Federal Politics

The TikTok logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen which displays the TikTok home screen, March 18, 2023, in Boston. The federal industry minister says Canadians shouldn’t worry about using TikTok despite an ongoing national security review. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Michael Dwyer

Canadians, parents shouldn’t worry about TikTok security review: minister

‘I think Canadians and parents should be happy to see that we were ahead of the curve’

The TikTok logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen which displays the TikTok home screen, March 18, 2023, in Boston. The federal industry minister says Canadians shouldn’t worry about using TikTok despite an ongoing national security review. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Michael Dwyer
Abbotsford MP Ed Fast, shown here during the Canadian Walk for Veterans in Abbotsford on Sept. 23, 2023, has announced his retirement from federal politics. (John Morrow/Abbotsford News)

Conservative B.C. MP Ed Fast to retire from federal politics

First elected as Abbotsford member of Parliament in 2006

Abbotsford MP Ed Fast, shown here during the Canadian Walk for Veterans in Abbotsford on Sept. 23, 2023, has announced his retirement from federal politics. (John Morrow/Abbotsford News)
When it comes to the supply management system for egg, poultry and dairy products, all federal parties appear to see eye-to-eye, despite Canada’s relentless affordability crisis. A cow looks on as it feeds in a dairy farm in Saguenay, Que., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot

Supply management of meat, eggs, dairy remains a Canadian sacred cow

Analysts skeptical of move off policy despite push for more competition in the food business

When it comes to the supply management system for egg, poultry and dairy products, all federal parties appear to see eye-to-eye, despite Canada’s relentless affordability crisis. A cow looks on as it feeds in a dairy farm in Saguenay, Que., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
<div>Fewer than half of Canadians believe the federal government’s plan to regulate social media sites will make platforms safer, a new survey suggests. Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani responds to questions from reporters in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill after Question Period, in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang</div>

Canadians skeptical of online harms bill making the internet safer

Less than half of respondents to Leger poll think new legislation will be effective

<div>Fewer than half of Canadians believe the federal government’s plan to regulate social media sites will make platforms safer, a new survey suggests. Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani responds to questions from reporters in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill after Question Period, in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang</div>
Pitt Lake. (Wait Air Photos)
Pitt Lake. (Wait Air Photos)
On Wednesday morning, March 6, Canada’s NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh visited the Comox Valley to advocate for a national school lunch program to be implemented in the upcoming budget. (Olivier Laurin / Comox Valley Record)

Singh pushes for national school food program during B.C. food security stop

Singh criticizes Liberals for delays and the Conservatives’ opposition

On Wednesday morning, March 6, Canada’s NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh visited the Comox Valley to advocate for a national school lunch program to be implemented in the upcoming budget. (Olivier Laurin / Comox Valley Record)
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh (left) visited the North Island-Powell River riding with MP Rachel Blaney on March 5. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror

NDP leader touts expanded B.C. shipbuilding during Vancouver Island visit

Jagmeet Singh also speaks to affordability and local concerns during Campbell River visit

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Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh (left) visited the North Island-Powell River riding with MP Rachel Blaney on March 5. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror
A copy of Justice Paul Rouleau’s report on the Liberal government’s use of the Emergencies Act, is shown in Ottawa, Friday, Feb.17, 2023. The federal government is open to possible changes to the Emergencies Act but says it first wants to consult widely on the law it invoked to quell protests two years ago. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Any changes to Canada’s Emergencies Act won’t be coming any time soon

Federal government will wait for further court rulings, do extensive consultation prior to decision

A copy of Justice Paul Rouleau’s report on the Liberal government’s use of the Emergencies Act, is shown in Ottawa, Friday, Feb.17, 2023. The federal government is open to possible changes to the Emergencies Act but says it first wants to consult widely on the law it invoked to quell protests two years ago. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Conservative MP for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo Frank Caputo rises during Question Period, Tuesday, February 7, 2023 in Ottawa. Canada’s prison service says there is no working hockey rink at the institution a Conservative MP is warning allows its most notorious inmates to play “taxpayer funded serial killer pick-up hockey.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

B.C. MP’s ‘serial killer pickup hockey’, Bernado story sparks political firestorm

Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP’s prison account includes visit to the cell of notorious killer

Conservative MP for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo Frank Caputo rises during Question Period, Tuesday, February 7, 2023 in Ottawa. Canada’s prison service says there is no working hockey rink at the institution a Conservative MP is warning allows its most notorious inmates to play “taxpayer funded serial killer pick-up hockey.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Sean Fraser speaks at a news conference in Ottawa on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle

