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Extremists saw 2021 federal election as an ‘opportunity’ to plan violence: CSIS
Extremist actors viewed the 2021 federal election as an “opportunity” to plan “acts of violence,” Canada’s domestic intelligence service said Friday.
06 May 2022 | Politics -
Visited the liquor store more often during COVID? Canada’s health agency tracked that
A report sent to the House of Commons ethics committee shows that Canadians’ movements, including trips to the liquor store and pharmacy, were closely tracked via t…
05 May 2022 | Politics -
Conservative leadership hopefuls face off in first unofficial debate
Conservative leadership candidates laid into one another over COVID-19 mandates and the trucker convoy in downtown Ottawa in the first unofficial debate of the race…
05 May 2022 | Politics -
Conservatives could hit 500k members as leadership campaigns scramble for supporters
The Conservative party is on pace to hit as many as half a million members as leadership candidates furiously scramble to sign up supporters, three sources tell Glo…
05 May 2022 | Politics -
Baber would allow MPs to bring forward their own legislation as U.S. abortion battle renews
Conservative leadership candidate Roman Baber would allow MPs to bring forward legislation amid the renewed debate on abortion access in the U.S.
05 May 2022 | Politics -
Five Conservative leadership hopefuls readying for debate in Ottawa
Five out of the six candidates vying for Tory leadership will appear on stage Thursday night for a debate before a room of conservative faithful.
05 May 2022 | Politics -
Did Trudeau drop an ‘F-bomb’ in Parliament? Conservatives say he did: ‘Not fuddle-duddle’
Much has been made of the political legacy Justin Trudeau has to live up to as he follows in the footsteps of his father, a former prime minister.
04 May 2022 | Politics -
Canadians should be able to opt-out of government location tracking: ethics probe
A House of Commons committee says the federal government needs to tell Canadians if it’s collecting data about their movements, and allow them to opt-out of that co…
04 May 2022 | Politics -
‘Over my dead body’: B.C. government strongly condemns info in Roe v. Wade draft leak
The B.C. government is adamantly opposed to the plans raised in a leaked draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court to potentially overturn Roe v. Wade.
03 May 2022 | Politics -
Roe v. Wade draft ruling puts U.S. abortion rights in crosshairs. Here’s what to know
News that the U.S. Supreme Court may be close to overturning the constitutional right to abortion laid out in Roe v. Wade sent shockwaves throughout the country.
03 May 2022 | Politics -
Some Canadian MPs block motion to recognize ‘freedom of choice’ on abortion
An unclear number of Canadian MPs on Tuesday blocked a motion seeking to recognize “freedom of choice” for abortion in the House of Commons.
03 May 2022 | Politics -
Liberals, NDP maneuver to get fall economic statement to final vote
The government’s five-month-old fall economic statement should finally pass the House of Commons Wednesday following some procedural manoeuvring by the Liberals and…
03 May 2022 | Politics -
ANALYSIS: Why the Ontario election is one that all of Canada should watch
Voters in Ontario will pass judgment on the government of Doug Ford and the Progressive Conservatives on June 2 but the race that will officially begin Wednesday is…
03 May 2022 | Politics -
Liberal proposal to allow midnight Parliament sittings faces pushback
The Conservatives say the prime minister is trying to create “an audience, not an opposition” after the Liberal government introduced changes to allow midnight sitt…
02 May 2022 | Politics -
Six candidates make the final cut for Conservative leadership race
The Conservative party says six leadership candidates have cleared the final hurdles to getting their names on the ballot, while three others who did not make the c…
02 May 2022 | Politics -
Almost 20% of Ontario MPPs declared rental income in 2021
Almost one in five members of the Ontario provincial parliament declared rental income in 2021, according to public filings from the integrity commissioner.
