Federal Politics

Feds top up relief fund with $600 million to help small- and medium-sized businesses

OTTAWA - The federal government is adding $600 million to a fund to help small- and medium-sized businesses weather the COVID-19 pandemic. The measure announced today by Economic Development Minister ...

Oct 02, 2020

Tax reform needs to be centre-piece of COVID-19 economic recovery strategy

Business leaders across the country believe Canada's post-COVID economic recovery will be driven by business and as government considers how best to address this unprecedented challenge, significant t...

Oct 02, 2020

Alberta Senator meets virtually with Red Deer community leaders

Senator Doug Black made a virtual stop in Red Deer Thursday as part of a province-wide tour to stay connected with Albertans during the COVID-19 pandemic.Black says he's speaking with a wide range of ...

Oct 01, 2020

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole lambastes Liberals' handing of pandemic

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole used his first speech in the House of Commons as party leader to lambaste the Liberal government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In his formal reply to t...

Sep 30, 2020

Liberals strike deal with NDP to avert federal election

OTTAWA - The minority Liberal government has reached a deal with the New Democrats over legislation to support workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, securing the backing needed to survive a confidence...

Sep 25, 2020

Premiers say they've reached consensus on priority areas including pharmacare, competitiveness

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Canada's premiers say they want the federal government to increase health-care transfer funds by just over five per cent and allow the provinces to opt out of any national pharmac...

Sep 25, 2020

Trudeau reinstates COVID-19 updates as pandemic's second wave worsens

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will join Canada's top public health officers today for their daily update on the worsening COVID-19 health crisis. Trudeau is expected to have an announcement a...

Sep 25, 2020

MP Dreeshen: Trudeau’s speech from the throne leaves too many Canadians behind

The Conservative MP for Red Deer - Mountain View says Wednesday's throne speech highlighted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's failure to put Canada on a real path forward through the pandemic and help t...

Sep 24, 2020

Premier Kenney responds to Trudeau's national address on COVID-19, throne speech

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the federal government's throne speech spectacularly missed the mark for the province.Kenney says there was nothing in the Trudeau government's plan for the ailing en...

Sep 24, 2020

MP Calkins: Trudeau’s Speech from the Throne a Disaster for Canadians

In today's Speech from the Throne, the Prime Minister had the opportunity to address the concerns that Canadians across the country have about dealing with COVID-19 moving forward and the economic rec...

Sep 23, 2020