Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux estimates Canada would need to set aside between $20 to 25 billion per year to meet NATO s defence spending target.
A backbench member of Parliament who entered the Conservative leadership race on a promise to trigger an inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic says he s aware of the political realities he faces.
The federal government is looking to change the law to impose a new minimum seat count for each province, ensuring that in future riding redistributions, no province will ever be allocated fewer seats than they have now.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau s surprise political deal with the smaller left-leaning New Democrats will lead to heftier deficits and threatens to upend the Liberal government s promise to rein in runaway inflation, economists said.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is meeting with his fellow NATO leaders at a special summit aimed at finding a path toward ending the fighting in Ukraine.