The New Democrats will bring forward a non-confidence motion to bring down the Liberals in the next sitting of the House of Commons, New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh said Friday. In the latest blow to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s struggling Liberal government, Singh wrote a letter......
31 December, 2024 No comment
OTTAWA — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has lost his top minister. Chrystia Freeland, the deputy prime minister and finance minister, resigned hours before she was due to deliver a major speech about the country’s finances — and to share the Liberal government’s fiscal plan......
31 December, 2024 No comment
As Parliamentarians of all stripes head home for the holidays, their hands are likely full of gifts (maybe a bottle of Speaker’s Scotch or Canadian whisky?) and their heads full of questions about what will happen to the federal government. They aren’t the only ones, as Canadians are......
31 December, 2024 No comment
Conservative Party of Canada Leader Pierre Poilievre suggested today it could be unconstitutional to prorogue parliament at this time. “The reason is that if you don’t have the confidence of the house of commons you cannot govern, under our 800-year tradition,” he said. “I would......
31 December, 2024 No comment
Provincial offence charges against Maxime Bernier, leader of the People’s Party of Canada, related to a large anti-lockdown rally in Niagara Falls at the height of the pandemic have been dropped. In Provincial Offences Court in Welland on Tuesday, prosecutor Alexis Fyke requested charges be......
02 July, 2024 No comment
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal party has suffered a major upset in a special election for a Toronto district it has held for three decades, raising doubts about Trudeau’s leadership ahead of next year’s general election. Elections Canada reported Tuesday that......
02 July, 2024 No comment
For most people, receiving the fewest votes in an election would be devastating. Most people aren’t Félix-Antoine Hamel, who achieved a first in Canadian electoral history on Monday: he received no votes at all in a contested riding. Hamel was one of a few dozen......
02 July, 2024 No comment
Pierre Poilievre is the only federal party leader whose staff won’t say whether their chief intends to participate in Pride events this summer. Officials for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May all......
02 July, 2024 No comment
Nearly one in two Canadians would prefer the next federal election take place before 2025, according to a recent survey conducted by Nanos Research. When it comes to their preference for the timing of the next national vote, 46 per cent of survey respondents indicated......
02 July, 2024 No comment
Many Liberal MPs tell Radio-Canada Justin Trudeau should stay on as leader, but some say it’s time to go. In Justin Trudeau’s inner circle, there is no doubt about it — the prime minister will lead his party into what promises to be a hard-fought......
02 July, 2024 No comment
A loophole in the House of Commons’ spending rules has allowed MPs travelling to party conventions to bill taxpayers for more than half a million dollars over the past year — even though House of Commons rules normally prohibit MPs from charging expenses linked to......
17 May, 2024 No comment
The Mississauga mayoral byelection is just weeks away, and with 20 candidates on the ballot, voters have plenty of names to choose from. Advance polls will be held at Mississauga city hall on May 24 and 25. On June 1 and 2, advance polls will......
17 May, 2024 No comment
The next federal election could be more than a year away but political parties are already deep into planning their next campaigns — and recruiting new candidates. Well ahead in the polls and reporting record-breaking sums in political donations, the Conservatives are also leading the pack......
17 May, 2024 No comment