Why has Parliament's work been paralyzed for more than a week? | No MPs have 'spied, sabotaged' or betrayed Canada, says national security adviser | Canada adds $15M to aid for Lebanon, says it will match $6M in donations
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Why has Parliament's work been paralyzed for more than a week?; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rises during question period in the House of Commonsin Ottawa on June 7, 2023\.

Why has Parliament's work been paralyzed for more than a week?

October 9 , 2024 at 02:59:42 p.m. EDT • :

The House of Commons has been at a standstill for more than a week as a dispute over releasing documents related to the government's failed green technology fund continues to gum up the works.
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No MPs have 'spied, sabotaged' or betrayed Canada, says national security adviser; Nathalie Drouin, deputy clerk of the Privy Council and national security and intelligence adviser to the prime minister, prepares to appear before the Special Committee on the Canada–People's Republic of China Relationship in Ottawa on Monday, April 29, 2024\.

No MPs have 'spied, sabotaged' or betrayed Canada, says national security adviser

October 9 , 2024 at 03:17:59 p.m. EDT • :

While some MPs may have lacked judgment or acted unwisely, none of them have betrayed Canada, the prime minister's national security adviser told the inquiry into foreign interference Wednesday.
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Canada adds $15M to aid for Lebanon, says it will match $6M in donations; Minister of International Development Ahmed Hussen is joined by cabinet ministers, Liberal MPs and leaders from aid organizations at a news conference on humanitarian assistance for Lebanon, in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Oct\. 9, 2024\.

Canada adds $15M to aid for Lebanon, says it will match $6M in donations

October 9 , 2024 at 05:33:02 p.m. EDT • :

Canada is adding another $15 million to its humanitarian aid package for Lebanon after an escalation in the conflict between Israel and the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah. International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen says the new money will help Canadian and international aid groups provide food, water, emergency health care and other assistance in Lebanon.
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Canada 'seriously' considering high-speed rail link between Toronto and Quebec City: minister; A TGV high-speed train is pictured at the Saint-Charles train station, in Marseille, southern France, Monday, May 14, 2018\. French train traffic is widely disrupted as rail workers prepare to hold a union vote on the government's plan to revamp the national railway company SNCF\.

Canada 'seriously' considering high-speed rail link between Toronto and Quebec City: minister

October 9 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

The federal government is "seriously" considering building the country's first high-speed rail link between Quebec City and Toronto, says Public Services and Procurement Minister Jean-Yves Duclos.
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Speaker silences Poilievre for a day after he accused foreign minister of pandering to Hamas; Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks about an opposition motion in the House of Commons, Tuesday, Sept\.24, 2024 in Ottawa\.

Speaker silences Poilievre for a day after he accused foreign minister of pandering to Hamas

October 8 , 2024 at 01:55:53 p.m. EDT • :

Speaker Greg Fergus ruled Tuesday that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre won't be allowed to speak in the House of Commons for the rest of the day after he refused to withdraw his claim that Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is pandering to Hamas.
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For Pierre Poilievre, the conflict appears to be the point; Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre rises in the House of Commons during question period on Wednesday, September 25, 2024 in Ottawa\.  

October 8 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

For Pierre Poilievre, the conflict appears to be the point

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Canadian Chamber of Commerce sends stark warning about U.S. trade relationship; A truck crosses the Blue Water Bridge into Port Huron, Mich\., from Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, Wednesday, March 18, 2020\. The Canada-U\.S\. border will be closed to non-essential traffic in both directions "by mutual consent," the leaders of both countries confirmed Wednesday as efforts across the continent to contain COVID-19\.  

October 8 , 2024 at 04:41:17 p.m. EDT • :

Canadian Chamber of Commerce sends stark warning about U.S. trade relationship

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Canada has no legal obligation to provide First Nations with clean water, lawyers say; Drinking water is poured into a glass from a faucet in North Vancouver, July, 30, 2019\. An Alberta First Nation has revived a lawsuit it first launched 10 years ago in an effort to get the federal government to recognize its human right to clean, safe water\. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward  

October 7 , 2024 at 06:15:02 p.m. EDT • :

Canada has no legal obligation to provide First Nations with clean water, lawyers say

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The Bloc's supply management trade bill is getting a rough ride in Senate; Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet has set two conditions for the Liberals to meet by Oct\. 29: grant spending approval for a Bloc bill to top up pensions for younger seniors, and ensure a second Bloc bill now in the Senate becomes law\. The fate of that second bill, C-282, is now out of the Trudeau government's hands\.  

October 5 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

The Bloc's supply management trade bill is getting a rough ride in Senate

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Foreign interference inquiry probes CSIS warrant application that lingered on minister's desk; Rob Stewart, former deputy minister of Public Safety, appears as a witness at the Foreign Interference Commission in Ottawa on Tuesday, Oct\. 8, 2024\.  

October 8 , 2024 at 02:20:59 p.m. EDT • :

Foreign interference inquiry probes CSIS warrant application that lingered on minister's desk

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