Federal Politics

Scheer finds place in Conservatives' new shadow cabinet

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is naming his shadow cabinet, including his predecessor Andrew Scheer as the party's infrastructure critic. O'Toole is keeping Ontario's Pierre Poilievre as f...

Sep 08, 2020

O'Toole names top Tories for Commons roles, with Bergen as deputy leader

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is naming Manitoba MP Candice Bergen his deputy. Bergen was first elected in 2008 and was a junior cabinet minister in Stephen Harper's government. She has be...

Sep 02, 2020

Trudeau conducts virtual regional outreach as pandemic shuts down travel

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau isn't letting the COVID-19 pandemic stop his usual practice of travelling to various regions of the country during the summer - he's just doing it virtually...

Sep 02, 2020

Tories call on WE to release documents requested by parliamentary committee

OTTAWA, ON. -- The federal Conservatives are calling on WE Charity to release a series of documents the Toronto-based youth organization promised to hand over to a House of Commons committee before Pr...

Aug 30, 2020

O’Toole faces new navigating challenge as Conservative leader

OTTAWA, ON. - Among Erin O'Toole's jobs in the military was navigating a Sea King helicopter over the skies of Canada, and now he takes on the challenge of journeying through political terrain as the ...

Aug 24, 2020

Liberals to replace CERB with new benefit, simplified EI program at cost of $37B

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are rolling out a $37-billion income-support plan for workers whose earnings have crashed during the pandemic. The details released today outline what will happen to some...

Aug 20, 2020

Cabinet glass ceiling shattered as Chrystia Freeland named finance minister

OTTAWA, On. - Chrystia Freeland shattered a glass ceiling Tuesday, becoming the first woman to be sworn in as Canada's finance minister.The gravitas of the moment was not lost on the former journalist...

Aug 18, 2020

Chrystia Freeland to replace Bill Morneau as federal finance minister

OTTAWA, ON. -- Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland will be sworn in as Canada's new finance minister later today.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is also looking to prorogue Parliament next month in ...

Aug 18, 2020

Breaking: Finance Minister Bill Morneau resigns

OTTAWA, ON. - William Francis Morneau leaves federal politics as suddenly as he burst onto the Ottawa scene less than five years ago. In November 2015, the newly elected Liberal member for Toronto Cen...

Aug 17, 2020

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Finance Minister Bill Morneau resigns

OTTAWA - Bill Morneau is resigning as the federal minister of finance and a Liberal MP. Morneau, who has been in the role since 2016, says he is putting his name forward as a candidate to lead the Org...

Aug 17, 2020