Politics

The federal government has released details on how its promised $600 million for Canadian content will be spent, and the Canada Media Fund is getting the largest chunk.

Immigration Minister Lena Diab says the new immigration levels plan is meant to maintain predictability in the system while doing the “right thing” by clearing a severely backlogged humanitarian permanent residency stream.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has recruited another global investment executive to his government, this time to helm Canada’s first sovereign wealth fund.

The federal government is extending the period of time a business can employ a low-wage temporary foreign worker.

Bruce and Sharon VandenBerg have been producing goat cheese since 1989, first on their farm in Lindsay, Ont., and now at a state-of-the-art facility that employs roughly 200 people.

The federal government’s budget unveiled on Thursday promises $750 million to build and renovate ice rinks across the country, but there are questions about how the money will be distributed and which arenas would qualify.

Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne says criticisms of his government’s fiscal positioning are not based in fact.

A Conservative motion asking the federal government to cancel a security contract awarded to a Canadian subsidiary of an American company was defeated this week, as the Commissionaires express concern about future work for the veterans it employs.

It will take more than just new housing units for the federal government to achieve its ambitious plan to end homelessness, but it can be done, according to a Saskatoon shelter operator.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the government is hiding the facts on the number of newcomers it’s bringing to Canada, despite the focus in the new immigration levels plan on people who are already here.

Prime Minister Mark Carney and his cabinet ministers fanned out across the country Friday to sell Canadians on their latest federal budget — while the Conservatives sought to portray the document as a costly spending binge.

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly is asking the Competition Bureau to examine whether Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. acted in bad faith when it acquired Stelco Inc.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he will stay on as leader even if the party loses an upcoming byelection in the Ontario riding of Brantford-Brant South.

Prime Minister Mark Carney says the federal government has learned from past mistakes as it sets out its ambitious aim of eliminating homelessness within 10 years.

In a letter obtained by CTV News, Aaron Wudrick, Poilievre's deputy chief of staff, told colleagues and Conservative members of Parliament that he would step down at the end of the month.