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CMHC: 4.8M new homes needed over next 10 years to restore affordability
That would represent around double the current pace of home construction in Canada, with 90,760 housing starts recorded so…
June 19, 2025
Carney defends decision to restore diplomacy with India, calls it ‘foundational’ but CSIS says India still poses foreign interference threat
The prime minister still refuses to say whether he raised the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in a…
June 19, 2025
Budget officer expects ramped-up defence spending to deepen deficit, raises questions about Carney’s unclear fiscal targets
Giroux said in an interview Thursday that the lack of a spring budget leaves him unable to offer…
June 19, 2025
Carney contentious major projects bill clears committee
A House of Commons panel sat from Wednesday afternoon to after midnight reviewing Bill C-5 in a hurried…
June 19, 2025
Canada announces measures to retaliate against U.S. steel, aluminum tariffs
Trump imposed a 25 per cent tariff on all steel and aluminum imports in March, and hiked that…
June 19, 2025
Australia and Canada next in line after UK to strike defence deal with EU
The EU and Australia announced on Wednesday they will start talks for a defence and security pact, with…
June 18, 2025
Average family to save $280 per year from Liberal tax cut: PBO
At the time, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s plan pitched annual savings of up to $825 per dual-income family.…
June 18, 2025
Tim Powers: Conservatives could use some outside perspective
It is hard not to feel like the Conservative Party has lost its bearings a bit. Prime Minister…
June 18, 2025
Bloc Québécois supply management bill moves swiftly through Parliament
The bill, which now awaits royal assent, effectively prohibits Canada’s foreign affairs minister from making any commitment in…
June 18, 2025
Major projects bill moving ahead despite pushback from Indigenous groups, MP
It appears Bill C-5 will be pushed through the House this week with the support of both Liberal…
June 18, 2025
‘I didn’t get into politics for my pension’: Conservative MP who stepped down so Poilievre can run for seat
“I didn’t get into politics for my pension,” Kurek told CTV Power Play Vassy Kapelos in an interview…
June 18, 2025
CSIS report: India, Iran using crime groups to target opponents in Canada
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service said it had detected “a concerning trend of states leveraging organized crime networks…
June 18, 2025
Carney steered G7 through ‘diplomatic Rockies’…
Prime Minister Mark Carney pulled off a successful, focused performance as host of the G7 summit in Kananaskis,…
June 18, 2025
Mark Carney’s conversion from eco warrior to oil and gas champion
Once considered the Bank of England’s greenest-ever governor, Mark Carney has seemingly undergone a Damascene conversion.
June 18, 2025
Jamie Sarkonak: Carney demanding power to suspend all federal laws…what will he use it for?
Federal fast-tracking bill (Bill C-5) would allow cabinet to exempt favoured companies from any federal law, opening a…
June 17, 2025
Bill C-5 grants ‘superpowers’ never before seen in ‘environmental law history’: Bloc critic Patrick Bonin
The One Canadian Economy Act is being rammed through the House via a ‘non-democratic’ process and would result…
June 17, 2025
Althia Raj: Carney Bill C-5 naked power grab that tramples democracy
Why else would he bring in legislation that runs roughshod over democratic norms in this country, sidelines experts…
June 17, 2025
Analysis: Russia unprepared to help strategic ally Iran…
Russia and Iran are both heavily sanctioned countries united in their criticism of the West. But analysts say…
June 17, 2025
Healthy Albertans will have to pay for COVID-19 vaccine next fall
Only Albertans who are immunocompromised, in assisted living or on social programs can get free shots, the government…
June 17, 2025
Poilievre hits personal low on preferred PM tracking
The gap between the Carney Liberals and the Poilievre Conservatives continues with the Liberals opening a 12 percentage…
June 17, 2025