Air travellers will soon require negative COVID-19 test before entering Canada
Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc says cabinet ministers decided Wednesday morning to quickly enact the new requirement.
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Democracies must unite in disinformation fight, LeBlanc says
Canada, the United States and democracies around the world have lessons to share and plenty more to learn in what federal cabinet minister Dominic LeBlanc said on Monday, June 29, 2020, must be a collective, global effort to fight the scourge of online disinformation.
Federal government underestimated Pinterest's disinformation problem
An internal memo obtained by National Observer shows the government misunderstood the platform, which spread misinformation ahead of the federal vote in October.
Scheer vows internal free-trade deal as part of vision for stronger federation
Andrew Scheer is promising that a Conservative government would negotiate a deal to eliminate trade barriers among Canada's provinces.
Ford should focus on Ontario, not on replacing Scheer, LeBlanc says
The Ford government should be using Thursday's economic update to unveil its plan to combat climate change in Ontario, rather than resorting to "gimmicks" to criticize the federal plan, the federal intergovernmental affairs minister says.
Freeland, Lighthizer making decisions on NAFTA as Trump's Friday deadline looms
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says the time has come for high-level decisions on the future of NAFTA.
PM to visit northern B.C. as cabinet holds retreat amid wildfire crisis
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his newly shuffled cabinet gathered on Tuesday, August 21, 2018, for a retreat on Vancouver Island, under smoke-filled skies amid a province-wide wildfire emergency.
To solve interprovincial conflicts, first find common ground, says new minister
The key to unlocking an ever-tightening knot of policy disputes between the provinces and the federal government will be to focus on those areas where everyone can agree, says the minister whose new job is to help do exactly that.
Trudeau replaces Carr with Sohi, and adds five new ministers in shuffle
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has expanded his cabinet by five, adding some new positions, and shifting some responsibilities among the senior ministers in his government, as Canada enters the last year before the next general election.
Trudeau poised to shuffle, retool cabinet with focus on Liberals' team for 2019
Justin Trudeau will shuffle his front benches on Wednesday, July 18, 2018, to install the roster of ministers that will be entrusted with leading the Liberal team into next year's election.
BP Canada spews toxic mud near Halifax
BP Canada has reported spilling about 136,000 litres of toxic drilling mud from a pipe about 30 metres below sea level, a federal regulator said in a news bulletin.
Federal chief science advisor to investigate fish farms
Mona Nemer, the federal government's chief science advisor, has announced a plan to investigate what's going on in fish farms.
Right whale deaths cost Gulf snow crab fishery its designation as sustainable
The Gulf of St. Lawrence's lucrative snow crab fishery has lost its international designation as environmentally sustainable, following the deaths of more than a dozen endangered North Atlantic right whales.
First Nations group wins lucrative clam fishery, breaks up Clearwater monopoly
Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc says granting the lucrative offshore licence to Five Nations Clam Co. will boost Indigenous participation in the industry and spread economic and social benefits across eastern Canada.