Federal Politics

Trans Mountain pipeline expansion: Five things to know about the project

OTTAWA - The federal cabinet's long-awaited decision on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is due Tuesday. Here are five things to know about the project. 1. What is it? There is an existing, 1,150...

Jun 17, 2019

Liberals reject most Tory amendments to environmental assessment bill

OTTAWA - The federal government is rejecting most of the amendments proposed by Conservative senators to Bill C-69. A senior government official speaking on the condition of anonymity because he wasn'...

Jun 12, 2019

Canada's treatment of Indigenous women not a 'genocide': Andrew Scheer

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says "genocide" isn't the right word to describe what's been done to generations of Indigenous women and girls in Canada. Speaking on Parliament Hill, S...

Jun 10, 2019

Liberals to announce plan to ban single-use plastics as early as 2021

OTTAWA - The federal government will announce a plan Monday to ban harmful single-use plastics such as drinking straws as early as 2021. A government official with knowledge of the plan says no l...

Jun 09, 2019 Plastic straws are among the key items set to be banned.

Senate committee says oil tanker ban off B.C. targets Alberta, divides country

OTTAWA - A Senate committee says the Trudeau government's bill to ban oil tanker traffic off British Columbia's northern coast will divide the country, inflame separatist sentiment...

Jun 05, 2019

Trudeau says carbon tax can help deal with extreme weather, Alberta fires

VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal carbon tax will help deal with extreme weather events such as fires in northern Alberta. Trudeau says Canadians are seeing the impact of...

Jun 04, 2019

Explained: Why the MMIWG commission invoked 'Canadian genocide'

The national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women was unequivocal in its assessment: "This is genocide." Chief commissioner Marion Buller was greeted by cheers when she spoke these ...

Jun 03, 2019

Alberta passes law to kill provincial carbon tax, federal tax looms

EDMONTON - Alberta's consumer carbon tax is dead, setting the stage for a showdown with Ottawa over the imposition of a new one.The province cancelled its tax on gasoline at the pumps and on home heat...

May 30, 2019

Senate passes Liberal gun bill that will expand background checks for gun-buyers

OTTAWA - The Senate has passed a Liberal government bill expanding the scope of background checks on those who want to acquire guns.Question about an applicant's history will cover their entire lifeti...

May 28, 2019

Canadian retaliatory tariffs lifted as U.S. kills steel aluminum penalties

OTTAWA - Canada collected more than $1.27 billion from the retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products over the last year and all of it will go to the Canadian steel and aluminum industry even though the ste...

May 22, 2019