A “growing number” of international students are claiming asylum in order to stay in Canada after being allowed in on student visas, Immigration Minister Marc Miller says, calling it an “alarming trend.” Speaking to Mercedes Stephenson in an interview that aired Sunday on The West Block, Miller said those claimants are using the international student
The New Democrats confirmed Thursday they won’t help Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives topple the government next week, and intend to join the Bloc Québécois in blocking the Tories’ non-confidence motion. The planned votes from the Bloc and the New Democrats eliminate the possibility of a snap election, buying the Liberals more time to govern after a
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump announced an idea late last week to help alleviate California water shortages — and it involves British Columbia. “So you have millions of gallons of water pouring down from the north with the snow caps in Canada and all pouring down,” Trump said at a press conference at his Los Angeles
Demonstrators turned up at a rally in downtown Edmonton on Saturday to call on the federal government to take more action to “regularize” undocumented workers in Canada. “We’re here to really ask the government (to do more), particularly (Prime Minister) Justin Trudeau, who committed to looking into undocumented migrants,” said Marco Luciano, the director of
A small majority of Canadians want opposition parties to work together with the Liberals rather than trigger an early election, a new poll suggests, despite persistent low approval for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Motorcycle accident toronto today between Sept. 6 and 10, released Wednesday, surveyed Canadians’ thoughts on the new political
Every three days, a child who has been involved with Ontario’s care system dies. That’s according to provincial data obtained by Motorcycle accident toronto today using freedom of information laws that tracked the deaths of 354 children between 2020 and 2022 who were under the care of the government in some form.The information captures children who died
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 8, 2024 3:15 pm Updated September 8, 2024 3:18 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Bloc Québécois says its ready to wheel and deal with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s party for support during confidence votes now that the Liberal government’s confidence
Federal Conservatives and New Democrats agree on very little, but one point of consensus has emerged in recent months — labour issues will play a key role in the next federal election. Both parties have launched television ads that attempt to define Tory Leader Pierre Poilievre to union voters, a group politicians see as having
A corporate lawyer and a professor who has been a vocal critic of Alberta’s planned legislation on pronouns in schools are both now senators representing the province. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Saturday that Gov.-Gen. Mary Simon has named Daryl Fridhandler and Kristopher Wells to fill vacancies in the Senate.Wells is an outspoken LGBTQ2 community
In a seismic shift in B.C. politics, Kevin Falcon is attempting to suspend BC United’s campaign in the fall election. “This is the right thing to do for British Columbia,” Falcon said.He encouraged all BC United supporters to unite behind BC Conservative leader John Rustad and the “Conservative Party of BC to prevent another four