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Feds and Ontario also doling out $5B for 1,000 EV plant-related jobs, or $5M per job. When the federal government said earlier this week its investment of $1.7 million in a Brampton, Ont., pasta plant would create 10 jobs, some…
Despite Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s call for businesses to “fire your…
Are you part of the estimated 6.5 million Canadians who don’t have a family…
House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus is facing criticism over language used in an…
The pandemic may be waning and restrictions in the rear-view mirror, but this week…
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Just over a third of British Columbians who voted for the BC Liberals in 2020 are…
Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) telephone random survey of…
I was not a big believer in re-opening the constitution, until Prime Minister…
The annual inflation rate slowed to 2.7 per cent in April, Statistics Canada said…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Philadelphia today, on his first trip south of the…
As with stars about to go supernova and die an explosive death, sure signs portend…
As Mayor of Brampton, Canada’s fastest-growing large city, I am privileged to…
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…
I’m not sure why Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre wrote an entire op-ed in the…
The appointment of a “multimedia expert” committee to review the future of…
In retrospect, the turnaround — and just how fast it happened — is difficult to…
No one knows what the ballot-box question will be in the next election, whenever it…
That was an attention grabber: The Angus Reid Institute put out an analysis last week…
I’m guessing no one can tell me off-hand how many programs to support Canadians, and…
Antisemitism has imposed a pervasive and pernicious double standard on the…
The Charter of Rights, already reeling under Justin Trudeau, would take a final…
Mark Carney made a speech last week and many people had plenty to say about it.…
So close and yet so far. That was the story in the 2015 federal election for the NDP,…
Four people killed, including a baby and his grandparents. A horrific…
Since formally endorsing the United Nations International Decade for People of…
When former columnist Sabrina Maddeaux announced last week that she was suspending…
The stereotypical “Ottawa” bureaucrat arouses as much sympathy with the public…
You don’t have to go far back — 2012, or four elections ago — to find a time when…
Topping the list is the threat to society posed by disinformation and artificial…
Acadie-Bathurst MP Serge Cormier says he can no longer defend his government on the…
Canadian jobs are being lost to temporary foreign workers because of…
The federal government is launching what it calls its “national action plan” to…
When MPs file back in to the House of Commons on Tuesday, it will be for the final…
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and others have…
The next federal election is 18 months away, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has…
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Monday he is…
Liberal MP John Aldag has announced he’ll resign his seat later this month, with the…
Voters in the rural Nova Scotia provincial electoral district of Pictou West are…
Lawyers are questioning Canada’s approach to screening visa applications for people…
Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne says it’s “untenable” for “smaller…
Canada’s Ambassador to the United States says she’s “not aware” of any plans for Prime…
Voters in a Toronto riding that has become a Liberal stronghold are…
Provinces and territories should not stop pushing for drug decriminalization…
New Democrats say they’re rolling out a new line of attack against the…
‘We’ve talked for 40 years about climate change … and we’ve done very, very little…
Every two weeks until the November Presidential Election in the US, I’ll post…
Catherine Tait says payout of bonuses will have little real effect on broadcaster’s…
New data from Nanos and the Globe and Mail suggests Canadians find neither Justin…
A Toronto Conservative MP addressed the crowd and a video of Conservative…
Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks has rejected Toronto’s request to decriminalize…
Federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has voted against the environment…
Canada’s industry minister says Ottawa is “considering all measures” after the…
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says allegations his government house leader brought…
A former Conservative is accusing party brass of blocking him from running to be…
Following Treasury Board’s decree that federal public service workers would have…
Toronto city councillor Jaye Robinson has died. Her office confirmed Friday that…
Eight in 10 Canadians back a woman’s right to an abortion and two in three don’t…
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is declining to take a definitive…
Federal Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard says the Trudeau government…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California legislator backed by former President…
The presidential primaries that Joe Biden and Donald Trump have already clinched…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Fresh off his role in a failed attempt to topple the House…
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Abortion access advocates in Nevada said Monday that they have…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley is perhaps the highest-profile Republican in the…
NEW YORK (AP) — Witness testimony in Donald Trump’s hush money trial could enter…
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The world’s leading artificial intelligence companies…
WASHINGTON (AP) — As president, Donald Trump imposed a 25% tariff on foreign…
CANNES, France (AP) — Donald Trump’s reelection campaign called “The Apprentice,”…
NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial cleared the courtroom of…
Canada’s truck transportation sector faces significant economic and legal…
Amidst the controversies over the “TikTok ban” is the struggle between free speech…
Literacy practitioners used to have access to a once robust national adult…
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Inger Hansen (1929−2013), Canada’s first information commissioner, knew something…
The Ontario Liberals had hopes they could win last week’s provincial byelection in…
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Canada’s spies have been busy this year. There have been accusations of foreign…
NDP MP Charlie Angus is preparing to wrap up a 20-year career in federal…
Hours after Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was expelled from the House of…
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