Liberals lagging other parties in candidates as election call could be days away
With a federal election call likely in a matter of days, no political party has nominated candidates to all 34...
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Carney chief of staff's time in cabinet, stance on Gaza under scrutiny
Opposition parties, some Liberal MPs critical of Marco Mendicino's new role. Both the Conservatives and NDP are criticizing prime minister-designate...
Union warns Immigration Department cuts will further delay backlogged court cases
A union representing federal Immigration Department employees is warning planned cuts that would lay off 60 litigation branch analysts could...
Liberals questioning Ruby Dhalla campaign over $21K in donations
Contributions temporarily withheld to ensure compliance with Elections Canada rules. Liberal leadership candidate Ruby Dhalla is denying any wrongdoing as...
In appeal to Muslims, Freeland pledges to scrap controversial CRA division
Should she win the current federal Liberal leadership contest, Chrystia Freeland is pledging to scrap a controversial division of the...
Liberal leadership hopefuls urge federal intervention on Bill 21
With the Supreme Court agreeing to hear a challenge against Quebec's controversial secularism law, Bill 21, Mark Carney and Chrystia...
Provinces warn Ottawa slashing immigration program in half will hurt economy
The federal government has told most provinces and territories they must cut their allotted spaces for economic immigration programs by...
Endorsements start rolling in for Liberal leadership contestants from caucus
Liberal MPs, especially those who for months had called for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's resignation both publicly and behind closed...
Ontario Liberal MPs want Justin Trudeau to step down: sources
Consensus on PM’s future reached in Saturday call by majority of party's largest regional caucus. At a virtual meeting of...
MPs call for crackdown on student protest encampments, ban on display of terror symbols
Many recommendations in the antisemitism and Islamophobia reports were rejected by Conservative, Bloc MPs. In two reports on antisemitism and...
Courts warn of 'critical' budget pressures as immigration cases delayed in Canada's 3 largest cities
Justice minister to meet with chief justices of 4 federal courts Friday to discuss backlog, budget shortfall. Federal Justice Minister...
Antiwar protesters calling for Israeli embargo ousted from Ottawa building housing MPs' offices
Dozens of antiwar protesters who occupied the lobby of the Confederation Building in Ottawa, demanding Canada impose an arms embargo...
Nineteen failed refugee claimants were sent back to Afghanistan last year, CBSA says
Canada's border guards sent 19 Afghans who failed their refugee claims back to Afghanistan in 2023 — even as the...
Canadian government speaking with allies about Palestinian statehood recognition, official tells MPs
Ottawa has been speaking with like-minded countries about recognizing a Palestinian state, a government official told a committee of parliamentarians...
Canada condemns latest rollback of women's rights by Taliban regime in Afghanistan
Canada's Special Representative to Afghanistan David Sproule is condemning the Taliban's latest curtailment of women's rights. The regime moved earlier...
Immigration Department beefing up resources in Beirut amid fears of larger conflict: government official
The federal Immigration Department has beefed up human resources in Beirut in order to prioritize immigration applications from Lebanon as...
Commons committee to debate motion on quickest path to Palestinian statehood
MPs on the House of Commons foreign affairs committee are expected to resume a contentious debate later this morning on...
Government MPs presented a motion to study Palestinian statehood at committee, sources say
Motion found support with NDP, Bloc but was filibustered by Tories. Liberal MPs presented a motion to study a path...
Cabinet minister tells Liberals to 'change their attitude' as MPs return to Commons
'To come in there and and scold MPs is really out of place,' one MP said. A cabinet minister who...
Trudeau's Liberals face another big test in Montreal byelection
The federal Liberal brand will be put to the test again in a byelection in the Montreal riding of LaSalle—Émard—Verdun...
Liberal staffers pull support for party in Montreal byelection, citing government's stance on Gaza
The Liberal Party of Canada is facing a revolt by ministerial staffers, mostly of Arab and Muslim origin, over the...
