees that we need...
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U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Michigan congressman Pete Hoekstra to be his ambassador to Canada. Hoekstra served in...
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is questioning the Parole Board of Canada's rationale for preventing the families of Kristen French and...
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Justin Trudeau recorded a long video(opens in a new tab) on the subject of immigration and released it over the...
The dust is finally beginning to settle in the aftermath of the United States presidential election. For decision-makers around the...
Whirl with me back in time all the way to September 2023, when the federal and Quebec governments announced that...
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Donald Trump’s return to the White House will transform any number of issues here in Canada, from trade and energy...
As American democracy dives into darkness, Canada is facing difficult choices. The consensus among Canada’s political and business establishment is...
The Conservative Party of Canada’s pre-election slogan is “Bring it Home.” This saying is dictionary-defined as making important things clear...
When Russia attacked Ukraine, nearby countries were in shock. Some didn’t even react, although Russian sympathy may also be at...
And so, two months before the White House officially changes hands, the nightmare on Pennsylvania Avenue begins. If anyone thought...
There’s always value in watching what’s going on in other countries to learn something about what is happening in your...
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We had better be ready. President-elect Donald Trump has noticed something in his travels across the U.S. Many parts of...
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With a crowd gathered inside, and pro-Hamas demonstrators outside attempting to disrupt the event, The Abraham Global Peace Initiative (AGPI)...
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This was not the election result that most Canadians hoped for. According to a Leger poll taken in late October...
A few days before the 2019 federal election, I received calls from the embassies of G20 countries. I was a...
Mark Hanna, an unscrupulous Republican backroom operator in the late 19th century, once succinctly summed up all he’d learned about...
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford is putting Mexico on notice. Earlier this week, in the wake of Donald Trump’s election win...
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to deport 15-20 million undocumented people currently living in the United States. According to the...
For most Canadians, Remembrance Day is a moment to reflect on the sacrifices of the past and how they helped...
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In the world of political advertising, nothing grabs attention like negative advertising. Why? It’s simple: our brains are wired to...
It feels like I am in election overload. We’ve had votes in New Brunswick, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan. Nova Scotians...
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OTTAWA -- The Canadian and American embassies in Ukraine are closed to the public today after the U.S. warned of...
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he has written to Canada's premiers asking them to match his pledge to remove the...
Canada is not ruling out sidelining Mexico in future trade talks with the United States, with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia...
Canadian security agencies believe Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India knew about the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in...
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Treasury Board President Anita Anand is poised to table a report revealing a multi-billion-dollar surplus in the public-service pension plan...
Canadian human rights advocate and former Liberal justice minister Irwin Cotler — who was the target of an alleged foiled...
With work stoppages in two parts of the country and in the House of Commons, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s...
Treasury Board President Anita Anand is warning that if the House of Commons doesn't get back to regular business, some...
As calls mount for Liberal cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault to resign over conflicting claims about his family’s Indigenous heritage, Global...
A Metis member of Parliament is calling on the employment minister to resign over what he calls harmful false claims...
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday expressed support for his embattled Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault on the sidelines of the...
MPs have been debating a privilege motion since late September, putting other House business on hold. A debate that has...
Canada’s budgetary watchdog says Justin Trudeau’s government has likely blown past a self-imposed fiscal guardrail, and is warning about the...
The federal government issued a new passport to an admitted human smuggler after he was ordered to surrender the travel...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the final leaders' statement from the G20 summit in Brazil is not strong enough on...
Canada's inflation rate ticked up to two per cent in October, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday. The consumer price index...
With a 15-point advantage the federal Conservatives remain in the drivers seat politically. Canadians continue to be focused on jobs/the...
A New Democrat MP was warned Monday that her decision to don a watermelon pin — a symbol of the...
Conservatives are ramping up pressure on Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault to resign following a news report that said his former...
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent his first day at the G20 leaders' summit Monday speaking in closed-door meetings about issues...
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Revelations come as revenue minister set to testify at parliamentary committees. In early 2024, senior officials at the Canada Revenue...
The House of Commons on Monday condemned an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate former Liberal justice minister Irwin Cotler. MPs...
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A new poll shows a majority of Canadians say the Liberal Party should be led by someone other than Prime...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government could have acted faster on reining in immigration programs, after blaming "bad...
Iran allegedly plotted to assassinate Irwin Cotler, a noted Canadian human-rights advocate and harsh critic of the clerical regime, but...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Ethics Committee Republicans voted Wednesday against releasing the panel's long-running investigation into President-elect Donald Trump's nominee...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump's choice for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, has launched an effort to personally secure his...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump says he has chosen former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker to serve as U.S. ambassador...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped billionaire professional wrestling mogul Linda McMahon to be secretary of the...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon will send Ukraine at least $275 million in new weapons, U.S. officials said Tuesday, as...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the final leaders' statement from the G20 summit in Brazil is not strong enough on...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un renewed his call for a "limitless" expansion of his...
ROME (AP) -- Italian President Sergio Mattarella sharply rebuked Elon Musk on Wednesday for weighing in on Italian court rulings...
BRUSSELS (AP) -- President Joe Biden intends to bolster U.S. military support to Ukraine in the final months of his...
We live in difficult times for policymakers and governments. The term “polycrisis”, coined by Edgar Morin and Anne Brigitte Kern...
The U.S. Treasury Department has published the fine print on a new set of restrictions on outbound investment in China’s...
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