Rideau Hall says Fox was elevated to the companion level to honour his "powerful global advocacy and unflinching honesty about Parkinson's."

The Carney Liberals have declared the Pacific Link pipeline in the national interest, the first use of the Building Canada Act, two weeks before Alberta votes on whether to trigger a binding separation referendum.

The latest from the federal lobbyist registry.

In August, a man was filmed setting vehicles on fire outside Zahid's home in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough in what police believe was an arson attack.

Sen. Patti LaBoucane-Benson opened the inquiry in the Senate on Thursday with a speech in which she called for dialogue on the best options to address denialism, while also acknowledging debate over potentially criminalizing that sort of speech. 

Imagine a ship that can navigate without GPS, or a mining company that can find critical minerals without digging. While quantum computers often dominate the headlines, quantum sensors are already quietly providing us with new, vital capabilities.

The members of the Athabasca Tribal Council said they used the opportunity to raise "significant environmental and human health concerns," and Carney responded by noting the importance of environment regulations and the necessity of "future, ongoing consultation will support responsible co-development."

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With Eric Lombardi throwing his support behind Lee Fairclough, the former federal cabinet minister is leaning on his economic credentials and grassroots organizing efforts as the party prepares to choose its next leader.

iPolitics reached out to the Solomon's office last week, but as of Thursday, still hadn't received a response on how the government intends to respond to concerns around AI systems using copyright materials. 

Sidhu shared a photo of himself and Greer on social media Thursday and said they talked about how the two countries can work together on multilateral issues, World Trade Organization reform and reinforcing rules-based international trade.

Alas, Carney and his government might genuinely believe that the EU holds much promise for Canada. If so, then they might be in for a rude awakening. One wonders whether the oxygen could have been spent on developing a different strategy more grounded in Canada’s geographical reality.

Government has routinely put the cost between $60B and $90B.

Transluce posted an incident report Wednesday detailing what it describes as "aggressive attempts" to access public data on Canadian and U.S. government web pages.

This week's roundup for staffing changes on Parliament Hill.

AI adoption is still in its ‘early days,’ CFIB says as small businesses navigate skills and resources

The pipeline, now referred to as the Pacific Link, had been officially listed under the Building Canada Act, setting off a one-year timeline for the new Major Projects Office to develop a binding conditions document that would replace the traditional regulatory process. 

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Marco Vigliotti is joined by Jen Hassum (Broadbent Institute), Zach Nixon (Former Advisor to PM Mark Carney), and Claire Seaborn (Torys LLP) to break down Bill C-39.

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It would be the first project to receive the designation since Ottawa passed Bill C-5 more than a year ago. The act gives Ottawa the power to issue special conditions for projects covering a dozen federal laws in order to help them proceed.

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In protecting the right to collective bargaining, someone needs to be responsible for thinking about the public interest beyond the specific employer and union. 

In a statement, members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 500 called Bill C-39 the "most aggressive federal assault on collective bargaining and the right to strike we've witnessed in decades."

In a letter released to constituents today, Aitchison said after 30 years of public life, he plans to explore other opportunities.

The two-day meeting of trade ministers from the world's biggest economies is being held in Milwaukee amid a global trade disruption caused in large part by U.S. President Donald Trump's trade agenda.

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Beginning in the 19th century, more than 150,000 Indigenous children in Canada were separated from their families and communities and sent to church-run residential schools where abuse, malnutrition and inadequate health care were rampant.

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Mark Maki says he can see and feel private-sector interest returning, "like old familiar faces are back," after being asked about the limited and conditional interest so far.

Prime Minister Mark Carney made the announcement in Vancouver on Tuesday, days before he's expected to advance a project to build a new pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast.

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A new economic outlook expects non-residential business investment to grow 3.5 per cent in 2027, more than double the 1.6 per cent projected this year, while export growth slows to just 0.3 per cent. 

Canada stands at a crossroads — poised to seize control of its destiny and become a global energy superpower. This should also be the moment when this country finally turns the page on the harsh legacy of colonialism and opens a new chapter in which all the peoples of Canada, especially its First Peoples, will have an equal share in its bounty.

The joint venture participants, Shell, PETRONAS, PetroChina, Mitsubishi Corp. and KOGAS, have spent months working through their own internal approvals for Phase 2.

Carney made the remark in a recent interview with the New York Times, just over a month before the government is required by law to release its immigration levels plan for the next three years.

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service may not have complied with the law when using special powers to gather information, a review by the national spy watchdog has found.

A commission of the regulator found the agreed-to tolls were "just and reasonable." 

The announcement would also come days weeks before Albertans vote in a referendum that could start the process of separating from Canada.

Fractious Canada-U.S. trade relations remain headline news. But what should concern Canadians as much, if not more, is that we’ve fallen further behind our American counterparts on economic results than where we were a quarter century ago.

In this exclusive conversation, Leader of the Official Opposition and Conservative Party of Canada Pierre Poilievre sits down with iPolitics Editor-in-Chief Marco Vigliotti to discuss his priorities for the current sitting of Parliament.

The trade restrictions could prove devastating for the affected industries but are unlikely to significantly undermine Canada's overall economic growth in the near term.

The NDP has deep ties to Canada's labour movement, while the Conservatives have been making political inroads among union members for years. Members of both parties say they plan to go to bat for union members as C-39 makes its way through the House of Commons.

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A timely deep dive into parliamentary procedure.

Velocity must become a Canadian military capability. Canada proved we could do that by producing hundreds of Lancaster Mk. X’s at unprecedented speed. We must do it again, before someone else moves faster.

The joint venture participants, Shell, PETRONAS, PetroChina, Mitsubishi Corp. and KOGAS, have spent months working through their own internal approvals for Phase 2.

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The watchdog is examining whether the policies make bargains harder to find, blunt competition among grocers, and put new and discount stores at a disadvantage.