Walmart Canada is not trying to profit from food inflation, president and CEO Gonzalo Gebara told a parliamentary committee studying the issue Monday evening. Gebara told MPs that Walmart Canada’s gross profit rate for its food business declined last year, as did the company’s total operating profit in dollars. However, he declined to provide specific numbers for the private business,…

The federal Liberals are moving ahead with plans to create an ownership registry after promising to increase transparency about who owns and controls corporations. Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne has tabled legislation that would create a corporate beneficial ownership registry. The prospective registry is expected to have the goal of making it easier to identify owners of corporations…

The federal government says France has denied an extradition request for a priest accused of crimes against children in Nunavut. The Public Prosecution Service of Canada made the extradition request for Johannes Rivoire, who is in his 90s and lives in Lyon, France. Rivoire is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant, issued in February, for a…

The House of Commons committee on immigration has called an urgent meeting next week to discuss allegations that the department and former minister misled a federal judge during a trademark infringement case—an allegation former immigration minister Marco Mendicino has categorically denied. The allegations stem from the creation of a new college to regulate immigration consultants…

HALIFAX—Former federal NDP leader Alexa McDonough, a political trailblazer who paved the way for women in politics, died Saturday in Halifax at the age of 77. Her family confirmed McDonough’s death after a lengthy struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. McDonough became the first woman to head up a major political party in Canada when she was…

Commentary Editor’s note: This is the first in a series examining the economic platform of each party ahead of the 2021 federal election. The New Democratic Party’s economic platform for next month’s federal election reveals profound contempt for economic rationale. The platform identifies some genuine problems, such as the lack of housing affordability and lockdown…