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A summer of discontent from Ottawa’s unions is worth the heat
The Editorial Board
alberta
Alberta NDP signs up tens of thousands of new members ahead of leadership vote
What began as a race to pick a new leader for Alberta’s Opposition NDP has triggered a broader existential debate over why being provincially orange must automatically tie you to the federal brand. NDP supporters chat as they wait for the results of the Alberta election in Edmonton on Monday May 29, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
canada
Saskatchewan teachers overwhelmingly reject government offer for new contract
Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation president Samantha Becotte sits for a photograph in Saskatoon on Friday, April 26, 2024. Saskatchewan teachers are wrapping up voting on whether to accept a three-year labour contract from the province. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
politics
Health minister committed to fixing dental-care double standard for hygienists
Health Minister Mark Holland rises during Question Period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Monday, May 6, 2024. Holland says he isn't convinced by the rationale used to deny independent hygienists equal reimbursement for the same services dentists' offices offer under a new national plan. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
politics
Singh tells Conservatives to back off as House prepares for first pharmacare vote
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh rises during during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, April 29, 2024. Singh is warning Conservatives to back down from attempts to block pharmacare legislation, as the House of Commons prepares to vote on the bill for the first time. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
canada
Ontario Speaker allows keffiyeh inside legislative building, but not chamber
MPP Sarah Jama speaks to press after being asked by the Speaker of the House Ted Arnott to leave the Ontario legislature during question period, in Toronto on Monday, May 6, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
politics
Politics Briefing: Conservatives question House Speaker after ejecting Poilievre
Speaker of the House of Commons Greg Fergus takes part in the Speakers Parade prior to question period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
politics
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh confirms party will support Liberals’ federal budget
New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh rises during Question Period, in Ottawa, Monday, April 15, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
politics
MPs from all parties urge government to set up foreign agent registry
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities Dominic LeBlanc takes part in a press conference on the damage caused by hurricane Fiona, in Ottawa on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
report on business
New grocery task force isn’t living up to government promises, Ottawa says
A customer shops for produce at a grocery store In Toronto on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. The federal NDP is accusing Ottawa of misrepresenting a task force announced last fall that it said would investigate grocery retailers’ practices. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
alberta
Ex-Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi shrugs off criticism at leadership debate
Former Mayor of Calgary Naheed Nenshi announced today the he would be seeking the leadership of the provincial NDP party in Calgary, Alta., Monday, March 11, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol
alberta
Ex-Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi expected to be focus of first Alberta NDP leadership debate
Former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi announces that he would be seeking the leadership of the provincial NDP party in Calgary, Monday, March 11, 2024. Former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi is expected to be the centre of attention as the Alberta NDP leadership race holds its first debate Thursday night. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol
canada
Motion to allow keffiyehs in Ontario legislature fails for a second time
Sarah Jama, an independent MPP, speaks to members of the media while wearing the keffiyeh at Queen’s Park in Toronto on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. The keffiyeh took centre stage at the Ontario legislature Tuesday as protesters unfurling the scarves were ejected from the public galleries and an independent member draped one over her shoulders in open defiance of a Speaker's ban on the attire. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Casey
canada
Saskatchewan education minister apologizes for comment to mother whose daughter died
Saskatchewan Minister of Education Jeremy Cockrill speaks to members of the media after the speech from the throne is delivered in Regina, on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. As the Saskatchewan government releases it's 2024 budget Wednesday, all eyes will be on the fate of the province's biggest amateur sporting event. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
politics
Former B.C. finance minister Mike de Jong running for the federal Conservatives
Veteran British Columbia politician Mike de Jong has announced he will leave the legislature this year after a 30-year career in government and opposition. De Jong, first elected as a B.C. Liberal in a Fraser Valley byelection in 1994, says the time has come to leave the provincial legislature, but it may not be the end of his days in politics. De Jong speaks during a leadership debate in Surrey, B.C., on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
