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The federal government has committed $125 million to help fund the expansion of ArcelorMittal’s Quebec pellet plant, The Logic has learned. The federal contribution will flow from the government’s $5-billion Strategic Response Fund (SRF), which supports large private-sector projects in priority sectors, including those impacted by U.S. tariffs. The program replaced the government’s long-standing Strategic Innovation Fund last year...
More than 70 per cent of contracts awarded under the federal government’s new Buy Canadian procurement policy have gone to foreign-owned subsidiaries
The Liberal government is pushing ahead with a social media ban for youth, The Logic has learned. The same legislation is likely to include age restrictions for chatbots.
The government says it has no plans to amend or repeal the Online News Act which has resulted in Meta blocking news in Canada since 2023
As governments around the world look to cut their spending in an increasingly uncertain economy, the United States—and Canada—stand out as examples of what not to do. That’s according to the woman who steered the Canadian public service through one of the most dramatic budget cuts in the country’s history.
A sizable chunk of former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s innovation agenda could soon come to an end, with more than a dozen government programs set to expire over the next two years just as the new Liberal government under Mark Carney prepares to slash the federal budget. The Logic used an access-to-information request to obtain a list of 22 innovation...
When Alvin Fiddler thinks back to the last time the federal government took a build-fast approach to major infrastructure projects, the first thing that comes to his mind is a small island on the Ottawa River, with a view of Parliament Hill. The Grand Chief of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation visited Victoria Island in Ottawa in 2013, after former Attawapiskat...
Canada’s new industry minister said Prime Minister Mark Carney has given her 60 days to cut red tape in her department and speed up the processes that drive the government’s marquee innovation programs. “We are a war cabinet, and we need to have a wartime philosophy, culture in making sure that we can do things quickly and deliver results in...
Swap out the maple leaves for stars and stripes, and the Conservative rally in Canada’s automotive capital had all the hallmarks of Donald Trump’s signature events. A massive crowd packed an unfinished warehouse in Windsor, Ont., down the street from the Stellantis assembly plant where workers had been idled by the U.S. president’s trade war. Some supporters arrived with flags...
Liberal Leader Mark Carney has pulled ahead of the Conservatives’ Pierre Poilievre as Canadians’ chosen defender against U.S. President Donald Trump, a new The Logic poll by Abacus Data suggests. The March survey was taken in the days after Carney won his party’s leadership, but before he was sworn in as prime minister on Friday. They show Carney has a...
Conservatives plan to move quickly to get open banking across the finish line if they form government after the next federal election, as part of a broader plan to bolster competition in Canada’s banking sector by empowering financial technology startups. Doing so, however, may require them to tweak legislation already drafted by the Liberals, says the Tory critic focused on...
In a WhatsApp group named Build Canada, some of the country’s most prominent technology leaders, including Shopify executives Tobi Lütke, Daniel Debow and Kaz Nejatian, as well as investor John Ruffolo, are developing a vision for where they think the country should go next.
Canadians want to keep some of the big social programs Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ushered in during his last few years in office, but would prefer to reverse the capital gains tax hike that was meant to help pay for them, a new The Logic poll conducted by Abacus Data suggests.
The Conservative party plans to overhaul the way Ottawa spurs Canadian innovation by moving away from subsidies and reforming the tax code if it forms government in the next election, the party’s innovation critic told The Logic. “Some industries, when you say, ‘Look, the subsidy game is over,’ they’re like, ‘That’s great.’ Others are like, ‘What do you mean it’s...
If no political party is willing to say uncle, the drawn-out stalemate in the House of Commons is heading for an unprecedented situation that could amount to a tacit lack of confidence in the government, without anyone in Parliament casting a vote. The Conservatives and Bloc Quebecois have already announced plans to try to bring down the government and trigger...
OTTAWA -- If no political party is willing to say uncle, the drawn-out stalemate in the House of Commons is heading for an unprecedented situation that could amount to a tacit lack of confidence in the government, without anyone in Parliament casting a vote.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced voters in Cloverdale--Langley City will pick their next member of Parliament on Dec. 16.
OTTAWA -- A committee of senators voted to add a major caveat to a politically charged bill from the Bloc Quebecois that's intended to protect supply management.
OTTAWA -- Canadian cabinet ministers are offering reassurances and urging calm after learning former president Donald Trump will be heading back to the White House after a campaign in which he promised punishing tariffs and mass deportations.
The Canadian government is in a better position to manage trade negotiations with the next American president than it was the last time it signed a deal with the U.S. and Mexico, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly said as Americans headed to the polls Tuesday. U.S. voters are choosing between starkly different visions of their country's future with either former...
OTTAWA -- The head of the United Nations refugee agency says it is wise of Canada to scale back the number of new refugees it plans to resettle if that helps stabilize the housing market and prevents backlash against newcomers.
New Democrats will not cave to demands from the Bloc Québécois and Conservative leaders to help them bring down the Liberal government, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Wednesday. His party is now all that stands between Justin Trudeau's Liberals and an early election, with the other two opposition parties pledging to try to topple the minority government at the next...
OTTAWA -- New Democrats will not cave to demands from the Bloc Québécois and Conservative leaders to help them bring down the Liberal government, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Wednesday.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asked national security services to find a way to share information with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre about foreign interference affecting his caucus, he said Wednesday.
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has rejected the idea of the Liberal caucus holding a secret ballot on Justin Trudeau's leadership, saying it's "just not how Liberals govern themselves." Last week, 24 members of the caucus signed on to a letter calling on the prime minister to step down, but the next day Trudeau said firmly that he will lead...
