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Running roughshod over the environment. Spawning the next Idle No More movement. Picking economic winners and losers. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Building Canada Act is anything if not a magnet for criticism.The Liberal government’s controversial legislation that would let cabinet quickly grant federal approvals for big industrial projects like mines, ports and pipelines sailed through committee in the early hours of Thursday.A House of Commons panel sat from Wednesday afternoon to after midnight reviewing Bill C-5 in a hurried study, as the Liberal government seeks to pass it through the chamber by week’s end.Indigenous and environmental groups, along with opposition MPs and senators, raised concerns that the bill is being rushed through parliament and will grant cabinet sweeping powers ...

In December 2023, Jagmeet Singh posted pictures of his wife holding their newborn baby. Singh, then the leader of the federal New Democrats, gazed lovingly at the baby girl as his wife, Gurkiran Kaur Sidhu, cradled her. Not pictured in Singh’s social media accounts was the retinue of armed RCMP officers stationed outside the hospital room, there to ensure the federal politician and his young family’s safety after the national police force determined Singh’s life was under imminent threat.“(During) the time in his life when it should be nothing but joy … he needed an armed presence to keep his family safe,” said Jennifer Howard, Singh’s longtime chief of staff, in a recent interview with Global News.“Nobody should have to go through that. That is a price too high, I think, for any politicia...

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 18, 2025 1:16 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Quebec’s public security minister says transgender inmates will be incarcerated according to their anatomical sex, not their gender identity. François Bonnardel says in a statement the measure is to ensure the safety of all inmates. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. He says inmates’ bodies will be scanned to determine which detention centre they ...

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 18, 2025 10:59 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Quebec’s corruption police are searching the headquarters of the province’s auto insurance board. The auto board has been mired in a scandal for nearly two years over the botched rollout of its new online platform.An auditor general report earlier this year revealed the government wound up paying a total of $1.1 billion for the platform, which was $500 million more than expected. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs he...