David Baxter

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Canada is pausing private refugee sponsorship applications until 2026

Canada is pausing private refugee sponsorship applications until 2026

OTTAWA -- Canada is pausing private refugee sponsorships from groups of five or more people and community organizations to help...

Liberal GST holiday expected to pass soon as government introduces solo bill

Liberal GST holiday expected to pass soon as government introduces solo bill

OTTAWA -- The federal government has introduced a stand-alone bill to implement the proposed GST holiday, hours after the NDP...

NDP ready to open 'gates' to pass Liberal GST holiday bill separate from $250 rebate

NDP ready to open 'gates' to pass Liberal GST holiday bill separate from $250 rebate

OTTAWA -- NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party is ready to introduce motions as early as today that would...

Some Liberal MPs echo NDP call to expand $250 rebate, minister touts seniors benefits

Some Liberal MPs echo NDP call to expand $250 rebate, minister touts seniors benefits

OTTAWA -- Some Liberal MPs say they think their government should consider expanding the eligibility for an upcoming government rebate...

Mediation temporarily suspended in Canada Post strike, parties to meet with minister

Mediation temporarily suspended in Canada Post strike, parties to meet with minister

OTTAWA -- Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon is summoning Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers to his office...

NDP won't support Liberal $250 rebate plan unless eligibility expanded: Singh

NDP won't support Liberal $250 rebate plan unless eligibility expanded: Singh

OTTAWA -- NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says while he supports the Liberal plan to give Canadians a GST break during...

NDP will not support Liberal GST holiday bill unless rebate expanded: Singh

NDP will not support Liberal GST holiday bill unless rebate expanded: Singh

OTTAWA -- NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party will not support a Liberal plan to give Canadians a GST...

Drones, helicopters being considered for U.S. border, public safety minister says

Drones, helicopters being considered for U.S. border, public safety minister says

OTTAWA -- Canada is considering supplying the RCMP and border agency with more resources including drones, helicopters and personnel in...

Canada may add more resources at the U.S. border after tariff threats: minister

Canada may add more resources at the U.S. border after tariff threats: minister

OTTAWA -- Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Canada is considering a number of measures at the American border, including additional...

Report finds 1 in 5 newcomers leave Canada within 25 years, calls for retention plan

Report finds 1 in 5 newcomers leave Canada within 25 years, calls for retention plan

OTTAWA -- One in five immigrants who come to Canada ultimately leave for another country within 25 years, with about...

Canadians generally optimistic about human rights, despite challenges: poll

Canadians generally optimistic about human rights, despite challenges: poll

OTTAWA -- Two-thirds of Canadians are optimistic about where human rights are headed in this country, but there is growing...

Parliament remains gridlocked amid Trump trade talk and postal strike

Parliament remains gridlocked amid Trump trade talk and postal strike

OTTAWA -- Parliament closes in on its eighth week of gridlock over a privilege motion, as Canada Post employees are...

Trudeau says he could have acted faster on immigration changes, blames 'bad actors'

Trudeau says he could have acted faster on immigration changes, blames 'bad actors'

OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government could have acted faster on reining in immigration programs, after...

Ambitious Centre Block renovation project nearly ready to enter the rebuilding phase

Ambitious Centre Block renovation project nearly ready to enter the rebuilding phase

OTTAWA -- The major restoration of Parliament's Centre Block is nearly ready to enter the rebuilding phase now that the...

NDP unveil campaign pledge to remove GST on internet, heat, diapers, more

NDP unveil campaign pledge to remove GST on internet, heat, diapers, more

OTTAWA -- The NDP would remove the GST on all "essentials" if it forms the government after the next election...

NDP unveil campaign pledge to remove GST on internet, heat, diapers, more

NDP unveil campaign pledge to remove GST on internet, heat, diapers, more

OTTAWA -- The NDP would remove the GST on all "essentials" if it forms the government after the next election...

Reporter accused of being Russian spy tells MPs they fell for disinformation

Reporter accused of being Russian spy tells MPs they fell for disinformation

OTTAWA -- A veteran Ottawa Citizen journalist who was accused by a former cabinet minister of being a Russian asset...

NDP calls on federal government to allow open work permits for temporary workers

NDP calls on federal government to allow open work permits for temporary workers

OTTAWA -- A parliamentary committee is calling on the government to change how it handles permits for temporary workers, after...

Trucking, construction expect 'labour crisis' with new temporary worker rules

Trucking, construction expect 'labour crisis' with new temporary worker rules

OTTAWA -- Dominique Lamothe said the trucking firm she works for will be in trouble once new rules for high-wage...

Liberals look to move past leadership drama with eye on next campaign

Liberals look to move past leadership drama with eye on next campaign

OTTAWA -- The Liberal caucus is looking ahead to the party's plan for the next election after an unsuccessful attempt...

Senior Modi cabinet minister linked to India-supported violence in Canada: officials

Senior Modi cabinet minister linked to India-supported violence in Canada: officials

OTTAWA -- Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister David Morrison has confirmed a report that Canada is alleging an Indian cabinet minister...

PM's national security adviser shared India interference allegations with counterpart

PM's national security adviser shared India interference allegations with counterpart

OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's national security adviser says she shared the explosive allegations about Indian officials taking part...

House committee will hear from top Mountie on alleged India interference

House committee will hear from top Mountie on alleged India interference

OTTAWA -- RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme is among a slate of top security officials set to meet the House of...

Minister to launch consultations on advanced requests for assisted dying

Minister to launch consultations on advanced requests for assisted dying

OTTAWA -- Health Minister Mark Holland says the federal government will launch consultations about advanced requests for accessing medical assistance...

