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OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney was absent from a debate on the U.S.-Israel war on Iran as opposition parties continued to question the government's position on the conflict.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney was absent from a debate on the U.S.-Israel war on Iran as opposition parties continued to question the government's position on the conflict.
OTTAWA -- Opposition parties from across the political spectrum are demanding the Liberal government clarify its position on the U.S.-Israel war on Iran as they prepare for a debate in the House of Commons Monday evening.
Canada's secretary of state for defence procurement says the government is planning to choose just one company to build the country's next fleet of submarines. Stephen Fuhr says the Canadian position has not changed, despite media reports this week suggesting the government might split the contract. Two companies are in the final stages of a heated competition for a multi-billion...
OTTAWA -- Canada's secretary of state for defence procurement says the government is planning to choose just one company to build the country's next fleet of submarines.
OTTAWA -- Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand touted Canada's new commitment to defence spending and the domestic defence sector and called for a NATO policy pivot to the Arctic at a major defence and security conference in Ottawa on Wednesday.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says NATO needs to focus on the North as the global security environment changes and new threats emerge. Anand spoke at the Conference of Defence Associations Institute's annual gathering in Ottawa today. She said the government's "singular task" is to defend Canada's sovereignty and strengthen its alliances.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is set to speak at the Conference of Defence Associations Institute's annual gathering in Ottawa today. This year's event is focused on how NATO allies will achieve their pledge to spend the equivalent of five per cent of GDP on defence by 2035. Speakers at the two-day event also include Stephen Fuhr, the secretary of...
OTTAWA -- Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is set to speak at the Conference of Defence Associations Institute's annual gathering in Ottawa today.
OTTAWA -- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for Canada to deepen its trade and security ties with the U.K., Australia and New Zealand in the face of an increasingly unpredictable world.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is set to speak at a think tank in London, England, today. He is on his first official trip abroad as Opposition leader with stops planned in both the U.K. and Germany. In London today he will deliver the Margaret Thatcher Lecture at the Centre for Policy Studies, after meeting this morning with U.K. Conservative Leader...
OTTAWA -- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is set to speak at a think tank in London, England, today.
OTTAWA -- The competition to build the Canadian navy's next fleet of submarines is heading into a new phase after a deadline for both finalists to submit their final proposals to the federal government on Monday.
The competition to build the Canadian navy's next fleet of submarines is heading into a new phase after a deadline for both finalists to submit their final proposals to the federal government on Monday. Canada is planning to buy a fleet of up to 12 conventionally powered submarines with the hope of having the vessels in the water by 2032...
OTTAWA -- The competition to build the Canadian navy's next fleet of submarines is heading into a new phase after a deadline for both finalists to submit their final proposals to the federal government on Monday.
National Defence is refusing to disclose how it analyzed competing fighter jet bids after a Swedish media report suggested the evaluation was weighted against Saab's Gripen E. Citing confidential sources, the Swedish business publication Affarsvarlden reported that Ottawa added a risk coefficient to its analysis that significantly undermined the Gripen's test scores because it was still a new series aircraft.
OTTAWA -- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre laid out his vision for the Canada-U.S. relationship on Thursday, directly denouncing U.S. President Donald Trump's rhetoric about Canada while insisting on a stable relationship with our southern neighbour.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre laid out his vision for the Canada-U.S. relationship on Thursday, directly denouncing U.S. President Donald Trump's rhetoric about Canada while insisting on a stable relationship with our southern neighbour. "The lesson in this moment is simple: the path to sovereignty is focusing relentlessly on what is within our power," Poilievre said in a speech at the...
OTTAWA -- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is set to give a speech in Toronto today laying out his views on Canada's relationship with the United States.
OTTAWA -- Cervical cancer is both the fastest-growing type of cancer in Canada and one that is almost completely preventable -- and advocates gathered in Ottawa on Wednesday to call on the federal government to step up screening, prevention and vaccination.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Tuesday Ontario MP Jamil Jivani does not speak for the party after Jivani told a right-wing U.S. news site that Canada is harming itself with an "anti-America hissy fit." In a scrum with reporters, Poilievre was peppered with questions about Jivani's recent trip to Washington, D.C., and comments made to Breitbart News that Canadians would...
OTTAWA -- A Senate report is calling on the federal government to fast-track immigration and credential recognition for francophone and bilingual health-care workers.
OTTAWA -- The Public Health Agency of Canada now says there was no connection between a national security incident at the country's emergency stockpile warehouse in 2024 and an error that caused the loss of $20-million of medication.
OTTAWA -- Federal public health officials say a freezer door was left open at the national emergency stockpile in December 2024, causing the loss of $20 million worth of medication.
OTTAWA -- Members of Parliament held a moment of silence today in honour of the victims of the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
OTTAWA -- Members of Parliament held a moment of silence today in honour of the victims of the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
OTTAWA -- Flags on federal buildings will be flown at half-mast for seven days to honour the victims of Tuesday's deadly shooting in B.C., Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday.
OTTAWA -- The Canadian Medical Association says doctors are worried that more of their patients are turning to artificial intelligence for health advice -- and getting answers that put them in danger.
OTTAWA -- A group of health care advocates is on Parliament Hill this week, lobbying lawmakers and calling on the federal government to take a stand on Alberta's latest moves to expand private health care.
OTTAWA -- The upcoming launch of a national strategy on men's and boys' health is a positive sign that men's well-being is becoming part of the mainstream conversation in Canada, advocates say -- even as they warn that it should not become partisan political fodder.
