Tag Archives: Federal Politics
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
Wilson-Raybould and Philpott to run as Independents in fall election campaign
OTTAWA - Former Liberal cabinet ministers Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott will run as Independents in the upcoming federal election, they declared Monday.The pair made their plans known through...
May 27, 2019
Green Party calls for Canada to stop using foreign oil
Green party Leader Elizabeth May says saving the world from climate change requires Canada to get off oil before the middle of the century.In the meantime, she wants Canada off foreign oil as soon as ...
May 27, 2019
Court says B.C. can't restrict oil shipments in key case for Trans Mountain
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Court of Appeal says the province cannot restrict oil shipments through its borders in a decision that marks a win for the future of the Trans Mountain pipeline expans...
May 24, 2019
Conservative MPs from Alberta blast Liberals for shrugging off rural crime
EDMONTON - A year ago, Shannon Stubbs, Conservative MP for Lakeland, put forward a motion to study the issues of rural crime and the effects it can have on communities.The motion passed unanimously in...
May 23, 2019
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
Ahead of Trudeau meeting, Kenney calls assessment bill a threat to unity
OTTAWA - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says if the federal bill overhauling environmental assessments passes in its current form it will threaten Canadian unity and there will be "an immediate constitu...
May 02, 2019
Ottawa boosts loans for canola farmers amid tensions with China
OTTAWA - The federal government is rolling out changes to a payment program for canola farmers to help those affected by China's decision to ban the Canadian product.Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude ...
May 01, 2019
Senate committee to hear from new Alberta premier on oil tanker ban bill
EDMONTON - A Senate committee is set to hear today from Albertans - including their new premier - on the federal government's bill to ban tankers off the British Columbia coast. The committee on trans...
Apr 30, 2019