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QUEBEC -- The Liberal cabinet has wrapped two days of meetings in Quebec City focused on affordability, economic growth and security, Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said Friday.
Almost 10,000 federal public servants have received notices in the past week warning them that their jobs may be cut, say the unions representing them. The Public Service Alliance of Canada says more than 5,000 of its members received what are called "workforce adjustment notices" this week. They include staff working at Global Affairs Canada, Transport Canada, Innovation, Science and...
QUEBEC -- Almost 10,000 federal public servants have received notices in the past week warning them that their jobs may be cut, say the unions representing them.
QUEBEC -- Prime Minister Mark Carney and his cabinet are using their second day of meetings in Quebec City to discuss safeguarding Canada's sovereignty, says a minister at the retreat.
Prime Minister Mark Carney and his cabinet are using their second day of meetings in Quebec City to discuss safeguarding Canada's sovereignty, says a minister at the retreat. Speaking to reporters Friday morning, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation Evan Solomon said ministers are focused on creating good jobs for Canadians and investing in key sectors to build "a...
QUEBEC -- Prime Minister Mark Carney and his cabinet are gathering in Quebec City for a second day of meetings ahead of Parliament's return Monday.
QUEBEC -- Staying true to Canada's core values will be key to upholding its sovereignty, Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a speech Thursday which also pushed back against recent comments by U.S. President Donald Trump.
QUEBEC -- Staying true to Canada's core values will be key to maintaining its sovereignty, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday.
QUEBEC -- Prime Minister Mark Carney says staying true to Canada's values is key to maintaining its sovereignty.
QUEBEC -- Prime Minister Mark Carney says staying true to Canada's values is key to maintaining its sovereignty.
QUEBEC -- Prime Minister Mark Carney and his cabinet are gathering in Quebec City Thursday for two days of meetings focused on the economy, affordability and security.
Prime Minister Mark Carney and his cabinet are gathering in Quebec City Thursday for two days of meetings focused on the economy, affordability and security. The cabinet retreat is beginning just a day after Carney's return from a nine-day overseas trip to drum up new investment for Canada. It also comes just ahead of the return of Parliament on Monday.
QUEBEC -- Prime Minister Mark Carney is gathering his cabinet in Quebec City today for two days of meetings focused on the economy, affordability and security.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is headed to Quebec City on Thursday for two days of private meetings with his cabinet before Parliament resumes next week. In a news release the Prime Minister's Office says the two days of meetings will focus on the economy, affordability and security. The news release says cabinet ministers and secretaries of state will discuss progress...
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney is headed to Quebec City on Thursday for two days of private meetings with his cabinet before Parliament resumes next week.
Canada's integrity watchdog has issued an urgent funding request to the federal government warning the "whistle-blowing regime" is at risk. Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada Harriet Solloway sent a letter to Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali last week asking for a one-time injection of $6.7 million and around $14.3 million in additional funding per year. Solloway said the funds...
OTTAWA -- Canada's integrity watchdog has issued an urgent funding request to the federal government warning the "whistle-blowing regime" is at risk.
OTTAWA -- Canada has approved permanent residency status for the Sri Lankan brother and father of an Ottawa man whose wife and four children were killed in a gruesome mass stabbing.
OTTAWA -- Canada has approved permanent residency status for the Sri Lankan brother and father of an Ottawa man whose wife and four children were killed in a gruesome mass stabbing.
Thousands of workers across the federal public service have received notices that their jobs may be cut, many of them just in the last week. The Public Service Alliance of Canada says 1,775 workforce adjustment notices were issued to its members last week. The union says those members work in several departments and agencies including Public Services and Procurement Canada...
OTTAWA -- Thousands of workers across the federal public service have received notices that their jobs may be cut, many of them landing in the last week.
OTTAWA -- An Alberta couple says Canada's tax agency is trying to recoup tens of thousands of dollars in COVID supports, years after the claims were cleared.
OTTAWA -- The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a City of Ottawa request to overturn a lower court decision about property payments on federally owned buildings.
Following the recent U.S. military intervention in Venezuela, a new poll suggests almost a third of Canadians say the United States might attempt "direct action" to take control of Canada. It suggests one-in-five Americans think the same. The poll, which was conducted online and can't be assigned a margin of error, surveyed 1,540 Canadians between Jan. 9 and Jan. 11.
OTTAWA -- Following the recent U.S. military intervention in Venezuela, a new poll suggests almost a third of Canadians say the United States might attempt "direct action" to take control of Canada.
Statistics Canada says it will be cutting around 850 of its staff along with 12 per cent of its executive team. Carter Mann, spokesperson for the national statistical agency, said Statistics Canada will inform affected employees within the next two weeks. Data from the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat shows 7,274 people worked at Statistics Canada as of March 31...
OTTAWA -- Statistics Canada says it will be cutting around 850 of its staff along with 12 per cent of its executive team.
OTTAWA -- The new year will bring some big changes to the rules on in-office work for many employees across the country -- including tens of thousands of provincial government staff in Ontario and Alberta who will soon be required back in the office full-time.
The new year will bring some big changes to the rules on in-office work for many employees across the country -- including tens of thousands of provincial government staff in Ontario and Alberta who will soon be required back in the office full-time. As of Jan. 5, Ontario provincial government employees will be expected to work in the office five...
A pollster says separatist movements in Alberta and Quebec are unlikely to succeed as long as Canadians feel a persistent sense of insecurity and anxiety about the future. David Coletto, whose polling firm Abacus Data has been studying what it calls the "precarity mindset" in Canada for the last year, says that uncertainty would need to ease in order for...