Housing deals mean 750,000 homes in the next decade: Ottawa

Federal government says 179 housing agreement signed via $4B accelerator fund

Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Sean Fraser speaks at a news conference in Ottawa on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
A protester walks as police line the entrance to the Art Gallery of Ontario, where a cancelled event for Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, was to take place, in Toronto, Saturday, Mar. 2, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Pro-Palestine demonstrators say cancellation of PM’s event about politics

Group feels villified after their protest led to the cancellation of Ontario event featuring Trudeau

A protester walks as police line the entrance to the Art Gallery of Ontario, where a cancelled event for Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, was to take place, in Toronto, Saturday, Mar. 2, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
Former prime minister Brian Mulroney speaks to supporters Thursday, September 17, 2009 at a party marking the 25th anniversary of his landslide victory in 1984 in Montreal. Former prime minister Brian Mulroney is dead at 84. His family announced late Thursday that the former Tory leader died peacefully, surrounded by loved ones. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Mulroney’s death sparks wave of tributes from across Canada

Former prime minister championed free trade and ushered in the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement

Former prime minister Brian Mulroney speaks to supporters Thursday, September 17, 2009 at a party marking the 25th anniversary of his landslide victory in 1984 in Montreal. Former prime minister Brian Mulroney is dead at 84. His family announced late Thursday that the former Tory leader died peacefully, surrounded by loved ones. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Brian Mulroney in Mulroney Hall at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, N.S. on Monday, June 19, 2023. Mulroney’s daughter Caroline said the former prime minister died Thursday at the age of 84. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

Brian Mulroney, a PM with little middle ground in Canada’s hearts, dead at 84

Daughter announces former prime minister’s passing on social media

Brian Mulroney in Mulroney Hall at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, N.S. on Monday, June 19, 2023. Mulroney’s daughter Caroline said the former prime minister died Thursday at the age of 84. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes an announcement in Membertou First Nation on Cape Breton Island, N.S., Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. Forty years ago, his father Pierre Trudeau announced he would step down as prime minister. Liberals say there’s no way the younger Trudeau has plans to follow suit. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

40 years later, there will be no landmark walk in the snow for this Trudeau

No snow in Ottawa and little chance Justin follows dad’s footsteps, despite the parallels

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes an announcement in Membertou First Nation on Cape Breton Island, N.S., Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. Forty years ago, his father Pierre Trudeau announced he would step down as prime minister. Liberals say there’s no way the younger Trudeau has plans to follow suit. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Minister of Health Mark Holland gestures to a reporter as he takes questions in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, in Ottawa. Holland is expected to table a long-awaited bill today that will pave the way for national pharmacare. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Liberals to introduce federal pharmacare, with 1 day to spare

Final deals of deal with NDP securing support for the government reached over the weekend,

Minister of Health Mark Holland gestures to a reporter as he takes questions in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, in Ottawa. Holland is expected to table a long-awaited bill today that will pave the way for national pharmacare. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is voicing concerns over what it calls “draconian penalties” proposed in the Criminal Code as part of the Liberal government’s sweeping plan to target online hate. Justice Minister Arif Virani arrives on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Stiffer penalties for online hate crimes raising civil liberties red flags

Advocates concerned new online harms bill may chill free speech, undermine fairness

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is voicing concerns over what it calls “draconian penalties” proposed in the Criminal Code as part of the Liberal government’s sweeping plan to target online hate. Justice Minister Arif Virani arrives on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
A new poll suggests support for Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is growing, and that most Canadians are optimistic about their household finances. Poilievre arrives to Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Poilievre’s popularity continues to climb, new poll suggests

Support for both the federal Conservative leader and his party top latest Leger survey

A new poll suggests support for Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is growing, and that most Canadians are optimistic about their household finances. Poilievre arrives to Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has tabled its long awaited legislation to better protect Canadians, and particularly youth, against online harms. The Peace Tower is pictured on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Canada’s new online harms bill: what you need to know

5 of the proposed changes aimed at better protecting Canadians — particularly youth — online

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has tabled its long awaited legislation to better protect Canadians, and particularly youth, against online harms. The Peace Tower is pictured on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
The federal government is expected to introduce legislation against online harms on Monday. A man uses a computer keyboard in Toronto in a Sunday, Oct. 9 photo illustration. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy

New online harms bill gets stamp of approval from Amanda Todd’s mom

Government wants to target what is considered the most seriously harmful content online

The federal government is expected to introduce legislation against online harms on Monday. A man uses a computer keyboard in Toronto in a Sunday, Oct. 9 photo illustration. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
The federal government is expected to introduce legislation against online harms on Monday. A man uses a computer keyboard in Toronto in a Sunday, Oct. 9 photo illustration. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy

Online harms protection bill ready to be introduced

Federal legislation aimed at child safety and image sharing coming Feb. 26

The federal government is expected to introduce legislation against online harms on Monday. A man uses a computer keyboard in Toronto in a Sunday, Oct. 9 photo illustration. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy