Canada

Research suggests that greenhouse gases are turning Canada's Arctic waters acidic at a faster rate than anywhere else in the North.

In a speech Tuesday laying out his foreign-policy platform, Conservative leader Andrew Scheer painted himself as Canada’s anti-fascist option—and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as weak against various authoritarian regimes, particularly China’s.

The watchdog who enforces Canada's election laws says no one from the Prime Minister's Office tried to help SNC-Lavalin avoid being charged with breaking campaign-financing rules.

Canada's information commissioner says the government's "stopgap approach" to funding is jeopardizing her efforts to clear a backlog of complaints from dissatisfied file-seekers.

Loblaw Companies denies that the grant to make their fridges more energy efficient was awarded because of lobbying or preferential treatment, and the lobbyists in question say they never lobbied the government over the program on behalf of the company.

The federal plan to revamp Canada's air-security screening system is running into headwinds from major airlines, which are urging the government to take things slow to get the changes right.

Ontario lawyers argued that Ottawa's pricing on emissions would unbalance the “constitutional architecture” in Canada, a delicate division of powers between the federal government and its constituent provinces, while a five-judge panel pushed back.

A House of Commons committee is urging the government to work with NATO to determine Russia's military intentions in the North and get help to protect the country's Arctic sovereignty.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada has kept its privileged access to the U.S. market even as the new North American trade deal hangs in the balance.

The Liberal government is taking steps to stem the tide of asylum seekers who've been crossing into Canada from the U.S. at unofficial border crossings.

Marking the 25th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, a Liberal MP has called his government out for not doing more on peacekeeping as the United Nations is warning it will be forced to curtail its efforts in Mali unless Canada extends its mission there by several months.

Canada's work to make gender equality a centrepiece of its G7 presidency last year has been adopted by French President Emmanuel Macron, who has pledged that combating inequality — particularly gender inequity — will be a priority as France takes the lead in the international body this year.

Malign foreign actors will likely try to meddle in Canada's federal election in October, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says.

Global energy giant Royal Dutch Shell is urging Canada's largest oil and gas organization to get off the fence and support both the Paris climate accord and the pricing of carbon to encourage greenhouse gas emission reductions.

Israel disagrees with Canada's stance towards the Golan Heights and the effectiveness of the Iran nuclear deal, but the country's envoy still believes the Trudeau government's broader Middle East policy is very supportive.