Canada’s ethics commissioner says Liberal MP Anita Vandenbeld shouldn’t have made robocalls encouraging voters to elect her husband to Ottawa city council last fall.
Premiers say they want a ‘co-operative’ approach to climate policy. Are they serious?
Premiers opposed to the federal government’s climate change strategy have decried what they call Ottawa’s reliance on ‘threats’ over ‘co-operation.’ But the math shows the provinces might struggle to come up with a credible climate strategy on their own.
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe takes centre stage at premiers meeting
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe will be front and centre this week as Canada’s premiers meet at the Council of the Federation meetings in Saskatoon.
‘Chaos, confusion and paralyzation’: Federal Liberals, Doug Ford trade blame over Bombardier layoffs
Ontario Premier Doug Ford and the federal Liberal government are locked in a war of words over who is responsible for the hundreds of layoffs at a Bombardier plant in the northwestern Ontario city of Thunder Bay.
Illegal cannabis getting even cheaper, as legal gets costlier, StatsCan says
Statistics Canada’s quarterly report on cannabis prices suggests the cost chasm between legal and illegal versions of the drug is wide, and getting wider.
Bots tweeting about Toronto’s Sidewalk Labs project raise disinformation red flags
A swarm of bots on Twitter sent out identical, co-ordinated tweets this week about Sidewalk Labs’s smart city project in Toronto, providing a valuable glimpse into the inner workings of these kinds of networks and how they can be used to mislead.
Bank of Canada holds interest rate steady at 1.75%, citing trade tensions
The Bank of Canada is leaving its key interest rate unchanged in an announcement that balances domestic economic improvements with an expanding global slowdown caused by trade conflicts.
Ottawa announces $8.3M for beef industry amid China standoff
The federal agriculture minister was at the Calgary Stampede on Wednesday to announce $8.3 million to help support Canada’s beef industry.
‘A big number’: 550 Bombardier workers in Thunder Bay to lose their jobs Nov. 4
The president of the union local representing Thunder Bay’s Bombardier workers is calling on the provincial and federal governments to “get together soon” and help the local plant secure more contracts as the company announced it would lay off nearly half of its workforce in the city.
Premiers, chiefs, all Canadians divided over Trans Mountain, says AFN Chief Bellegarde
Resolving divisive issues like the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline would be made easier if Indigenous people had a seat at the table, Assembly of First Nations Chief Perry Bellegarde said Tuesday.