Blair Turner, a police officer from the Ottawa area, says he plans to run for the Conservative nomination in Pierre Poilievre's former riding of Carleton. Turner ran for the Tories in Ottawa South in the most recent federal election in April losing to Defence Minister David McGuinty. Poilievre lost the seat he had held for 20 years and had to...
OTTAWA -- Blair Turner, a police officer from the Ottawa area, says he plans to run for the Conservative nomination in Pierre Poilievre's former riding of Carleton.
CALGARY -- Conservatives wrapped their three-day national convention in Calgary ready to look ahead to the future after solidifying Pierre Poilievre's leadership.
CALGARY -- Delegates at the federal Conservative party convention in Calgary are set to hear from Alberta Premier Danielle Smith today.
Pierre Poilievre's position as Conservative leader was cemented Friday after 87.4 per cent of delegates voted in a mandatory leadership review to keep him at the helm of their party. The vote came after Poilievre spoke for more than 45 minutes at this weekend's national convention in Calgary, flanked by supporters holding signs bearing slogans such as "real change" and...
CALGARY -- Pierre Poilievre's position as Conservative leader was cemented Friday after 87.4 per cent of delegates voted in a mandatory leadership review to keep him at the helm of their party.
CALGARY -- Conservative delegates have voted to keep Pierre Poilievre as party leader, with 87 per cent voting in favour at a mandatory leadership review.
CALGARY -- Pierre Poilievre told Conservative party supporters the theme of this weekend's national convention in Calgary is hope -- and he promised not to give up as he asked delegates to give him another shot to lead the party into an election.
CALGARY -- Conservatives have kicked off their national convention in Calgary with a focus on the future and a vision of a party united in the face of Liberal attempts to divide it.
Hundreds of party delegates from across the country have assembled in Calgary for the federal Conservative party's national convention. Leader Pierre Poilievre will face a vote on his leadership Friday. Delegates are also set to debate a number of proposals that could inform the party's future policies. The policy proposals are not binding on Poilievre and his caucus.
CALGARY -- Hundreds of party delegates from across the country have assembled in Calgary for the federal Conservative party's national convention.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is set to address his party faithful this evening in Calgary, in a speech that many anticipate will set the tone for the Tories heading into the next election. The party on Thursday kicked off its national convention, where delegates are expected to signal their support for Poilievre's continued leadership.
OTTAWA -- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is set to address his party faithful this evening in Calgary, in a speech that many anticipate will set the tone for the Tories heading into the next election.
OTTAWA -- For the third time in just under a year, Pierre Poilievre's political fate will be in the hands of voters this Friday -- though this time, it's a small group of partisan supporters who appear likely to give him another shot.
OTTAWA -- A major tobacco company is taking the federal government to court over a new fee that would see the industry pay for Ottawa's tobacco control strategy.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday he found "much alignment" between his views on Greenland's sovereignty and those of Chinese President Xi Jinping in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's threats against the territory.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is slamming Canada's new trade agreement with China, saying it's inviting a flood of cheap Chinese electric vehicles with no guarantee of investments. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced today that Canada has agreed to slash its 100-per-cent tariff on Chinese EVs for up to 49,000 vehicles per year.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday he found "much alignment" between his views on Greenland's sovereignty and those of Chinese President Xi Jinping in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's threats against the territory.
TORONTO -- Ontario politicians and Canada's largest private sector union are slamming Canada's new trade agreement with China, saying it puts domestic auto jobs at risk with no guarantee of investments.
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday he found "much alignment" between his views on Greenland's sovereignty and those of Chinese President Xi Jinping in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's threats against the territory. "I had discussions with President Xi about the situation in Greenland, about our sovereignty in the Arctic, about the sovereignty of the people of Greenland and...
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday he found "much alignment" between his views on Greenland's sovereignty and those of Chinese President Xi Jinping in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's threats against the territory.
OTTAWA -- The B.C. Supreme Court has begun hearing a case that questions whether faith-based publicly funded hospitals have the right to refuse certain procedures on the basis of their religious beliefs.
OTTAWA -- A trial set to begin Monday in British Columbia's Supreme Court questions whether publicly funded faith-based hospitals should be allowed to prevent patients from receiving medical assistance in dying in their facilities.
The cancellation of a planned event at York University has led some Conservative MPs to accuse students there of attacking free speech. Conservative MP Garnett Genuis says he was denied permission to hold an event on campus on Friday.
OTTAWA -- Conservative MP Garnett Genuis accused a student group at York University of attacking free speech after he was denied permission to hold an event there — but the university's student centre said politics had nothing to do with its decision.
Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government is working to expand access to oil markets in Asia now that Canada faces the prospect of Venezuelan oil displacing Canadian product in the American market. His remarks came after Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre urged Carney to "immediately approve a pipeline to the Pacific Coast" in an letter shared on social media Tuesday...
Ottawa -- Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government is working to expand access to oil markets in Asia now that Canada faces the prospect of Venezuelan oil displacing Canadian product in the American market.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is working to expand oil markets in Asia with the prospect of Venezuelan oil displacing Canadian product in the American market.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is warning the federal government that the possible end of American sanctions on Venezuelan oil could displace Canadian exports to the U.S. -- and is urging the Liberals to "immediately approve a pipeline to the Pacific Coast." In a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney posted on social media Tuesday, Poilievre said the action taken by...
OTTAWA -- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is warning the federal government that the possible end of American sanctions on Venezuelan oil could displace Canadian exports to the U.S. -- and is urging the Liberals to "immediately approve a pipeline to the Pacific Coast."