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Take notes helmet heads. Trudeau lays out plan for new relationship with indigenous people Prime Minister Justin Trudeau laid out his plan to reset Canada's relationship with its indigenous people during his address to a group of First Nations leaders in Gatineau, Que. "It is time for a...

Mike Duffy testifies that Stephen Harper insisted he represent P.E.I. Mike Duffy, testifying for the first time at his criminal trial, said former prime minister Stephen Harper ignored his concerns about being appointed a senator for P.E.I. and insisted that if he were to join the Senate, he...

Ontario, Québec and Manitoba Form a Dynamic Alliance to Fight Climate Change Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, Québec Premier Philippe Couillard, Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger and their respective environment ministers signed a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) today to facilitate their...

Andrew Coyne: Guarantee a minimum income, not a minimum wage With a new government — the first really new government in 44 years — Alberta politics is alive with possibilities for new directions and fresh approaches. Two ideas in particular have the province’s political class abuzz. The first...

Oh god I need a gun right now The shocking truth about Muslims in America (CNN)Donald Trump unleashed a firestorm of criticism from liberals, conservatives and those in between when he called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States. But while such a ban is unlikely to be implemented...

'Tom Mulcair' spotted on Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Tom Mulcair has responded to the image, but said he can “neither confirm nor deny” that he plays Call of Duty. Maybe he just doesn’t want people to know what his K/D ratio is. @ThomasMulcair I can neither confirm nor deny that I play...

Shouldn't consumers know where they get their meat from? Canada awarded right to $1B in WTO trade sanctions against U.S. over meat-labelling rules Canada has been awarded the right to seek $1 billion in trade sanctions against the United States by a World Trade Organization panel in a dispute...

Canada shocks COP21 with big new climate goal Sunday night, Canada surprised a world of nations and negotiators in closed-door climate talks in Paris by endorsing a bolder, more ambitious target for cutting greenhouse gases than the UN climate change summit is officially aiming for. Canada’s...

Boomer: Donald Trump calls for 'complete shutdown' on Muslims entering U.S Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called Monday for a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States" — the most dramatic response yet by a candidate to last week's shooting spree in...

I think she also said she was worried because they didn't say ISIS during the throne speech. :lol: If this is the calibre of opposition we're gonna get, then the next 4 years is gonna be a breeze for the Liberals. Interim Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose took sharp aim at the Liberal plan...

Dat petros dollar at work again. Isn't it great that we continued to subsidize this failing industry and made our entire economy dependent on it? Canadian dollar drops more than half a cent as oil trades below US$39 a barrel TORONTO - The Canadian dollar was down more than half a U.S. cent...

Parliament Hill face-off: Trudeau and his leading ministers begin battle against Ambrose and her top guns Justin Trudeau versus Rona Ambrose Trudeau’s strength was never in the Commons, where he laboured in the shadow of Mulcair when it came to holding the last government’s feet to the fire...

Bernie Sanders releases proposal to fight climate change WASHINGTON - Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is rolling out a plan to slow down the impact of climate change, vowing to cut U.S. carbon emissions by 40 per cent by 2030. The Democratic presidential candidate said in a proposal released...

‘Canada is back’: Al Gore praises Quebec for $25.5 million contribution to tackle global climate change “Premier Couillard and his team have long since established fantastic leadership in the world community, in humanity’s effort to solve the climate crisis,” Gore said. Couillard said $18...

The decline of the Alberta dream, in one chart No jobs news is good news in Alberta these days. Large-scale layoffs at energy companies make for almost daily reading, and statistical releases related to the province are seldom any nicer. Friday’s job numbers from Statistics Canada were...

The hard truths behind Ontario’s pricey electrical system While the headline numbers in Bonnie Lysyk’s report are indeed shocking—between 2006 and 2014 Ontario consumers and small businesses made $37 billion in “excess payments” to electricity generators above the market price for electricity...

Liberals announce new 'merit-based' Senate selection process The federal government is creating an independent advisory body to recommend nominees for appointment to the Senate, promising to choose candidates based on their merit, not their political leanings. Democratic Reform Minister...

Thanks Turdou Canada loses 35,700 jobs in November: StatsCan OTTAWA -- The Canadian economy shed 35,700 jobs in November to reverse a rise in temporary work likely generated by October's federal election, Statistics Canada said Friday. The number of public-administration jobs fell by 32,500...

Maybe they should just stop being idiotic a-holes but what do I know .. Andrew Coyne: Conservatives need rebirth before they can rebuild The “Conservative century” would seem to have lasted less than a decade. Monday’s provincial election in Newfoundland brings to precisely zero the number of...

For those that think cherry picking one company in a far away land is a more convincing story... Canadians in oil-producing provinces having more trouble paying debts Canadians by and large are paying back their loans on time, despite rising debt levels, but the situation isn't as rosy if you...