G7 meeting ends with promises on COVID-19, climate, mentions of China
The G7 Summit has wrapped up with pledges from world leaders to take urgent action on the COVID-19 pandemic, climate and possibly China.The world's leading democracies have…
Ethics committee calls for sweeping reforms in wake of WE Charity scandal
A House of Commons committee is proposing a sweeping series of reforms to the way the federal government makes decisions on contracts after releasing a report on…
National Indigenous leaders plan Vatican visit to appeal for long-awaited papal apology
National Indigenous leaders are planning a visit to the Vatican this November to seek a papal apology for the Catholic Church's role in running residential schools and…
MPs call on Nav Canada to give up $7M in bonuses paid out during pandemic
Politicians are calling on executives and management at Nav Canada to pay back $7 million in bonuses they received last year during the pandemic, while the private…
Major G7 tax agreement only first step toward global deal: Freeland
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said Saturday an agreement made by Group of Seven (G7) countries on taxing multinational companies and setting a global minimum corporate tax rate…
Canada secures more Pfizer shots as focus shifts to second doses
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today that the government will buy three million more vaccine shots from Pfizer than originally planned — an effort to secure more…
Wealthy KPMG clients continued to dodge taxes for years after CRA detected offshore ‘sham’
After amassing a fortune selling scrap metal in South Africa, Peter Cooper immigrated to Canada in the mid-1990s with his sons Marshall and Richard and their families.They…
Liberal Party triggers ‘electoral urgency’ clause to speed up nominating candidates
The Liberal Party's national campaign co-chairs have declared a "state of electoral urgency," a procedural move that will allow the party to speed up the nomination processes…
Doug Ford’s PCs enter final year before election in the lead, but vulnerable
With exactly one year to go before the 2022 Ontario provincial election, Premier Doug Ford's Progressive Conservatives still have the upper hand in the polls.But a drop…
Ex-judge releasing review of military justice system rocked by sexual misconduct crisis
In normal times, a review of the military justice system would be an obscure exercise, something of interest only to a select constituency.These are not normal times.…
Opposition pushing Liberals to act following discovery of children’s remains at Kamloops residential school
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling on the federal government to search the grounds of other former residential schools following the discovery of remains of 215 children…