5 h. ago Liberal Airport Privatization Scheme Should Be Grounded: Canada’s Flight Attendants

OTTAWA, Ontario — CUPE’s Airline Division, which represents 18,500 flight attendants across Canada, is pushing back against the Liberal government’s proposal for increased privatization of Canadian airports. “Privatizing airports will put good union jobs at risk and increase costs for travellers at the very moment our jobs and services are being threatened by President Trump’s […]

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22 h. ago Mark Carney expected to be sworn in as prime minister Friday: source

Carney will replace Justin Trudeau after winning a race for the Liberal leadership on Sunday, and will take the reins of government amid a growing trade war with the U.S.

Politics

22 h. ago Mark Carney expected to be sworn in as prime minister Friday: sources

Carney will replace Justin Trudeau after winning a race for the Liberal leadership on Sunday, and will take the reins of government amid a growing trade war with the U.S.

Politics

24 h. ago GOLDSTEIN: Stop believing anything Liberals say about carbon taxes

Trusting the Liberals on carbon taxes is like Charlie Brown trusting Lucy is going to hold the football for him. How many times are Canadians going to fall for the same gag worthy of a comic strip but not of the government of Canada? Consider their record: Liberal leader and prime-minister designate Mark Carney, having […]

Economics

28 h. ago Liberal government unsure how to repeal April 1 carbon tax hike

Ministers aren't exactly clear on how to fulfill Carney's promise

Politics

52 h. ago Ontario ‘won’t back down,’ Ford says as Trump calls for significant tariff hike

Ontario “won’t back down” after U.S. President Donald Trump called for a further tariff hike in response to the province’s 25 per cent export tax on electricity.

Economics

56 h. ago Lorne Gunter: Advantageous for Liberal Leader Mark Carney to call an election quickly

The Liberals will also jump early so Carney doesn’t have to govern long, doesn’t have to face weeks or months of withering questioning and criticism in the House of Commons.

Politics

67 h. ago Bell: Alberta's Premier Smith drops a bomb on Doug Ford and Team Canada

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith tells Ontario Premier Doug Ford to take a hike over a tax on oil and gas bound for the U.S.

Events

3 d. ago ‘We will get rid of that carbon tax’ when feds drop requirement, Eby says

This comes after new Liberal leader Mark Carney said he would immediately eliminate the federal government’s carbon price on consumers and stop the capital gains tax increase.

Economics

3 d. ago ‘Sooner rather than later’: Experts in Manitoba, nationwide predict prompt federal election

Now that Canada's governing Liberal party has chosen a new leader in economist Mark Carney, experts say Canadians should expect a federal election to be called soon.

Politics

3 d. ago Trudeau says that ’Canada is not a given’ in farewell speech amid Trump threats

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that freedom, democracy and Canada “are not a given” in his farewell speech to Liberals just before former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney was announced as the new Liberal leader. This comes as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens Canada with economic annexation and places tariffs on Canadian […]

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4 d. ago Federal Liberals hand Quebec’s Davie shipyard new $3.25B icebreaker deal

The federal Liberal government made a major funding announcement for the Quebec shipbuilding industry Sunday just hours before Liberals were to vote to pick a new leader.

Economics

6 d. ago Ottawa outlaws another 179 types of firearms, announces classification review

OTTAWA — The Liberal government has outlawed another 179 firearm varieties, adding to the list of prohibited guns it considers too dangerous for use by hunters or sport shooters. The government says all current and future variants of the newly listed firearms are prohibited, whether or not they are named in regulations. Since May 2020, […]

Events

9 d. ago Tasha Kheiriddin: To tackle tariffs, Canada needs a unity government

We've had governments made up of both Liberals and Conservatives during wars past. Trump's trade war calls for another one, right now

Politics

1 week ago Diaspora groups call on Canada to activate foreign agent registry ahead of federal election

Parliament passed legislation last year to create the registry but the Liberal government has yet to explain exactly how it will work or appoint a commissioner

Politics

1 week ago Alberta Budget 2025: Education funding to see a 4.5% increase, hike in education property tax

Alberta plans to hike the education property tax in Budget 2025 with the increase covering more than one-third of the operating expenses for education. Finance Minister Nate Horner tabled the province’s 2025-2026 budget on Thursday, and Alberta Education will see a 4.5 per cent increase for the year with a total operating budget of $9.9 […]

Economics

2 w. ago Canada’s deportations hit highest level in nearly a decade, data shows

By late November, Canada's removal numbers had reached their highest point since at least 2015, when the governing Liberals led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came to power.

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2 w. ago Trudeau government wastes $10.7 billion this year on programs that don’t work: Report

Canada’s Liberal government could save $10.7 billion this fiscal year alone by eliminating eight ineffective federal spending programs, says a new report by the fiscally conservative Fraser Institute. The study, “Identifying Potential Savings from Specific Reductions to Federal Government Spending,” by Jake Fuss and Grady Munro, cites eight federal programs where it says “government spending […]

Politics

2 w. ago Ontario Liberals ask Auditor General to review government ads during election campaign

Ontario's Liberal party has written to the Auditor General asking for a determination on whether government ads have essentially become election campaign ads for Doug Ford.

Politics

2 w. ago Former Liberal minister Randy Boissonnault’s pandemic startup banned from government contracts

Some competitors welcomed the decision for clarifying what procurement officials consider unacceptable in a contractor

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