Politics

The federal government is laying out its plan to hit the U.S. with dollar-for-dollar counter-tariffs that will impact around 700 different American products, while also announcing supports for Canadian workers and businesses.

President Donald Trump says the United States is “giving serious consideration” to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America after trade talks devolved into social media insults Monday.

President Donald Trump escalated his trade war with Canada again Monday, this time threatening to hike tariffs on all vehicles, auto parts and steel from Canada to 50 per cent on Jan. 1.

Standing in the same place where it was signed, politicians, Crown representatives, Indigenous chiefs and elders marked the 150th anniversary of Treaty 6 on Sunday by saying they hoped the future would be nothing like the past.

Former NDP leader Tom Mulcair argues that while Prime Minister Mark Carney was right to walk away from American demands, the only way to avert a post-Labour Day employment crisis is for him to bypass subordinates and negotiate directly with Donald Trump.

Former federal cabinet minister Marco Mendicino defends Prime Minister Mark Carney's decision to walk away from the Washington trade talks.

Just days after Prime Minister Mark Carney recalled Canadian negotiators from Washington and walked away from a trade deal with the U.S., federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for Carney to reconvene Parliament over the decision.

Canadians planning to vote in upcoming federal byelections have until Tuesday to apply for a special ballot.

Some Conservative strategists say there is little to take away from U.S. Vice President JD Vance’s apparent mockery of Leader Pierre Poilievre in a fundraising speech this week.

Victims of state prosecution hope Canada’s new national monument for LGBTQ+ people will be a place to learn, grieve and celebrate.

New tough-on-crime laws and statistics showing falling crime rates aren’t likely to change how Canadians currently feel about crime or whether it’s used as a political wedge between parties, some national pollsters say.

Manitoba’s premier says he is open to returning U.S. booze to provincial shelves but wonders how reliable any deal will be with a president known for breaking his word.

NDP parliamentary leader Don Davies wants the Competition Bureau to investigate whether Prime Minister Mark Carney’s own words are proof the government’s advertising on clean energy infrastructure violates the government’s law against greenwashing.

Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke over the phone with Donald Trump on Monday afternoon ahead of the U.S. president’s tariff deadline.

The new Palestinian ambassador to Ottawa says Canada’s recognition of the State of Palestine has been “pivotal” for her people and for upholding international law, but she says Canada must do more to end Israel’s occupation.