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Spring fiscal update, estimates and Ukraine on the agenda this week

On Wednesday, MPs will circle back to Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s omnibus pitch to roll out measures ...
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Progressive-left outlets sound the alarm over Carney’s ‘technological utopianism’, urge NDP to join AI backlash

Had he read to the end, Carney would have seen that his own big bet on AI would have appalled Havel, who saw technology as ...
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Major Projects Office involved in nuclear projects that aren’t on Carney’s official list

The head of the new federal government Major Projects Office Dawn Farrell speaks, as Prime Minister Mark Carney, looks on, during the announcement of five major projects in Edmonton on Thursday, Sept.
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Canada – U.S. relations, cost of living challenges on the agenda as the House of Commons powers up for a fresh sitting

Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives to a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Patrick Doyle A little more than six weeks after the House of Commons ...
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Taiwan speaks out against China’s envoy warnings against Canadian parliamentarian delegation

Taiwan's envoy in Ottawa is pushing back against Beijing's warning to Canada, calling the remarks "absurd" while pointing to ...
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Housing minister says Spring Economic Update “meet the moment” on Canada’s homebuilding progress

Minister of Housing and Infrastructure and Minister responsible for Pacific Economic Development Canada Gregor Robertson responds to a question during question period in the House of Commons on ...
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Higher, lower or hold? Bank of Canada says direction for key rate is up in the air

Governor of the Bank of Canada Tiff Macklem listens to questions during a news conference following an interest rate announcement, at the Bank of Canada in Ottawa. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press) The ...
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Ottawa plans to outsource air passenger complaints process amid record backlog

Travellers wait at the Air Canada counter in Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Dorval, Que., Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi The federal government ...
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Conservatives set to trigger debate on call for Carney to ‘abandon’ plan to set up ‘sovereign debt fund’

Just days after Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled his government’s plan to establish what he noted would be “Canada’s first ...
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Bank of Canada expected to keep benchmark rate at 2.25% amid Iran war oil price spike

Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem has said the governing council will “look through” the initial spike in inflation — now at 2.4 per cent as of March — driven by the oil price shock but will also ...
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Criticism grows at Senate’s pace handling key bills as spring sitting enters final stretch

Frustrations are rising in the Liberal government over the Senate's pace in handling key legislation as parliamentarians ...
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Carney, Champagne and other front benchers fan out to tout latest fiscal update

Finance and National Revenue Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne, left, is congratulated by Prime Minister Mark Carney after delivering the spring economic update in the House of Commons on ...