Federal Politics

Poilievre calls on Liberals to scrap the temporary foreign worker program

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberals to scrap the temporary foreign worker program and to stop issuing visas under the program. Poilievre argues a jobs crisis among...

Sep 03, 2025

What happens to Trump’s tariffs now that a federal appeals court has knocked them down?

U.S. President Donald Trump has audaciously claimed virtually unlimited power to bypass Congress and impose sweeping taxes on foreign products.Now a federal appeals court has thrown a roadblock in his...

Aug 30, 2025

MN-S declares state of emergency, seeks funding for land based healing facility

Noting the devastating effects of drugs and gangs, and a lack of long-term community-based cultural supports, Brennan Merasty says he saw an opportunity as an elected official to take action and help ...

Aug 22, 2025

MP Falk gives statement on Poilievre by-election victory

On Monday, Conservative party Leader Pierre Poilievre regained a seat in the House of Commons after winning a by-election in the Battle River-Crowfoot constituency. The election was called after previ...

Aug 22, 2025

Carney announces that Canada is dropping many retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is dropping some retaliatory tariffs on American products to match U.S. tariff exemptions for goods covered under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement.Carne...

Aug 22, 2025

Sask. stands united with canola producers amid Chinese tariffs

Premier Scott Moe met with provincial canola stakeholders and agriculture ministers Thursday to address the recent tariffs imposed by China on provincial canola exports in Saskatoon. They called on th...

Aug 21, 2025

Rising concerns over U.S. move to broaden products subject to metal tariffs

TORONTO - There's growing concern about a move by the United States to make hundreds more product categories subject to the country's 50 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum content. The addition of...

Aug 21, 2025

PAGC says federal wildfire funding fails to meet urgent needs of First Nations

The Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) is calling on Ottawa to overhaul how wildfire funds are allocated, saying last week's announcement of $45.7 million to build and mobilize knowledge on wildfires ...

Aug 20, 2025

Pierre Poilievre seeks return to House as voters head to the polls in Alberta byelection

Voters head to the polls today in a rural Alberta byelection that's getting an unusual level of national attention. Battle River-Crowfoot was left vacant when Conservative Damien Kurek stepped down sh...

Aug 18, 2025

PM “doesn’t care” about farmers, wary of future EV regs: Poilievre

Federal Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre made a stop near Saskatoon Thursday, to announce his party's "action" against future Canadian electric vehicle regulations, and to question what the ...

Aug 14, 2025