Trudeau rents home in Ottawa but ultimately plans to live in Montreal
Justin Trudeau has rented a home in the upscale Ottawa neighbourhood of Rockcliffe, where he plans to live for at...
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Ousted Liberal MP Chandra Arya barred from running under party’s banner over alleged ties to India
The Liberal Party revoked MP Chandra Arya’s bid to run for the party leadership and his nomination in his own...
CSIS alleges India organized support for Poilievre’s 2022 Conservative leadership bid
Agents of India and their proxies allegedly meddled in the 2022 election of Pierre Poilievre as Conservative Party Leader as...
Carney poised to win Liberal leadership race on Sunday, setting the stage for a snap election
Barring an upset, Mark Carney is poised to be elected leader of the ruling Liberal Party on Sunday, becoming the...
Stephen Harper criticizes Carney, says he falsely took credit for financial crisis response
Former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper has accused Liberal leadership front-runner Mark Carney of falsely claiming credit for managing the...
Trudeau presses Trump for Ukraine security guarantees in talks with Russia
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pushed U.S. President Donald Trump in a phone call Saturday to ensure that any peace deal...
Liberal leadership debates will focus on who can best negotiate with Trump
Donald Trump won’t be on the stage at the Liberal leadership debates but the four candidates are expected to focus...
Liberal Party says questions about Ruby Dhalla’s leadership campaign are unrelated to foreign interference by Indian government
The Liberal Party says its concerns about the campaign of leadership candidate Ruby Dhalla are not related to foreign interference...
Conservatives launch partisan attacks on Liberal leadership front-runner Mark Carney
Conservatives MPs are targeting Liberal leadership front-runner Mark Carney, accusing the former central banker of being an elitist who is...
Poilievre rebuffs calls to obtain national-security clearance to view top-secret information on foreign meddling
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who has for months refused to apply for a top-secret clearance to receive confidential briefings, has...
Ottawa planning pandemic-level relief for workers, businesses if Trump imposes tariffs
The federal government is planning a multibillion-dollar, pandemic-style bailout for workers and businesses if U.S. President Donald Trump follows through...
Hogue inquiry final report to propose measures against election interference and disinformation
The final report from Canada’s Foreign Interference Commission, to be released Tuesday, is set to lay out how Ottawa and...
Cabinet heavyweight Anita Anand backs Mark Carney for Liberal leadership
Transport Minister Anita Anand is backing former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney for the Liberal Party’s leadership, making her...
Carney cites economic credentials while Liberal rivals promise to end top-down control of party in leadership race
Liberal Party leadership contender Karina Gould has officially entered the race, saying the fact that she could raise the money...
Carney lines up support from more senior ministers, top Liberal brass in leadership race
Former central banker Mark Carney is lining up more endorsements from senior cabinet ministers from Quebec and top party brass...
Field of contenders for Liberal leadership narrows as MPs throw support to Freeland and Carney
The departures of Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly and Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc from the Liberal leadership contest has seen...
Chrystia Freeland, Mark Carney poised to enter Liberal leadership race
Chrystia Freeland and former central banker Mark Carney are poised to seek the Liberal leadership while Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie...
Trudeau expected to announce exit as party leader before national caucus meeting Wednesday
Justin Trudeau is expected to announce as early as Monday that he will resign as Liberal Party Leader, three sources...
LeBlanc defends stay at Irving home as Conservatives call for review of ethics screen
Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc is defending staying over at the home of billionaire J.D. (Jim) Irving this month, as the...
Finance Minister LeBlanc’s stay at Irving home puts ties to wealthy N.B. family into focus
Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc, under an ethics screen to shield him from his government’s extensive dealings with J.D. Irving, Ltd...
Trudeau won’t step down over Christmas, Freeland considers vying for Liberal leadership, sources say
The Prime Minister has no plans to step down over the Christmas holidays despite mounting calls for him to quit...
Inside the Freeland fallout: How Trudeau’s leadership came under fire
At about 8:45 on Monday morning, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived on Parliament Hill, his motorcade gliding to a stop...
Trudeau holding talks with cabinet, party leaders about whether to step down
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is holding discussions with cabinet ministers and senior party leaders about stepping down early in the...
Trudeau may shuffle cabinet before Christmas as Carney is being courted again, sources say
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is considering a cabinet shuffle before Christmas, possibly as early as Wednesday, that could see a...
Trudeau accused of throwing Freeland under the bus as he courts Carney for government
Conservatives accused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of throwing Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland under the bus just days before she is...
Trudeau makes fresh bid to recruit Mark Carney amid tensions with Freeland
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made another attempt to recruit former central banker Mark Carney at a time when tensions...
Trudeau’s office, Freeland at odds over spending
Relations between the Prime Minister’s Office and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland have chilled as tensions grow over the push for...
Canada can’t support influx of migrants fleeing Trump, must prevent border crossings, says former top aide
Canada needs to significantly strengthen its border, says a former chief of staff to Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, because...
Canada’s security agencies suspect Modi knew of plot to kill Sikh activist
Canadian security agencies believe Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India knew about the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in...
