Federal officials are continuing to spend millions managing and disposing of expired pandemic supplies, with storage costs alone reaching $17 million since the global health emergency officially ended in 2023.

New records show the Public Health Agency of Canada is still working through tens of millions of expired masks, gloves and other personal protective equipment left over from the COV ...

A Vancouver activist with no seat in Parliament has emerged as the top fundraiser in the New Democratic Party leadership race, pulling in more donations than all of his rivals combined as the contest heads toward a final vote.

Blacklock's Reporter says federal filings from Elections Canada show Avi Lewis raised $1.2 million through 10,407 contributions, largely driven by small do ...

Federal taxpayers have spent at least $17 million equipping public servants to work from home since 2022, with total costs likely higher as some departments admit they cannot fully account for their spending.

Blacklock's Reporter says records tabled in the House of Commons show remote work expenses totalled $17,381,488 over four years — the equivalent of more than $4.3 million an ...

Ottawa’s much-touted “Buy Canadian” policy will not actually require most materials in federally backed projects to be sourced domestically, Housing Minister Gregor Robertson acknowledged, saying the government is taking a flexible approach as it rolls out the plan.

Speaking to reporters, Robertson said the policy — first announced by Prime Minister Mark Carney — is still being implemente ...

A federal labour board has upheld the dismissal of a Statistics Canada supervisor in Sturgeon Falls, Ont., after he repeatedly falsified monitoring reports instead of supervising phone surveys.

The ruling confirms that dishonesty — even without affecting statistical results — violates the Agency’s Code of Conduct.

Gavin Peterson, who oversaw about 20 call centre employees, fabricat ...

The Senate has unanimously approved legislation requiring the Canada Revenue Agency to publish annual reports detailing all convictions under the Income Tax Act and estimates of money lost to tax evasion, a move proponents say will increase transparency and accountability.

Blacklock's Reporter says Sen. Percy Downe (P.E.I.), who sponsored the bill, said the measure is critical to ...

Canada should overhaul a decade of Trudeau-era tax policy to remain competitive with the United States, a Commons industry committee is urging, citing concerns that high rates are discouraging investment and entrepreneurship.

Blacklock's Reporter says in a report titled Improving Productivity in Canada, MPs called on cabinet to undertake a comprehensive review of the fed ...

Canada’s insurance industry is urging Ottawa to take direct control of wildfire management, warning that rising disaster costs and what critics describe as a reactive federal response demand a centralized national agency.

Blacklock's Reporter says in submissions to the House of Commons environment committee, the Insurance Bureau of Canada called on Parliament to create a federal ...

Parliament has approved the appointment of former British Columbia chief electoral officer Anton Boegman to oversee Canada’s new foreign influence registry, a system intended to publicly identify individuals acting on behalf of foreign governments.

Blacklock's Reporter says MPs endorsed Boegman as the country’s first Foreign Influence Transparency Commissioner, marking a key step ...

The Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada is calling on Parliament to encourage Canadians to take holidays in Cuba, arguing that tourism is vital to the island nation’s economy even as fuel shortages and airline cancellations create a “really difficult situation.”

In a brief submitted to the Commons foreign affairs committee, the party urged the federal government to “demonstrate principled le ...

The federal government says this year’s Canada Day celebrations will feature Canadian-made paper flags after years of criticism over departments purchasing patriotic items from overseas suppliers.

Blacklock's Reporter says the Department of Canadian Heritage confirmed it is seeking up to 1.5 million hand-held paper flags manufactured in Canada as part of the federal Buy Canadian ...

EDMONTON – An independent review of AHS's contracts with Sam Mraiche's MHCare revealed details surrounding the children's Tylenol scandal, including a $42 million balance for undelivered goods, and AHS's destruction of over half of the products received, according to a report released Friday. 

CALGARY — Ottawa’s commitment to supplying 23.6 million barrels of oil as part of the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) plan to boost oil supply in the coming months faces massive hurdles due to the industry’s seasonal production cuts for maintenance, a scarcity of pipeline space and the looming threat of wildfires.

Bloomberg reports that on Thursday the IEA ...

A trans male politician in Brazil has recently been elected as the president of Brazil's top Women's Rights Committee. 

Felipe Santos Silva, who uses the name Erika Hilton and sits in the Chamber of Deputies for the Socialism and Liberty Party, was