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Liberal Kristina Tesser Derksen says she found out just before midnight on May 15 that a judicial recount had confirmed her victory in the federal Ontario riding of Milton East--Halton Hills South. The margin narrowed from 29 votes to 21 with the recount. Elections Canada ordered the recount last week after the vote validation process showed Tesser Derksen won the...
OTTAWA -- A judicial recount in the southern Ontario riding of Milton East—Halton Hills South confirmed Friday that Liberal Kristina Tesser Derksen won the seat.
Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said Wednesday that when Parliament resumes, the government will put forward a middle-class tax cut, deliver a throne speech and release a fiscal plan in the fall economic update. Absent from that plan, was the traditional federal budget to start the fiscal year. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Thursday the lack of a federal budget sends...
OTTAWA -- Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said Wednesday that when Parliament resumes, the government will put forward a middle-class tax cut, deliver a throne speech and release a fiscal plan in the fall economic update.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Thursday the lack of a federal budget sends "a bad signal" to investors and credit rating agencies. Poilievre told a press conference on Parliament Hill that he wants Prime Minister Mark Carney to "steal his ideas" and offered to help him draft a budget. The Conservative leader listed off policies his party campaigned on in...
OTTAWA -- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Thursday the lack of a federal budget sends "a bad signal" to investors and credit rating agencies.
Interim NDP leader Don Davies says his party is in "very early" discussions with the government of Prime Minister Mark Carney about being granted official party status in the House of Commons. The NDP was reduced to seven seats in the election, below the 12-seat threshold for official party status in the Commons.
OTTAWA -- Interim NDP leader Don Davies said Friday his party is in "very early" discussions with Prime Minister Mark Carney's government about being granted official party status in the House of Commons.
The NDP will return to the House of Commons without official party status at the end of May. The last time this happened was after the 1993 election -- a time one former New Democrat MP remembers as "the Parliament from hell." Svend Robinson represented Burnaby, B.C., in the House of Commons from 1979 to 2004. He said the party's...
OTTAWA -- The NDP will return to the House of Commons without official party status at the end of May. The last time this happened was after the 1993 election -- a time one former New Democrat MP remembers as "the Parliament from hell."
B.C. MP Don Davies will be the interim leader for the New Democratic Party of Canada, chosen by the party's national council Monday evening. Former leader Jagmeet Singh announced his resignation after he lost his own Burnaby Central seat in the April 28 election.
OTTAWA -- B.C. MP Don Davies will be the interim leader for the New Democratic Party of Canada, chosen by the party's national council Monday evening.
OTTAWA -- B.C. MP Don Davies will be the interim leader for the New Democratic Party of Canada, chosen by the party's national council Monday evening.
The NDP national council is scheduled to meet tonight to pick an interim leader. Jagmeet Singh announced on election night that he would step down as soon as an interim leader was chosen. The NDP was reduced to just seven seats in the election on April 28 and no longer holds official party status. Two party officials say the NDP...
OTTAWA -- The NDP national council is scheduled to meet tonight to pick an interim leader.
Conservative MP Damien Kurek is set to step aside to allow Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to run in a byelection in the Battle River—Crowfoot riding in Alberta. Kurek said he is stepping aside "temporarily" as MP for the riding, which he has held since 2019. The Conservative party confirmed that Poilievre will run in the Battle River—Crowfoot byelection once it's...
Conservative MP Damien Kurek is set to step aside to allow Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to run in a byelection in the Battle River—Crowfoot riding in Alberta.
OTTAWA -- The federal government has received a fourth extension to pass legislation to grant citizenship to "Lost Canadians" after the existing law was ruled unconstitutional.
"Freedom Convoy" organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber have been found guilty of mischief for their roles in the 2022 Freedom Convoy mass protest in Ottawa. Lich and Barber were key figures and organizers of the 2022 "Freedom Convoy" protest that saw hundreds of vehicles and thousands of people occupy downtown Ottawa, saying they would stay until COVID-9 public health...
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says that he will "set a goal" to greenlight all federal Ring of Fire permits, a major northwestern Ontario critical mineral deposit, within six months. Poilievre says that a Conservative government would also commit $1 billion over three years to build a road network to link the potential mining site to Ontario's highway network and First...
SUDBURY, Ont. -- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Wednesday he'll "set a deadline" to approve all federal permits for mining in northwestern Ontario's Ring of Fire region within six months.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says that he will repeal the entire carbon price law if elected, including on businesses and the industrial charge. On Friday, Prime Minister Mark Carney began the process to end the consumer carbon price on things like gasoline. The order-in-council says the fee will be removed after March 31.
OTTAWA -- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said that he will repeal the entire carbon price law if elected, including on businesses and the industrial charge.
OTTAWA -- Mark Carney was sworn in Friday as Canada's 24th prime minister in a ceremony in Rideau Hall, alongside his new cabinet.
OTTAWA -- Immigration Minister Marc Miller is giving "lost Canadians" a chance to receive Canadian citizenship as he seeks an extension to a deadline set by the courts for his government to pass new legislation.
OTTAWA -- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Canada should hit the U.S. with matching 50 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum in reply to U.S. President Donald Trump's latest trade war escalation.
OTTAWA -- The federal government is putting an additional $10 million into a program aimed at helping community groups counter violent extremism and antisemitism.
