Federal Politics

Nearly 5.4 million receiving emergency federal aid as requests climb

OTTAWA - The federal government says nearly 5.4 million Canadians are now receiving emergency aid to replace incomes lost due to COVID-19. The figures this morning show 5.38 million applications have ...

Apr 13, 2020

Changes to emergency-relief program coming to expand eligibility, Trudeau says

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says 240,000 people successfully applied for emergency relief amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the first few hours after the federal government opened the process t...

Apr 06, 2020

GST credit payments to low-income earners to arrive one month earlier

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government will deliver more aid to low-income Canadians through the GST credit a month sooner than planned. The government initially announced the mone...

Apr 03, 2020

Scheer calls for more oversight of government's COVID-19 response

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is calling for the Liberals to be more transparent about their response to the COVID-19 crisis. He wants the government to release all of the data on the spr...

Apr 03, 2020

Ontario's move puts pressure on feds to reveal national COVID-19 projections

OTTAWA - Canadians should brace for some grim numbers today as Ontario reveals its projections for how bad the COVID-19 pandemic could get in the country's most populous province and how long it could...

Apr 03, 2020

Trudeau calls first ministers meeting on COVID-19, promises better data soon

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will soon be able to give Canadians a better sense of the impact COVID-19 is going to have on this country but he isn't able to do it yet.As countries li...

Apr 02, 2020

MPs wages, carbon tax increases take effect April 1

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer are among the MPs who are promising to donate an automatic increase in their salaries to charity, as the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Apr 01, 2020

Latest news from across the prairies

The latest COVID-19 news from across the prairies.Manitoba schoolsPrimary and secondary schools in Manitoba will be closed until further notice due to COVID-19 concerns.Education Minister Kelvin Goert...

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Duration of COVID-19 measures depends on obeying health authorites: PM

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the longer it takes for all Canadians to follow the rules and stay home the longer it will be before life can return to normal.One scenario presented to cab...

Apr 01, 2020

Canadian military ready to mobilize 24,000 troops for COVID-19: defence minister

OTTAWA - The crews of two Royal Canadian Navy vessels were ordered to sequester in a Halifax hotel for two weeks as the federal government announced Monday that it is ready to mobilize up to 24,000 Ca...

Mar 30, 2020