Canadian officials spoke to Trump administration representatives about a proposed revival of part of the canceled Keystone XL oil pipeline in a meeting in Houston this week, Canada’s Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson said Tuesday. The project proposed by Calgary-based pipeline company South Bow and ‌its U.S. partner Bridger Pipeline – which could increase Canada’s…

A new poll finds there is growing support for a proposal to lower an Old Age Security (OAS) threshold for some Canadians in order to help reduce the federal government’s deficit. Seventy-three per cent of Canadians polled this month said they support such a move, which would effectively trim back Old Age Security from higher income…

The Supreme Court of Canada this week began hearing a challenge to Quebec’s secularism law known as Bill 21, a case that could spur ripple effects across the country — most notably the notwithstanding clause in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The case stems from a 2019 Quebec law that, in the name of…

Canadian foreign service officials who say they and their families continue to struggle with “Havana syndrome” are outraged over Ottawa’s latest statement on the mysterious health incidents, saying it’s the latest betrayal in a years-long dispute over what happened to them. Global News spoke with eight former diplomats who say they and their family members…

The federal government is running out of time to clear the backlog of public service pay transactions under the old Phoenix system, if it wants to avoid infecting the new payroll system with similar errors, Canada’s auditor general said in a new report on Monday. The federal government is working to replace the error-prone Phoenix…

By David Baxter The Canadian Press Posted March 23, 2026 12:22 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Auditor General Karen Hogan says there are critical weaknesses in the integrity controls for the International Student Program. An audit of the program being published today says about 150,000 cases in 2023…

Three byelections are being held on April 13 and the results could have an impact on both the makeup of Parliament and how long it lasts. Here’s a primer on how things could change. Where are the byelections? The votes are in two Liberal stronghold seats in the Toronto area and one contested riding in Quebec, north of Montreal. Story continues below advertisement Voters…

By Catherine Morrison The Canadian Press Posted March 23, 2026 8:25 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Members of Parliament are back in the House of Commons today, where the government is expected to face tough questions about new auditor general reports and the ongoing war in Iran. Auditor…

Ottawa’s nominee for federal fiscal watchdog will face questions from members of Parliament on Monday after a turbulent period for the budget office. Annette Ryan, a longtime public servant and currently a deputy director at Canada’s financial intelligence agency, Fintrac, was named as cabinet’s pick to be the next parliamentary budget officer earlier this month….

MPs will return to the House of Commons Monday after a March break week back in their ridings and, once back in Ottawa, will take up consideration of the Carney government’s 2026-2027 spending plan, new details of which were tabled in the House of Commons on the Friday before that break. Those details, outlined over…