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Rona Ambrose says outreach and trust-building is paramount and that the federal-provincial relationship seems to be improving.

Prime Minister Mark Carney will be watched closely by Canadians infuriated by Donald Trump — and by an anxious business community looking for tariff relief.

The long, busy week is wrapping up with Opposition Day in the House of Commons, and a smattering of press conferences.

OTTAWA - The federal minister for the Status of Women says she's concerned complacency is getting in the way of ending violence against women on college and university campuses.

OTTAWA - The prime minister was among the majority of MPs that helped defeat a Conservative MP's pro-life motion Wednesday, but ten of Stephen Harper's ministers voted to keep the debate alive.

The prime minister was among the majority of MPs that helped defeat a Conservative MP's pro-life motion Wednesday, but ten of Stephen Harper's ministers voted to keep the debate alive.

OTTAWA - The Harper government's attempt to shut down a House of Commons committee investigation into the handling the F-35 stealth-fighter deal has failed, thanks to a filibuster by the Opposition.

OTTAWA - The Harper government's attempt to shut down a House of Commons committee investigation into the handling the F-35 stealth-fighter deal has failed, thanks to a filibuster by the Opposition.

WINNIPEG - Manitoba chiefs and the federal New Democrats are calling for a national inquiry into the growing number of aboriginal women across the country who have fallen victim to violent crime.

OTTAWA - The right for MPs to say and discuss almost anything they want is one of the central privileges of Parliament, but a couple of divisive debates over the past week tested the thresholds of dialogue in the House of Commons.

OTTAWA - The Harper government is being transparent with its advertising expenses because cabinet approvals of advertising budgets are posted quarterly, a spokesman for federal Public Works Minister Rona Ambrose said Thursday.

MONTREAL - What do Vancouver's oldest vaudeville theatre, a landmark Toronto hotel built in 1888, and government-owned hangars that made planes for the Second World War all have in common?

OTTAWA - A new House of Commons committee report meant to address the crisis of violence against aboriginal women ignores the testimony of most of the women it consulted, NDP members say.

<p> British defence giant wants to collaborate in Canadian shipbuilding <p>OTTAWA - One of Britain's leading defence companies says it could still work with Canada on building new warships, even though the Harper government has slammed the door shut on collaboration with its NATO ally.</p> <p>A</p>

<p> Don't lobby over new warships, minister warns <p>OTTAWA - The Conservative government wants lobbyists to butt out of Canada's new shipbuilding industry.</p> <p>Public Works Minister Rona Ambrose managed to raise more than a few eyebrows at a large defence industry trade show in Ottawa on We</p>

OTTAWA - The latest review of federal building-maintenance contracts worth almost $6 billion has uncovered several instances of overcharging, missing documentation and record-keeping errors.

The United Nations is holding an inquiry into the hundreds of murdered and missing aboriginal women and will send representatives to Canada to inerview victims’ families and government officials, two Canadian women’s groups announced Tuesday.

Drugs, war crimes and democracy are all the focus of the ministerial event circuit this Friday. <br /><br />

<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; ">Suzanne Laplante Edward awoke one morning in October, on what would have been her daughter's 43rd birthday, only to see the Conservatives introduce a bill to end the gun registry.</span>

TORONTO - The Shafia murder trial has cast a shadow over Canada's Islamic community, further tarnishing an image that has not yet recovered from the events of 911.