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OTTAWA -- Liberal Leader Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre aligned on support for new oil and gas pipelines as a matter of national security during the French language election debate Wednesday night.
OTTAWA -- As the French language election debate got underway Wednesday night, the four main federal party leaders were asked to lay out policy priorities that have nothing with the United States.
OTTAWA -- Liberal Leader Mark Carney's French language skills will be put to the test, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will seek to turn his numbers around, when the five main federal party leaders square off in Montreal tonight in the first of two debates ahead of election day on April 28.
OTTAWA -- When the federal election campaign kicks off Sunday, Mark Carney will be seeking a seat as a Liberal MP in the House of Commons to represent the Ottawa riding of Nepean.
OTTAWA -- Mark Carney will seek election as a Liberal MP in the House of Commons in the Ottawa riding of Nepean.
OTTAWA -- Mark Carney will seek election as a Liberal MP in the House of Commons in the Ottawa riding of Nepean.
OTTAWA -- Canadians will head to the polls on April 28.
Canadians will head to the polls on April 28. A Liberal source with knowledge of the plan confirmed that Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to ask Gov. Gen. Mary Simon to dissolve Parliament on Sunday and call for an early election. Canada's main federal parties shifted into campaign mode Saturday, spending the day gearing up for the official race...
Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed Friday that his government would keep the emissions cap on oil and gas production in place if elected -- but would fast-track investments in carbon capture to meet those emissions targets. Speaking to reporters in Ottawa Friday after the first ministers meeting, Carney was asked to clarify his stance on the issue after appearing to...
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed Friday that his government would keep the emissions cap on oil and gas production in place if elected -- but would fast-track investments in carbon capture to meet those emissions targets.
OTTAWA -- Former cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault says he will not run again in the upcoming election.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to launch a federal election campaign Sunday and send Canadians to the polls as soon as April 28.
OTTAWA -- A Mark Carney government will maintain the cap on emissions from the production of oil and gas, Environment Minister Terry Duguid said in a recent interview.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to launch a federal election campaign on Sunday and send Canadians to the polls as soon as April 28.
Liberal leadership hopeful Mark Carney says he would cap immigration until it returns to sustainable, pre-pandemic trendlines.Carney's campaign has released policy documents that flesh out his economic and housing plans ahead of the first leadership debate tonight in Montreal.
OTTAWA -- Liberal leadership hopeful Mark Carney says he would cap immigration until it returns to sustainable, pre-pandemic trendlines.
The candidates in the race to be the next leader of the Liberal Party of Canada will square off tonight in the first of two live debates. With just two weeks left until the winner is announced and two days until voting begins, the two events are the only chance Liberal supporters will have to see the candidates together. Former...
OTTAWA -- The candidates in the race to be the next leader of the Liberal Party of Canada will square off tonight in the first of two live debates.
OTTAWA -- The head of Canada's national Inuit organization is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step in to save a program that helps fund services for Inuit kids.
OTTAWA -- Economists are more confident the Bank of Canada might pause its interest rate cuts next month -- tariffs notwithstanding -- as Canada's annual inflation rate ticked back up in January.
OTTAWA -- Canada's annual inflation rate ticked back up in January to 1.9 per cent, Statistics Canada reported on Tuesday.
OTTAWA -- Economists expect little movement in Canada's inflation numbers, if any, when January data is released this week, though the underlying change in prices will be clouded by a full month of the government's GST break.
Liberal leadership contender Mark Carney is backing away from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's consumer carbon pricing regime but will keep industrial pricing in place.Carney said the country has become divided over the policy because Canadians have been fed "misinformation" by Conservative Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre.
OTTAWA -- Liberal leadership contender Mark Carney is backing away from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's consumer carbon pricing regime but will keep industrial pricing in place.
OTTAWA -- The federal government is overhauling the way it reimburses provinces and territories after natural disasters, with a new focus on funding rebuilding efforts that try to prevent the same level of destruction in a future disaster.
OTTAWA -- Liberal leadership candidates Mark Carney, Chrystia Freeland and Chandra Arya have submitted their paperwork to the party and have officially entered the race.
OTTAWA -- Liberal leadership candidates Mark Carney and Chandra Arya have submitted their paperwork to the party and have officially entered the race.
OTTAWA -- Liberal leadership hopeful Mark Carney has secured the endorsements of four more current and former cabinet ministers.
OTTAWA -- Liberal leadership hopeful Mark Carney has secured the endorsements of four more current and former cabinet ministers.
OTTAWA -- Canada's annual inflation rate ticked lower in December, thanks in part to Ottawa's temporary GST tax break, but economists still see interest rate cuts on the horizon as potential tariffs loom.
OTTAWA -- Canada’s annual inflation rate fell to 1.8 per cent in December, thanks in large part to the federal government’s temporary tax break.
The three frontrunners in the Liberal leadership race have all backed away -- to one degree or another -- from the Liberal government's keystone climate policy in a bid to take a major Conservative line of attack off the table. The Liberals first campaigned on a carbon price in 2008 and moved to make it happen following Prime Minister Justin...
OTTAWA -- The three frontrunners in the Liberal leadership race have all backed away -- to one degree or another -- from the Liberal government's keystone climate policy in a bid to take a major Conservative line of attack off the table.