Veteran broadcast journalists tapped to moderate future leaders' debates

Veteran broadcast journalists tapped to moderate future leaders' debates

OTTAWA -- The Leaders' Debate Commission announced two seasoned broadcast journalists to moderate the French and English leaders' debates in...

New regulations allow Canada Post to ship prohibited firearms returned in gun buyback

New regulations allow Canada Post to ship prohibited firearms returned in gun buyback

OTTAWA -- The federal government is giving Canada Post the ability to store and transport prohibited firearms in new regulations...

Canada condemns 'horrifying' violence in Haiti as political transition challenged

Canada condemns 'horrifying' violence in Haiti as political transition challenged

OTTAWA -- Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says Canada strongly condemns a new surge in gang violence in Haiti.

New regulations allow Canada Post to ship restricted firearms returned in gun buyback

New regulations allow Canada Post to ship restricted firearms returned in gun buyback

OTTAWA -- The federal government is giving Canada Post the ability to store and transport restricted firearms in new regulations...

Poll suggests more than half of Canadians unaware of gridlock in House of Commons

Poll suggests more than half of Canadians unaware of gridlock in House of Commons

A debate has ground work in the House of Commons to a halt for weeks, but a new poll suggests...

Poll suggests more than half of Canadians unaware of gridlock in House of Commons

Poll suggests more than half of Canadians unaware of gridlock in House of Commons

Ottawa -- A debate has ground work in the House of Commons to a halt for weeks, but a new...

Justin Trudeau says his leadership is not in danger as Liberals brace for revolt

Justin Trudeau says his leadership is not in danger as Liberals brace for revolt

OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his leadership of the Liberal party is not in danger, even as members...

Public inquiry grapples with definition of foreign interference in its final week

Public inquiry grapples with definition of foreign interference in its final week

OTTAWA -- A federal public inquiry into foreign interference is grappling with how to define its central issue as it...

Indian diplomats 'clearly on notice' after high commissioner expulsion: Joly

Indian diplomats 'clearly on notice' after high commissioner expulsion: Joly

OTTAWA -- Canada isn't ruling out expelling additional diplomats from India, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly suggested Friday following bombshell...

House committee to summon RCMP, ministers over allegations of Indian interference

House committee to summon RCMP, ministers over allegations of Indian interference

OTTAWA -- The head of the RCMP and Canada's ministers of foreign affairs and public safety will be summoned to...

Singh says he doesn't understand why Poilievre won't get top security clearance

Singh says he doesn't understand why Poilievre won't get top security clearance

OTTAWA -- NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says it's very disturbing that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre won't get the top-level security...

Singh says he doesn't understand why Poilievre won't get top security clearance

Singh says he doesn't understand why Poilievre won't get top security clearance

OTTAWA -- NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says it's very disturbing that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre won't get the top-level security...

Border agency recovered nearly 2,000 stolen vehicles this year: transport minister

Border agency recovered nearly 2,000 stolen vehicles this year: transport minister

OTTAWA -- Canada's border guards have recovered more stolen vehicles at railyards and ports so far this year than in...

Blair ‘confident’ Canada will meet NATO targets with push for more spending

Blair ‘confident’ Canada will meet NATO targets with push for more spending

Defence Minister Bill Blair says that he is pushing for more military spending to meet Canada’s NATO commitments, but he...

Could notwithstanding clause be used on abortion? Poilievre’s office says ‘never’

Could notwithstanding clause be used on abortion? Poilievre’s office says ‘never’

As an annual anti-abortion rally prepares to gather on Parliament Hill, Liberal and Conservatives have been trading political barbs over...

Some premiers would rather ‘complain’ than make carbon price alternative: Trudeau

Some premiers would rather ‘complain’ than make carbon price alternative: Trudeau

Liberal Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to call an “emergency meeting of...

4 premiers expected to testify at committee against carbon price increase

4 premiers expected to testify at committee against carbon price increase

Four conservative premiers are expected to tell a House of Commons committee this week that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should...

A ‘middle ground’ on carbon reduction amid inflation? Brad Wall says yes

A ‘middle ground’ on carbon reduction amid inflation? Brad Wall says yes

Is it time for a “middle ground” on carbon reduction as the looming increase to the federal carbon price continues...

Guilbeault defends carbon pricing as more provincial Liberals voice concern

Guilbeault defends carbon pricing as more provincial Liberals voice concern

As concerns about a scheduled increase to the federal carbon price grow, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says provinces are welcome...

Poilievre urges emergency debate on April 1 carbon price hike

Poilievre urges emergency debate on April 1 carbon price hike

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for an emergency debate on Monday in the House of Commons on the April...

Carbon price could see Liberals ‘annihilated,’ Ford says as Trudeau, Smith meet

Carbon price could see Liberals ‘annihilated,’ Ford says as Trudeau, Smith meet

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he “doesn’t understand for the life of [him] what the federal government is thinking” in...

ArriveCan contractor GC Strategies will face MP questions this week

ArriveCan contractor GC Strategies will face MP questions this week

The partners behind GC Strategies, the biggest contractor on the controversial ArriveCan app, are set to answer a subpoena this...

Trudeau offers 'unreserved' apology after tribute to man who fought with Nazis

Trudeau offers 'unreserved' apology after tribute to man who fought with Nazis

This came after calls for more action from the government in the wake of Anthony Rota's resignation as Speaker of...

Poland in 'first steps' of potential extradition of man who fought for Nazis

Poland in 'first steps' of potential extradition of man who fought for Nazis

Poland's ambassador to Canada says that a Polish government minister has asked their Institute for Remembrance to look into the...