Stephen Harper

Alberta has signed an agreement with the federal government that makes major cuts to environmental monitoring of the oilsands.

There is a new lead in the case of the missing icebreaker, though exactly how the story will end remains to be seen.

"We're not the problem. We can throw all our car keys in Halifax harbour, turn down the heat, turn off the lights, walk around naked in the dark eating organic beets and it won't make a difference." - Peter MacKay, Conservative Party leadership hopeful, February 2020 as reported by CBC

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer declined on Saturday, January 25, 2020, to shed any light on lingering questions about the use of party money to pay for his children's tuition, an issue that threw his party into turmoil just as he announced his decision to step back from the leadership job.

After a more than four-year hiatus from politics, former cabinet minister Peter MacKay officially launched his bid to capture the leadership of the federal Conservative party before an enthusiastic hometown crowd in Nova Scotia.

"I'm in. Stay tuned."

Outgoing Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer's past became a problem during the 2019 federal election, and those vying to replace him will be grilled about theirs.

Canada has affirmed it does not share the Trump administration's view that Israel's settlements in the West Bank are legal under international law, casting a vote supporting Palestinian self-determination at the United Nations.

Former U.S. president Barack Obama made a point of highlighting his admiration for Justin Trudeau on Wednesday, November 13, 2019, saying the prime minister's approach to politics is close to his own.

Eleven Canadian senators are forming a new caucus that aims to make sure regional issues get their due in the upper chamber.

Signs are pointing to a civil war breaking out within the Conservative party, but breaking down along different lines than past internal battles that divided the party ideologically.

Conservative leader Andrew Scheer seems to be a willing pawn for a desperate oil industry turning to more aggressive political tactics.

Every core tenet of the Alberta premier's paranoid policy is flatly and demonstrably false.

"How can any worker in the country vote Conservative?” asks the head of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, which represents 140,000 public servants.

Is it better to be paid in credit or with cash?