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Health Minister Mark Holland tabled a long-awaited bill Thursday meant to pave the way for national pharmacare and preserve a deal that secures NDP support for the government in the House of Commons.  The bill also includes a program to cover birth control and diabetes drugs and supplies for anyone with a health card, which […]

Well before Alberta Premier Danielle Smith started talking about the Sovereignty Act, Ottawa was already taking steps to address the province’s concerns about being forced to prematurely shut down its natural gas power plants, says federal Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson. Smith invoked the new legislation earlier this week in what she herself has acknowledged was […]

The Wheat Growers want Ottawa to stop playing games with Bill C-234 and pass it. The bill that would exempt natural gas and propane used for grain drying and heating & cooling barns from the carbon tax is in 3rd reading in the Senate, but it’s faced delays and bickering from politicians on both sides […]

By The Canadian Press Manitoba’s provincial election has been called for Oct. 3. Here’s a look at the leaders of the province’s three parties that have seats in the legislature. Heather Stefanson, Progressive Conservative Leader Age: 53. Born May 11, 1970. Pre-Politics: Political science degree from the University of Western Ontario. Worked as a special […]

Members of the Conservative party are drawing a line in the sand with the Trudeau Government over the blocking of amendments to the Saskatchewan Act. The amendments to section 24 of the act, would remove Canadian Pacific Railway’s Tax exemption in the province and allow the provincial government to tax the rail company. These changes […]

The Saskatchewan Conservative Regional Caucus are urging the federal government to support the Saskatchewan Government’s approved motion to repeal Section 24 of the Saskatchewan Act. Section 24 of the Saskatchewan Act contains a exemption for Canadian Pacific Railway from various Saskatchewan provincial taxes. In order for this section to be removed, a similar motion must […]

Erin O’Toole, leader of the federal Conservatives and official opposition to Justin Trudeau’s minority Liberals, has announced who his critics will be. Four Saskatchewan M.P.s have been included, Andrew Scheer, will be the Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Communities, Warren Steinley will be Shadow Minister for Prairie Economic Development and Inter-provincial Trade, Gary Vidal, will […]

For the second straight year, Warren Steinley will represent the Regina-Lewvan riding for the Conservatives. Steinley says he’s glad to be back for another run as the Regina-Lewvan MP. “I’m happy that we had a great campaign, we worked hard (and) we reached out to as many people we could on the doorsteps,” Steinley said. […]

Saskatchewan will get visits from federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh and Conservative leader Erin O’Toole on Friday, as the first week of the federal election campaign starts to wind down. Singh will be at the Cowessess First Nation Friday morning, and in Regina in the afternoon, while O’Toole has an event scheduled in Saskatoon for […]

With the federal government expected to begin a 36-day election campaign on Sunday, the University of Regina’s political science professor Jim Farney is looking towards what will change coming up this time around. Farney says he has a hard time calling this a snap election due to the amount of talk about the potential election […]