Ontario strikes $108.5M school food program deal with feds to provide 9.8 million meals a year
Ontario has reached an agreement with the federal government that will see $108.5 million roll out over the next three...
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Jagmeet Singh asks premiers to match his pledge to remove GST from daily essentials
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he has written to Canada's premiers asking them to match his pledge to remove the...
Trudeau flying in and out of Bermuda Wednesday to deliver eulogy for Peter Green
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is flying in and out of Bermuda on Wednesday, where he will deliver a eulogy at...
Poilievre pledges to remove GST from purchase of new homes sold for under $1M
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pledging to eliminate the GST on new homes sold for under $1 million if his...
10 years after shooting, the debate over securing Parliament Hill continues
Ten years after a gunman died in a hail of bullets in Parliament's Centre Block, security on Parliament Hill is...
Health minister says he's on track to strike pharmacare deals with provinces by spring
It "absolutely is possible" for the federal government to strike pharmacare agreements with all the provinces by the spring, Health...
Blanchet says Liberals have just days left to support the Bloc's demands
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet says the Liberal government has only days left to secure his party's support in the...
Trudeau says it 'bugged' him when Singh ended governance agreement without calling first
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it "bugged him" when NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh ended his party's supply and confidence agreement...
France's Macron says leaders shouldn't 'abandon their values' in the face of bad polls
While French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledges that he — like Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — is facing sliding poll numbers...
Canada considering following U.S. in banning vehicle software and hardware from China, Russia
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said Tuesday she is "absolutely" considering following the U.S. move to ban...
'From hell to limbo': Michael Kovrig describes more than a thousand days as China's prisoner
On the evening of December 10, 2018, Michael Kovrig was out for dinner in Beijing with his six-months-pregnant partner, unaware...
Veteran on Invictus team says he's out thousands of dollars after being injured on the court
A Canadian Armed Forces veteran who was a poster boy for Canada's 2023 Invictus Games team now says he is...
How the NDP's deal with the Liberals died
On the same day the Liberal government's House leader told reporters she was "confident" her party's governance agreement with the...
The NDP is ending its governance agreement with the Liberals
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is terminating the supply-and-confidence agreement his party made with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal government. The...
Feds end exemption allowing visitors to apply for work permits from within Canada
The Liberal government is putting a stop to an immigration exemption that allows visitors to apply for work permits from...
Supreme Court won't hear Maxime Bernier's appeal over vaccine mandates for air travellers
The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier and former Progressive Conservative premier of Newfoundland...
Federal government can spend $46B more a year and remain sustainable over long term: PBO report
The federal government can afford to increase spending by $46 billion, or cut taxes by that amount, every year until...
Teamsters union serves CN Rail with 72-hour strike notice as CPKC stoppage ongoing
Developments follow federal labour minister's referral of dispute to Canada Industrial Relations Board. The Teamsters union has served Canadian National...
With a paddle and a pack, this B.C. MP meets his constituents where they live
Paddling solo for 174 kilometres down the Kispiox and Skeena rivers in northwestern British Columbia each summer, NDP MP Taylor...
Officials didn't need Treasury Board approval to buy $9M New York apartment, committee told
GAC does not need approval to buy residences abroad for less than $10M, committee hears. The decision to buy a...
Sajjan defends request to use soldiers as backdrop for Diljit Dosanjh concert
Sajjan endorsed request because Dosanjh 'is the biggest Punjabi artist in the world,' spokesperson says. Canada's emergency preparedness minister is...
Privacy commissioner launches investigation into Ticketmaster data breach
Canada's privacy commissioner has launched an investigation into a cybersecurity breach at Ticketmaster after an attack by a hacker group...
Crown made a 'mockery' of treaty with 2 First Nations for 150 years, Supreme Court rules
For the past 150 years, the governments of Ontario and Canada have made a "mockery" of their treaty obligations to...
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly met Chinese counterpart in Beijing in effort to ease tensions
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing on Friday as both countries appear...
Human error caused 2022 Rogers outage, system 'deficiencies' made it worse: report
The 2022 Rogers outage that left 12 million people without wireless and hard-wired services was caused by human error and...
As Trudeau insists he's staying on, one MP says some incumbents could sit out the next election
A Liberal caucus source tells CBC News a number of MPs might not run again if Trudeau stays. As Prime...
Embassy takes down AI-generated Canada Day social media post
Embassy used a stock image created by generative AI. Canada's embassy in Washington has taken down a social media post...
Elections Canada defends slow counting process for byelection, blames 84-candidate ballot
Elections Canada says the count in the Toronto-St. Paul's byelection that saw the Liberals lose a party stronghold went slowly...
The House of Commons has adjourned for the summer — what did it accomplish?
The House of Commons has risen for the summer, sending MPs back to their ridings to meet with constituents and...
Liberal MPs tell committee some Conservatives are driving the harassment they face
Two Liberal MPs provided a parliamentary committee with multiple examples Thursday of threatening abuse they say they have received from...
