Politics

Ottawa is introducing new legal measures that make it easier for families with adopted children to pass down their Canadian citizenship.

A federal minister dropped hints about more floor crossings Monday following the defection of Ontario MP Michael Ma to the Liberals last week.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government is practising “counterfeit Conservatism.”

Natural Resource Minister Tim Hodgson says he’ll launch a task force early in the new year to look at ways to ensure the long-term health of the softwood lumber industry.

Promoters of Canadian English say the federal government is sending the wrong message to the world with its recent use of British spelling in official documents.

The prospect of building a new bitumen pipeline to the West Coast has garnered most of the attention since Ottawa and Alberta announced their sweeping energy accord late last month, but another item has left environmentalists dismayed and energy industry players pleasantly surprised.

Interim NDP Leader Don Davies says his party is open to taking on the Speaker of the House position in exchange for resources, but insists the scenario is “hypothetical” and no such discussion has taken place with the Liberals.

Microsoft vice-chair and president Brad Smith insists his company can protect digital sovereignty in Canada, regardless of who is leading the U.S. government.

After the Liberals convinced another Conservative MP to cross the floor, Government House leader Steven MacKinnon says there are more Conservative members who are “extremely frustrated” with the leadership of the party.

Libraries across Canada say a proposed change in the federal budget bill would end their ability to ship books at reduced rates, threatening interlibrary loan programs and possibly forcing the closure of rural facilities.

On Thursday, Michael Ma became the second Conservative MP to cross the floor to the Liberal caucus in as many months.

Mark Carney touted his 'big, broad, and growing Liberal tent' on Thursday night, buoyed by another MP jumping ship from Pierre Poilievre’s caucus to join his, a year after the party appeared to be in dire straits.

A member of the major projects office’s Indigenous advisory council says he and his colleagues were not told in advance of the agreement the federal government signed with Alberta opening a path to a pipeline to B.C.’s coast.

Conservative MP Michael Ma, who represents the Ontario riding of Markham-Unionville, is crossing the floor to the Liberal Party, according to a statement released Thursday night.

After months of mixed messaging, Rob Lantz has officially launched a bid for the P.E.I. Progressive Conservative Party’s permanent leadership, resigning Thursday night as the province’s 34th premier.