OTTAWA -- The federal government's decision to pause a key initiative meant to boost electric vehicles sales won't prevent Canada from meeting its targets for getting more EVs on the road, some proponents say.
OTTAWA -- The Liberal party's leadership race will be monitored by Canada's elections intelligence task force for signs of foreign interference, national security adviser Nathalie Drouin said Monday.
The Liberal party's leadership race will be monitored by Canada's elections intelligence task force for signs of foreign interference, national security adviser Nathalie Drouin said Monday. Drouin said that while leadership campaigns are conducted by individual political parties, they play a crucial role in maintaining the integrity of our democratic processes. The Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections Task Force...
OTTAWA -- The Liberal party's leadership race will be monitored by Canada's elections intelligence task force for signs of foreign interference, national security adviser Nathalie Drouin said Monday.
As the Liberal party begins charting a course for an expedited race to replace Justin Trudeau, some former party advisers are split on just how swift that race should be, and who exactly should pick the next leader. Some are also warning about the potential for bad actors to try and influence the outcome or take over the party. Trudeau...
OTTAWA -- As the Liberal party begins charting a course for an expedited race to replace Justin Trudeau, some former party advisers are split on just how swift that race should be, and who exactly should pick the next leader.
Attention is turning quickly in Ottawa to who will replace Justin Trudeau who announced Monday he will step aside as prime minister and Liberal leader as soon as a new leader is chosen. But some former Liberal advisers are split on how quickly the process should move. With Parliament set to resume March 24, there's little time for Trudeau's successor...
OTTAWA -- Attention is turning quickly in Ottawa to who will replace Justin Trudeau who announced Monday he will step aside as prime minister and Liberal leader as soon as a new leader is chosen.
OTTAWA -- Elizabeth May says in all her years on Parliament Hill she has never seen anything like the last week in Canadian politics.
OTTAWA -- For the first time since the pandemic, Canada had a year-over-year decline in its greenhouse gas emissions -- though it is still a long way off its 2030 target.
OTTAWA -- The first person to ever serve as the member of Parliament for Nunavut is being appointed to the Senate.
OTTAWA -- The federal government has pushed its target to achieve a net-zero electricity grid back 15 years to 2050 as part of new clean electricity regulations announced Tuesday -- though officials maintain that target date was always the goal.
Canada's Northern premiers are pitching the federal government to dip into its defence budget as a way to bolster Arctic infrastructure and help meet the NATO spending target in the process. The calls come after Canada released its new Arctic foreign policy earlier this month, which committed to promoting investment in a wide range of sectors -- including critical mineral...
OTTAWA -- Canada's Northern premiers are pitching the federal government to dip into its defence budget as a way to bolster Arctic infrastructure and help meet the NATO spending target in the process.
OTTAWA -- The Parliamentary Budget Officer says the number of households in need is still rising even though Canada is spending billions of dollars a year to address housing affordability,
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's comments likening Kamala Harris's election loss to an attack on women's rights and progress earned him criticism from the country's premiers and from American billionaire Elon Musk on Wednesday. Speaking on Tuesday night at an event hosted by the Equal Voice Foundation -- an organization dedicated to improving gender representation in Canadian politics -- Trudeau said...
OTTAWA -- Billionaire Elon Musk called Canada's prime minister an "insufferable tool" on his social media platform today.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says women's rights and women's progress is under attack, pointing to the recent defeat of U.S. presidential candidate Kamala Harris as an example. Speaking on Tuesday night at an event hosted by the Equal Voice Foundation -- an organization dedicated to improving gender representation in Canadian politics -- Trudeau said there are regressive forces fighting against...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to meet with provincial and territorial premiers this afternoon to talk Canada-U.S. relations. The premiers will virtually discuss a joint plan to tackle the threat of 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian imports by incoming U.S. president Donald Trump. The meeting is the first time Trudeau will address the premiers following his dinner with...
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is meeting with provincial and territorial premiers Wednesday to talk Canada-U.S. relations, marking their first such huddle since Trudeau's dinner at incoming U.S. president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says women's rights and women's progress is under attack, pointing to the recent defeat of U.S. presidential candidate Kamala Harris as an example.
MPs have voted to approve an additional $21.6 billion in government spending.The money, which is supplementary to this year's federal budget, will fund various programs including First Nations child services, dental care and compensation to Quebec for services to asylum seekers.
OTTAWA -- MPs have voted to approve an additional $21.6 billion in government spending.
OTTAWA -- Members of Parliament are set to vote on a government request for billions of dollars in funding as the clock ticks down on a deadline.
Members of Parliament are set to vote on a government bill asking for billions in funding as the clock ticks down on a deadline. Last month, the Liberals made a request for Parliament to approve $21.6 billion in spending. The money will go to fund the First Nations child and family services program, and to compensate the Quebec government for...
OTTAWA — Members of Parliament are set to vote on a government request for billions of dollars in funding as the clock ticks down on a deadline.
OTTAWA -- Canada has unveiled an Arctic foreign policy that commits to increasing domestic and international collaboration to combat emerging foreign threats in the North.