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New homes are constructed in Ottawa on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. From local zoning to community consultations, there are plenty of ways cities are hitting the brakes on residential construction, despite the country facing a significant housing shortage. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

How the feds could push cities to build more homes — with a carrot or stick

From local zoning to community consultations, there are plenty of ways cities…

New homes are constructed in Ottawa on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. From local zoning to community consultations, there are plenty of ways cities are hitting the brakes on residential construction, despite the country facing a significant housing shortage. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Housing Minister Sean Fraser says the federal government should never have got out of the housing business as even high-income professionals are struggling to find affordable housing. Fraser arrives for a cabinet swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Wednesday, July 26, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Housing minister says federal government should have stayed in housing game

Fraser says people shouldn’t have to pay more than 30 per cent of their income for a home

Housing Minister Sean Fraser says the federal government should never have got out of the housing business as even high-income professionals are struggling to find affordable housing. Fraser arrives for a cabinet swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Wednesday, July 26, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
For the federal Liberals, the growing discontent with the state of the housing market is becoming a political threat. A real estate sign is pictured in Vancouver on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS Jonathan Hayward

Blamed for affordability crisis, Liberals look to pivot on housing

Experts say the housing crisis poses a great risk to the incumbent government

For the federal Liberals, the growing discontent with the state of the housing market is becoming a political threat. A real estate sign is pictured in Vancouver on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS Jonathan Hayward
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Gov.-Gen. Mary Simon look on as an emotional Rechie Valdez is sworn in as Small Business Minister during a cabinet shuffle, Wednesday, July 26, 2023 in Ottawa. Valdez, who made history this week when she became the first Filipino-Canadian woman named to the federal cabinet, took an unusual path to high political office, transitioning from banking to baking to Parliament. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Concrete actions must accompany diverse cabinet: Canada Research Chair

‘You can’t simply put diverse faces around a table without also changing the way you do policy’

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Gov.-Gen. Mary Simon look on as an emotional Rechie Valdez is sworn in as Small Business Minister during a cabinet shuffle, Wednesday, July 26, 2023 in Ottawa. Valdez, who made history this week when she became the first Filipino-Canadian woman named to the federal cabinet, took an unusual path to high political office, transitioning from banking to baking to Parliament. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault speaks during a news conference in Longueuil, Que. on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

Federal government releases new draft regulations on clean electricity

Regulations expected to help Canada reach target of making the electricity grid net-zero by 2035

Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault speaks during a news conference in Longueuil, Que. on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
<div>Ottawa police are asking for help in identifying 15 people accused of storming the Embassy of Senegal and damaging the premises. An Ottawa Police Service emergency services unit logo is seen in Ottawa, on Friday, June 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</div>

Ottawa police identify 15 suspects in storming of Senegalese Embassy

Video shows small skirmishes, spray-painting, and a person tossing what looks to be an egg

<div>Ottawa police are asking for help in identifying 15 people accused of storming the Embassy of Senegal and damaging the premises. An Ottawa Police Service emergency services unit logo is seen in Ottawa, on Friday, June 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</div>
<div>RCMP Saskatchewan say Meta’s decision to remove news off of Facebook and Instagram will impact how they relay information. The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck</div>

Police using social media accounts as Meta begins blocking Canadian news

Police services across Canada are grappling with how they will relay emergency…

<div>RCMP Saskatchewan say Meta’s decision to remove news off of Facebook and Instagram will impact how they relay information. The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck</div>
Gantry cranes sit idle as a container ship is docked at port during a work stoppage, in Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, July 19, 2023. Federal Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan is launching an examination of the recently resolved British Columbia port dispute to see if “structural issues” in negotiations led to a 13-day work stoppage. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Minister launches review of B.C. port strike looking for ‘structural issues’

Goal: ‘harmonious working environment’ between unions and employers in future collective bargaining

Gantry cranes sit idle as a container ship is docked at port during a work stoppage, in Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, July 19, 2023. Federal Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan is launching an examination of the recently resolved British Columbia port dispute to see if “structural issues” in negotiations led to a 13-day work stoppage. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Randy Boissonnault arrives for a cabinet swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Wednesday, July 26, 2023. Employment Minister Boissonnault announced a new pilot program to incentivize employers to follow worker-protection rules by making it easier for them to hire temporary foreign workers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Program rewards companies that better protect temporary foreign workers

Agricultural companies will be able to apply to be part of the federal pilot project in September

Randy Boissonnault arrives for a cabinet swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Wednesday, July 26, 2023. Employment Minister Boissonnault announced a new pilot program to incentivize employers to follow worker-protection rules by making it easier for them to hire temporary foreign workers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Minister of Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson arrives to take part in a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, June 15, 2023. The federal government is considering restricting billions of dollars in tax credits and grants for electricity projects to provinces that commit to the 2035 target for an emissions-free electricity grid. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Provinces may have to agree to 2035 clean power target to access funding

