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Parliamentarians return for the fall sitting today after a heated summer drastically altered the dynamics in the House of Commons. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be leading an unstable minority government in the wake of last week’s announcement by NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh to end the supply-and-confidence agreement that had ensured the Liberal government’s survival for more…
Members of Parliament all receive the same base salary — $203,100 — but some spend much less time on their feet in the House of Commons than others. Using data provided by the House of Commons, Radio-Canada ranked all 338 MPs on the number of times they’ve spoken in the Commons or exercised their right to vote in the current session of Parliament. The amount of…
The federal government is expanding a list of Iranian officials that are inadmissible to Canada. Ottawa first introduced measures under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) in November 2022 that barred a number of senior Iranian officials from entering Canada. Those measures applied to people who were senior members of the Iranian government from…
At a construction cost of $16 billion, the Site C hydroelectric dam and reservoir on the Peace River in northeastern British Columbia is the most expensive public infrastructure project in the province’s history. Last month, B.C. Hydro started filling the dam’s 83-kilometre long reservoir. The dam is expected to start producing power by December and…
People are still living at an encampment in downtown Yellowknife, only days before construction crews are set to take over the lot. On Monday, the territorial government asked residents to leave the encampment, which is located in a parking lot at the south end of 51 Street. Officials removed essential services from the site Wednesday….
Premier Andrew Furey said Boston made the most sense for Newfoundland and Labrador to open a trade office. (Patrick Butler/Radio-Canada) Newfoundland and Labrador is dropping anchor and opening shop in Boston. On a trade mission to the Massachusetts state capital this week, Premier Andrew Furey announced the province would be opening its first international trade…
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh made another stop in Winnipeg Saturday ahead of a Monday byelection in a riding that has been a stronghold for his party. Six candidates are set to run in the byelection for Elmwood-Transcona, a seat left vacant when the NDP’s Daniel Blaikie resigned earlier this year to take a job working for Manitoba…
The Yukon government says the long-awaited new fibre optic line along the Dempster Highway is “substantially” complete, and should be operational by the end of the year. “The line is in the ground, the connections have been made,” said Yukon project manager Fred Jay at a news conference on Friday. “We’ll turn it over to Northwestel to…
The Canadian government on Friday announced a loan of $2.14 billion to satellite operator Telesat to help the company build its broadband satellite constellation, in what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described as Canada’s largest ever space program. Quebec’s government, meanwhile, announced a loan of $400 million to the company, which has contracted aerospace technology firm…
Longtime Ottawa Progressive Conservative MPP Lisa MacLeod won’t be seeking re-election. MacLeod announced her decision in a video posted to social media Friday. “I started as the youngest person in two Parliaments and I’m leaving as the longest-serving woman in this term,” she said in the video. “It’s been an honour to serve you at Queen’s…
