As Liberals, NDP skirmish, Scheer sets sights on Prime Minister’s Office
OTTAWA — Election day is now just a week away — and talk has turned to what the House of Commons is going to...
Employment disruption ahead: Three ways federal policy can help workers
By: Saul Carliner, Concordia University
If the economy is a key issue this election, a central issue parties need to urgently address is the long-term...
‘Putting out a fire you set:’ critics wary of Tories’ reduced...
TORONTO — Ontario’s 2019-20 deficit will be lower than the $10.3 billion the Progressive Conservative government projected in their spring budget, Finance Minister Rod...
Ontario provincial government reaches deal with education workers, avoid strike
TORONTO — A strike that would have closed hundreds of schools across Ontario was averted Sunday night as the province reached a tentative deal...
Feds fight ruling on compensation for failures in First Nations child...
OTTAWA — First Nations chiefs are expressing outrage and disappointment at the federal government’s decision to appeal a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling ordering Ottawa to...
Ontario government reverses cuts to child benefit, children’s aid services
TORONTO — Ontario is reversing funding cuts to a child benefit program that helps low-income families and refugee claimants as it conducts a broader review of...
YRDSB will close schools Monday if education workers strike
TORONTO — Hundreds of schools across Ontario are set to close their doors on Monday if the province’s education workers go through with a threatened strike,...
Meet Your York-Simcoe Candidates: Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux, Liberal
What can you do to lessen the financial burden on middle-class families?
The Liberal government
has made historic investments over the past four years to help...
UN seat not top priority, Scheer says after pledging foreign-aid cuts
OTTAWA — Andrew Scheer wants the world to know the Conservatives would bring Canada back — in a very different way.
“It’s time for Canada...
Ontario considering alternative to pot wholesale model: sources
TORONTO — Ontario is considering alternative cannabis distribution models and intends to launch a consultation process in the coming weeks, according to sources familiar...
Re-elected Liberals would still run big deficits, despite new taxes
OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau tried to make virtue out of red ink Sunday as he released a Liberal platform that promises to impose new taxes on wealthy individuals,...
Ontario education workers begin work-to-rule campaign as contract talks degrade
TORONTO — Tens of thousands of education workers across Ontario have begun a work-to-rule campaign in a bid to pressure the provincial government into making concessions...
Scheer offers tax credit for green home renovations after Trudeau attacks
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer pivoted his campaign to the environment on Wednesday, announcing a tax credit for homeowners who make energy-saving renovations following a scathing attack...
Canada’s wireless speeds would rank 12th in world if only rural...
TORONTO — The international research firm Opensignal reports that rural parts of Canada get much slower wireless services than in cities — but they’re still...
Beyak thumbs nose at Senate orders on racist letters about Indigenous...
OTTAWA — Racist letters about Indigenous Peoples have finally been removed from Sen. Lynn Beyak’s website — but only because Senate officials erased them after Beyak...
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