canada
Manitoba Progressive Conservatives to elect new leader in April 2025
Opposition Progressive Conservative Leader Heather Stefanson speaks to media after the completion of the throne speech at the Manitoba legislature in Winnipeg, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. Manitoba Progressive Conservatives are to select a new leader April 26, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim
politics
Federal budget to include tax hikes for wealthiest Canadians, some corporations
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland takes a few steps in her new pair of shoes from direct-to-consumer footwear company Maguire, with company founders Myriam Belzile-Maguire, second from right, and Romy Belzile-Maguire, right, during a pre-budget photo op in her office in Ottawa, Monday, April 15, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
canada
Manitoba tax change to help most people despite raising more money, premier says
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew speaks at an event in Winnipeg, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods</p>
politics
Liberal’s rural carbon rebate boost likely delayed
The federal government is cutting the amount of money small- and medium-sized businesses will be given from carbon pricing revenues so it can increase the amount of money rebated to rural families. A woman gasses up at a gas station in Mississauga, Ont., Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
politics
Dental associations are ‘negotiating’ ahead of federal dental plan rollout, heath minister says
Minister of Health Mark Holland participates in a news conference to announce a new youth mental health fund at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
politics
Veteran NDP MP Charlie Angus leaving politics
NDP MP for Timmins-James Bay Charlie Angus rises during Question Period, Friday, December 1, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
opinion
The NDP’s Palestine motion leaves only rancour in its wake
Konrad Yakabuski
canada
Liberals introduce legislation updating Elections Act, in keeping with NDP pact
The federal Liberal government is poised to table legislation today that updates the Elections Act. The Peace Tower in Parliament Hill is pictured in morning light in Ottawa on Thursday, March 7, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
canada
Saskatchewan pre-election budget pitches record spending, $273-million deficit
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe sits for a photograph in the cabinet room at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building in Regina, on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. The Saskatchewan Party government is set to release its 2024 budget on a day that could be overshadowed by teacher protests. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
canada
Manitoba government promises new seniors advocate as bills stall in legislature
Uzoma Asagwara speaks during question period at the Manitoba Legislature in Winnipeg, Wednesday, May 6, 2020. The Manitoba government is suspending many planned nursing homes and other health care capital projects, pending a review that includes the province's finances. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
politics
Politics Briefing: Liberal MP Anthony Housefather ponders next move after party backs NDP motion on Middle East conflict
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Services and Procurement Anthony Housefather rises during Question Period, Friday, October 7, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
opinion
The NDP’s motion on Palestine ended up being a vain exercise in nothingness
Robyn Urback
opinion
A divide is growing between the Conservatives, Liberals on issue of Israeli and Palestinian rights
John Ibbitson
canada
Morning Update: House passes motion after NDP removes call to recognize Palestine as a state
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh pays tribute to the late prime minister Brian Mulroney in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, March 18, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
canada
‘Motel medicine’: Alberta NDP urge apology after stroke patient sent to motel
Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley speaks about proposed changes surrounding transgender youth, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024 on Parliament Hill n Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
canada
MPs split over NDP motion to recognize Palestine
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politics
House passes motion after NDP removes call for recognition of Palestinian state
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, March 18, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
canada
Basketball, music festival hang in balance in Saskatchewan teacher labour dispute
A person holds a sign while walking at a demonstration site during a province-wide, one-day strike organized by the members of Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation in Saskatoon, Sask., on Monday, January 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
opinion
Jagmeet Singh takes pharmacare win and does a pratfall
Campbell Clark
opinion
House motion on Israel-Hamas war adds to Canada’s divided views
John Ibbitson
canada
Saskatchewan legislature members spar over impasse with teachers
Saskatchewan Minister of Education Jeremy Cockrill speaks in the Saskatchewan legislature in Regina, on Tuesday, October 10, 2023. Debate over a labour dispute between Saskatchewan teachers and the province heated up in the legislature Monday, with the Opposition demanding the government get a deal done. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu