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OTTAWA -- Advocates for people with episodic disabilities say they don't understand why the federal government has two different definitions of disability in law -- and uses the narrower version to decide who gets benefits.
OTTAWA -- Saab says it will work with Canadian company CAE on a domestic training, flight simulation and support program if Ottawa decides to buy its Gripen jets.
OTTAWA -- The federal government will not accept any new applications this year from people who want to sponsor their parents and grandparents to come to Canada as permanent residents under a program meant to promote family reunification.
OTTAWA -- The federal government will not accept any new applications this year from people who want to sponsor their parents and grandparents to come to Canada.
OTTAWA -- Former B.C. Conservative leadership candidate Caroline Elliott is pushing back at Pierre Poilievre's recent jab about her campaign team, calling on the federal Conservative leader to work to bring people together.
OTTAWA -- The 2026 wildfire season has been manageable so far, largely because of significant amounts of rain across Western Canada, but federal officials cautioned Thursday the summer forecast is hotter and drier than normal in much of the country.
OTTAWA -- Richard Martel and Nate Erskine-Smith resigned their seats in the House of Commons on Tuesday, setting a clock ticking ahead of a pair of byelections in Quebec and Ontario -- and they are not the only ones.
OTTAWA -- A parliamentary committee is calling on the federal government to indefinitely exclude people with mental illness from becoming eligible for medical assistance in dying.
OTTAWA -- A parliamentary committee is expected to recommend against extending eligibility for medical assistance in dying to people with a mental illness in a report to the House of Commons set to be tabled Wednesday.
OTTAWA -- The Liberal government is not saying if it will act on a parliamentary committee report that's expected to recommend against making people with mental illness eligible for medical assistance in dying.
OTTAWA -- Justice Minister Sean Fraser says he will take time over the summer to review the work of a committee tasked with determining whether Canada is ready to allow people with mental illness access to medically assisted dying.
OTTAWA -- As Jocelyn Downie watched the Supreme Court of Canada strike down the laws criminalizing the act of helping someone end their life in 2015, she thought she'd better find something to do with the rest of her career.
OTTAWA -- The federal government has launched a new advisory committee on preventive health care to provide guidelines on screening for things like cervical and breast cancer.
OTTAWA -- Conservative MP Billy Morin says he will spend the summer talking to Indigenous leaders about encouraging people to vote in the Alberta referendum.
OTTAWA -- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says support for Quebec separatism was "wiped out" under Stephen Harper's government but polls show the movement has had steady support for decades.
OTTAWA -- Ninety disability advocacy and mental health organizations have signed an open letter urging the federal Liberals to permanently exclude people with mental illness from eligibility for medical assistance in dying.
OTTAWA -- A majority of the House of Commons voted against a non-binding motion on Monday that called on the federal government to protect private property from First Nations land claims — a political issue the Crown-Indigenous Relations minister has said is rife with partisan rhetoric.
OTTAWA -- Members of Parliament are set to hold a non-binding vote today on a contentious question of private property rights.
OTTAWA -- Conservative MP Michael Chong said his meeting with Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te on Wednesday was meant to assert Canadian sovereignty in the face of Beijing's warnings to Canadian lawmakers that such visits are inappropriate.
OTTAWA -- Conservative MP Michael Chong said his meeting with Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te on Wednesday was a way to assert Canadian sovereignty in the face of Beijing's warnings to lawmakers in this country that such visits are inappropriate.
OTTAWA -- Canadians worry about sports betting becoming a problem for people they know and more than one in 10 of those surveyed said they placed a wager on a sporting event in the last year, a new poll suggests.
OTTAWA -- A new online survey suggests nearly a quarter of Canadians say they've declined to get a vaccine recommended by their doctor -- and the data indicates most of them did so because they were concerned about potential side effects.
OTTAWA -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Friday that she and Prime Minister Mark Carney are committed to working through the issues between Alberta and Ottawa as separatist sentiment rises in the western province.
OTTAWA -- Conservatives gathered in Ottawa will hear from Alberta Premier Danielle Smith this afternoon as the Canada Strong and Free Network conference continues.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday he won't take a position yet on whether people with only a mental illness should be able to access assisted dying.
OTTAWA -- Bridget Tolley said the thought of coming to Parliament Hill on Tuesday morning was overwhelming.
OTTAWA -- A few dozen people wearing bright red shirts and dresses stood out against a grey sky on Parliament Hill on Tuesday afternoon, where they gathered for a vigil to mark Red Dress Day in honour of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
OTTAWA -- The Archbishop of Toronto has written a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney appealing to his Catholic faith and urging him to "choose life and not death" when it comes to assisted dying.
OTTAWA -- Conservative MP Jamil Jivani was back in Washington on Wednesday with a handful of Tory colleagues for a meeting with Canadian business interests and United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.
OTTAWA -- The Conservatives say the Liberals wasted no time shutting down public debate at two House of Commons committees after securing their majority this week.
