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Opposition House Leader Andrew Scheer said Liberals had “paralyzed Parliament” by refusing to hand over documents to the RCMP, despite a ruling to do so by House Speaker Greg Fergus. The House as a result has been seized with a debate over documents related to a now-defunct foundation responsible for dolling out hundreds of millions...

Federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has re-ignited the debate over supervised drug consumption sites, saying his government would shut some of them down and pull funding for all of them. Richard Zussman reports.

U.S. President Joe Biden’s defiant press conference at the close of the NATO summit in Washington, D.C., continued to garner strong reactions from Democrats on Friday. In Nova Scotia, a youth from Wolfville was found dead after being swept away by raging floodwaters in the aftermath of hurricane Beryl. Meanwhile in Toronto, a 17-year-old girl...

A growing chorus of Democratic voices continues to turn against U.S. President Joe Biden, after a high-stakes news conference — the first that the 81-year-old has held since the disastrous debate — raised even more concerns about the president’s age and health. On the final day of the NATO summit, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed...

U.S. President Joe Biden says he’s staying in the 2024 race for the White House, despite sliding poll numbers after his poor debate performance. How Biden is trying to regain the confidence of voters; the growing chorus of Democrats saying he needs to go; the most likely Democrat who could replace Biden, and how that...

Pierre Poilievre is calling for an emergency debate in the House of Commons over the federal decriminalization policy. Legislative bureau chief Keith Baldrey has more on what Poilievre is calling for and reaction from Premier David Eby.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the leader of the Conservative Party Pierre Poilievre on Tuesday debated the government’s exemption on carbon pricing for home heating oil, which was announced last week by Trudeau. Despite arguments by premiers and the federal opposition that the pause on a price on carbon for home heating oil primarily benefits...

It’s day two of the Conservative Party convention and 2,500 delegates are meeting in Quebec City, Que., behind closed doors to debate party priorities. Party leader Pierre Poilievre is riding the party’s growing popularity in Quebec, as the Conservatives look to make modest but important gains there in the next federal election. David Akin reports.

Following the announcement of Canada’s new grocery rebate on Wednesday, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland also discussed new guidelines for federally regulated lenders, which aim to standardize the approach towards Canadian homeowners struggling with rising mortgage payments. That includes the possibility of waiving prepayment penalties, not charging interest on interest and waiving internal fees and...

U.S. Congress took a big step toward avoiding a partial federal shutdown on Thursday when the Senate passed a bill to keep the government funded through Dec. 3. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he will ask the Senate to consider a House-passed bill raising the nation’s debt limit “as early as next week.”

During a spirited debate over the $6-billion Quebec child-care deal, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole “doesn’t understand” the universal daycare system in Quebec. O’Toole said he would collaborate with the Legault government on its plan for child-care, but Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet criticized both approaches, saying Quebec doesn’t need “any...

Peterborough County looks into photo radars for “Highway of Death” and other problematic roads. Arts, culture, and heritage take center stage at a Peterborough-Kawartha candidates debate tonight. And — federal party leaders gear up for first English-language debate. Global’s Noor Ibrahim has all the details.

Quebec Premier François Legault was riled up after Wednesday night’s French language debate. He said none of the federal party leaders are willing to increase health transfers to the level provinces are asking for. As Raquel Fletcher reports, he was particularly critical of Liberal leader Justin Trudeau.

Canadian federal party leaders squared off in the first debate of this campaign cycle in Quebec on Thursday. The French-language debate featured Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau, Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, sparring over issues like COVID-19 vaccination status, health care and more. Global’s Mike...

David Akin drops by and discusses everything you need to know about the debate and the high stakes involved.

Quebec Premier Francois Legault is demanding an apology from the moderator of Thursday’s English-language federal leaders’ debate, over a question about the province’s anti-secularism law, known as Bill 21. Mike Le Couteur explains.

With 10 days left until Canadians cast their votes, two federal party leaders are in a neck-and-neck race. The battleground area where the Conservatives need to win, and which voters the Liberals are vying for in the final stretch of the party’s campaign. Quebec’s premier wants an apology after the English-language debate. The question causing...

During the English-language federal leaders’ debate on Thursday night, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau exchanged criticism over the parties’ climate action targets, with Singh saying that the government under Trudeau has had the “worst track record in all the G7.”

After the federal leaders debate on Thursday Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau congratulated Canadian tennis star Leylah Fernandez for winning the U.S. Open semi-final, sending her to the finals.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said on Friday that he was “taken back” by a question on Bill 21 during Thursday’s Leaders’ Debate, saying it was “wrong to suggest that Quebecers are racist.” Trudeau said although he’s opposed to the bill that prohibits wearing religious symbols in federal workplaces, he had hard time processing the question...