Freeland violated law by answering questions about byelection: Elections Canada
King’s Privy Council President Dominic LeBlanc, Chrystia Freeland and Government House leader Steven MacKinnon walk past journalists before attending cabinet on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Sept.16, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld King’s Privy Council President Dominic LeBlanc, Chrystia Freeland and Government House leader Steven MacKinnon walk past journalists before attending cabinet on Parliament […]
Ontario to lift tuition freeze, reform OSAP
Grant Hall at Queen’s University in Kingston. Nolan Quinn, Ontario Minister of Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security, said “I believe this funding will solve the majority of the problems right across the province.” Grant Hall at Queen’s University in Kingston. Nolan Quinn, Ontario Minister of Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security, said “I believe […]
Canada mourns after B.C. high school shooting
“I join Canadians in grieving with those whose lives have been changed irreversibly today,” Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a post on social media Tuesday night after the mass shooting at a B.C. high school. “I join Canadians in grieving with those whose lives have been changed irreversibly today,” Prime Minister Mark Carney said […]
Doug Ford confident in Ontario police probe: ‘We have the greatest police in the world’
Premier Doug Ford answers reporter questions at a media conference on Feb. 6, 2026. Ford weighed in on the corruption scandal detailed by York police’s Project South investigation. Premier Doug Ford answers reporter questions at a media conference on Feb. 6, 2026. Premier [Doug Ford](https://www.thestar.com/news/doug-ford/) has weighed in on the corrupt police officer scandal [that was […]
Advocates urge Ottawa to extend ‘no-brainer’ tax incentive for employee ownership
The Peace Tower on Parliament Hill reflects the setting sun in downtown Ottawa on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick OTTAWA – It took Peter Deitz eight years to figure out the best way to sell his business. But it wasn’t until the federal government opened up a new option for succession planning […]
Canada is betting big on industry. Now, it must bet on people
PM Mark Carney’s nation-building program rivals the great post-war investment boom, write the authors, with an important caveat: steel, capital, and concrete alone do not build a country. People do. Based on the author’s interpretations and judgments of facts, data and events PM Mark Carney’s nation-building program rivals the great post-war investment boom, write the […]
Unemployment rate drops to 6.5% in January despite 25,000 job losses: StatCan
Statistics Canada is set to release employment figures for September. Workers inspect sheets of stainless steel after being pressed from coils, at Magna Stainless and Aluminum in Montreal on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. Statistics Canada is set to release employment figures for September. Workers inspect sheets of stainless steel after being pressed from coils, at […]
Ottawa’s auto rebates will likely revive EV sales, experts say – though Chinese vehicles are exempt
Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association president Flavio Volpe gives Prime Minister Mark Carney a tour of the Project Arrow 2.0 at an auto-parts plant in Woodbridge on Thursday. Ottawa’s $5,000 rebate for electric vehicles and $2,500 rebate for hybrids — part of a federal automotive strategy unveiled Thursday — will not apply to EVs made in […]
Carney to scrap Islamophobia, antisemitism envoys: Sources
Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia Amira Elghawaby speaks in Ottawa on Aug. 6, 2025. Prime Minister Mark Carney will scrap the Canadian government’s special envoy positions on fighting Islamophobia and antisemitism, the Star has learned. Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia Amira Elghawaby speaks in Ottawa on Aug. 6, 2025. OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney […]
Former minister Baird says he wasn’t consulted about Epstein’s invite to 2014 seminar
John Baird, former minister of foreign affairs, speaks with guests during the Australia-Canada Economic Leadership Forum in Toronto on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. John Baird, former minister of foreign affairs, speaks with guests during the Australia-Canada Economic Leadership Forum in Toronto on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. OTTAWA – The office of former foreign affairs minister […]