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After five years in coalition, the Conservatives won a surprise clear majority in the May 2015 general election, allowing them to rule alone. After years of seeing his premiership buffeted by rows over Europe, British Prime Minister David Cameron faces his day of reckoning for country and career in Thursday's EU referendum.
OTTAWA a " A delegation from Alaska says it is time to enforce the century-old Boundary Waters Treaty between Canada and the United States when it comes to northern British Columbia mining activity. The group is in Ottawa this week seeking to enlist federal help in stopping B.C. copper and gold mines from polluting the headwaters of key salmon rivers that flow from Canada into Alaska.
A delegation from Alaska says it is time to enforce the century-old Boundary Waters Treaty between Canada and the United States when it comes to northern British Columbia mining activity. The group is in Ottawa this week seeking to enlist federal help in stopping B.C. copper and gold mines from polluting the headwaters of key salmon rivers that flow from Canada into Alaska.
Female politicians in Canada, where a woman became prime minister nearly 25 years ago, are having mixed feelings about whether Hillary Clinton becoming the U.S. Democratic party nominee should be considered a big deal. Conservative MP Michelle Rempel, often a vocal champion of women in politics, was asked Tuesday what she thought of so much being made - for better or worse - of the prospect of the United States being one step closer to its first female president.
Female politicians in Canada, where a woman became prime minister nearly 25 years ago, are having mixed feelings about whether Hillary Clinton becoming the U.S. Democratic party nominee should be considered a big deal. Conservative MP Michelle Rempel, often a vocal champion of women in politics, was asked Tuesday what she thought of so much being made - for better or worse - of the prospect of the United States being one step closer to its first female president.
Clean energy and climate policy will be a dominant theme when the leaders of Canada, the United States and Mexico convene June 29 in Ottawa, a senior government official said Monday. But because Barack Obama's days in office are numbered, Canada isn't pursing any major initiatives beyond climate change for reinvigorating the complicated three-way relationship at the summit, said Kevin Thompson, executive director for North America policy and relations at Global Affairs Canada.
In what may be a first for modern Canadian federal political logistics, both the Liberal and Conservative parties are set to kick off their biennial conventions, with card-carrying supporters of Team Trudeau and Team Formerly Harper Now To Be Determined expected to converge on Winnipeg and Vancouver, respectively, Thursday. For those of us who won't be physically present at either venue, the next three days will constitute a true test of both our commitment to keeping tabs on what goes down on the floor and - perhaps even more crucially - our ability to switch our attention from one event to the other without getting hopelessly muddled up over just which party is debating what, and when.
As Justin Trudeau's first full year as prime minister comes to a close, downtown roads in the nation's capital are clogged with snow and construction. It's an apt metaphor for the increasingly tough slogging Trudeau's Liberal government has experienced since the heady days last fall, when the fledgling prime minister was winning raves for appointing the first gender-equal cabinet, handing out winter parkas to newly arrived Syrian refugees, being greeted like a rock star by screaming fans and boldly declaring "Canada is back" on the international stage.