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Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says Canadians should pay attention to the action on climate change being taken by the international community — not the presence of hundreds of oil and gas representatives at COP27. In light of the importance of promised measures on climate change that could lower the range …

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has set the date for a federal byelection in the Greater Toronto Area. Voters in Mississauga-Lakeshore will head to the polls to pick their new member of Parliament on Dec. 12. The seat became empty earlier this year when former Liberal MP Sven Spengemann announced he …

After months of discussion and extended deadlines, Alberta’s advanced education minister wants the board of governors at Athabasca University to sign an agreement this month compelling more of its employees to work in the town of Athabasca, Alta..  The board’s next meeting was originally scheduled for Dec. 9. On Tuesday, Advanced Education …

Measures to block members of the Iranian regime from entering Canada that the federal government says it intends to pursue could include their family members, the immigration minister says. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced last week that his government is taking steps to use provisions under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) …

The federal minister of public safety says Alberta’s justice minister is engaging in “political brinkmanship” regarding Ottawa’s assault weapon buyback program — and the RCMP’s role in it. The federal government banned more than 1,500 assault-style weapons in 2020 – now, they’re preparing to buy back those weapons. It’s a move that …

Federal Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne will represent Canada at former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe’s state funeral this week. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was scheduled to visit Japan and attend Tuesday’s funeral, but cancelled those plans to oversee recovery efforts after post-tropical storm Fiona ravaged much of Atlantic Canada and …

Canada’s federal minister of disability inclusion is promising to help reform air travel for people with disabilities after a Toronto advocate’s wheelchair was “totally damaged” while in the care of Air Canada employees. CBC Toronto told Maayan Ziv’s story last week soon after she found her $30,000 wheelchair broken after landing in Israel for …

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Governor General Mary Simon will be joined by a number of their predecessors and Indigenous leaders in the Canadian delegation attending Queen Elizabeth’s state funeral in London. Former prime ministers Stephen Harper, Paul Martin, Jean Chrétien and Kim Campbell will be part of the delegation, as …

Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc says his party won’t underestimate new Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre after the MP won a decisive victory in the party’s leadership election. “We don’t underestimate at all … our adversaries in politics,” LeBlanc told chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton during an interview on Rosemary Barton …

“I think our new prime minister is really good news for Canada,” said U.K. High Commissioner to Canada Susannah Goshko of Liz Truss. “She will be wanting quite quickly for us to conclude a free trade agreement with Canada.” News Source link