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Stopping short of offering the assurance U.S. senators are seeking, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government is aware there’s more work to do in order to see Canada meet NATO’s defence spending target. Responding to…
Regina — One week after Premier Scott Moe publicly assured Saskatchewan residents…
Ottawa — Independent Toronto MP Kevin Vuong says he is asking Conservative Leader…
Ottawa — The International Court of Justice’s latest ruling is in line with…
The former national leader of the NDP has been saying some nice things about Mark…
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Canada’s NDP, the junior partner in the confidence-and-supply agreement, has…
IERRE POILIEVRE first came to my attention in 2004, when we were both new to Ottawa and…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
Victoria — A proposed deal to avoid vote splitting between British Columbia’s two…
This week, a scandal erupted when serious allegations made by prominent…
As with stars about to go supernova and die an explosive death, sure signs portend…
In October of 2022, when I started working on my book about Justin Trudeau’s…
The Canada Pension Plan Fund had a bad year last year. You’d never know it to…
Eco-activist ministers are clashing with the fisheries minister over…
For a textbook example of political debate unglued from real-world concerns,…
Canadian Finance Minister Chystia Freelandsaid this week that she will put…
For weeks now, forest fires have been raging in many parts of the country. This isn’t…
Liberals like to say that the large polling gap with the Conservatives will be…
Once again the Trudeau government has stepped on the hornet’s nest called tax reform,…
The Conservative Party sent a note to supporters on Tuesday afternoon with…
If lowering taxes is the Conservatives’ strength, it’s strange that the leader…
Naheed Nenshi gets a lot of applause from Alberta NDP audiences these days.…
The Victoria Day long weekend has come and gone. An election is still well more than…
He just can’t help himself. With a double-digit lead in the polls and the…
It’s now glaringly obvious that Danielle Smith is willing to go to extraordinary…
When federal public service unions recently threatened a summer of…
I was not a big believer in re-opening the constitution, until Prime Minister…
The world doesn’t allow for moral relativism. Israel is a fellow democracy…
Don’t cosy up to your neighbour if he is a dictator. Japan and Europe learned…
The announcement of Ebrahim Raisi’s death was as protracted as the list of people he…
It’s clear that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith feels the wind is at her back. This is…
It seems a little early for the kitchen sink. But Justin Trudeau and his…
It’s been a long time since First Nations, Inuit, and Métis came together. Before…
“You must be kidding.” That was one of the many emails I received in response to…
If there has even been such a thing as the world’s greatest circus, this is…
Justin Trudeau gave a press conference this week about electric vehicles, but…
It’s not a topic of conversation in English Canada. Mention “separation”…
The political pulse panel discusses federal sparring amongst other top stories…
Chickens with their heads cut off run around in circles. In politics, the federal…
Last week, Lianne Rood decided to take a stand. Appearing in a video…
Beverley McLachlin has spent the past six years servicing the reputation of Hong…
Canada’s biggest public service unions are fighting back against the government’s…
Border workers have voted in favour of a strike mandate which could lead to…
It began last month with the arrest of a Russian deputy defense minister. Then…
The head of Canada’s spy agency says he has a “different interpretation” of an…
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is thanking the federal government for rejecting…
An Ottawa police officer responsible for engaging with protesters attending what…
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made…
He would repeal incoming federal electricity regulations. He would scrap…
A private citizen behind a complaint that has led to tighter privacy rules for…
Clause in rules has allowed MPs to bill Parliament for $538,314 over the past year. The…
A bipartisan group of 23 U.S. senators have written to Prime Minister Justin…
Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie is asking the RCMP for an update on its…
A town councillor running for the Conservative nomination in an Ontario riding…
The Liberal candidate in the Baie Verte-Green Bay byelection is a member of…
The Liberal government is facing pushback from Justice Marie-Josée Hogue for…
A federal public servant at Global Affairs who is being sued by a female…
Can the RCMP turn North America’s largest law enforcement vehicle fleet green?…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s trip to the United States targeted U.S. lawmakers,…
The Liberals and New Democrats are slamming the federal Conservatives for…
Justin Trudeau’s government is resisting calls from within the Liberal caucus and…
Warning comes as investigators probe possible Indian government links to…
Stephen Harper feared a revolt in his Conservative caucus when, as prime…
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday called a snap general election…
Nearly one year after Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party defeated Rachel…
Nova Scotia’s governing Progressive Conservatives easily retained the riding…
With a spate of Canadian officials and parliamentarians starting to…
Claiming they destroyed his career to score political points after he was accused of…
Québecor’s Pierre-Karl Péladeau claims deal between grocery and telecom would take…
Canada’s upper house has adopted a new set of rules that the Liberal government…
Liberal MP Mark Gerretsen is calling on the House of Commons to close…
NEW YORK (AP) — The conservative parental rights group Moms for Liberty plans to…
PHOENIX (AP) — Former Arizona Republican Party chair Kelli Ward pleaded not guilty…
Every two weeks until the November Presidential Election in the US, I’ll post…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California legislator backed by former President…
The presidential primaries that Joe Biden and Donald Trump have already clinched…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican National Committee’s Washington headquarters…
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors and defense lawyers in the classified…
Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was open to supporting…
Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, used to be regarded as one of…
Rebalancing t he Canadian Armed Forces and Rebuilding the Canadian Navy.
Canada’s truck transportation sector faces significant economic and legal…
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