Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he backs Alberta Premier Danielle Smith over her concerns about what she’s called Ottawa’s anti-oil-and-gas agenda. Poilievre told reporters Wednesday in Calgary that he discussed health care, public safety and defending Canada’s oil sector when he met recently with his Alberta Conservative counterpart in Ottawa. Smith has voiced her…

Federal Conservatives say the Liberal dental-care and rental-housing relief legislation will only add to inflation without providing relief from the rising cost of living. MPs today are debating the government’s legislation to create an annual $650 dental benefit for low- and middle-income families for every child under the age of 12. The bill also gives…

OTTAWA—The federal Conservatives are ending their boycott of a special national security and intelligence committee made up of MPs and senators. Interim Conservative leader Candice Bergen announced the reversal this afternoon, saying Tory MPs Michelle Rempel Garner and Rob Morrison will represent the party on the committee. The move came two months after then-Conservative leader…