Iran allegedly planned to assassinate human-rights crusader Irwin Cotler
Iran allegedly plotted to assassinate Irwin Cotler, a noted Canadian human-rights advocate and harsh critic of the clerical regime, but...
Ottawa invokes national security to refuse disclosure in foreign interference case against ex-Mountie
The federal government is refusing to provide full disclosure of the evidence against a former RCMP inspector charged with foreign...
Harjit Sajjan denies special treatment for Afghan Sikhs during Kabul evacuation in 2021
Former defence minister Harjit Sajjan acknowledged the head of a Canadian Sikh charity called him directly to ask for special...
Canada raises concerns over reported Russian plot targeting planes destined for North America
Ottawa says it has expressed concerns to Russia about reports that it plotted to put camouflaged incendiary devices aboard cargo...
Canadian Sikhs urge Conservative Leader Poilievre to get national-security clearance
Two major Canadian Sikh organizations are calling on Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to obtain a top-level security clearance so he...
Ottawa offered India options to address violence before expelling its diplomats
Ottawa undertook an all-out effort to convince New Delhi to end its hostile foreign-interference campaign in Canada after the RCMP...
Trudeau suggests Conservative Leader has something to hide by refusing a national security clearance
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau suggested Wednesday that Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre must have something to hide by refusing to obtain...
Federal officials provided intelligence about India to Washington Post, sources say
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national security adviser and the deputy minister of foreign affairs provided sensitive intelligence about India to...
PMO staff say nobody told them about CSIS request to surveil Liberal powerbroker in 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s top advisers say they have no plans to investigate why a CSIS surveillance warrant targeting an...
CSIS agents frustrated by delay for electronic warrant against long-time Liberal politician
It took at least six weeks for Bill Blair, then-public safety minister, to sign an electronic and entry warrant to...
MPs to investigate former defence minister Harjit Sajjan’s use of special forces to rescue Afghan Sikhs
The Commons committee on national defence plans to investigate the actions of former defence minister Harjit Sajjan, who instructed the...
India and China use illegal funds and disinformation to sway politicians, CSIS report says
China and India are deeply engaged in attempting to influence diaspora communities and elect MPs sympathetic to their interests through...
Defiant and unbowed: Why Justin Trudeau isn’t going anywhere
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been told he can’t win the next election and should quit before he’s defeated. Several...
Contingent of former Canadian security and defence officials headed to meet Taiwan government
Ex-CSIS director Richard Fadden is leading a contingent of former Canadian security and defence officials on a trip to Taiwan...
Five chiefs of staff set to leave the Trudeau government
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is contending with an exodus of senior staff just as the minority Liberals are returning...
Ottawa ties Wealth One founders to possible Chinese interference
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has alleged, in documents filed in federal court, that three principal shareholders in Wealth One Bank...
Cabinet minister Harjit Sajjan requested 100 soldiers to perform with Punjabi pop star Diljit Dosanjh
Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan lobbied in April for the Canadian Armed Forces to send about 100 soldiers to act...
Joly tells China’s top diplomat Canada won’t ‘tolerate any form of interference in our democracy’
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says she didn’t soft-pedal Beijing’s interference in Canadian affairs or its human-rights record during blunt...
Trudeau holds meeting with Mark Carney to join government, sources say
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held talks on Sunday with Mark Carney and urged the former Bank of Canada governor to...
Trudeau says he’s trying to recruit Carney, but did not say if it’s to replace Freeland as finance minister
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has been trying for years to recruit former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney...
PMO eyes Carney as next finance minister as tension rises with Freeland, sources say
Senior officials in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office are concerned that Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has not been effective in...
Ottawa buys Arctic hangar next to NORAD base after Chinese, Russian interest
The federal government has paid $8.6-million to acquire a privately owned aircraft hangar adjacent to a NORAD air base in...
Afghan Sikh sponsors donated to Sajjan’s riding association during Kabul airlift campaign
Directors of a charitable foundation that struck a deal with Ottawa to sponsor the immigration of Afghan Sikhs to Canada...
O’Toole, Bloc call for hearings on push to rescue Afghan Sikhs
Former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole and the Bloc Québécois said Thursday that they want parliamentary hearings into a Globe and...
Sajjan instructed special forces to rescue Afghan Sikhs during fall of Kabul
Then-defence minister Harjit Sajjan instructed Canadian special forces to rescue about 225 Afghan Sikhs after the Taliban takeover in August...
Ottawa set to stop open-net salmon farms in B.C., giving the industry 5 years to transition
The Liberal government intends to move ahead with its 2019 campaign commitment to put an end to open-net salmon fish...
Hong Kong police make threatening phone call to prodemocracy supporter living in Canada
Hong Kong national-security police recently threatened a man from the city, who is seeking refuge in Canada, after he reneged...
Trudeau cabinet withholding documents on foreign interference from inquiry
The Liberal government is facing pushback from Justice Marie-Josée Hogue for citing cabinet confidentiality in redacting records provided to the...