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The Prime Minister was in the Okanagan on Friday, in light of emergency preparedness week. Justin Trudeau spoke with media at the West Kelowna fire hall after meeting with local mayors and fire chiefs. Taya Fast reports.

On campuses across Canada and the U.S. it’s been a tough balancing act between protecting free speech and countering hateful speech. While many anti-war demonstrations have been peaceful, many Jewish students say they feel unsafe on university grounds as the protests have gone beyond criticizing Israeli policies. David Akin on what the prime minister thinks...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was asked Friday about Canada’s decision to abstain from a United Nations vote on Palestinian membership which received widespread support from the General Assembly.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau relayed a stark message from Canada’s top spy about popular app TikTok. Global’s Nathaniel Dove explains what he said and what action the government could take.

During a press conference in Winnipeg on Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a $1 billion investment over 5 years for a national school food program as committed in the Federal Budget 2024.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was kicked out of the House of Commons during question period on Tuesday after he called Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a “wacko.” Fergus then said the Conservative leader was disregarding the authority of the chair, ordering the Conservative leader to withdraw from parliament for the remainder of the day.

Pierre Poilievre accuses Justin Trudeau of working with the City of Toronto to decriminalize drugs in that city. The Prime Minister insisting that his government only works with the provinces to create a compassionate-based public health approach to the toxic drug supply.

Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), the federal workers’ union, criticized the government on Wednesday for changing its remote work mandate without consulting the union first. The government is calling for an increase to in-office shifts for public servants — and PSAC said if the mandate isn’t withdrawn, “the Trudeau Liberal government better prepare itself...

Toronto’s drug decriminalization efforts are being criticized in Ottawa as Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre demands the prime minister reject the request. Caryn Lieberman reports.

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Tuesday that the federal government remains “committed” to its proposed changes to the capital gains tax, which would see the inclusion rate increased from 50 per cent to two-thirds for those with more than $250,000 realized capital gains in a year. Freeland said she “looks forward” to introducing legislation...

After CSIS director David Vigneault issued a warning about the social video app, TikTok, and its potential for its users to have their data stolen, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday that “Canadians need to listen.” Trudeau added “The concerns are that the data TikTok collects on all of its users gets simply funnelled...

After initially holding out on signing up to the federal government’s Grocery Code of Conduct, Loblaw has agreed to sign on with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calling it on Friday a “big step in the right direction.”

Speaking during a press conference in Ottawa on Friday, Minister of Public Safety Dominic LeBlanc reiterated Trudeau’s statement and said that is was important to work together to “uphold Canadian trust in our democratic institutions” as countries around the world grapple with foreign interference threats. LeBlanc also added that the feds have been working to...

A day after getting booted from question period in the House of Commons after calling the prime minister a ‘wacko,’ Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre continued to push the Trudeau government to quickly end a three-year pilot project in British Columbia that will decriminalize possession of small amounts of certain illegal drugs, including heroin, fentanyl...

Conservatives asked during question period on Thursday whether the Liberals will keep it “illegal to smoke crack in a hospital room,” amid recent debate on a Toronto drug decriminalization request. Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Ya’ara Saks responded by saying that “every request” to decriminalize drugs is “reviewed on a case-by-case basis,” and that...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded to Conservative Party of Canada Leader Pierre Poilievre’s call to suspend all gas and diesel tax from Victoria Day to Labour Day during a news conference in New Brunswick on Thursday. “His ideology is so strong he would rather watch the country burn and Canadians suffer than continue to...

Asked about his support for the Liberal government’s promised increase to the capital gains inclusion rate, Conservative Party Leader skirted the question and sought to put the spotlight back on Trudeau by saying he supports the prime minister “paying more tax on his trust fund.” Poilievre further suggested that Trudeau “doesn’t support his own policies.”

Though he refrained from giving a direct answer when asked if he supports the growing encampments across university campuses protesting the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday that Canadians “have to trust” universities and police to manage the camps and ensure the safety of demonstrators and students while “the challenge...

Grilling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in question period on Wednesday over his handling of the opioid crisis, Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre called Trudeau a “radical idealogue” and said his policies around “safe supply” had led to an increase in drug-related deaths.

On Thursday, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to give Canadians a “fuel tax holiday” by suspending all gas and diesel taxes for the summer.