Canada

Alberta passes law to kill provincial carbon tax, federal tax looms

EDMONTON - Alberta's consumer carbon tax is dead, setting the stage for a showdown with Ottawa over the imposition of a new one.The province cancelled its tax on gasoline at the pumps and on home heat...

May 30, 2019

MPs demand more help as mental-health issues approach 'crisis' on Canada's farms

OTTAWA - Lawmakers are calling on the federal government to better support farmers who they say are especially vulnerable to mental-health issues like stress, depression ...

May 30, 2019

Canada wanted China to stop 'inaccurate' talk about justice system in Huawei case

OTTAWA - Global Affairs officials wanted Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland to tell a senior Chinese Communist Party official in December that China should stop spreading "...

May 30, 2019

Federal procurement minister wishes Irving hadn't threatened reporters

OTTAWA - Canada's federal procurement minister says she wishes the Irving company and its lawyers hadn't threatened to sue reporters who were asking questions about the company's federal shipbuilding ...

May 30, 2019

Bill proposes reference to rights of Indigenous Peoples in citizenship oath

OTTAWA - New Canadians will soon swear to honour the rights of Indigenous Peoples if a proposed legislative change is adopted. Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen has introduced a bill that contain...

May 30, 2019

Canadian garbage will depart Philippines for Vancouver later today

OTTAWA - Sixty-nine shipping containers of fetid Canadian trash are being loaded onto a container ship in the Philippine port of Subic today. Philippine foreign secretary Teddy Locsin posted video and...

May 30, 2019

Canada to align 'very much' with American timeline for new NAFTA: PM

OTTAWA - Canada has fired the starting gun on the race to ratify the new North American free-trade pact - but the United States is setting the pace. When it comes to approving the new U...

May 30, 2019

Committee blasts Zuckerberg, Sandberg for 'abhorrent' snub of summons

OTTAWA - A panel of international politicians vented anger at Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg on Tuesday after the Facebook executives snubbed their summons to appear at the interna...

May 30, 2019

Trudeau to raise abortion laws with Pence amid final push to ratify new NAFTA

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence are expected to discuss the ratification process for the new North American trade agreement when they meet today in Ottawa. Bu...

May 30, 2019

Baloney Meter: A lot of baloney in Scheer statements on energy independence

OTTAWA - "The fact is Canada has more than enough oil - not only to displace imports from ... rogue states, but to put an end to all foreign oil imports once and for all. That is part of my ...

May 30, 2019