Watchdog to tighten rules on lobbying of ministers and MPs by corporations
Ottawa’s lobbying watchdog is planning to tighten the rules to force corporations to be more transparent about the people they...
Marie Woolf
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Canada preparing for influx of U.S. migrants facing deportation after Trump’s victory
RCMP in Quebec say they have prepared contingency plans in case of an influx of migrants from the United States...
UN Palestinian rapporteur faces backlash after press conference on Parliament Hill
A United Nations special rapporteur accused Israel of aiming “to erase the Palestinians” in a Parliament Hill press conference on...
How Canadian Liberals had cameo roles helping Keir Starmer clinch victory in Britain
Keir Starmer’s landslide victory in the British general election was aided in part by Canadians working behind the scenes of...
Ottawa considering buying hotels to house growing number of asylum seekers
Ottawa is considering buying hotels to house the growing number of asylum seekers and to cut the cost of block-booking...
‘The leader is the leader,’ Minister François-Philippe Champagne hedges when asked if he supports Trudeau
Pressure continues to mount on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to reconsider his future as leader, as he is receiving a...
Jewish advocates question minister’s vetting of new head of human rights commission
Jewish advocates have raised concerns with the Justice Minister about whether he fully vetted the new head of Canada’s human...
Foreign music streamers appeal to heritage minister to intervene over Bill C-11 payments
Music streamers, including Spotify, Amazon and Apple Music, have appealed to Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge to intervene after being told...
Canada worst in G7 for targeted killings of Muslims, MPs told
MPs on a committee investigating Islamophobia and antisemitism heard Thursday that more Muslims have been killed in targeted attacks in...
Justin Trudeau resists MPs’ calls to recognize Palestinian state after announcement from Norway, Spain and Ireland
Justin Trudeau’s government is resisting calls from within the Liberal caucus and from the NDP to follow the lead of...
Ottawa under fire over not compelling companies to ask unions before hiring temporary foreign workers
Canadian jobs are being lost to temporary foreign workers because of a decision years ago by the federal government to...
Human Rights Tribunal member who would hear cases if online harms bill passes once filed a hate speech complaint
A lawyer who once made a high-profile hate speech complaint against Maclean’s magazine is a member of the tribunal that...
Former NDP chief says Jewish members are feeling uncomfortable in the party
The former national director of the federal NDP says Jews are no longer feeling completely comfortable in the party, warning...
Conservatives call for Trudeau to resign over invitation to Waffen-SS veteran to Zelensky reception
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced Conservative accusations Tuesday that he misled the House of Commons when he said in September...
Prime Minister invited Waffen-SS veteran Hunka to his official reception for Zelensky
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invited Yaroslav Hunka, the Ukrainian Waffen-SS veteran who received ovations in the House of Commons during...
Hiring foreign workers at battery plant will cost Canadian contractors $300-million in lost wages, fees: union leader
The hiring of 900 temporary foreign workers to install equipment at the flagship EV factory in Windsor, Ont., will cost...
Industry Minister wants to ‘maximize’ number of Canadians working at EV battery plant
Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne says he plans to hold face-to-face talks with the company setting up an electric-vehicle battery plant...
Trudeau’s antisemitism envoy faces criticism for silence on rising attacks on Jews since Israel-Hamas war
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s newly appointed envoy on combating antisemitism is facing criticism for failing to speak out publicly about...