CBC News politics
Featured Content
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.5381748.1575330067!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_780/premiers-meeting-20191202.jpg)
With national unity under stress, premiers back a budget fix to help oil-rich provinces
Canada's premiers emerged from a day of meetings Monday united and with a list of demands for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, including a more generous federal health transfer and a radical rethink to the fiscal stabilization program that helps provinces facing a short-term cash crunch.
John Paul Tasker
Politics ||
Prime minister's aircraft grounded after hangar accident
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.3769214.1474310444!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_140/murray-brewster.jpg)
Murray Brewster
Politics ||
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.5212177.1563207487!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_220/trudeau-nato-20190715.jpg)
NATO summit expected to put Canada under pressure on multiple fronts
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.3769214.1474310444!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_140/murray-brewster.jpg)
Murray Brewster
Politics ||
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.5308442.1575304398!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_220/meng-wanzhou.jpg)
Meng Wanzhou reflects on fear, hope and kindness of Canadians on anniversary of arrest
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.4612207.1523315861!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_140/chad-pawson-bio-02-2018.jpg)
Chad Pawson
Canada -British Columbia ||
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.5157890.1562626261!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_780/premiers-meeting-20181206.jpg)
Group of premiers band together to develop nuclear reactor technology
The premiers of Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick have committed to collaborate on developing nuclear reactor technology in Canada.
Elise von Scheel
Politics ||
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.5378881.1575058836!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_220/nato.jpg)
Analysis
NATO marks 70 years with mutual suspicion and insults
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.3552076.1461606811!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_140/evan-dyer.jpg)
Evan Dyer
Politics ||
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.5379898.1575151580!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_220/dale-shewchuck-2014.jpg)
'My country fed me to the wolves:' Veteran slams government settlement for military sexual misconduct victims
Elise von Scheel
Politics ||
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.5209058.1562883607!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_220/premiers-meeting-20190711.jpg)
MINORITY REPORT
The premiers have new power — what will they do with it?
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.4586669.1530308853!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_140/vassy-kapelos.jpg)
Vassy Kapelos
Politics ||
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.5376913.1574963133!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_220/michael-wernick.jpg)
Former top public servant calls on western premiers to settle outstanding Indigenous land claims
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.5254689.1571098929!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_140/olivia-stefanovich.jpg)
Olivia Stefanovich
Politics |
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.4832774.1537530863!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_220/medical-marijuana-a-former-u-s-marine-smokes-medical-marijuana.jpg)
'Incredibly low': Only 118 pardons granted for pot possession in first 4 months
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.3802893.1522181668!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_140/kathleen-harris.jpg)
Kathleen Harris
Politics ||
NDP leader promises to push for climate action, affordable housing in Iqaluit
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.4288021.1505329357!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_140/sara-frizzell.jpg)
Sara Frizzell
Canada -North |
Green caucus will ask the 'tough questions,' says rookie MP
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.3768881.1525378005!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_140/power-politics-logo.jpg)
Emily Haws
Politics ||
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.5380248.1575226292!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_220/britain-economy.jpg)
Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney to serve as UN special envoy on climate
Canada ||
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.5380013.1575173903!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_220/alta-ucp-agm-20191130.jpg)
Jason Kenney invokes Ralph Klein in speech to UCP members at 1st AGM since election win
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.4684984.1527723760!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_140/sarah-rieger.jpg)
Sarah Rieger
Canada -Calgary ||
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.5188040.1561404661!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_220/hmcs-cormorant.jpg)
Former navy ship in Bridgewater 'imminent threat of pollution,' coast guard says
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.4219527.1500926437!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_140/emma-smith-cbc-reporter.jpg)
Emma Smith
Canada -Nova Scotia ||
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.5375787.1574887572!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_220/trudeau-ford-meeting-20191122-topix.jpg)
Ford rallying premiers to call for large increase in federal health transfers
Hannah Thibedeau
Politics ||
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.4827118.1537214106!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_220/scheer-and-alleslev.jpg)
Conservative deputy leader apologizes for comparing Pride parades to St. Patrick's Day events after criticism
Politics ||
Hundreds protest public service cuts at UCP meeting in Calgary
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.3651381.1466790101!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_140/michelle-bellefontaine.jpg)
Michelle Bellefontaine
Canada -Edmonton ||
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.5376723.1575044658!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_220/scheer-alleslev.jpg)
Parade of critics: How Andrew Scheer's views on same-sex marriage still divide his own party
Politics |
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.3332323.1488245419!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_220/malware-hacking-cybersecurity.jpg)
As its powers grow, cyber intelligence agency looks to fill hundreds of job vacancies
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.4884665.1571099012!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_140/catharine-tunney.jpg)
Catharine Tunney
Politics ||
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.5080326.1554151564!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_220/andrew-scheer.jpg)
Analysis
'It's almost pointless to go there': Conservatives unmoved to support a carbon tax
Kyle Bakx
Business ||
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.4948767.1545051476!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_220/china-huawei-cda-20181212.jpg)
Looking back on a 'difficult year' of tensions with China
Radio -The House ||
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.5379669.1575110211!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_220/alta-ucp-agm-20191129.jpg)
Andrew Scheer makes plea for Conservative unity at UCP AGM
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.3651381.1466790101!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_140/michelle-bellefontaine.jpg)
Michelle Bellefontaine
Canada -Calgary ||
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.3271367.1444857248!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_220/cda-japan-trade-stalled-20150524.jpg)
Ed Fast rejects Scheer's offer of critic's post, cites leadership concerns
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.3802893.1522181668!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_140/kathleen-harris.jpg)
Kathleen Harris
Politics ||
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.5375581.1574882458!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_220/dundas-candidates.jpg)
Former political foes form unlikely breakfast club
Canada -Ottawa ||
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.3763450.1473952434!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_220/canada-aboriginal.jpg)
Federal Court denies Ottawa's attempt to pause First Nations child welfare compensation order
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.4408527.1510965126!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_140/jorge-barrera.jpg)
Jorge Barrera
Indigenous |
Add some “good” to your morning and evening.
A variety of newsletters you'll love, delivered straight to you.
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20191203012855im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.4829617.1537367557!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/original_1180/image.png)
Contact CBC and our top investigative journalists securely and anonymously with SecureDrop.
learn more