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Trudeau keeps mum on whether 'Jihadi Jack' will be allowed in Canada

U.S. secretary of state to meet with Trudeau, Freeland ahead of G7 summit

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Canada later this week to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland.
Former NDP MP Pierre Nantel joins the Green Party

Pierre Nantel, who has served as an NDP MP since 2011, will be running under the Green Party's banner in the upcoming election.
Unrest in Hong Kong not spilling over to demands on Canadian consulate

Canadians in Hong Kong are watching nervously as tensions escalate between pro-democracy protesters and police but so far, the Canadian consulate in the region is seeing no obvious signs of their concern.
Kenney says Legault has shaky grasp of history when it comes to equalization

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney shot back at his Quebec counterpart Monday, saying Francois Legault does not understand the history of equalization.
Federal Court approves settlement agreement for Indian Day Schools

The Federal Court has approved a settlement agreement for survivors of so-called Indian day schools.
Politicians say elections law restricting partisan ads is 'absurd,' 'lunacy'

The man whose position on climate change is at the centre of a controversy over partisan campaign rhetoric weighed in Monday, saying Elections Canada is stifling free speech if environmental groups can't produce ads that describe global warming as a real crisis borne of human behaviour.
Elections Canada to assess 'partisan' climate change rhetoric case by case

Elections Canada says it will decide on a case-by-case basis whether discussing the legitimacy of climate change becomes a partisan issue for third parties during the federal campaign, and only if it receives complaints.
Scheer calls for renewed RCMP probe into SNC-Lavalin affair in open letter

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has released an open letter requesting that the RCMP launch a criminal investigation into the SNC-Lavalin affair.

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