Northern Affairs Minister Vandal down a press secretary

Plus, Abed Harb has left Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau’s office to run for Calgary city council, and Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan has seen a list of staffing changes.

Telecommunications reliability top issue in July following Rogers outage

A network outage at Rogers Communications in July led to discussions with the federal government about telecommunications resiliency.

‘We’re prepared to step in’: church occupants readying ‘private security force,’ deny convoy links as community groups push back

An extremist-financing expert says feds should crack down on convoy-related not-for profits as community groups say they're 'deeply suspicious' of The United People of Canada.

RCMP Act must be ‘carefully examined’ to protect police independence from political interference, says senior civilian Mountie

‘The evidence is clear that there was interest by the minister's office with respect to specific information about firearms,’ says RCMP Chief Supt. Darren Campbell.

Parliamentarians back Canadian delegations to Taiwan in face of China’s threatening response to Pelosi’s visit

'I don’t think we should be seen as being intimidated or anything along those lines,' Liberal MP Judy Sgro says about a parliamentary delegation to Taiwan.

India looks to quickly wrap draft of interim trade deal with Canada, as both sides discuss additional early pact

Canada and India hope to reach an Early Progress Trade Agreement by the end of this year to pave the path towards a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.

Loss of eastern seat, division of municipalities under fire in proposed Quebec riding redraw

The province will keep its 78 seats, but commissioners have proposed a rejig that would see eastern Quebec lose one seat, with a new one carved out north of Montreal.

If Poilievre wins leadership, but fails to pivot to the centre, Quebec Tory MP Godin says he will ‘reflect’ on his own ‘future political life’

After the Conservative leadership election concludes on Sept. 10, party unity will depend on the direction the new leader decides to go, whether that's leaning into populism or pivoting to the centre, say Tories.

Government should ‘hold firm’ on compliance with emissions caps and reduction deadlines for oil and gas sector, say environmentalists

With second quarter oil and gas profits soaring, environmentalists are calling for a 'windfall profits tax' on oil and gas companies, questioning the morality of the sector.

As Liberals’ support drops, Grit MPs to hold caucus retreat next month in New Brunswick to talk strategy

Because of COVID, the Liberals have not had an in-person national caucus retreat in two years, but now they will hold one in New Brunswick from Sept. 11 to Sept. 13.