Green Party Leader Elizabeth May said a top-secret briefing on foreign interference this week did not allow her to access key intelligence documents. Former special rapporteur David Johnston had released an initial report on alleged meddling in Canadian elections in May, along with a confidential annex of evidence that he said opposition party leaders who
Treasury Board President Anita Anand is tasking federal cabinet ministers with finding $15.4 billion in government spending cuts by a deadline of Oct. 2. A spokesperson for Anand says the government wants to refocus underutilized funds on critical services such as health care — and it doesn’t expect to cut any public-service jobs.Monica Granados says
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 28, 2023 8:43 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size A member of Parliament says he’s calling on the federal government to halt funding to the Calgary Stampede. Liberal member George Chahal, who represents Calgary Skyview, says the Stampede has lost people’s trust.A partial settlement was
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A trustee from the Upper Canada District School Board is facing a second potential censure following remarks he made in the media about being censured for wearing “blue jeans.” A statement from the board sent out Tuesday evening said that the board of trustees “strenuously objects” to
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuffled his cabinet Wednesday in an attempt to put a new face on his minority government that has been plagued by issues recently. The cabinet shuffle comes at a time when a July Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Motorcycle accident toronto today suggested 37 per cent of Canadians said they would vote for
Senior officials within Correctional Service Canada (CSC) and Public Safety Canada said the then-looming transfer of serial killer Paul Bernardo to a medium-security prison needed to be kept “low profile” and under a “close hold” just days before it happened, internal emails show. The newly-released emails also show the CSC advising Public Safety Canada that
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s office is tight-lipped over a photo of one of his Opposition critics posing with two people wearing slogans against measures addressing sexual orientation and gender identity in schools. The image, shared to social media, surfaced not long after Poilievre distanced himself from another photo in which he stood next to a
Olivia Chow has been elected as Toronto’s new mayor following a crowded byelection on Monday night. But who is Olivia Chow? The 66-year-old was most notably a former NDP MP in the later part of her career and was the first Asian-born woman to be elected a city councillor for Toronto in 1991 where she
Russian troops deployed to protect the capital withdrew Sunday after mercenary forces beat a retreat. But the short-lived revolt could have long-term consequences for President Vladimir Putin’s two-decade hold on power and his war in Ukraine. Putin’s image as a tough leader had already been badly bruised by the Ukraine war, which has dragged on
Premier Danielle Smith took to Twitter Wednesday to announce that she had been suspended from posting on Facebook for a “few days” – pointing a finger at “big tech and government censorship.” In her tweet, Smith wrote: “Big tech and government censorship is becoming a danger to free speech around the world … As the