Will the Liberals’ cabinet retreat put them in fighting form?
Liberal ministers are hunkered down in Halifax right now for their annual end-of-summer cabinet retreat. It’s a chance for the party to get together and set the agenda ahead of the fall session of par...
27 Aug 202423min
Canada’s public transit ‘death spiral’
Earlier this month, Ottawa mayor Mark Sutcliffe warned the provincial and federal governments that his city was facing a public transit funding crisis. He says that at this rate, the city won’t have e...
26 Aug 202423min
Kamala Harris ignites Democrats at the DNC
Just one month ago, the Democrats were a deeply divided party, caught in a tailspin after President Joe Biden's disastrous performance in the first presidential debate. But in the wake of him dropping...
23 Aug 202430min
Drugs, abortion, taxes: Where Canadians stand on divisive issues
In politics, a “third rail” is an issue that’s so volatile, so dangerous, that politicians are afraid to touch it. The firm Abacus Data has just come out with a new poll that looks at the “third rails...
22 Aug 202424min
New Canadian ‘centrist’ party accuses rivals of extremism
A new federal political party, the Canadian Future Party, is pitching itself as a centrist alternative for voters disillusioned with the Conservatives and Liberals.It’s already announced candidates fo...
21 Aug 202438min
Inside a CIA agent's mission to infiltrate Al-Qaeda
After the events of Sept. 11, sweeping changes were made to U.S intelligence and counterrorism practices as part of the American-led 'war on terror'. Agencies like the CIA started focusing less on tra...
20 Aug 202427min
Will Ukraine's attack inside Russia pay off?
Two and half years after Russia first invaded, Ukraine has launched what might be its boldest counterattack yet: a push into the Kursk region. It's the first military incursion across Russian borders ...
19 Aug 202424min
Cracks in Canada’s temporary foreign worker program
Over the last two weeks, Liberal Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault has said he's considering tightening Canada's temporary foreign worker program.This is amid criticism of its growing use and the...
16 Aug 202423min
