News/Politics Archive
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CSIS worked to thwart diplomatic efforts to secure Abdelrazik’s release, documents suggest
Posted on 17.04.2018 | No CommentsCourt records released as part of the $27 million lawsuit involving former terror suspect Abousfian Abdelrazik suggest Canada's spy agency went to extraordinary lengths to disrupt efforts by diplomats t... -
NAFTA talks are at a ‘decisive moment,’ Freeland says
Posted on 04.04.2018 | No CommentsCanada's Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said NAFTA renegotiation talks have reached a critical juncture and she's hopeful a meeting with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer in D.C. t... -
U.S. won’t exclude Canada from steel, aluminum tariffs, White House says
Posted on 04.03.2018 | No CommentsA White House official told the U.S. Sunday talk shows that President Donald Trump has made up his mind: steel and aluminum tariffs will apply to everyone. -
Canada’s dance with Pacific Rim trade partners came down to timing: Chris Hall
Posted on 23.01.2018 | No CommentsCanada is now ready to sign on to Pacific Rim trade deal with 10 other nations after three days of intense negotiations in Tokyo resolved the Trudeau government's concerns over protections for intellect... -
$100 million for gay purge victims as PM apologizes for LGBTQ discrimination
Posted on 27.11.2017 | No CommentsThe Trudeau government has earmarked more than $100 million to compensate members of the military and other federal agencies whose careers were sidelined or ended due to their sexual orientation, The Ca... -
Liberal government to boost Canada child benefit payments: sources
Posted on 23.10.2017 | No CommentsThe federal government will announce plans to boost payments made to families under the Canada child benefit program on Tuesday, CBC News has learned. -
The big holdup in a Canada-U.S. lumber deal? Russian, German, Brazilian wood
Posted on 01.08.2017 | No CommentsCanada and the United States must chop down one big, remaining impediment to a deal on softwood lumber and this obstacle involves wood from neither country but from other places: Germany, Sweden, Chile,... -
Candidates from the North invited to apply for Supreme Court seat
Posted on 14.07.2017 | No CommentsPrime Minister Justin Trudeau has begun the process to choose the next justice of the Supreme Court of Canada by opening up the eligibility to candidates from Northern Canada. -
MPs recommend new immigration watchdog to crack down on crooked and ‘ghost’ consultants
Posted on 16.06.2017 | No CommentsA committee of MPs wants a radical overhaul how immigration consultants are regulated in Canada, and recommends disbanding the existing council and creating more robust government oversight. ... -
New trial ordered in sex assault case after Ontario judge refuses to explain her verdict
Posted on 25.05.2017 | No CommentsCanada's judicial watchdog is initiating a complaint against Ontario Superior Court Justice Susanne Goodman after the province's court of appeal issued a blistering ruling that calls into question her v... -
Canada brings home 1 of 2 Aurora surveillance planes from anti-ISIS mission
Posted on 24.05.2017 | No CommentsOne of the Canadian air force spy planes assigned to the campaign against the Islamic State has been quietly withdrawn and brought home, CBC News has learned. -
Threat of foreign election hacking examined by federal security agency
Posted on 12.05.2017 | No CommentsThe Communications Security Establishment, the federal agency responsible for information security, has begun to assess the potential threat that foreign hackers could pose to the political process in C...
