CANADA

By Andrew Chen  A vacant-homes tax may boost housing availability but it hasn’t improved affordability, says a new study on the policy’s impact in Vancouver. The C.D. Howe Institute study…

By Matthew Lau Commentary Canada already has a severe shortage of doctors, but recent federal government policy failures—even those seemingly having nothing to do with health care—are making things worse.…

By Chandra Philip   Crews in Jasper are clearing away debris in the town as the wildfire continues to flare up, all while the province announces plans to provide bus…

By Isaac Teo Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on Ottawa to acknowledge Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia as the victorof the July 28 presidential election in that country—a…

By Chandra Philip   A former New Brunswick cabinet minister says he was arrested by Toronto police and accused of disturbing the peace after chanting “Free Palestine – from Hamas”…

By Matthew Horwood Google will implement a surcharge for ads served in Canada to help the company pay Ottawa’s new Digital Services Tax (DST), the tech giant has announced. “As…

By Matthew Horwood Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan has defended an official request he made to use Canadian Armed Forces soldiers as a backdrop for a concert by a Punjabi…

  By Matthew Horwood and Omid Ghoreishi With Americans heading to the polls in November to choose their next president, it bears pondering how each candidate’s approach may impact Canada.…

By Jennifer Cowan  Ottawa has approved visas for 3,008 Gazans to date, according to government documents. Canada, through its 5,000-visa program, is “the only country in the world” to provide…

By Jennifer Cowan   Ottawa is expanding its automatic tax filing services to more than 500,000 lower-income Canadians as part of a nationwide pilot program it launched earlier this year.…