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Twice last November, the Privy Council Office (PCO) included polling questions to see how Canadians felt about a pipeline and other energy and natural resource projects.

A Global News analysis of the financial disclosures of MPs as well as questions to a select number of politicians has found that every person in Carney's ministry is a homeowner.

While Stephen Harper showed up to take questions from MPs 65 per cent of the time, Mark Carney has been present for just 26.8 per cent of question periods in the House of Commons.

The Trudeau-era environment minister has been frustrated as Prime Minister Mark Carney undid the climate and energy policies he helped create.

Hotels for the Royal household, flights and an RCMP ceremonial guard, all added up to a hefty price tag for the two-day visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla to Ottawa.

If Prime Minister Mark Carney times upcoming byelections right, the Liberals can squeeze an under-resourced NDP and give themselves an advantage over the BQ, David Akin writes.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to name the successor Tuesday to Mary Simon as Canada's 31st governor general since Confederation.

House leader Steven MacKinnon said the Liberals will seek to change the standing orders of the House of Commons to ensure they have the most votes on committees.

A new trade advisory committee on Canada-US relations may have to confront a Canada-China EV deal that threatens to drive a wedge between Ottawa and Washington.

The joint committee of MPs and senators studied whether to expand eligibility for assisted dying to people to people whose sole underlying medical condition is a mental illness.

Steven Guilbeault’s political future within the Liberal Party of Canada has been in doubt ever since he quit Mark Carney’s cabinet over a pipeline deal with Alberta.

A Global News database of thousands of government spending announcements suggests opposition MPs bring home about as much federal funding as government MPs do.

Katy Merrifield, 42, joined Poilievre's office last fall and quickly set about changing the Conservative leader's media strategy and communications approach.

Fighting crime needs to be a relentless focus, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday. 'We are starting to see results. We're not satisfied and we're going to keep at this.'

Parliament's Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard ordered the release of records requested by Global News and urged Defence Minister David McGuinty to make changes at DND.

The Alberta premier said she hopes an energy agreement that includes a new pipeline to the West Coast is reached soon, and affirmed that the government will not own it.

A Global News analysis of Hansard shows Prime Minister Mark Carney has attended Question Period less than 30 per cent of the time, much less than either of his two predecessors.

Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne says the government has found ways to cut spending by $60 billion but cautions that published spending cuts require important context.

While 40 departments will collectively spend $23 billion more next year, another 85 departments will spend $31 billion less in 2026-27.

Some Canadians who wanted to leave Kuwait had been denied exit permits by their employers. "The situation is a hostage-like one," one Canadian there said.