Hundreds of government job losses planned at the CRA, ESDC
Top officials at the Canada Revenue Agency say mounting job cuts will impact how the agency is able to deliver services.
Commissioner Bob Hamilton and deputy commissioner Jean-François Fortin said in a message to staff Thursday that up to 280 employees will lose their jobs at the agency.
The agency has been examining its operating budget for more than two years to meet a demand from the government to find savings.
Union head says new federal government needs to regain public servants' trust
The head of one of Canada's largest federal unions says the federal government needs to focus on repairing the relationship between public servants and management.
Nathan Prier, president of the Canadian Association of Professional Employees, said this is a "delicate moment" and that new Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali has his work cut out for him.
Prier said the Trudeau government made several questionable decisions that eroded trust among workers. They included a messy return-to-office rollout that was conducted without consulting employees, he said.
PM Carney travelling to Rome Friday for Pope Leo's inaugural mass
Prime Minister Mark Carney is heading to Rome on Friday to attend Pope Leo's inaugural mass.
The Prime Minister's Office said in a news release Tuesday that Carney will be in Rome from May 16 to 19.
The ceremony, which marks the official start of a pope's term, will take place on Sunday, May 18, at St. Peter’s Square.
The news release said it is a "longstanding tradition of the Catholic Church, and a defining moment in Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate."
Despite a polarizing election, poll suggests Canadians don't want a two-party system
While the recent federal election turned into a tight race between the Liberals and Conservatives that left other parties trailing far behind, a new poll suggests most Canadians don't want the country end up with a two-party system.
The poll of over 1,600 Canadians, conducted by Leger Marketing for the Association for Canadian Studies between May 1 and 3, suggests only 21 per cent of Canadians think the country would be better off with a system where two parties dominate the political landscape.
Indigenous groups keen to see Pope Leo continue reconciliation work
Indigenous groups in Canada say they want to see Pope Leo XIV continue the reconciliation work started by his predecessor, the late Pope Francis.
Francis was recognized as an ally of Canada's Indigenous Peoples and was known for advancing reconciliation efforts and apologizing — both in the Vatican and in Canada — for the Catholic Church's role in widespread abuses at residential schools.
His visit to Canada in 2022 was described as a "penitential pilgrimage" as Francis insisted on meeting with Indigenous survivors of residential schools and hearing their stories.
Carney, Canada's premiers to meet in Saskatchewan in June
Canada's premiers and Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet in person in Saskatoon on June 2.
In a social media post, Carney said that in the face of "immediate trade pressures," he and the premiers are focused on building up Canada's economic resilience.
"That means launching big nation-building projects, removing internal trade barriers and building one Canadian economy," Carney wrote, adding that the meeting in Saskatoon will "keep that work going."
Carney says there's 'more work to do' after meeting with Trump
Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to brief Canada's premiers today following his seemingly successful first meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday.
Carney and Trump spent about two hours together at the White House, including about half an hour in front of the cameras in the Oval Office, and a private luncheon.
Both leaders were accompanied by senior members of their cabinets and their chiefs of staff.
Highlights from PM Carney's meeting with Trump in Washington
Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump met Tuesday in Washington for their first face-to-face discussion of U.S.-Canada relations and Trump's ongoing trade war.
Here are some highlights from the meeting, which Carney described as both "wide-ranging" and "constructive."
Carney says Canadians will 'never' put a price tag on sovereignty
After months of listening to Trump talk about annexing Canada, Carney told the president in the Oval Office that Canada will "never" be for sale.
Three quarters of Canadians say misinformation affected the federal election: poll
More than three quarters of Canadians believe misinformation had an impact on the outcome of the federal election, a new poll suggests.
The Leger poll, which sampled more than 1,500 Canadian adults from April 29 to May 1, suggests that 19 per cent of people think false information or misinformation had a major impact on the election.
Almost a third (32 per cent) said it had a moderate impact, while 26 per cent said it had a minor impact on the election's outcome.
Only nine per cent of Canadians said misinformation had no impact on the election at all.
Liberals lose one seat in Quebec after validation process
The federal riding of Terrebonne in Quebec has gone from the Liberals' win column back to the Bloc Québécois after a postelection vote validation process.
Bloc candidate Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, who had represented the riding since 2021, said in a social media post that she came out with a lead of 44 votes and that a judicial recount will take place.
"For someone to be officially elected, you have to wait until the end of this process," Sinclair-Desgagné wrote in French. "I hope to have the honour of representing Terrebonne again in the coming years."