Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to be in New York this week for the 78th meeting of the United Nations General Assembly and the Summit of the Future amid increasing geopolitical instability around the world. “Canada will have a leading role in making the world fairer and more prosperous,” Trudeau said in a news release last week. “I … Read more
A $2.14-billion federal loan for an Ottawa-based satellite operator has Canadian politicians arguing about whether American billionaire Elon Musk poses a national security risk. The fight involves internet connectivity in remote regions as Canada tries to live up to its promise to connect every Canadian household to high-speed internet by 2030. Telesat CEO Dan Goldberg … Read more
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Monday that Canadians “are finished with and done” with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau days after pulling out of a supply-and-confidence agreement with the Liberals earlier this month. Singh was speaking to reporters in Ottawa on the first day back for MPs as Parliament returned after summer break. “People are telling … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 15, 2024 9:38 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will gather with his caucus on Parliament Hill on Sunday as he prepares to make another push to topple the Liberal government as early as next week. The one-day … Read more
On Monday Parliamentarians will return to the familiar stone walls of West Block in Ottawa to find the political landscape has shifted significantly. When they last gathered in the capital the Liberals knew their prospects were poor after languishing in the polls for more than a year, but they were secure in the knowledge the … Read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will face a fretful and strained caucus in British Columbia Monday, with MPs looking for him to finally reveal his plan to address the political purgatory the party has endured for months. Several Liberal MPs privately and publicly demanded they meet as a team after the devastating byelection loss of a longtime political … Read more
Federal Conservatives and New Democrats agree on very little, but one point of consensus has emerged in recent months — labour issues will play a key role in the next federal election. Both parties have launched television ads that attempt to define Tory Leader Pierre Poilievre to union voters, a group politicians see as having … Read more
The RCMP has questioned a veteran Liberal political operative who handled the finances associated with Han Dong’s 2019 campaign for the federal Liberal Party nomination in Toronto’s Don Valley North riding. In November 2023, the RCMP met and questioned David Pretlove, an Ontario Liberal aide who was Dong’s financial officer for the 2019 nomination contest, … Read more
A witness who stormed out of a parliamentary committee meeting in tears Wednesday is demanding an apology from a Liberal MP who put a halt to a planned discussion about violence against women in favour of a debate about abortion rights. Cait Alexander was on Parliament Hill to provide testimony at a rare summer hearing … Read more
Voters in two Canadian ridings — one in Quebec and another in Manitoba — will head to the polls in September, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday in announcing that the campaign period for the pair of byelections has begun. The byelections will be held Sept. 16. In Quebec, the Liberals are hoping to hold … Read more
