Tag Archives: Federal Politics
Feds announce funding for coal transition in Alberta, Saskatchewan
NISKU, AB - The federal government is announcing projects to help western workers and communities dependent on coal mining to become less reliant on the industry.Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet So...
Jun 30, 2019 Photo courtesy of Troy Fleece / The Canadian Press
B.C. to argue for injunction on Alberta's turn-off-the-taps law in Calgary court
CALGARY - British Columbia's request for an injunction against Alberta's so-called turn-off-the-taps law is to be heard in a Calgary courtroom today. The legislation allows Alberta...
Jun 28, 2019
Plastics forks at Trudeau lunch a sign of hypocrisy: Conservatives
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a hypocrite over plastic cutlery that was available at a lunch meeting he held with youth activists in his Montreal riding....
Jun 25, 2019
Liberals promise $13M for missing, murdered Indigenous women commemorations
OTTAWA - Gender Equality Minister Maryam Monsef says the federal government will fund more than 100 projects to "honour the lives and legacies" of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Fund...
Jun 24, 2019
Alberta asks Court of Appeal to look at constitutionality of federal carbon tax
EDMONTON - Alberta's justice minister says the province is asking the courts to look into the constitutionality of the federal government imposing its carbon tax.Doug Schweitzer says the province has ...
Jun 20, 2019
Finance minister acknowledges skepticism, vows to build Trans Mountain expansion
CALGARY - Canada's finance minister says the best way to convince a skeptical oilpatch that the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion Ottawa approved Tuesday will actually be built is to go ahead and buil...
Jun 19, 2019
Federal cabinet ministers visit Edmonton, Calgary, in wake of TMX approval
EDMONTON - Two federal cabinet ministers are making appearances in Alberta today following the Trudeau government's controversial second approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Natural...
Jun 19, 2019
BREAKING: Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Approved by Federal Government
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's administration has given its thumbs up to the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion.Senior government officials said in a technical briefing Tuesday aftern...
Jun 18, 2019 Trans Mountain Pipeline (Photo courtesy of Canadian Press)
Deadline for cabinet to decide future of Trans Mountain expansion is today
OTTAWA - The federal government is widely expected to green light the Trans Mountain expansion project a second time today but, even with a Yes vote, construction is likely weeks, if not months a...
Jun 18, 2019
Trans Mountain pipeline expansion: Five things to know about the project
OTTAWA - The federal cabinet's long-awaited decision on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is due Tuesday. Here are five things to know about the project. 1. What is it? There is an existing, 1,150...
Jun 17, 2019