Politics

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OTTAWA — The president and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada defended the public broadcaster and its independence Thursday from a fresh barrage of pointed Conservative questions about its coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government has introduced legislation promising residents will get a say in a referendum on leaving the Canada Pension Plan, but the bill does not force the government to accept the result.

MONTREAL — A Quebec research institute says some of Canada's biggest companies have transferred billions of dollars in profits to Luxembourg to avoid paying domestic taxes.

A Canadian man trying to get out of Gaza with his family says Global Affairs Canada asked him Thursday to gather his documents and be prepared to leave at any moment through the enclave's border crossing with Egypt.

OTTAWA — A Montreal man who was set to be deported from Canada to Egypt, where he faces a death sentence, was given a last-minute reprieve Wednesday as the federal immigration minister intervened in his case and prevented his removal. Dr.

OTTAWA — A lawyer for Cameron Jay Ortis, a former RCMP intelligence official accused of leaking classified material, says Ortis was acting largely on secret information passed to him by a foreign agency.

TORONTO — Ontario is proposing to launch its own infrastructure bank – with an initial $3 billion in public funding – in order to help foot the bill for long-term care homes and transportation projects, as slowing economic growth has the province sin

OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Marc Miller says he plans to recalibrate the number of people who come to Canada temporarily to make sure the program is sustainable, but details about what measures the government is considering remain unclear.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s finance minister says he’s open to examining whether a seniors income benefit can be implemented in his province.