OTTAWA -- The Conservatives say the Liberals wasted no time shutting down public debate at two House of Commons committees after securing their majority this week.
OTTAWA -- The federal government moved quickly to make use of its new majority powers on Monday, hours after three Liberals who won recent byelections took their seats in the House of Commons.
OTTAWA -- The three Liberals who won the byelections that secured a majority government for Prime Minister Mark Carney earlier this month took their seats in the House of Commons on Monday.
OTTAWA -- The three Liberals who won the byelections earlier this month that secured a majority government for Prime Minister Mark Carney are taking their seats in the House of Commons today.
OTTAWA -- A new poll from the Angus Reid Institute suggests Canadians are giving Prime Minister Mark Carney's government a passing grade in its first year of international relations, but it has failed to meet expectations on affordability issues.
OTTAWA -- An expert in Canada's assisted dying laws is warning that the committee of MPs and senators tasked with studying whether the country is ready to allow people with mental illness to access MAID has "gone off the rails."
OTTAWA -- An expert on Canada's assisted dying laws says a parliamentary committee studying MAID in cases of mental illness is not focused on its mandate and has not been balanced in its approach.
OTTAWA -- Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne will appear before the House ethics committee next month to answer questions about his connection to the Alto high-speed rail project, after a lengthy Liberal filibuster.
OTTAWA -- A new poll from the Angus Reid Institute suggests a growing number of Conservative voters want to replace Pierre Poilievre as the party's leader.
OTTAWA -- The Conservatives are accusing the Liberals of blocking a House of Commons committee from questioning Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne about his personal connection to the Alto high-speed rail project.
OTTAWA -- The Conservatives are accusing the Liberals of blocking a House of Commons committee from questioning Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne about his personal connection to the Alto high-speed rail project.
OTTAWA -- Most Wednesday mornings, a lineup of Conservative MPs stroll past journalists on their way into the weekly caucus meeting on Parliament Hill with little more to say than, "Good morning."
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canadians can expect Parliament to be more substantive and less performative now that the Liberals have a majority government.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canadians can expect Parliament to be more substantive and less performative now that the Liberals have a majority government.
OTTAWA -- It took nearly a full year and a handful of byelections and defections for Prime Minister Mark Carney to assemble enough members of Parliament to turn his minority government into a majority -- a feat that has never happened in Canadian politics before.
OTTAWA -- Tatiana Auguste is returning to the House of Commons after winning a hotly contested byelection in the Quebec riding of Terrebonne, Elections Canada reported.
OTTAWA -- It took nearly a full year and a handful of byelections and defections for Prime Minister Mark Carney to assemble enough members of Parliament to turn his minority government into a majority -- a feat that has never happened in Canadian politics before.
OTTAWA -- The Canadian Press projects Liberal candidates Doly Begum and Danielle Martin have both won byelections in the Toronto ridings of Scarborough Southwest and University -- Rosedale, securing a narrow majority government for Prime Minister Mark Carney.
OTTAWA -- Thousands of Liberals will be in Montreal this weekend for the party's annual convention just as voters in the suburban riding of Terrebonne, about 40 km north, get ready to cast ballots in a key byelection on Monday.
OTTAWA -- Thousands of Liberals will be in Montreal this weekend for the party's annual convention just as voters in the suburban riding of Terrebonne, about 40 km north, get ready to cast ballots in a key byelection on Monday.
OTTAWA -- The federal government is giving Ukrainians who fled the Russian invasion another year to apply for work permit extensions.
OTTAWA -- The federal public health agency is taking over administration of a program that compensates people who have been injured by vaccines, months after Health Minister Marjorie Michel ordered an audit of the program following complaints about its administration.
OTTAWA -- A House of Commons committee is calling on the government to make it harder for protest groups to sign up dozens of candidates in a single riding, after Elections Canada announced Wednesday that voters in an upcoming byelection in Quebec will use a write-in ballot because of the high number of candidates.
OTTAWA -- A House of Commons committee is calling on the government to make changes to the Elections Act that would make it harder for protest groups to sign up dozens of candidates in a single riding.
OTTAWA -- Members of Parliament continued debate on the government's contentious hate crimes bill Monday after they returned to Ottawa following a break week that saw both the Liberal and Conservative leaders on international trips.
OTTAWA -- Members of Parliament are back in the House of Commons today, where the government is expected to face tough questions about new auditor general reports and the ongoing war in Iran.
OTTAWA -- Three byelections are being held on April 13 and the results could have an impact on both the makeup of Parliament and how long it lasts.
OTTAWA -- The group that recruited hundreds of people to run against Pierre Poilievre in last spring's election and last summer's byelection says it's now targeting the vote in Terrebonne.
OTTAWA -- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he's planning to pitch a "realistic proposal" to end U.S. tariffs on the Canadian auto industry this weekend.
OTTAWA -- The Conservatives are pushing for changes to the Criminal Code they say would offer new protections to people who use force to defend themselves during a home invasion -- but the government says Canadians already have the right to self-defence.