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John Tory to declare Toronto ‘under new management’ to U.K. leaders Toronto Mayor John Tory will travel to London next week to study the city’s massive Crossrail transit project – a $27-billion rail expansion that serves as the basis for his own SmartTrack plan – as well as send the message...

Investment Investment Investment Investment Bank of Canada holds rate steady; cuts growth outlook The Bank of Canada kept its key interest rate unchanged and said falling energy investment will hobble the economic recovery through next year. The benchmark rate on overnight loans...

Trudeau, Obama commit to deepening Canada-U.S. relationship U.S. President Barack Obama phoned prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau Tuesday afternoon, congratulated him on leading his party to an election victory and teased him about his hair — or its colour, to be exact, predicting he could...

Canada election: New PM Justin Trudeau expected to halt combat missions against Isis and welcome more refugees Canada’s newly-elected Liberal government is expected to pull the country out of its combat mission against Isis and to welcome a further 25,000 Syrian refugees after ending almost a...

Justin Trudeau's majority greeted with optimism by provincial premiers After nearly a decade of a prime minister notorious for public tussles with premiers who challenged his policies, Canada's provincial leaders reacted Tuesday to the electoral victory of a Liberal leader who has promised to...

And he better ****ing deliver. Trudeau announces plan to kill first-past-the-post by the next election OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau wants this fall’s national vote to be the last federal election conducted under the first-past-the-post electoral system. And, if the Liberal leader becomes prime...

In less than two years. Thanks Harper!

Costumes at the polls, niqabs and Canadians' voting rights The recent images of voters showing up at voting stations in different face masks, head coverings and costumes reveal how some Canadians fail to live up to the lessons of our history and the true democratic values enshrined in our...

Conservatives facing criminal investigation over election law violation for the 4th election in a row The Conservative Party of Canada is facing a criminal investigation over allegations that one of its candidates ordered senior members of his campaign team to tear down opponents’ election...

Fair and balanced muzzling. Andrew Coyne v The National Post Postmedia newspapers have been running variations of the same Harper endorsement all day. But as the Edmonton Journal's Paula Simons publicly confirmed, pumping the Conservatives was management's call. Regardless of what...

Margaret Atwood on Climate Change, Her New Book and Why Socialists Are Better With Budgets Do you think we can avert the more terrifying climate-change scenarios — Pictures Two and Three? I see us at a point of transition right now. The mere fact that you are doing this interview is an...

Harper government withholds millions budgeted for crime prevention The Harper government has withheld millions of dollars for crime-prevention programs — the same programs it cited in pre-election events as proof of its tough-on-crime policies. About $28 million in promised spending for the...

With Anti-Muslim Campaign, Canada Has Its Trump Moment Montreal — IT is easy to tut-tut the overindulgences of the American right. For Canadians, it is practically a birthright. None of our politicians, many of us would like to believe, would dare invoke the Trumpian galaxy of Mexican rapists...

Why Canada’s economy is underperforming The Canadian economy will continue to underperform over the next year, relative to the U.S. and on a global scale. That’s due to our high level of consumer debt, and to weak oil prices and exports, says Luc de la Durantaye, managing director of asset...

Stephen Colbert Shuts Down Conservatives Fuming Over the Gay Campbell's Soup Ad ​Stephen Colbert is a father. Sometimes he wishes there were two of him, like the lucky kid in this Campbell's Soup commercial who "has two dads competing for his attention." Really, the ad warms the comedian's...

Business leaders more pessimistic on state of Canadian economy OTTAWA — Just when some economists were starting to see a little bit of light, Canada’s business leaders are casting some dark shadows over their growth outlook. In fact, about 40 per cent of senior company managers say they have...

Omgz what's next? Tranny cookies?!? Girl Guides of Canada updates guidelines to welcome transgender girls TORONTO - Transgender children wanting to take part in girl guide programs across the country are officially welcome to join in. Girl Guides of Canada says it's developed a set of...

Wynne says Ontario may drop provincial pension if Trudeau’s Liberals win Oct. 19 TORONTO - Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says she would drop the idea of creating a provincial pension plan if Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau becomes the next prime minister. Wynne says she couldn't convince the...

I miss Alaska. Expensive cruise but so worth it. Alaska mulls extra oil drilling to cope with climate change Expanding the search for oil is necessary to pay for the damage caused by climate change, the Governor of Alaska has told the BBC. The state is suffering significant climate...

Carbon pricing won't mess up Canada's economy: experts Provincial carbon pricing programs can both slash emissions and drive economic growth towards a greener future if managed correctly, according to experts. Despite some federal Conservatives' social media posts claiming that a carbon tax...