Ottawa must axe capital gains changes amid uncertainty: Canadian chamber

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce is urging the federal government to axe proposed changes to Canada's capital gains tax rules amid uncertainty for filers in the coming tax season.

High-profile cabinet minister Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says she won't seek the Liberal leadership, s source says

High-profile cabinet minister Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says she won't seek the Liberal leadership.

After announcing his departure, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tried to reach an agreement with opposition leaders so that his government would survive a few more weeks in Parliament, Radio-Canada has learned. 

The Canadian economy added 91,000 jobs in December, and the unemployment rate dipped to 6.7 per cent from the previous month's 6.8 per cent, Statistics Canada said on Friday.

The Canadian economy added 91,000 jobs and the unemployment rate dipped 0.1 percentage points to 6.7 per cent in December, Statistics Canada said on Friday, which came as a pleasant surprise to economists.

The Liberal party will announce its new leader on March 9, who will succeed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after he said he plans to step down.

Canada could impose retaliatory tariffs against the United States in response to Donald Trump's economic threat. Experts say they could target industries in Republican states.

Liberals will choose their next leader — and Canada’s next prime minister — on March 9th, the party said in a media release on Thursday night.

Donald Trump's repeated musings on seeing Canada become a part of the United States have not been warmly received in Ottawa. And he's highlighted a persistent concern raised by some on this side of the border — fears that Canada faces potential risks to national sovereignty by getting too close to its southern neighbour.

For the first time since U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatened hefty tariffs on Canadian goods, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took his argument against the import taxes directly to the American public.

In an interview with CNN, Trudeau pushed back again on the idea of Canada becoming part of the U.S., which Trump has continued to push in comments to media.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre again demanded that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau call a national election instead of proroging Parliament.

Canada today recognized Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia as the legitimate winner of the July 2024 Venezuelan presidential election, one day before Nicolas Maduro is due to be sworn in. Mass protests in the country saw the opposition leader emerge from hiding, only to be acducted and then released.

Indian media outlets, including some of the country's most prominent and respected, ran false reports Thursday claiming that the four Indian nationals accused of murdering Canadian Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar have been released from custody. CBC News has confirmed that those reports are false.

As a giant of industry and the world’s richest man, Elon Musk wields influence across the global economy. He’s leveraging that success to extend his influence into the democratic process in Canada and elsewhere.

Donald Trump has broad executive authority to impose tariffs for national security reasons, and may be considering invoking a national emergency to justify them.

Donald Trump’s increasingly strident approach to relations with Canada is provoking fear about the potential consequences north of the border and questions about just how serious the U.S. president-elect actually is.

CBC News has learned that Labrador MP Yvonne Jones won't run in the next federal election, joining Gudie Hutchings on Thursday and leaving five of six Liberal-held seats up for grabs.

Gudie Hutchings, the MP for Long Range Mountains, says she's not running in the next federal election.

The $16.5-billion high-profile project in question would capture harmful carbon dioxide emissions from the oilsands, Canada's heaviest-emitting sector. 

Less than two days after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked the Governor General to suspend Parliament, a legal advocacy group has already taken the issue to court, while another has said it plans to do the same. But several constitutional experts say the challenges aren't likely to succeed.

Early on, the Liberal leader made a surprising breakthrough in the heart of conservative oil country. But he also triggered fresh bitterness with his climate policies.

After announcing he would be resigning as prime minister, Justin Trudeau said one of his biggest regrets was not bringing in a ranked ballot system for federal elections. But that wasn't what he initially promised to do in 2015.

Top Liberal brass are meeting Thursday evening to try and hammer out how to run a race to find the next party leader — and Canada's next prime minister — against a ticking clock.

Social media giant Meta's decision to move away from fact-checking and content moderation on its platforms like Facebook and Instagram could make it easier to interfere in Canada's next federal election and the Liberal leadership race to succeed Justin Trudeau, say experts.

Ottawa MP Chandra Arya — who announced on Thursday that he would be running to replace Justin Trudeau as the next Liberal leader and prime minister — says he doesn’t speak French and doesn’t believe it will matter to French-speaking Canadians.

Ottawa MP Chandra Arya is promising to dump the monarchy and make Canada a republic if elected leader in the race to replace Prime Minster Justin Trudeau.

The list of who people lining up to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continues to shift as top Liberal brass meet Thursday to consider the next move.

Among the most senior officials in Ottawa, there is a document circulating that outlines specific details about how Canada could retaliate against Donald Trump’s tariff threat.