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Singh tells Conservatives to back off as House prepares for first pharmacare vote
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh rises during during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, April 29, 2024. Singh is warning Conservatives to back down from attempts to block pharmacare legislation, as the House of Commons prepares to vote on the bill for the first time. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
opinion
It’s time to retire subsidies to rich seniors
The Editorial Board
politics
Nearly half of Canadians have negative opinion of latest Liberal budget, poll suggests
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland and cabinet ministers pose for a photo before the tabling of the federal budget on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
politics
Liberals buck global trend in ‘doubling down’ on foreign aid, as sector urges G7 push
Minister of International Development Ahmed Hussen rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, March 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
opinion
The Liberals move from borrow and spend, to tax and spend
The Editorial Board
politics
Canada announces more sanctions on Belarus as opposition leader visits Ottawa
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya pose for cameras as they shake hands before a meeting, Monday, April 15, 2024 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Trudeau says he doesn’t understand why NDP is pulling back from carbon price support
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tours a modular home construction facility before making a housing announcement in Calgary, Alta., Friday, April 5, 2024. Trudeau says he doesn't understand why the federal New Democrats are pulling back their support on the carbon price. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
politics
Conservative immigration policy should focus on the goal of citizenship, Tory critic says
Conservative Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship critic Tom Kmiec rises during Question Period, Friday, October 27, 2023 in Ottawa. Kmiec says immigration policy should be focused on the ultimate goal of citizenship.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
canada
Liberals accuse Conservatives of using AI for amendments to jobs bill as votes loom
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
opinion
Pay CEOs for performance, not failure
The Editorial Board
politics
Freeland doesn’t rule out new taxes on wealthy or corporate Canada in upcoming budget
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland participates in a news conference to announce a new youth mental health fund at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
opinion
The Liberals are sleepwalking through an increasingly dangerous world
The Editorial Board
opinion
Let the foreign-interference inquiry do its job, Prime Minister
The Editorial Board
canada
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces $2.4-billion to build Canada’s AI capacity
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during an announcement on innovation for economic growth in advance of the 2024 federal budget in Montreal, Sunday, April 7, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
canada
Israel advocates ask court to freeze Canadian funding for UNRWA, citing Hamas claims
<p>Israel advocates are asking a Federal Court to reverse Ottawa's decision to restore funding the main United Nations agency supporting Palestinians. Commissioner General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Philippe Lazzarini talks to the reporters after his hearing by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Swiss National Council, in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi</p>
canada
Justin Trudeau announces national school food program to feed 400,000 more kids a year
Prime Minster Justin Trudeau chats with children in child care at Don Christian Recreation Centre in Surrey, B.C., Thursday, March 28, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin
canada
Premiers making ‘political hay’ out of carbon pricing increase, Justin Trudeau says
Premier Andrew Furey holds a press conference in St. John's on Wednesday March 20, 2024 addressing the need of an injunction following the demonstration by hundreds of Fish Harvesters and their supporters who shut down the Confederation Building on budget day. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
report on business
Canada’s coal exports up again in 2023 as government’s promised ban elusive
Canadian exports of thermal coal increased another seven per cent last year reaching the highest level in almost a decade. Gantry cranes are shown as a container ship is docked at port in Vancouver, on Wednesday, July 19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
opinion
Immigration is more than a numbers game
The Editorial Board
politics
Conservative premiers are lying about carbon pricing: Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau listens to a speaker during a news conference for a housing announcement in Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, March 27, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
opinion
The Liberals’ dithering on defence is indefensible
The Editorial Board
politics
Liberals raced to secure concessions from NDP as Gaza motion threatened to reveal deep party divisions
A Palestinian man retrieves belongings from the site of Israeli strikes on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 26, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
report on business
Economists defend Liberals’ carbon price as political rhetoric heats up
Dozens of Canadian economists are issuing a defence of Canada's price on carbon, as the government faces increased pressure from opposition Conservatives and provincial premiers to pause a planned increase to the levy. A motorist fills up the tank of a vehicle at a Costco gasoline station on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, in Thornton, Colo. &nbsp;THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/David Zalubowski
politics
Liberal MPs call on the Finance Minister to fund disability benefit in coming budget
Dozens of Liberal members of Parliament are calling on the finance minister to set aside money for the Canada Disability Benefit in the federal budget, to be introduced April 16. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
opinion
Ottawa is not the parent of the provinces
The Editorial Board
canada
Saskatchewan legislature members debate cost-of-living pressures post-2024 budget
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe's government faced questions Thursday from the Opposition over not offering any cost-of-living relief in the budget. Minister of Finance Donna Harpauer presents the 2024-2025 Saskatchewan budget in Regina, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
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Liberal MP decries ‘political games’ over criticism of Conservatives on Ukraine
<p>Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Rob Oliphant rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa on Friday, June 7, 2019. <i>One of the Liberals' point people on foreign policy says framing the Tories as soft on Ukraine isn't helping the country fend off Russia's invasion.</i><br> <i>Toronto MP Oliphant is parliamentary secretary to Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, a job that has him travel on her behalf to multiple events at home and abroad. </i>THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand</p>
politics
NDP requests commissioner investigate second lobbying firm operating out of office owned by Poilievre’s top adviser
Chief of staff to former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper, Jenni Byrne waits to appear before the Procedure and House Affairs committee meeting Thursday, May 11, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
canada
Poilievre threatens no confidence vote on carbon price, Guilbeault calls him a liar
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre addresses his caucus on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
canada
Auditor-General report says footprint of First Nations policing failing to grow
Auditor General of Canada Karen Hogan speaks during a press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa, on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
canada
Nova Scotia grants Northern Pulp mill one-year extension for environmental assessment
The Northern Pulp mill in Abercrombie Point, N.S., is viewed from Pictou, N.S., on Dec. 13, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
politics
Tories promise to force Parliament votes to spike carbon-pricing increase
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre asks a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. Conservative commentator Andrew Lawton is set to release a biography of Poilievre, while Paul Wells has written a book about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's time in power.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
opinion
A deficit of choice for the Liberals as budget day approaches
The Editorial Board
opinion
Data Dive with Nik Nanos: Should he stay or should he go? Justin Trudeau has a decision to make
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NDP to introduce bill calling for ban of coal exports as Canadian output booms
NDP MP for Victoria Laurel Collins makes her way to the podium to speak during a news conference, in Ottawa, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. Canadian exports of the kind of coal used to make electricity more than quadrupled between 2019 and 2022 even as the Liberals have promised to work on banning the exports completely. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld