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Pandemic-related disability support to cost feds $792 million, PBO says

The parliamentary budget office says a one-time payment to people with disabilities this fall will cost the federal treasury $792 million.The majority of that amount will go to about 1.67 million people in payments of up to $600,...

323 COVID-19 cases reported in Canada

There are 125,969 confirmed cases in Canada. Quebec: 61,803 confirmed (including 5,746 deaths, 54,850 resolved) Ontario: 41,607 confirmed (including 2,800 deaths, 37,748 resolved) Alberta: 13,083 confirmed (including 235 deaths, ...

Erin O'Toole says he wants to see the Trudeau government address western alienation

The new leader of the federal Conservatives says while he isn't afraid to fight in a fall election, he wants to first try co-operating with the Liberal government to bring effective leadership to Canada during the pandemic. Erin O'Toole isn't saying if he will support Liberal's speech from the throne on September 23rd, which will lay out the government's post-pandemic plan and will be followed by a confidence vote. O'Toole says he wants to see the Trudeau government address western alienation. Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says as prime minister, he would lead a government that rebuilds th...

Alberta gets new justice, economy ministers in cabinet 'reset'

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has made a ``limited reset'' of his cabinet to accommodate a renamed portfolio for jobs, the economy and innovation.Doug Schweitzer, who was justice minister, will hold the post, which Kenney says is a rebrand of the Economic Development, Trade and Tourism Ministry.Kenney says Schweitzer will work to implement Alberta's recently launched economic plan to help the province recover from the ``double whammy'' of low oil prices and the COVID-19 pandemic. The Conference Board of Canada is forecasting Alberta will be the most heavily hit province this year with an 11 per...

Stats Canada survey suggests some Canadians worried about safety of COVID-19 vaccine

A new Statistics Canada survey suggests that while the vast majority of Canadians would get a COVID-19 vaccine if and when it becomes available, more than one in 10 likely would not.The survey comes as governments around the world...

Trudeau considered best to manage pandemic, revive economy, survey suggests

A new survey suggests Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals are well placed if they end up losing a confidence vote this fall, seen as the party best able to care for Canadians during the COVID-19 pandemic and to get the econo...

Rise in COVID-19 cases in Alberta and B.C. over the weekend

There are 125,647 confirmed cases in Canada. Quebec: 61,741 confirmed (including 5,744 deaths, 54,761 resolved) Ontario: 41,507 confirmed (including 2,798 deaths, 37,673 resolved) Alberta: 13,006 confirmed (including 234 deaths, ...

New temporary public policy will allow visitors to apply for a work permit without having to leave Canada

Visitors who are currently in Canada and have a valid job offer will be able to apply for an employer-specific work permit and, if approved, receive the permit without having to leave the country, thanks to a new public policy ann...

Bernier says O'Toole not a real conservative, unlike his People's Party

People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier says Erin O'Toole is masquerading as a Conservative and he will now show his real Red Tory face now that he is the party's leader.Bernier says there's nothing to distinguish O'Toole from the Justin Trudeau Liberals, and that his own People's Party of Canada is the only true conservative party in the country.O'Toole won the Conservative leadership early Monday with 57 per cent of the vote, defeating his main rival Peter MacKay, who won 43 per cent.Bernier says neither O'Toole nor MacKay represented the policies of Canadian conservatives, and that his People'...

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Delhi Assembly Elections: Congress Releases Second List

The Congress has released its second list of candidates for the Delhi Assembly elections, featuring 26 names. Notably, both Congress and AAP, allies in the India Alliance, are contesting against each other in Delhi. In the latest...

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