Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre vowed while addressing his party’s caucus that he will keep delaying the federal government’s omnibus budget bill from passing in the House of Commons until cabinet introduces a plan to cut deficits and bring down inflation. “Today I am announcing that I will be on my feet at roughly 7…

The federal Conservatives resumed their filibuster of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s budget bill on May 25, with MPs seeking more testimony from relevant witnesses, according to Blacklock’s Reporter. “I don’t know why these Liberals want to make things so difficult for Canadians just to simply get the facts and understand the reality of the budget….

Ontario is offering more money in a bid to keep automaker Stellantis from pulling out of building an electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor, Ont., Premier Doug Ford said Friday. Stellantis and LG Energy Solution announced last year that they were building the $5-billion plant, but have in recent days stopped construction and warned they…

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says her government’s recently tabled budget will be remembered as a key moment in Canada’s transformation toward a “green” economy. “We should all be climate activists,” Freeland told the House of Commons finance committee on May 16. “When people look back on the budget that we are all ultimately going to…

The federal government will invoke closure to stop debate on its budget bill, which has been held up at the Commons finance committee by Conservative MPs requesting testimony from Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland. Cabinet served notice on May 11 that it will force the committee to pass the bill by 4 p.m. Eastern Time on…

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described the Liberal government as a “trailbreaker” as she addressed the party’s national convention on May 5, urging for more feminist economic policies, keeping up support for Ukraine, and deterring China’s aggression in the Indo-Pacific region. Former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, who also delivered his keynote address, took…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the conflict in Ukraine will not be settled using military force but rather through a political settlement. “We know this doesn’t end militarily, this only ends with a political resolution of some sort,” he said during a discussion at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) think tank in New York…

On the second day of the national strike for more than 155,000 workers under the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), National President Chris Aylward warned Canadians will begin to see “more and more inconvenience.” “We’re not taking over the streets. We’re not shutting down airports or borders yet. We’re not inconveniencing the public today,” Aylward…

Once upon a time, Chrystia Freeland attempted to relate to Canadians’ cost-of-living concerns with a personal anecdote—and it didn’t produce a fairy-tale ending. “I personally, as a mother and wife, look carefully at my credit card bill once a month, and last Sunday I said to the kids, ‘You’re older now. You don’t watch Disney…

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said Newfoundland and Labrador is “at the table” during discussions on the Atlantic Loop, amid concerns among politicians that the province is being shut out of the project. “I do also want to be very clear that in the tables that we have dedicated to developing the plan for the Atlantic…