Harassment of MPs spiked almost 800% in 5 years, says House sergeant-at-arms
The harassment members of Parliament experience from the public has jumped almost 800 per cent in the last five years...
Extreme weather causing billions of dollars in damage, driving up insurance premiums: StatsCan
The increasing frequency of extreme weather events across the country has caused the sums paid out annually for catastrophic insurance...
CBSA president says there's 'a lack of transparency' in ArriveCan contract relationships
The president of the Canada Border Services Agency told a parliamentary committee Tuesday that there was a lack of transparency...
Number of antisemitic incidents reached record high in 2023, says B'nai Brith Canada audit
B'nai Brith Canada has released its Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents that found the number of antisemitic incidents in the...
Trudeau dismisses plea from doctors to reconsider capital gains tax change
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is rejecting a call from some doctors for his government to reconsider its planned capital gains...
PMO officials refute allegations against Han Dong at foreign interference inquiry
Canada's security services did not tell the Liberal Party to drop 2019 candidate Han Dong over concerns about possible campaign...
Senior bureaucrats briefed Liberal Party on foreign interference in 2019 Don Valley North contest
5-member panel decided not to warn public about potential interference during the campaign. Top bureaucrats on a panel tasked with...
Premiers Higgs, Smith call on MPs to abandon carbon pricing program
Conservative premiers continued their war on the Liberal government's carbon pricing policy Thursday, telling MPs on a parliamentary committee that...
Auditor General's office fires 2 staff members for earning money from government contracts
The Auditor General has fired two employees and is investigating a third after it emerged the employees were earning money...
Police now need warrant to get a person's IP address, Supreme Court rules
The Supreme Court of Canada made a key privacy ruling Friday that will now require police to first obtain a...
Minister says Mexico isn't threatening trade consequences over new visa rules
Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Mexico has not warned Canada that the trade relationship between the two countries will suffer...
The pharmacare bill is coming today — here's what you need to know
The Liberal government is expected to table its pharmacare legislation today — possibly the biggest expansion of publicly funded health...
Suspended public servants say they're being scapegoated for telling the truth about ArriveCan
Two senior federal officials suspended without pay following allegations of misconduct in the awarding of government contracts told MPs Thursday...
Linking immigration to the housing shortage may be missing the problem, experts say
With rising rents and house prices making it increasingly hard to find an affordable place to live, some are pointing...
Elections Canada launches online disinformation tool to prepare voters for next federal election
Elections Canada is trying to insulate Canadian voters from false narratives and information during the next federal election by launching...
Honda, federal government to meet this week as reports emerge of possible EV plant deal
A Honda Global team will be in Canada this week to meet with senior federal government officials amid reports the...
New year, new tax measures — what to expect in 2024
New tax measures, and changes to existing ones, will begin affecting Canadians in 2024. But tax experts say the effects...
Nearly two-thirds of Google's $100-million media fund will go to print, digital media: source
Remaining third to be distributed to private, public broadcasters, but CBC/Radio-Canada's share will be capped. Nearly two-thirds of the $10...
Most MPs on House committee want Speaker Greg Fergus to stay as new allegations emerge
Conservatives make new allegations against Fergus as NDP allege Scheer attended fundraisers while Speaker. Most MPs on the House of...
House of Commons adjourns after more than 24 hours of voting, naps and singalongs
MPs finally left the House of Commons late Friday night after voting for more than 24 hours straight, fulfilling a...
MPs vote through the night as Conservatives stall the House
Conservatives have vowed to delay government legislation until Liberals make more carbon tax exemptions. MPs held a marathon, all-night voting...
Conservative MP introduces bill to declare December 'Christian Heritage Month'
A Conservative member of Parliament is introducing a private member's bill that would designate December as "Christian Heritage Month." Marilyn...
Canada's fire chiefs to press Ottawa for money after worst-ever wildfire season
Fire chiefs from across the country will be in Ottawa this week to warn the federal government that a shortage...
Liberals announce legislation to set stage for digital services tax
The Liberal government announced legislation Tuesday that will pave the way for the implementation of a digital services tax, but...
Trudeau offended Israel with call for 'maximum restraint,' says Israeli president
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offended his country earlier this month when he asked Israel to...
Right-wing MAGA politics caused Conservatives to turn backs on Ukraine, Trudeau claims
American-style MAGA politics has caused the Conservative Party of Canada to abandon Ukraine in its hour of need, Prime Minister...
2 killed, 2 hospitalized after explosion, fire at Canadian High Commission in Nigeria
An explosion at the The Canadian High Commission of Canada in Nigeria's capital of Abuja killed two people and sent...
Permanent residency backlog persists despite progress, AG report says
A new report from the auditor general of Canada released Thursday warns that while progress has been made, the federal...
Greg Fergus starts his term as Speaker with high expectations
Leading Black Canadians say they hope Greg Fergus can have a positive effect on racial equality in politics in Canada...