Canada

Running for Conservative leadership not about ticking boxes: Leslyn Lewis

OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Leslyn Lewis is the only woman in the race, the only immigrant, the only visible minority. Though she could seize on those qualities to differentiate he...

Jun 02, 2020

Liberals to ask MPs to OK $87 billion in new spending, fuelled by pandemic aid

OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals are asking parliamentarians to approve $60 billion in spending on a key COVID-19 emergency benefit for workers. The Liberals had expected the Canada Emergency Response Be...

Jun 02, 2020

Ontario mulls collection of race-based COVID-19 data; some argue it's essential

TORONTO - The importance of understanding the role race might play in the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted Ontario to look at regulatory changes to make collection of such data provincewide, the governm...

Jun 02, 2020

Fredette presents risk to public safety, correctional documents suggest

ST-JEROME, Que. - A Quebec man found guilty of two murders poses a high risk to public safety as well as a risk of evading authorities, correctional documents filed at his sentencing hearing suggest. ...

Jun 02, 2020

House of Commons can manage virtual voting securely if MPs want it, Speaker says

OTTAWA - House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota says he is comfortable the technology is in place to safely allow MPs to vote remotely during the hybrid Parliament sittings. Rota tells the procedure an...

Jun 02, 2020

Israeli, Chinese policies 'concern' Canada, undermine freedom, says Trudeau

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has waded into the foreign policies of Israel and China, expressing concerns over separate but controversial positions that he says undermine peac...

Jun 02, 2020

Feds continue to add to COVID-19 supply stores to meet future demand

OTTAWA - The federal government continues to add to the supply of personal protective agreement and related medical equipment needed to fight COVID-19. The prime minister says the race to accumulate w...

Jun 02, 2020

Press pass offering little defence for journalists caught in the U.S. fray

WASHINGTON - Press passes and television cameras, once powerful emblems of neutral non-combatants, are proving no defence for journalists covering the widespread public unrest in the United State...

Jun 02, 2020

As U.S. boils over, Trudeau says systemic racism in Canada must be addressed

OTTAWA - As long-standing anger about discrimination boils over in the United States, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians must recognize there is systemic racism in their own country. Speakin...

Jun 02, 2020

Federal delay of MMIWG action plan sparks dismay ahead of inquiry anniversary

OTTAWA - Disheartened, disappointed, disbelieving. But still determined. Indigenous women and leaders fighting to end violence against Indigenous women in Canada say that's how they feel about Wednesd...

Jun 02, 2020