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WASHINGTON (AP) — As the government shutdown enters its fourth week, Senate Republicans are headed to the White House on Tuesday — not for urgent talks on how to end it but for a display of unity with President Donald Trump as they refuse to negotiate on any Democratic demands. Senate Democrats, too, are confident in their strategy to keep voting against a House-passed bill that would reopen the government until Republicans, including Trump, engage them on extending health care subsidies that expire at the end of the year.With both sides showing no signs of movement, it’s unclear how long the stalemate will last — even as hundreds of thousands of federal workers will miss another paycheck in the coming days and states are sounding warnings that key federal programs will soon lapse complete...

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre returned to the House of Commons Monday afternoon to a chorus of calls from across the aisle for him to apologize over comments he made last week about the RCMP. Government House leader Steven MacKinnon twice challenged him in question period to apologize “to the people of this chamber and this House” for accusing the RCMP of covering up for former prime minister Justin Trudeau.“Last week, the leader of the Opposition put into question the independence of our judiciary, the independence of our prosecutors, of the police — in fact, the very police that put their lives on the line to protect him,” MacKinnon said.Poilievre responded by saying the Liberals were “trying to distract from their inflation, rising cost of living, by talking about their corruptio...

The federal government still has not issued specific criteria to define the “national interest” under its new major projects law, despite calls from MPs to do so. The Building Canada Act allows the government to identify projects in the “national interest” for faster approval processes, which could include exemptions from certain environmental laws.As the government rushed the bill through the House of Commons in June, MPs studying it at the committee stage amended it to suggest that the government offer its criteria for determining which projects are in the national interest, and to require it to issue a timeline for when that might happen.The amendment was moved by the Conservatives and narrowly passed on a 5-4 vote, with the Liberals opposing it.In response, Privy Council President Domi...

Federal Housing Minister Gregor Robertson says the average price of housing — not necessarily individual home values — must fall to restore affordability in Canada. Robertson was before the House of Commons finance committee on Monday answering MPs’ questions about the Liberal government’s affordability legislation.He acknowledged in his opening remarks that Canada faces a “housing crisis” but argued the federal Liberals are taking action to lower the cost of a home and boost the housing supply.Conservative MP Aaron Gunn asked the minister if he still believes home prices don’t need to fall in Canada, citing comments Robertson made after he was sworn into cabinet in May.Robertson focused on average home prices in his response.“To be clear, we need to see average prices of housing for Canad...

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 20, 2025 4:00 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The lawyer for a former Bloc Québécois MP who lost her riding by a single vote in the April federal election says a do-over is required. A three-day hearing began this morning in St-Jérôme, Que., where Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagnés is challenging the results in the riding of Terrebonne, north of Montreal. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. The le...