Ottawa stops funding temporary accommodations for Afghan migrant applicants waiting in Pakistan
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has stopped subsidizing temporary accommodations in Pakistan for people applying through a special immigration...
Meeting between Trudeau and Muslim leaders in Quebec called off after many refuse to attend
A meeting between Muslim leaders in Quebec and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau planned for this afternoon north of Montreal —...
Is urban flooding becoming a more pressing threat as Canada's infrastructure ages?
After multiple water main breaks and floods across the country this summer, municipalities and experts are warning that urban flooding...
Ottawa calls for probe into demolished Canadian water treatment plant in Gaza
The Canadian government is "assessing the damage" at a demolished water treatment plant and facility in Gaza that it built...
This Liberal threatened to take a stand over Gaza. Now she's leading talks on anti-Palestinian racism
MP Salma Zahid had threatened to resign from committee roles but now staying on. Two Liberal MPs are holding a...
Former Liberal MP considering leadership run in the wake of party's byelection defeat
Only a day after Conservatives won a federal byelection in the longtime Liberal stronghold of Toronto-St. Paul's, ending a race...
Liberal MP Housefather's appointment to role fighting antisemitism delayed by concerns about caucus divisions
A proposal to appoint Liberal MP Anthony Housefather to a new role fighting antisemitism — which has been in the...
Canada promised an air defence system to Ukraine 18 months ago. It still hasn't arrived
Ukraine's minister of foreign affairs, Dmytro Kuleba, says his country is in urgent need of weapons and wishes the air...
Trudeau says co-operation coming with Modi, but short on specifics
India and Canada will co-operate on a range of important issues, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said after speaking to his...
Disputes among G7 nations may prevent consensus on a path to peace in Gaza: experts
When U.S. President Joe Biden announced a new proposal for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza last week...
Muslim, Jewish voters leaning away from the federal Liberals as Gaza war grinds on: poll
A new poll suggests Muslim and Jewish voters are leaning away from the federal Liberals in voting intentions — a...
Palestinians seeking passage to Canada fight despair as Rafah campaign closes off their exit
Nearly 200 Palestinians have managed to escape Gaza and obtain approval to travel to Canada — but they had to...
After several delays, Immigration Canada still doesn't have its promised ombudsperson's office
The federal immigration department has indefinitely postponed plans to hire a workplace ombudsperson to deal with acts of racism and...
India, Pakistan attempted to interfere in Canada's elections: CSIS
The governments of India and Pakistan attempted to interfere in Canada's federal elections in 2019 and 2021, Canada's spy agency...
Foreign interference commissioner seeks to reassure diaspora groups anxious about inquiry
The commissioner leading the public inquiry into foreign interference said Thursday the inquiry has taken steps to protect members of...
Muslim groups say MPs won't be welcome in mosques until they call for Gaza ceasefire
With Ramadan just around the corner, a national Muslim organization and several local congregations are warning members of Parliament they...
Pierre Trudeau opposed stripping accused Nazi war criminal of citizenship, government document says
As justice minister in 1967, former prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau argued against revoking the citizenship of a Canadian citizen...
Task force rejects calls for special employment status for Jewish, Muslim public servants
Months before the eruption of the Israel-Hamas war ramped up ethic and religious tensions in many Canadian communities, a government...
Liberal, NDP MPs to travel to West Bank to connect with Palestinians
Five Canadian MPs are set to begin a week-long visit to Jordan and the West Bank today to meet with...
Group representing Canadian Muslim donors pulls back from Liberal Party over stance on Gaza
A network representing influential Canadian Muslim donors to the Liberal Party of Canada has dropped out of the ranks of...
NDP, Bloc declined invitations to join recent Israel trip
Two of the federal opposition parties that have been calling for a ceasefire in Gaza were invited on a recent...
Ottawa reviewing virtual citizenship ceremonies as petition calls on government to pull the plug
The federal immigration minister says the government is weighing its options on virtual citizenship ceremonies after a petition signed by...