Minister visits museum on Family Day before Tuesday's budget, touts child care
British Columbia Finance Minister Carole James spent Family Day highlighting the family focus of the budget she will present on Tuesday, February 19, 2019.
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James says B.C. budget puts priorities on NDP's poverty, environment plans
British Columbia's finance minister says the budget she tables on Tuesday, February 19, 2019, undertakes development of social, environmental and economic initiatives as other provinces across Canada implement cuts to programs and shifts to the right.
New Brunswick premier vows to balance budgets and lessen federal reliance
New Brunswick's Tory premier is vowing to balance the current books and next year's budget, without raising taxes, in an effort to get the province's finances under control and lessen reliance on federal transfers.
Bolder action needed to reduce child poverty: Campaign 2000 report card
Brynn Vincent was only 13 when she started experimenting with drugs and alcohol. Two years later, she was addicted and had run away from home and then she found out she was pregnant.
Sweeping list of recommendations calls for better economic outcomes for women
A Commons committee that spent over a year looking at economic barriers facing Canadian women has released a sweeping list of recommendations it believes could provide a path toward full equality for women.
Horwath to lead Opposition, after dreams of becoming premier dashed
NDP Leader Andrea Horwath handily won her Hamilton-Centre riding Thursday night, though hopes of being Ontario's next premier were dashed just half an hour after polls closed.
Caroline Mulroney touts change for Ontario Tories in first campaign event
Caroline Mulroney, the latest addition to the Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership race, says that while the party needs to make major changes, she would still use the previous leader's platform as a starting point.
B.C. premier says housing top issue for 2018, but much more on NDP to-do list
Premier John Horgan says addressing British Columbia's housing crisis is his government's top priority in 2018, but it's not the only pressing concern on his minority New Democrat government's to-do list.
Premier Brian Gallant spells out his priorities as 2018 election looms
The premier of New Brunswick says his government will spend more on child care, education and health care in 2018 in the lead-up to a provincial election next fall.
U.S. unlikely to accept NAFTA gender chapter with teeth: trade experts
The Liberals want a feminist North American Free Trade Agreement, but trade experts say that will depend on reassuring the United States no one could use it to hold their feet to the fire.
Philpott looks to bring Indigenous health delivery to new department
Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott says her new department will likely include the delivery of health services for First Nations and Inuit, an area previously under her watch at Health Canada.
Cindy Blackstock says Trudeau government's "making excuses" for neglecting Indigenous children
In an interview, the executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada discusses the state of Indigenous child welfare and matters of reconciliation.