Politics

The federal and Alberta governments are likely to announce Friday they’ve hashed out a deal on industrial carbon pricing, the final piece of the puzzle in their memorandum of understanding to get a pipeline to the West Coast built, sources confirm to CTV News.

Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee, the head of the Royal Canadian Navy, is being promoted to second-in-command of the Canadian Armed Forces.

The federal government has yet to fire the starting pistol or even map out the course, but contenders are racing to launch their bids to host the headquarters of a new global bank.

People across the country completed their census forms this week, sharing details about their lives, which languages they speak and — for those who got the long-form census — information about their social and economic situations and access to housing.

Some Canadians are refusing to fill out this year’s census as a form of protest against Mark Carney’s government and the series of floor crossings that helped the Liberals secure a majority government last month.

Despite losing a nomination contest to run for the Ontario Liberals over the weekend, federal Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith says he plans to follow through on his plan to resign his seat in the House of Commons before MPs rise for the summer.

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand arrived Tuesday in the Persian Gulf, a region where Canada is aiming to strengthen ties on defence and security amid an uptick in visits and investment deals.

A United Nations panel is calling on Ottawa to make it a priority to eliminate the second-generation cutoff in the Indian Act.

NDP public safety critic Jenny Kwan says Canadians deserve to know what information the RCMP is sharing under an agreement with China’s Ministry of Public Security.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Tuesday defended Toronto’s bid to host a multinational defence bank, saying he did not believe in attacking rival campaigns by other Canadian cities. 

A House of Commons committee is recommending the government halt its decision to close agricultural research centres and experimental farm sites across Canada as part of its cost-cutting exercise.

The federal government is extending the contracts of about 750 term workers at its pay centre to manage a surge in expected job cuts.

The former environment minister who helped to create the Impact Assessment Agency eight years ago says the federal government’s proposal to change how pipelines are assessed risks delaying those projects even further.

Canada is investing $2 million in an economic hub in the Philippines backed by the United States and Japan, its trade minister said on Tuesday.

As some Canadians claim that the federal government’s national census violates their privacy, a Liberal member of Parliament is calling on them to fill out their 2026 census forms for the good of their communities.