Chrystia Freeland — the minister with the mile-wide mandate — leaves a massive hole in cabinet
Speaking to journalists in Toronto on Friday, Chrystia Freeland didn't want to talk about the whispers around Parliament Hill that...
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Did Justin Trudeau's meeting with Donald Trump break a 225-year-old U.S law?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's meeting with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump last week likely violated a 225-year-old U.S. law, but experts...
MPs call on owner of pulp and paper firm to testify on links to controversial company
Parliament's Natural Resources committee voted unanimously Monday to call on Paper Excellence owner Jackson Wijaya to testify, following news that...
Canadian government will monitor pulp and paper giant's promises, minister says
The Canadian government will monitor Canada's largest pulp and paper company to ensure it respects the promises it made the...
Canadian MPs among social media users pivoting from X to Bluesky in the wake of U.S. vote
New Democrat MP Charlie Angus decided he had enough. "I have tried three times to get off X because it...
'We got completely played for suckers,' MP says of recent takeovers in Canadian forestry
Opposition MPs are expressing concern that after buying up two major Canadian companies, the foreign owner of one of Canada's...
RCMP plans to go undercover online to trap violent extremists
Internal document says Mounties will use fake online profiles to pursue extremist activity. The RCMP is planning to conduct undercover...
Staffing at Canada's embassy in Moscow falls to 'bare bones' level
Staffing at Canada's embassy in Moscow has dropped to a level so low that if Canada were to expel any...
Trudeau tells inquiry some Conservative parliamentarians are involved in foreign interference
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has the names of Conservative parliamentarians who are involved in foreign interference. In explosive...
All party leaders should get security clearances to fight foreign interference: Trudeau's chief of staff
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre still has not obtained clearance. One of the best ways to fight foreign interference in Canadian...
China's foreign interference goes beyond elections, intelligence expert says
China's foreign interference extends beyond elections to other key areas of Canadian society, the public inquiry on foreign interference was...
Federal government plans to warn foreign ambassadors not to interfere in next election
The federal government plans to convene a meeting of foreign ambassadors next month to warn them not to interfere in...
RCMP official won't say whether Chinese 'police stations' are still operating in Canada
An RCMP official appearing before the foreign interference inquiry today refused to say whether any Chinese government "police stations" are...
CSIS unveils new examples of foreign interference in Canadian politics
A foreign government tried to get a Liberal candidate defeated and a former MP is suspected of having worked to...
Loopholes could allow foreign money into elections, Perrault says
Loopholes in election financing rules could allow money from foreign countries to influence Canadian elections, the chief electoral officer told...
Canada needs to do a 'stronger job' of curbing misuse of visitor's visas, Miller says
The federal government needs to do more to prevent misuse of visitors visas by people coming to Canada, Immigration Minister...
Liberal national director on the hot seat over foreign interference
Three months after it was tabled in Parliament, the Liberal Party of Canada's national director says he still hasn't read...
O'Toole says he considered expelling a Conservative senator over foreign influence concerns
Former Conservative leader says he was told senator was advocating for a Chinese state-controlled company. Former Conservative leader Erin O'Toole...
China tried to drive voters away from Conservative candidate, inquiry hears
The Chinese government tried to influence Chinese Canadian voters in the last election but its actions didn't violate elections law...
U.S. border patrol reports record number of encounters with migrants at the Canadian border
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it recorded a record-high number of encounters with migrants between border posts on the...
Canadian residents face the longest waits in the world for U.S. visas
Canadian residents who require a visa to visit the United States face the longest wait times in the world. A...
New border rules for dogs were triggered by spike in fraud, forgery cases: U.S. document
A controversial American government decision to impose new requirements on dogs entering the U.S. was prompted by a "dramatic increase"...
Bloc leader says he wants legal opinion on prospect of U.S. trade sanctions over language law
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet says he will ask for a legal opinion on whether the U.S. government has any...
U.S. officials discussed hitting Canada with trade sanctions over Quebec's language law
U.S government officials have discussed behind closed doors the possibility of imposing trade sanctions on Canada over Quebec's controversial Bill...
