Federal Politics

First Nations police services say Ottawa's underfunding amounts to discrimination

The association representing all 36 stand-alone First Nations police services in Canada is backing a human rights complaint alleging Ottawa's "deliberate" underfunding of policing in their communities...

Apr 03, 2023

Northern MP calls Liberal budget 'reckless'

Desneth-Missinippi-Churchill River MP Gary Vidal is calling the 2023-2024 federal budget reckless. "Just simply the amount of spending," he said. "If you go back to 2015, when the Liberals came to pow...

Mar 29, 2023

Indigenous government-relations firm said more should have been included in federal budget

First Nations groups are lending their voice to what the federal government outlined in the 2023 budget earlier this week. The budget was released by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on Tuesday and ...

Mar 29, 2023

Federal budget addresses health care, dental plan, ‘grocery rebate’

As was the case a week earlier in the Saskatchewan budget, health care was one of the main focuses when the federal budget was released Tuesday.The budget is calling for spending of nearly $491 billio...

Mar 28, 2023

Trudeau chief of staff Katie Telford to testify on foreign interference at committee

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office says his chief of staff, Katie Telford, will testify at a House of Commons committee on the issue of foreign interference in Canadian elections.The move has made...

Mar 21, 2023

Poilievre calls for testing that would allow doctors, nurses to work across Canada

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for a countrywide standardized testing process that would speed up licence approvals for doctors and nurses. Poilievre says his proposed "blue ...

Mar 19, 2023

Gov. Gen. Mary Simon champions Indigenous diplomacy, seeks new ties abroad

OTTAWA - Gov. Gen. Mary Simon is using her role to help build ties between Indigenous people across the globe - an effort experts say is leveraging a colonial institution to advance reconciliation abr...

Mar 18, 2023

More high-speed internet funding announced for northern communities

More high-speed internet is coming to rural and remote communities thanks to a big investment by the federal government.On Friday morning, Minister of Rural Economic Development Gudie Hutchings was at...

Mar 17, 2023

Merriman ‘disappointed’ after feds penalize Sask. for private MRI and CT scans

Ottawa has blindsided Saskatchewan by clawing back more than $740,000 in health transfers.The federal government accused the province of misusing the Canada Health Act by charging for services the fed...

Mar 13, 2023

MPs want annual national-security reports, aid for businesses to thwart cyber threats

A committee of MPs is calling on the federal government to issue an overarching annual national-security threat assessment.The House committee on public safety says the various bodies that handle nati...

Mar 13, 2023