OTTAWA -- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Canada needs to retaliate against American tariffs by targeting U.S. goods Canada can make, does not need or can obtain elsewhere.
OTTAWA -- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Canada needs to retaliate against American tariffs by targeting U.S. goods Canada can make, does not need or can obtain elsewhere.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the U.S. has launched a "dumb" continental trade war and Canada is fighting back.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that the U.S. has launched a continental trade war and Canada is fighting back.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that the U.S. has launched a continental trade war and Canada is fighting back.
When former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland enters her campaign rallies in her bid to become the next Liberal leader, speakers always blare Nelly Furtado's 2006 hit "Maneater." It is a nod to the central theme of her pitch to the country: she will not shy away from taking on powerful men. With just one week left before the race...
OTTAWA -- When former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland enters her campaign rallies in her bid to become the next Liberal leader, speakers always blare Nelly Furtado's 2006 hit "Maneater."
Ottawa -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is travelling to London on Saturday ahead of a European defence summit Sunday seeking to set the conditions toward a lasting peace in Ukraine.
OTTAWA -- Canada may have difficulty taking part in a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine after a future ceasefire because it has clearly taken a side in the conflict, an international affairs expert suggests.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has rejected NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh's call for the federal government to bar U.S. President Donald Trump from coming to Canada for the G7 summit this June.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is rejecting NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh's call for the federal government to bar U.S. President Donald Trump from coming to Canada for the G7 summit this June. At an event in Montreal today, Trudeau said he sees the idea of banning Trump as an "irresponsible" approach to governance and dialogue with other nations.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has rejected NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh's call for the federal government to bar U.S. President Donald Trump from coming to Canada for the G7 summit this June.
'Freedom Convoy' organizer Pat King was sentenced to three months of house arrest in an Ottawa court this morning. The sentence includes 100 hours of community service at a food bank or men's shelter. It comes on top of nine months he spent in custody both before and during his trial.
Ottawa -- 'Freedom Convoy' organizer Pat King was sentenced to three months of house arrest in an Ottawa court this morning.
HAMILTON -- NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he sees an east-west clean electricity corridor as his first priority for expanding the Canadian energy market -- not new pipelines.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he doesn't think he'll have to chose between voting on tariff relief or bringing down the government because he expects a snap election call if Mark Carney wins the Liberal leadership. Singh says that if the government was serious about introducing a relief package for workers who might lose their jobs due to U.S. tariffs...
OTTAWA -- NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Friday he doesn't think he'll have to chose between voting on tariff relief and bringing down the government because he expects a snap election call if Mark Carney wins the Liberal leadership.
OTTAWA -- Canada's auto theft rate for private passenger vehicles dropped by almost 19 per cent in 2024 compared to the previous year -- but the non-profit that collected the data says the number of stolen vehicles is still "unreasonably" high.
OTTAWA -- A Conservative government would built a permanent military base in Nunavut and pay for it by "dramatically cutting" Canada's foreign aid budget, Leader Pierre Poilievre said Monday in Iqaluit.
A Conservative government would built a permanent military base in Nunavut and pay for it by "dramatically cutting" Canada's foreign aid budget, Leader Pierre Poilievre said Monday in Iqaluit. Speaking at a press conference Poilievre said CFB Iqaluit would serve as a base for Royal Canadian Air Force operations defending Canada's Arctic and for search and rescue missions. He said...
OTTAWA -- A Conservative government would built a permanent military base in Nunavut and pay for it by "dramatically cutting" Canada's foreign aid budget, Leader Pierre Poilievre said Monday in Iqaluit.
OTTAWA -- U.S. President Donald Trump said he will formally announce 25 per cent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports on Monday, including for Canada and Mexico.
U.S. President Donald Trump said he will formally announce 25 per cent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports on Monday, including for Canada and Mexico. Trumps made the comments on a press conference aboard Air Force 1 as he travelled to New Orleans to watch the Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles.
OTTAWA -- Soraya Martinez-Ferrada has resigned her posts as federal tourism minister and Liberal party national campaign co-chair to pursue the job of Montreal mayor.
OTTAWA -- Tourism Minister Soraya Martinez-Ferrada has resigned from cabinet and as the Liberal party national campaign co-chair.
OTTAWA -- Tourism Minister Soraya Martinez-Ferrada says she will not seek re-election and instead is looking to become mayor of Montreal.
OTTAWA -- The Conservative Party had a banner fundraising year in 2024, when it nearly doubled the combined total collected by the Liberals and NDP by raising almost $41.8 million.
OTTAWA -- The Conservative Party had a banner fundraising year in 2024, when it nearly doubled the combined total collected by the Liberals and NDP by raising almost $41.8 million.
WARSAW -- The notion that "never again" can the world allow something like the Holocaust to happen feels like it is slipping away, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk both said Tuesday.
KRAKOW -- Canada and Poland have signed a deal which will allow Canadian companies to support Polish efforts to begin generating nuclear power, once it takes effect.
KRAKOW -- Canada and Poland have signed a deal which will allow Canadian companies to support Polish efforts to begin generating nuclear power, once it takes effect.
KRAKOW -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is travelling to Warsaw today to meet with his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk.
KRAKOW -- As she prepared to return to Auschwitz-Birkenau, Miriam Ziegler vividly recalled how it felt to be a little girl orphaned by the Nazis and left alone in a world ruined by war.