Politics

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole reversed his predecessor's position on foreign aid spending on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, saying that if elected, a Conservative government wouldn't cut that budget.

Officials in many Canadian provinces are tightening anti-pandemic restrictions to keep St. Patrick's Day from becoming a COVID-19 super-spreader event.

The federal government is looking beyond COVID-19 to prepare for the next large-scale calamity — be it another pandemic, a tsunami or cyberattack.

Alberta's energy minister has promised people will be able to say "no" to coal mining in the Rocky Mountains during upcoming consultations.

Alberta’s energy minister is defending her government’s attack on a children’s movie about Bigfoot that she says is "quite offensive" and carries an inaccurate anti-oil message.

Former Conservative leadership candidate and longtime party stalwart Peter MacKay won't attend the party's policy convention this week.

Green officials said they’ve never seen polling numbers like the ones they’re seeing in certain core Toronto seats. 

"What can we best do to help Enbridge in your desire to continue operating the line?" Liberal MP Anthony Housefather asked a company executive Tuesday.

Canada and Germany have signed an agreement to team up on green energy innovation and trade, with an eye to hydrogen as the market for the low-carbon fuel heats up.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau waved away suggestions on Monday, March 15, 2021, that Canada is prepared to explore reopening its shared border with the United States any time soon.

Two Quebec nurses have been suspended without pay after allegedly mocking an Indigenous woman at a public clinic in Joliette, Que., northeast of Montreal.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered reassurances on the safety of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, March 15, 2021, as the list of European countries suspending its use due to safety concerns grew.

Bill C-204 seeks to halt only the export of plastic waste labelled “for final disposal,” however environmental groups note Canadian plastic is often mislabelled as recyclable and gets shipped to countries that lack the proper infrastructure to effectively recycle mixed or contaminated plastic waste.

NDP Leader Rachel Notley says, if passed, the bill would permanently cancel all coal leases on so-called Category 1 and 2 lands and stop planned changes to water allocations in the area.

The Manitoba government has introduced a bill that proposes tougher fines and possible imprisonment for people interfering with critical infrastructure.