Canada’s premiers ended their annual three-day conference Wednesday with a call for a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on infrastructure needs ranging from highways to housing. “Having a national strategy around infrastructure that includes things like community infrastructure, as well as those pieces we traditionally think of — the highways, the ports, the railways […]
Dozens of community and Indigenous groups across Western Canada will share $20 million in federal funding to boost the mental health and drug awareness, treatment and rehabilitation services they offer. The money is to be shared between 42 local drug-related programs across British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, Mental Health and Addictions Minister Carolyn Bennett […]
David Johnston says he is stepping down from his role as special rapporteur investigating foreign interference, effective no later than the end of June, citing the highly partisan atmosphere around his work. The former governor general says in a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that his leadership of the government’s probe into foreign meddling […]
It would be against the law for Saskatchewan to run its coal-fired power plants after 2030 unless the greenhouse-gas emissions from those plants are captured, federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Wednesday. His comment comes as electricity generation becomes the latest jurisdictional battle over climate policy between federal and provincial governments. Canada’s current climate plan aims for […]
A private member’s bill from a Conservative backbench MP is stirring up debate over abortion in Canada, though the proposed legislation does not mention it even once. Conservative Yorkton-Melville MP Cathay Wagantall’s bill would encourage judges to consider physical or emotional harm to a pregnant victim as an aggravating factor during sentencing. “It is focused […]
Saskatchewan’s justice minister again defended the province’s inability to meet incoming electricity regulations after the federal environment minister accused Premier Scott Moe of making “irresponsible” comments. Bronwyn Eyre said on Wednesday Steven Guilbeault is “misguided” on how the clean electricity standards will affect utility rates in the province after Guilbeault said it’s “baseless and untrue” […]
A new federal law will require digital platforms such as Netflix, YouTube and TikTok to contribute to and promote Canadian content. The Liberals’ Online Streaming Act passed its final vote in the Senate Thursday and received royal assent. The bill updates the Broadcasting Act to bring online streaming platforms under the regulatory authority of the […]
