Tag Archives: Federal Politics
Carney sending MP Blois to China to help Saskatchewan push back on canola tariffs
Prime Minister Mark Carney's office says he is sending his parliamentary secretary to China to join Saskatchewan's efforts to get Beijing to scrap its canola tariffs and address other "trade irritants...
Sep 04, 2025

Carney says his ministers are looking for ways to cut spending at cabinet retreat
TORONTO - Prime Minister Mark Carney and his cabinet will meet behind closed doors for a second day in a row today, as the Liberal government prepares for Parliament's return in a little under two wee...
Sep 04, 2025

Poilievre calls on Liberals to scrap the temporary foreign worker program
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberals to scrap the temporary foreign worker program and to stop issuing visas under the program. Poilievre argues a jobs crisis among...
Sep 03, 2025

What happens to Trump’s tariffs now that a federal appeals court has knocked them down?
U.S. President Donald Trump has audaciously claimed virtually unlimited power to bypass Congress and impose sweeping taxes on foreign products.Now a federal appeals court has thrown a roadblock in his...
Aug 30, 2025

MN-S declares state of emergency, seeks funding for land based healing facility
Noting the devastating effects of drugs and gangs, and a lack of long-term community-based cultural supports, Brennan Merasty says he saw an opportunity as an elected official to take action and help ...
Aug 22, 2025
Carney announces that Canada is dropping many retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is dropping some retaliatory tariffs on American products to match U.S. tariff exemptions for goods covered under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement.Carne...
Aug 22, 2025
Sask. stands united with canola producers amid Chinese tariffs
Premier Scott Moe met with provincial canola stakeholders and agriculture ministers Thursday to address the recent tariffs imposed by China on provincial canola exports in Saskatoon. They called on th...
Aug 21, 2025

Rising concerns over U.S. move to broaden products subject to metal tariffs
TORONTO - There's growing concern about a move by the United States to make hundreds more product categories subject to the country's 50 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum content. The addition of...
Aug 21, 2025

PAGC says federal wildfire funding fails to meet urgent needs of First Nations
The Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) is calling on Ottawa to overhaul how wildfire funds are allocated, saying last week's announcement of $45.7 million to build and mobilize knowledge on wildfires ...
Aug 20, 2025
Pierre Poilievre seeks return to House as voters head to the polls in Alberta byelection
Voters head to the polls today in a rural Alberta byelection that's getting an unusual level of national attention. Battle River-Crowfoot was left vacant when Conservative Damien Kurek stepped down sh...
Aug 18, 2025