OTTAWA -- Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has rejected the idea of the Liberal caucus holding a secret ballot on Justin Trudeau's leadership, saying it's "just not how Liberals govern themselves."
OTTAWA -- Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the Liberal caucus should not hold a secret ballot on Justin Trudeau's leadership of the party.
OTTAWA -- Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Canada's long-held consensus on immigration is under threat, but has not disappeared.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government is slashing immigration targets as he admits the government did not get the balance right following the COVID-19 pandemic. The government had targeted to bring in 500,000 new permanent residents in both 2025 and 2026.
OTTAWA -- The federal government is slashing immigration targets as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau admits the government did not get the balance right following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his leadership of the Liberal party is not in danger, even as members of his caucus prepare to confront him Wednesday in the hopes of convincing him to step down. He brushed off those concerns as he headed into the regular Tuesday meeting with cabinet ministers — and one by one, those ministers expressed their...
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will face down his own caucus members in a hotly anticipated meeting this morning, as several of them plan to try to convince him to step aside.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his leadership of the Liberal party is not in danger, even as members of his caucus prepare to confront him Wednesday in the hopes of convincing him to step down.
OTTAWA -- Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says she is "absolutely confident" the majority of Liberal MPs still support Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as leader.
OTTAWA -- With a simmering mutiny plot in the backbenches and four more cabinet ministers deciding not to seek re-election, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's attempt to right the Liberal ship and stay on as captain is becoming more challenging.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to shuffle his cabinet again after four more cabinet ministers informed the Prime Minister's Office they aren't running in the next election.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to shuffle his cabinet yet again after four more cabinet ministers informed the Prime Minister's Office they won't run in the next election.
OTTAWA -- A veteran of Canada's national security systems has been named the new head of the national spy agency.
The public safety minister is expected to testify at a federal inquiry into foreign interference just one day after announcing explosive allegations about crimes of murder, coercion and extortion in Canada linked to agents of the Indian government. When asked Monday whether the inquiry's mandate should be expanded to encompass some of the new allegations, Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc...
OTTAWA -- The public safety minister is expected to testify at a federal inquiry into foreign interference just one day after announcing explosive allegations about crimes of murder, coercion and extortion in Canada linked to agents of the Indian government.
OTTAWA -- Accusations of widespread violent and criminal acts across Canada linked to agents of the government of India sparked an escalation of diplomatic tensions Monday, with each country expelling six diplomats.
OTTAWA -- Canada expelled six Indian diplomats from the country on Monday as the RCMP took an "extraordinary" step of warning the public about safety threats linked Indian government officials.
OTTAWA -- Accusations of widespread violent and criminal acts across Canada linked to agents of the government of India sparked an escalation of diplomatic tensions Monday, with each country expelling six diplomats.
OTTAWA -- India has expelled six Canadian diplomats from the country.
OTTAWA -- RCMP Commissioner Michael Duheme is warning of widespread violence, homicides and a public security threat linked to agents of the Indian government.
OTTAWA -- RCMP Commissioner Michael Duheme is warning of widespread violence, homicides and a public security threat linked to agents of the Indian government.
RCMP alleges violent Indian criminal campaign, sparking diplomatic retaliations
OTTAWA -- India announced it will withdraw its High Commissioner from Canada after receiving official word that he is a person of interest in a Canadian violent criminal investigation.
OTTAWA -- Former public safety minister Bill Blair denies having any knowledge about delays in approving a spy service warrant in 2021 that may have included references to people in his own government.
The pharmacare bill that was central to a political pact between the Liberals and NDP is now set to become law after the Senate passed the bill without making any changes. The legislation will inform the creation of any future national, universal pharmacare plan. It will also allow the government to sign deals with provinces and territories to cover diabetes...
OTTAWA -- The pharmacare bill that was central to a political pact between the Liberals and NDP is now set to become law after the Senate passed the bill without making any changes.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is in favour of mandatory, involuntary drug and psychiatric treatment for kids and prisoners who are found to be incapable of making decisions for themselves, he said at a press conference Thursday.
OTTAWA -- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is in favour of mandatory, involuntary drug and psychiatric treatment for kids and prisoners who are found to be incapable of making decisions for themselves, he said at a press conference Thursday.
OTTAWA -- Federal political parties appear to be locked in a game of chicken over a debate that has stalled almost all business in the House of Commons.
OTTAWA -- NDP House leader Peter Julian said there's more work his party wants to get done in the House of Commons before the next election, despite how chaotic the first weeks of the fall sitting have been.
NDP House leader Peter Julian says there's more his party wants to do in Parliament before the next election, but the current dysfunction continues it will become a factor in how they vote on a confidence measure. In just three weeks, two Conservative non-confidence motions have failed to bring down the government -- but the Opposition promises more to come...
OTTAWA -- NDP House leader Peter Julian says there's more his party wants to do in Parliament before the next election, but the current dysfunction continues it will become a factor in how they vote on a confidence measure.
The Conservatives have asked Canada's lobbying commissioner to investigate whether it violates ethics rules for the prime minister to make Mark Carney his own personal adviser. The Liberals announced at their recent caucus retreat in Nanaimo, B.C., that Carney, the former Bank of Canada governor, had been appointed chair of a task force on economic growth and adviser to the...
Ottawa -- The Conservatives have asked Canada's lobbying commissioner to investigate whether it violates ethics rules for the prime minister to make Mark Carney his own personal adviser.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned Iran's missile attack on Israel Wednesday, but said the international community must do everything it can to help avoid a bigger regional war. Exchanges of fire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon over the last year erupted into broader violence in the last week as Israel ramped up its campaign against Hezbollah by air. On...