OTTAWA -- A pollster says separatist movements in Alberta and Quebec are unlikely to succeed as long as Canadians feel a persistent sense of insecurity and anxiety about the future.
OTTAWA -- The Canada Revenue Agency says it's owed $10.35 billion in COVID-19 benefits.
OTTAWA -- Canada and other countries are calling on Israel to boost the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza as the country reportedly moves to suspend more than two dozen humanitarian organizations.
OTTAWA -- Canada and other nations are calling on Israel to boost the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza as the country reportedly moves to suspend more than two dozen humanitarian organizations.
Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali says the federal government hasn't worked out details of its plans to cut the bureaucracy and boost the amount of time public servants spend in the office. Ali said in a recent interview with The Canadian Press the government is still finalizing its workforce adjustment and return-to-office plans. Hundreds of federal employees have been warned...
OTTAWA -- Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali says the federal government hasn't worked out details of its plans to cut the bureaucracy and boost the amount of time public servants spend in the office.
Liberal MP Bruce Fanjoy has a square glass case in his office that holds a spray-painted pair of sneakers he wore while campaigning for the federal election. He calls it his "Stanley Cup." Fanjoy became the MP for the Ottawa-area riding of Carleton in the last election after defeating Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who had held the riding more than...
OTTAWA -- Liberal MP Bruce Fanjoy has a square glass case in his office that holds a spray-painted pair of sneakers he wore while campaigning for the federal election.
This year has been marked by economic upheaval, global conflict and climate change-induced natural disasters, and only a third of Canadians are optimistic things will get better in 2026, a new Leger poll suggests. Asked about their expectations for the new year, 35 per cent of respondents said they were optimistic that 2026 will be better than 2025. Thirty-seven per...
This year has been marked by economic upheaval, global conflict and climate change-induced natural disasters, and only a third of Canadians are optimistic things will get better in 2026, a new Leger poll suggests.
OTTAWA -- Ottawa and First Nations are presenting the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal with competing plans to reform the First Nations child welfare system today -- the latest step in a lengthy fight that has stretched nearly 20 years.
The spring federal election saw voters elect four MPs who were born in the 2000s -- the first Canadians from that age cohort ever to take seats in the House of Commons. Eight months into the job, the young MPs -- representing ridings across the country -- say they think they're already making a difference. Liberal MPs Fares Al Soud...
Federal public servants are expected to learn about job cuts in their departments when they return from their holiday break. Departments such as Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Environment and Climate Change and Employment and Social Development have told their staff already that news on job cuts will be shared in the new year. Ottawa is looking to cut program spending...
OTTAWA -- The spring federal election saw voters elect four MPs who were born in the 2000s -- the first Canadians from that age cohort ever to take seats in the House of Commons.
OTTAWA -- Federal public servants are expected to learn about job cuts in their departments when they return from their holiday break.
Insects, bats, rodents and other pests have been spotted in federal buildings more than 500 times in the Ottawa area this year, as the government makes plans to get public servants to spend more time in the office. Amber Sabourin, a spokesperson for Public Services and Procurement Canada, said there were 549 confirmed reports of pests in 93 Crown-owned buildings...
OTTAWA -- Insects, bats, rodents and other pests have been spotted in federal buildings more than 500 times in the Ottawa area this year, as the government makes plans to get public servants to spend more time in the office.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron today to hand over the G7 presidency.
Federal unions are accusing the federal government of setting a dangerous precedent and even "borderline theft" by funding an early retirement incentive for employees through the Public Service Pension Fund. The plan - announced in the budget in November - comes as government departments make job cuts to hit mandated budget reductions. Earlier this month, the federal government began sending...
OTTAWA -- Federal unions are accusing the federal government of setting a dangerous precedent and even "borderline theft" by funding an early retirement incentive for employees through the Public Service Pension Fund.
OTTAWA -- A Jewish organization is calling on all levels of government to protect communities in Canada following a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia.
OTTAWA -- A Jewish organization is calling on all levels of government to protect communities in Canada following a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia.
OTTAWA -- The federal government is rejecting a call from a working group to measure productivity across Canada's public sector, arguing that doing so would not "readily align" with its priorities.
OTTAWA -- Toronto-area MP Michael Ma is leaving the Conservatives to join Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberals.
A member of the Canadian Armed Forces has been arrested and charged in a joint police operation looking into foreign interference and security of information. Master Warrant Officer Matthew Robar, a member of the Canadian Forces Intelligence Command, has been charged with multiple offences under the National Defence Act and others.
OTTAWA -- A member of the Canadian Armed Forces has been arrested and charged in a joint police operation looking into foreign interference and security of information.
OTTAWA -- The Canada Revenue Agency is looking to hire or rehire about 1,700 call centre workers over the next few months to manage an influx of calls during the upcoming tax season.
The Canada Revenue Agency is looking to hire or rehire about 1,700 call centre workers over the next few months to manage an influx of calls during the upcoming tax season. Melanie Serjak, an assistant commissioner at the CRA, told reporters Wednesday the agency is aiming to reach a total of about 4,500 agents to handle a "very high forecast"...
Kirsten Hillman, Canada's ambassador to the U.S., said Tuesday she will end her tenure in Washington, D.C., in the new year. In a statement posted to social media, Hillman said it's the right time to put in place a team to see through the negotiations on renewing the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade. The ambassador said she will remain available to...
Ottawa -- Kirsten Hillman, Canada's ambassador to the U.S., said Tuesday she will end her tenure in Washington, D.C., in the new year.