A slew of reports has documented the failures of Canada's long-term care homes to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. With the most anticipated federal budget in recent Canadian history just around the corner, MPs from both sides of the aisle are calling for desperately needed infrastructure funding and support for staffing in those homes.

Filipino-Canadians could rally voters in closely-contested ridings across the country, say the founders of the Filipino Canadian Political Association.

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As events have developed, the nationwide rollout has been anything but a clear-cut victory, and Ontario, in particular, has received one of the worst provincial rankings.

The federal Liberals are set to dive into child care in next week's budget, with stakeholders being told to expect strings attached to federal cash for provinces who want the money.

The Liberal government is proposing long-awaited changes to an environmental protection law that includes a recognition that everyone living in Canada has a right to a healthy environment.

The Yukon territorial election ended in a tie, but the performance of the conservative Yukon Party could mean the federal Liberals end up struggling to hold the territory's federal seat.

Greenhouse gas emissions in Canada ticked up slightly in 2019 — the first year that the national carbon pricing mechanism was in place — according to a new report published today by Environment and Climate Change Canada.

As the Liberals and New Democrats staged duelling party policy conventions today, party insiders said they also signalled they're going to be battling each other over many of the same ideas — and voters.

As the federal NDP prepares to spend double what it did in the 2019 election on the next campaign, some grassroots members say it's happening off their backs. New Democrat headquarters in Ottawa is keeping 100 per cent of all Elections Canada campaign expense reimbursements that usually flow to candidates and benefit electoral district associations.

New Democrats are reconvening for the second day of a three-day policy convention as they look to push past the glitches of the virtual event's opening sessions and rally around keynote speaker John Horgan.

Liberal Party delegates convene for the final day of the party's three-day policy convention, which will conclude with a keynote address from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Liberal delegates to the party's policy convention have overwhelmingly endorsed a resolution calling for the establishment of a universal basic income (UBI) in Canada, while also rejecting a call to hike the capital gains tax.

Several U.S. airport transport services say they're seeing a boost in business by driving Canadian snowbirds across the U.S.-Canada land border so they can avoid hotel quarantine requirements.

Thousands of federal New Democrats will gather online Friday afternoon to kick off a three-day policy convention that has already exposed some internal party divisions.

Regardless of COVID-19, the federal government needs to go beyond rhetoric and marshal a national consensus to get a lot tougher on hateful behaviour.

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Re: "To win, O'Toole doesn't need a bigger tent," (The Hill Times, March 25). I agree with Gerry Nicholls that the Conservative Party doesn't need a bigger tent in order to win votes. However, I disagree with his suggestion of a strategy to reduce Liberal appeal in favour of Conservatives.People. Policy. Politics.This is an exclusive […]

The former Clerk of the Privy Council says the government "lost sight" of an allegation against former defence chief General Jonathan Vance brought to light in March, 2018.

The largest industrial union in North America came to Canada's defence Thursday, vowing to protect businesses and workers north of the border from the growing peril of protectionism in the United States.