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Members of Parliament vote down Conservative pipeline motion
By Canadian Press on December 9th, 2025
OTTAWA — Members of Parliament voted Tuesday to defeat a Conservative motion aimed at pinning down the Liberals on whether they support building a pipeline to the B.C. coast. The motion was defeated by a margin of 196 to 139 in the House of Commons Tuesday evening, with Liberal, Bloc Québécois and NDP MPs voting ... Read More »
1 responseLiberal MP Gould opts not to make bid for Ontario party leadership
By Canadian Press on December 9th, 2025
OTTAWA — Ontario Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Karina Gould says she will not seek the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party. Gould began exploring the possibility of a run after Bonnie Crombie said she would resign from the party’s top job in September following a leadership review. Gould finished third in the federal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec tables bill to help speed up major projects, mirroring Ottawa, other provinces
By Canadian Press on December 9th, 2025
QUÉBEC — Quebec tabled its own bill Tuesday to expedite large-scale projects in the province, one that would allow the province to amend some 30 laws to allow the realization of projects deemed of national interest. Finance Minister Eric Girard told a news conference after tabling Bill 5 at the national assembly that the proposed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kirsten Hillman, Canada’s ambassador to the U.S., resigning next year
By Canadian Press on December 9th, 2025
OTTAWA — Kirsten Hillman, Canada’s ambassador to the U.S., says she will end her tenure in Washington, D.C., in the new year. Hillman helped lead the renegotiation of the continental free trade agreement during U.S. President Donald Trump’s first term in 2017. She was appointed ambassador in 2019 and began the job in March 2020. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Kirsten Hillman, Canada’s ambassador to the U.S., resigning next year
By Canadian Press on December 9th, 2025
OTTAWA — Kirsten Hillman, who has been Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. for six years, says she is ending her tenure in Washington, D.C., in the new year. In a media statement, Hillman says “this is the right time to put a team in place that will see the CUSMA review through to its conclusion.” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conservatives, Liberals accuse each other of playing games as MPs debate pipeline
By Canadian Press on December 9th, 2025
OTTAWA — Government and Official Opposition MPs accused one another of playing political games Tuesday as the House of Commons debated a Conservative motion aimed at pinning down the Liberals on whether they support building a pipeline to the B.C. coast. The motion, put forward by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, says MPs support construction of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Family of 15-year-old shot dead by police bullet near Montreal sues officers, city
By Canadian Press on December 9th, 2025
MONTREAL — Police officers in an off-island suburb of Montreal fatally shot a 15-year-old boy only 10 seconds after they parked their car on scene, the family’s lawyers alleged Tuesday as they announced a civil lawsuit against the officers involved and the city of Longueuil, Que. The shots that killed Nooran Rezayi on Sept. 21 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. announces new measures to combat intimate partner violence
By Canadian Press on December 9th, 2025
VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s attorney general has announced new provincial measures aimed at combating intimate partner violence, while calling newly tabled federal legislation “a step toward justice.” Nikki Sharma says the province will be establishing a comprehensive provincial framework policy to provide guidance to all those within the justice system. She says B.C. will also ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Academics call on immigration minister to get Palestinian students out of Gaza
By Canadian Press on December 9th, 2025
OTTAWA — A group of academics and activists wants the federal government to help Palestinians accepted for postgraduate studies in Canada get out of Gaza – but the immigration minister says she can’t do that alone. The Palestinian Students and Scholars at Risk Network says there are about 130 master’s degree and doctoral students in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Air Transat ramps up flight cancellations as strike deadline looms
By Canadian Press on December 9th, 2025
MONTREAL AND TORONTO — From London to Lima, Air Transat announced a fresh round of flight cancellations Tuesday afternoon as the clock ticked down on a Wednesday morning strike deadline from pilots near the peak of the holiday travel period. Travel company Transat A.T. Inc., which owns the Montreal-based leisure airline, said it has cancelled ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conservatives, Liberals accuse each other of games as MPs debate pipeline motion
By Canadian Press on December 9th, 2025
OTTAWA — The government and Official Opposition accused one another of playing political games Tuesday as the House of Commons debated a Conservative motion aimed at pinning down the Liberals on whether they support building a pipeline to the B.C. coast. The motion, which was put forward by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, states that MPs ... Read More »
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