Federal Politics

PM announces $59M for health and safety of migrant farm workers, plans for after CERB

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that since March Canadians have been working to keep each other safe but the recent rise in COVID-19 cases across the country makes one thing clear."Frankly, it's a ...

Jul 31, 2020

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to testify today on WE Charity controversy

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau will be in the hot seat today for a rare prime ministerial appearance at a House of Commons committee, facing questions about his role in the simmering controversy involving th...

Jul 30, 2020

Scheer calls on Trudeau to resign over WE deal

OTTAWA - Outgoing Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should resign over his role in the controversy involving the We organization. Scheer has previously called for Fi...

Jul 24, 2020

Federal government reports $29M profit since buying Trans Mountain pipeline in 2018

The federal government says the Trans Mountain pipeline has earned net income of $29 million from operating revenues of $728 million in the 19 months since it was purchased.In an analysis, the Parliam...

Jul 22, 2020

OP-ED: Mr. Trudeau, WE Have a Problem

Barrhead, AB - Prime Minister Trudeau cannot hide from the latest scandal. Nor can he dismiss it with a simple 'sorry'. He didn't make a mistake - he made a choice to hand almost a billion dollars to ...

Jul 22, 2020

Thurber grad selected to participate in Canada's historic Page Program

One Red Deer Public graduate will have a once in a lifetime opportunity to live and breathe the history and action of one of Canada's oldest political institutions.Abbie Good, who graduated from Linds...

Jul 16, 2020

Feds, provinces reach deal on funding for reopening from COVID-19

OTTAWA - The federal, provincial and territorial governments have reached a deal on billions of dollars in transfers to continue reopening economies amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Jus...

Jul 16, 2020

Federal wage subsidy to be extended to December, Trudeau says

OTTAWA - The federal government is extending its program to subsidize wages in companies hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic until December, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday. The program is the...

Jul 13, 2020

Conservatives say police should be called into investigate WE charity scandal

OTTAWA - The Conservatives say they want a criminal investigation into the Liberal government's decision to have the WE organization run a $900-million program for student volunteers.Their call for po...

Jul 10, 2020

High unemployment, $343B deficit projected in Liberals' fiscal snapshot

OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals say they expect nearly two million Canadians to remain without jobs this year as the COVID-19 pandemic drags down the domestic economy and federal aid sends the deficit t...

Jul 08, 2020