Federal government considering tying grant money and tax credits to deadline

Minister of Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson arrives to take part in a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, June 15, 2023. The federal government is considering restricting billions of dollars in tax credits and grants for electricity projects to provinces that commit to the 2035 target for an emissions-free electricity grid. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
An ongoing effort to restore watersheds and wetlands in the province could create a healthier future by mitigating the impacts of climate change on communities, strengthening ecosystems and securing quality drinking water. (Contributed by BC Gov)
An ongoing effort to restore watersheds and wetlands in the province could create a healthier future by mitigating the impacts of climate change on communities, strengthening ecosystems and securing quality drinking water. (Contributed by BC Gov)
An electric vehicle is charged in Ottawa on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Canada is inching closer to reaching a milestone where one in every 10 passenger vehicles sold is powered by electricity. But the federal government wants the share of electric vehicles to be twice that in just two years and the pace of EV sales has to jump significantly for that to happen. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Canadian electric vehicle registrations inch closer to government target

EVs made up 8.6 per cent of passenger vehicles added to Canadian roads first 3 months of this year

An electric vehicle is charged in Ottawa on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Canada is inching closer to reaching a milestone where one in every 10 passenger vehicles sold is powered by electricity. But the federal government wants the share of electric vehicles to be twice that in just two years and the pace of EV sales has to jump significantly for that to happen. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
A protester speaks with Winnipeg police Insp. Gord Spado, centre, and Const. Brian Wurm, right, as City of Winnipeg workers remove a blockade on the main road into the Brady Road landfill just outside Winnipeg,Tuesday July 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski

Rallies across Canada demand landfill search for slain Indigenous women

Families and supporters want city, feds, province to work together to come up with a solution

A protester speaks with Winnipeg police Insp. Gord Spado, centre, and Const. Brian Wurm, right, as City of Winnipeg workers remove a blockade on the main road into the Brady Road landfill just outside Winnipeg,Tuesday July 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski
Ottawa says law enforcement is “engaged” after a a video circling online that appears to threaten Indian diplomats in Canada. The Canada flag flies atop the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, May 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Police ‘engaged’ as Ottawa says video contains threat against Indian diplomats

June shooting death of Sikh preacher in Surrey has prompted unrest

Ottawa says law enforcement is “engaged” after a a video circling online that appears to threaten Indian diplomats in Canada. The Canada flag flies atop the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, May 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Canada's immigration system is broken, but is sidestepping questions about whether he would touch the current targets. Poilievre speaks at a news conference outside West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Poilievre says Canada’s immigration system broken, sidesteps cut questions

Leader says Conservatives would base immigration policy on the needs of private-sector employers

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Canada's immigration system is broken, but is sidestepping questions about whether he would touch the current targets. Poilievre speaks at a news conference outside West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a visit to an apartment complex under construction in Hamilton, Ont., Monday, July 31, 2023. He was joined today by the Mayor of Hamilton, Andrea Horwath, to announce a joint investment of nearly $64 million from the Government of Canada and the City of Hamilton to build and repair 214 homes for families in the city. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power

Trudeau appears at news conference with bandage after bumping head

PM says injury happened while he was playing with his kids over the weekend

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a visit to an apartment complex under construction in Hamilton, Ont., Monday, July 31, 2023. He was joined today by the Mayor of Hamilton, Andrea Horwath, to announce a joint investment of nearly $64 million from the Government of Canada and the City of Hamilton to build and repair 214 homes for families in the city. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power
International Trade Minister Mary Ng speaks with media in Kingston, Ont., on Thursday June 15, 2023. Canada is urging the United States to make a good-faith effort at finally negotiating an end to the interminable bilateral dispute over softwood lumber. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg

Let’s make a deal, Canada urges U.S. amid latest ‘baseless’ softwood lumber duties

U.S. producers continue to say stumpage system amounts to an unfair subsidy

International Trade Minister Mary Ng speaks with media in Kingston, Ont., on Thursday June 15, 2023. Canada is urging the United States to make a good-faith effort at finally negotiating an end to the interminable bilateral dispute over softwood lumber. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, along with Trade Minister Pat Carney, makes a statement after a day of briefing premiers on the state of the North American trade talks in this Sept. 14, 1987 file photo in Ottawa. Carney, a former member of Parliament, a senator and a trailblazer, died Tuesday at the age of 88. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chuck Mitchell

Pat Carney, former MP, senator, remembered as kind, ‘wise leader’

Former member of Parliament, senator and trailblazer died late Tuesday at 88

Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, along with Trade Minister Pat Carney, makes a statement after a day of briefing premiers on the state of the North American trade talks in this Sept. 14, 1987 file photo in Ottawa. Carney, a former member of Parliament, a senator and a trailblazer, died Tuesday at the age of 88. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chuck Mitchell