Federal Politics

New leader to be chosen by federal Conservative members on June 27

OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives will choose their next leader at a convention on June 27 in Toronto. Former Conservative MP Lisa Raitt, who is co-organizing the race, said the rules for t...

Jan 03, 2020

Alberta justice minister says province will 'fight back' against carbon tax

CALGARY - Alberta is promising to continue its fight against the federal consumer carbon tax as the price of gasoline in the province is set to jump. Starting Wednesday, a litre of gas is expecte...

Jan 02, 2020

Feds, Alberta set to clash over cash for new rent supplement

OTTAWA - Alberta is pushing back against the Trudeau Liberals' expectation that provinces and territories pick up half the cost of a new rent supplement, asking instead to substitute federal fund...

Dec 26, 2019

New MP weighs in on lack of Conservative leadership

Gary Vidal, the newly elected MP for the Desneth-Missinippi-Churchill River and shadow cabinet minister for Indigenous Services is reflecting on the news that Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer i...

Dec 23, 2019 (File Photo/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

Conservatives postpone policy convention to focus on organizing leadership race

OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives say they're postponing a policy convention that had been scheduled for mid-April to allow more time to organize an upcoming leadership race. The party announced the ...

Dec 22, 2019

After impeachment, House bestows big trade victory on Trump

WASHINGTON - One day after its historic impeachment votes, the Democratic-led House gave President Donald Trump an overwhelming bipartisan victory Thursday on a renegotiated trade agreement with Canad...

Dec 19, 2019

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Jody Wilson-Raybould is CP's newsmaker of the year

OTTAWA - The SNC-Lavalin affair cost Justin Trudeau two cabinet ministers, his most trusted aide, the top federal public servant and possibly a second majority mandate; and now the woman at the centre...

Dec 18, 2019

People living in Saskatchewan will get smaller carbon tax rebates in 2020

As the Saskatchewan government vows to continue fighting the carbon tax, the federal government has decreased carbon tax rebates to the province and two others who have not adopted carbon pricing mode...

Dec 17, 2019 (File photo/The Canadian Press)

Canada argues in court: National measures needed to address climate crisis

EDMONTON - Lawyers for the federal government are defending Canada's carbon tax by saying the climate crisis requires national measures. The law that brought in the federal levy is being cha...

Dec 17, 2019

Finance ministers push Morneau for stabilization, health-care money

OTTAWA - The country's finance ministers are meeting in Ottawa today, with more federal help for resource-dependent provinces such as Alberta on the agenda. All provinces say a federal program that cu...

Dec 17, 2019