A Canada-U.S. deal that lets Canadian financial institutions send customer information to U.S. authorities to help track down tax cheats does not violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, a judge has ruled.
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Crime up, homicide down: Five things to know about the 2018 crime statistics
New national crime data for 2018 was released Monday, courtesy of Statistics Canada, with big changes to some key indicators. Here are five things that stood out:
Butts returns – and Trudeau’s putting the band back together for October
Almost everything about the federal political landscape has changed since 2015 – except the people the Liberals are counting on to put them over the top in October.
Will federal leaders back the legal challenge to Quebec’s religious symbols ban with an election looming?
The prime minister, along with Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, all say they do not support the law. But no party has come forward to back a legal challenge.
Conservatives ‘declaring war on Canada Food Guide’ like they did on long-form census, Trudeau says
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending his government’s update to the Canada Food Guide in the wake of attacks by Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer who suggested the changes were riddled with “bias” and driven by “ideology.”
Scheer says he’d ‘absolutely’ review Canada’s new Food Guide
Conservative leader Andrew Scheer told a business crowd in Saskatoon Monday that the new Food Guide was the result of a “flawed” process lacking consultation.
‘Hey Eric Trump’: Ontario man calls out U.S. president’s son for using child’s image in tweet
An Ontario man is calling out a member of the Trump family for using an image of his young son as part of a political attack on those opposing the American president.
National rules needed for emotional-service animals: Rempel
A Conservative MP says she would like to see national standards on the right to have emotional-service animals in public spaces after watching her husband encounter numerous barriers while travelling in Canada with his dog, Midas.
Tories editing fundraising video after family of Canadian detained in China complained
The Conservative Party is re-editing its fundraising pitch video attacking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s handling of the case of the two Canadian men detained in China after one of their families complained about the clip.
Scheer on Trump: It’s ‘offensive’ to question the family background of critics
Federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says there is no place in society for comments such as the ones U.S. President Donald Trump has made about four Democratic congresswomen.