Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos said Tuesday federal officials will push back against any new protectionist effort by Donald Trump to impose tariffs on steel and alum...

WASHINGTON - The next few weeks are critical to tamping down a disturbing coronavirus surge, Dr. Anthony Fauci told Congress on Tuesday - issuing a plea for people to avoid crowds and wear masks just ...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals say the government will go back to using competitive bid processes to get protective equipment needed across the country due to COVID-19. Procurement Minister Anita ...

OTTAWA - Campaign ads on social media and digital media websites are coming close to rivalling television in spending on election advertising by some of Canada's major political parties, new reports s...

WASHINGTON - Congress is hitting an impasse on policing legislation, as key Senate Democrats on Tuesday opposed a Republican proposal as inadequate, leaving the parties to decide whether to take on th...

OTTAWA - A Conservative MP from Calgary has fired a summer student working in his office following allegations that someone stole campaign data from party leadership contender Erin O'Toole. Greg McLea...

OTTAWA - A Liberal pledge to provide eight extra weeks of payments through the cornerstone benefit for people who've lost all or nearly all their work due to the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to cost th...

OTTAWA - Two-thirds of Canadians don't want to relax physical distancing rules imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19, a new poll suggests. And even if they were relaxed, a strong majority w...

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says First Nations policing must be made an essential service - something Indigenous leaders have been pressing the federal government to do. The government ...

Black parents have always dealt with the added burden of talking to their children about racism but some are now struggling with whether to broach the topic sooner, says the founder of a par...