02 May 2022 | Politics -
White House correspondents’ dinner: Biden mocks Trump, GOP and himself
The White House press corps’ annual gala returned Saturday night along with the roasting of Washington, the journalists who cover it and the man at the helm: Presid…
01 May 2022 | Politics -
Growing evidence points to GOP involvement in Trump election schemes
Rioters who smashed their way into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, succeeded – at least temporarily – in delaying the certification of Joe Biden‘s election to the…
01 May 2022 | Politics -
Downplaying risks from Ottawa trucker convoy after the fact is ‘revisionist’: minister
Political rhetoric downplaying the serious impacts of the so-called “Freedom Convoy” on Canada’s capital and the country’s security is both “reckless” and “revision…
01 May 2022 | Politics -
Roman Baber says Conservative leadership bid is about more than COVID lockdowns
Conservative leadership candidate Roman Baber said it would be an “error” to suggest his Conservative leadership bid is all about COVID-19 and lockdowns.
01 May 2022 | Politics -
‘Rolling Thunder’ convoy rally set to wind down after drawing large crowds to Ottawa
The Rolling Thunder rally is set to wind down Sunday after arriving in Ottawa Friday afternoon, bringing large crowds to a downtown core that’s still tense after th…
01 May 2022 | Politics -
Canada bumping up fees for permanent residency. Here’s what to know
It will become a tad more expensive to move to Canada with permanent residency come May.
30 Apr 2022 | Politics -
‘Rolling Thunder’ convoy expected to continue protest in Ottawa after arrests
The “Rolling Thunder” protest in Ottawa clashed with police leading to several arrests Friday after a small convoy of vehicles attempted to make their way toward Pa…
30 Apr 2022 | Politics -
North Korea could ‘preemptively’ use nuclear weapons if threatened, Kim warns
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned again that the North could preemptively use its nuclear weapons if threatened, as he praised his top army officials for a mas…
30 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Ontario election campaign approaches after Progressive Conservatives table budget as platform
Ontario’s election campaign has all but begun now that the Progressive Conservative government has adjourned the legislature following the tabling of their latest b…
29 Apr 2022 | Politics -
All-party committee calls on B.C. to replace RCMP with provincial police force
An all-party committee of B.C. MLAs is calling on the province to get rid of the RCMP in the province and replace it with a provincial police force.
28 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Canada’s security agencies drawing on lessons from ‘extraordinary’ convoy blockade
As another convoy rolls toward Ottawa, Canada’s public safety minister says the country’s intelligence agency has learned lessons from the weeks-long blockade of th…
27 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Heritage minister not worried Facebook will ban news over new bill
Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez is hitting back at Meta, which owns Facebook, after the company did not rule out banning Canadians from viewing and sharing news o…
27 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Tories ask RCMP to take a fresh look at Justin Trudeau’s Aga Khan vacation
The federal Conservatives want the RCMP to re-open an investigation that ended more than four years ago that examined whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau committe…
27 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Ministers provide few details to committee probing Liberals’ use of Emergencies Act
Justice Minister David Lametti repeatedly invoked cabinet confidentiality in his appearance before a special committee tasked with investigating the government’s us…
27 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Jean Charest vows to repeal consumer carbon price plan if elected Conservative leader
Conservative leadership candidate Jean Charest is promising to repeal the Liberal government’s consumer carbon price and eliminate the federal portion of the HST on…
26 Apr 2022 | Politics -
NDP try to position themselves as government in waiting ahead of Ontario election
TORONTO — Ontario’s New Democrats are heading into the upcoming election in their strongest position in decades, and are now setting out to accomplish what they cou…
26 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Widespread systemic racism in Canadian military ‘repulsing’ new recruits: report
Systemic racism is rampant throughout the Canadian Armed Forces, “repulsing” new recruits and putting at risk the country’s national security if jobs continue to go…
25 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Falcon fights past, looks to future in byelection
A byelection that could put new British Columbia Liberal leader Kevin Falcon back in the province’s legislature is a race about the past and future, say both the ca…
24 Apr 2022 | Politics