CBC News politics

The vote to choose Andrew Scheer's replacement as leader of the Conservative Party is still months away. But a key milestone arrives Friday — the deadline to become a member eligible to cast a ballot.

Canada's spy agencies are warning that Canadian intellectual property linked to the pandemic is a "valuable target" for state-sponsored actors — just a day after U.S. intelligence agencies raised the alarm about China-backed hacking of institutions and companies researching vaccines, treatments and tests for the novel coronavirus.

The Liberal chair of the Commons finance committee says the federal government hasn't been clear enough with Canadians about the sanctions they could face for improperly receiving the COVID-19 emergency response benefit — and Ottawa should do more to actively discourage bogus applicants.