Tag Archives: Federal Politics
Explained: Why the MMIWG commission invoked 'Canadian genocide'
The national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women was unequivocal in its assessment: "This is genocide." Chief commissioner Marion Buller was greeted by cheers when she spoke these ...
Jun 03, 2019
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
Senate passes Liberal gun bill that will expand background checks for gun-buyers
OTTAWA - The Senate has passed a Liberal government bill expanding the scope of background checks on those who want to acquire guns.Question about an applicant's history will cover their entire lifeti...
May 28, 2019
'We've created a stir:' Nanaimo-Ladysmith Green MP sworn in
NANAIMO - Only the second Green Party MP ever is now officially representing the Nanaimo-Ladysmith riding. Paul Manly, who won the May federal byelection by a sizable margin, was sworn in as a member ...
May 27, 2019 Paul Manly being sworn in by Green Party leader Elizabeth May. (Facebook)
Canadian retaliatory tariffs lifted as U.S. kills steel aluminum penalties
OTTAWA - Canada collected more than $1.27 billion from the retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products over the last year and all of it will go to the Canadian steel and aluminum industry even though the ste...
May 22, 2019
Diplomat, peacekeeper: Saskatchewan First Nation awaits Poundmaker exoneration
When Milton Tootoosis thinks about the planned exoneration of Chief Poundmaker, he breaks down.A headman and councillor at Poundmaker Cree Nation, about a two-hour drive from Saskatoon, Tootoosis says...
May 20, 2019