Federal Politics

North American trade pact could be passed before year's end, Pelosi says

WASHINGTON - The most powerful Democrat in the United States Congress says she believes members of Congress could vote on the new North American free-trade agreement before the end of the ye...

Nov 14, 2019

Alberta independence ideas would increase costs, says Calgary mayor

Calgary's mayor says ideas being floated to give Alberta more independence from the federal government would be costly. Naheed Nenshi says wresting control from Ottawa over things like ...

Nov 13, 2019

Kenney says proposal to pull out of CPP due to hostility from others

KANANASKIS, Alta. - Premier Jason Kenney is defending his idea that Alberta could pull out of the federal pension plan by saying times have changed. He says bold action is nee...

Nov 12, 2019

Parliament set to reconvene with Speaker election on Dec. 5

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will lay out priorities for his new minority government on Dec. 5. The Prime Minister's Office says that is the day the House of Commons will convene for the fir...

Nov 12, 2019

Kenney announces 'Fair Deal Panel' to advance Alberta's interests

RED DEER, Alta. - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announced the creation of a panel that will examine ways to make his province more independent of Ottawa in a speech to the conservative Manning Centre o...

Nov 09, 2019

Alberta will study already 'compelling case' for its exit from CPP: Kenney

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says there's a "compelling case" to be made for his province to exit the half-century-old Canada Pension Plan - an idea sure to face inc...

Nov 07, 2019

Green Party leader Elizabeth May steps down as party leader

OTTAWA - The Nanaimo-Ladysmith Green Party MP is now without a figurehead in the lead.Elizabeth May formally stepped down as leader of the Green Party of Canada on Monday, Nov. 4, following through on...

Nov 04, 2019 Elizabeth May stepped down as leader of the Green Party early Monday morning at a time when the Party has the most MP's in their history. (File photo/The Canadian Press)

New Senate group forms to push regional interests in a fractured Parliament

OTTAWA - Eleven Canadian senators are forming a new caucus that aims to make sure regional issues get their due in the upper chamber. A statement from the newly christened Canadian Sena...

Nov 04, 2019

NewsAlert: Trade Minister Jim Carr diagnosed with cancer, says 'spirits are high'

OTTAWA - International Trade Minister Jim Carr says he has been diagnosed with a form of blood cancer. Carr says in a statement that he has begun treatment for the disease, which he says has...

Oct 25, 2019

Liberals: TMX pipeline could fund $500 million a year in clean energy projects

OTTAWA - The Liberal government expects to get $500 million a year out of the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline and is promising to spend it all on cleaner sources of energy and projects that...

Oct 24, 2019