Parole Board failed to deal with board member who made 'unwanted advances' at work: report
A former member of the Parole Board of Canada breached government codes of conduct by making "unwanted advances" toward female...
House of Commons launches study of controversial travel spending rule
Clause in rules has allowed MPs to bill Parliament for $538,314 over the past year. The House of Commons has...
House of Commons committee should close loophole on MPs' travel, Liberal MP says
Liberal MP Mark Gerretsen is calling on the House of Commons to close a loophole that allowed MPs travelling to...
Watchdog groups call on House of Commons to close spending loophole
Two advocacy groups are calling on the House of Commons to close a loophole that has allowed members of Parliament...
Loophole leaves taxpayers picking up tab for MP travel
Commons picked up $84,000 tab for travel by 'designated travellers,' often MPs' spouses. A loophole in the House of Commons'...
The conflict in the Middle East could be affecting the next federal election already
Fareed Khan sometimes becomes overcome by grief when he talks about the growing death toll in the Israel- Hamas war...
Canada Revenue Agency gets more teeth to catch potential tax cheats
The federal government is cracking down on potential tax cheats by introducing new measures to track cryptocurrency transactions and giving...
Poilievre wades into Middle East conflict during speech to Montreal-area synagogue
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should convene an emergency meeting with the country's premiers to discuss the federal carbon price, Conservative...
Trudeau's Jamaica vacation cost far more than same trip the year before
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's controversial vacation to Jamaica last Christmas cost Canadian taxpayers far more than his trip to the...
Canada faces a series of 'crises' that will test it in the coming years, RCMP warns
The "crises" rocking national and international affairs are likely to get worse over the next few years and could have...
Federal government is running out of time to name a new ethics commissioner
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government says it has started a process to name a new ethics commissioner — but it's...
Senators receive panic buttons in response to rising concerns about security on Parliament Hill
Canada's senators have been issued panic buttons as concerns about the safety of members of Canada's upper house pile up...
Parliament spent nearly $600,000 on luxury hotel rooms it never used
Parliament spent nearly $600,000 on luxury hotel rooms it didn't use when nearly half of the listed delegates for a...
Trudeau's holiday travel didn't break the rules, ethics commissioner tells MPs
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's trip to Jamaica didn't break the rules that govern gifts and travel for elected officials because...
Cost to taxpayers of protecting members of Parliament hits a record high
The cost of keeping Canada's members of Parliament safe has hit a record high, CBC News has learned. During the...
NDP calls for public consultations on plan that could station Canadian border guards on U.S. soil
The federal government should do more to consult Canadians on its plan to set up preclearance posts at the border...
Canadian customs officers could soon be based in the U.S. for the first time
Canadian customs officers could soon be posted to U.S. border posts on American soil for the first time in history...
Prime minister's plane breaks down in Jamaica during family holiday
The Canadian Armed Forces was forced to send a second plane to Jamaica this week after the military aircraft that...
Meet Oscar, the Canadian-built, AI-driven recycling system helping governments go green
Standing in the middle of a cafeteria at Global Affairs, Soren Antosz was testing Oscar, a new, high-tech tool popping...
Ottawa will prevent AI tools from discriminating against potential hires, Anand says
The federal government will work to prevent artificial intelligence from discriminating against people applying for jobs in federal government departments...
NDP ethics critic calls for Scheer to appear before House ethics committee
New Democrat ethics critic Matthew Green is calling for Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer to appear before Parliament's access to...
Andrew Scheer broke Parliament's rules by filming partisan video in his office
Video to support Arpan Khanna for CPC nomination led to $500 'reimbursement.' The House of Commons imposed a $500 penalty...
Lavish trip for group of Conservative MPs in ethics spotlight
A pricey trip for a group of Conservative MPs sponsored by an interest group and a Hungarian think-tank could soon...
Federal government says it will ensure Canadian aid doesn't go to Hamas
Canada will continue delivering humanitarian and development aid to Palestinians while preventing that aid from being diverted to Hamas, says...