Politics

Pierre Poilievre's pledge to crack down on housing gatekeepers has proven to be little more than empty talk. Ironically, it's been Doug Ford and other Conservative politicians — the real housing gatekeepers — who have done the proving here.

Conservative Party of Canada Leader Pierre Poilievre says he's against the carbon tax because it hurts families, while Justin Trudeau's Liberals insist it does the opposite. Who is telling the truth?

Higher chocolate prices this Easter after bad crops on the other side of the world are just the latest example of disruptions in the food supply chain, a trend experts say consumers are noticing in growing numbers.

In the heart of Port-au-Prince, amidst the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Haiti, two determined lawyers, Atzer Alcindor and Jean Bonald Golinsky Fatal, who founded the Human Rights Laboratory, stand as beacons of hope.

Gas prices are set to rise in Alberta next month, with the provincial government fully reinstating its fuel tax following a drop in oil prices.

The Liberals, NDP and Bloc Quebecois all voted against a Conservative motion calling for a vote of non-confidence in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for refusing to call off a planned increase in the carbon price on April 1.

Natural Resources and Forestry Minister Graydon Smith says the province wants more people fighting wildland fires and is planning a recruitment blitz ahead of the start of the wildfire season that begins in April.

Mulroney's casket will lie in repose at St. Patrick's Basilica today and Friday ahead of Saturday's state funeral.

Construction on Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ radioactive waste disposal facility won’t jeopardize the recovery of endangered turtle and bat populations, according to the federal government.

Inflation is on track to end 2024 below two per cent, and interest rate cuts are almost surely on their way sooner than that. So why do the provinces keep doing things that drive up the cost of living — and will Pierre Poilievre ever call them out?

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s motion of non-confidence over the federal carbon price likely won’t topple the government, but it doesn’t have to serve the Conservative party agenda, political experts say.

Under the proposed deal, the province would receive an additional $900 million a year over 10 years for health care.

Officials say more than 900 people offered their condolences to Mulroney's family on Tuesday. 

Among the possibilities are "more responsive" police service models that could involve closer integration of the RCMP and community social services, say internal Public Safety Canada notes.

The Conservative leader has the federal Liberals in his crosshairs over a scheduled increase to the carbon price, upping the pressure Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government is dealing with across the country.