Tag Archives: Federal Politics
Opposition party MPs call out Liberal counterparts for lack of action on rural crime
EDMONTON, AB - The issue of rural crime is a big issue in Canada, but particularly so in Alberta over the past few years. Alberta MP Shannon Stubbs held a press conference in Edmonton on Thursday, May...
May 23, 2019 Photo Credit: RCMP
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
Deal reached between Canada and the US to drop steel and aluminum tariffs
HAMILTON, ON - Canada's year-long standoff with the Trump administration over punitive U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs is finally over, removing a key hurdle in efforts to ratify the new North America...
May 17, 2019 Photo Credit: The Canadian Press
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
Federal government 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 Canola field - LethbridgeNewsNOW
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
“We are in a very difficult spot,” Senator says about oil & gas
RED DEER -- Senator Doug Black says something has to give in the ongoing dispute over pipelines and Alberta's energy industry. Black, a Calgary native, spoke at the Rotary Club of Red Deer luncheon on...
Apr 29, 2019 Josh Hall - RDNewsNOW
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer promises detailed climate plan by end of June
VICTORIAVILLE, Que. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he will present his party's climate change plan by the beginning of summer. Speaking to supporters in Victoriaville, Que., on Saturday, Sch...
Apr 29, 2019
Carbon rebate will be more than carbon tax for most people
OTTAWA - Canada's budget watchdog agrees with the federal government's claim that Canadians are going to get more from the climate change tax rebate than they are paying in carbon tax.The federal gove...
Apr 27, 2019 The Canadian Press