News by subject: POLITICS

Métis Nation British Columbia (MNBC) has started a Judicial Review against the Minister of Indigenous Services to exercise jurisdiction over Métis child and family services. Canada is denying MNBC an opportunity to design and deliver child and family...

Restaurants Canada was pleased to see several welcomed initiatives announced in yesterday's Ontario Budget, in particular, the province's bold commitment to review its taxation system. Restaurants Canada also welcomes actions to address labour...

The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) calls the 2023 Ontario Budget another missed opportunity to address the hardships facing working people in this province: stagnant wages and weak working conditions; crumbling public services; unaffordable basic...

The Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO) welcomes the Ontario Government's continued investment in critical infrastructure. Building a Strong Ontario, 2023 Ontario Budget builds on the serious progress made to expand...

Yesterday, Saskatchewan tabled its 2023-24 budget, which was primarily focused on debt reduction and improving the province's overall fiscal position with a $1.0 billion surplus. Restaurants Canada was encouraged to learn the budget contained no new...

Injured Workers Action for Justice (IWA4J) and Justice for Migrant Workers (J4MW) will be organizing an action to support injured workers in their demand for immediate change to the racist and discriminatory treatment they receive by the WSIB....

From 1965 to 2021, per-person spending in Nova Scotia increased substantially from $2,114 (in 2021 inflation-adjusted dollars) to $12,880, finds a new report published today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy...

Canada - Thousands of migrants and supporters will mark International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in Edmonton, Montreal, Sudbury, Toronto, Vancouver and Niagara Falls on March 18 and 19 to call on Prime Minister Trudeau to ensure...

Canada - Thousands of migrants and supporters will mark International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in Edmonton, Montreal, Sudbury, Toronto, Vancouver and Niagara Falls on March 18 and 19 to call on Prime Minister Trudeau to ensure...

The Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON) and other industry partners have scheduled a debate on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, for Toronto mayoralty candidates to address the critical housing supply shortage and affordability crisis facing...

On Saturday, March 25, 2023, TVO Today Live will visit the Kitchener Public Library to host an on-stage debate about a timely and critical question: Is social media undermining democracy? Four esteemed debaters will join Steve Paikin of TVO Today's...

The Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims (the Association) and groups across the world are organizing events on March 11th and 12th to show continued support of Iran's revolution for freedom. The poisoning of Iranian schoolgirls is...

Restaurants Canada proposes a win-win solution for the federal government to save small businesses, and specifically restaurants as they continue to struggle with pandemic-related debt. With the Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) loan...

Learn about champion runners impacted by mandates from international sport-governing groups that require certain female athletes to medically alter their bodies to compete. Premiering today?Tuesday, March 8 at 9 pm ET?to recognize International...

UN Special Rapporteur José Francisco Calí Tzay received a mixed message about Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit, Trans and Gender-Diverse (WG2STGD+) People's progress on human rights in Canada from the Native Women's Association (NWAC) during a...

Today, four major health and community groups - the Decent Work and Health Network, Workers Action Centre, Empower PSW Network, and Better Way Alliance - called on the Ford government to stop rewarding pandemic profiteers for bad employment practices...

Leda Raptis from Kingston was charged $2,000 for an MRI at a private clinic. She needed the MRI for open heart surgery. When she looked at the bill, the clinic said the charge was for "contrast". Either way, the two thousand dollar charge is illegal...

Fulfil investments for new critical infrastructure, fund state-of-good-repair work for existing infrastructure, and reform the immigration system to welcome more skilled trade workers to Ontario. This was the Residential and Civil Construction...

Irwin Cotler, Canada's former Minister of Justice and Attorney General, has committed himself to defending political prisoners and human rights activists against intolerant regimes. Premiering Tuesday, February 28, 2023, at 9 pm ET on TVO, TVO Today,...

To mark the return of the Ontario Legislature, union and community leaders held a press conference to outline the urgent issues facing workers and to demand action. As workers face a cost-of-living crisis, wage suppression, and attacks on public...

Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) President, Patty Coates, alongside union and community leaders, will hold a press conference on the urgent issues facing workers as the legislature resumes. At the end of January, the OFL launched the Enough Is...

Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) President, Patty Coates, alongside union and community leaders, will hold a press conference on the urgent issues facing workers as the legislature resumes. At the end of January, the OFL launched the Enough Is...

Canada's unions welcome the federal government's pledge to increase health funding to provinces and territories. New money being added will help address some of the challenges but with no strings attached, this deal will only scratch the surface of...

Traditional, Unceded Territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People - February 7, 2023 ? Oceana Canada is celebrating the commitment by Fisheries and Oceans Canada to publish draft regulations to protect a 133,019-km2 area off the West Coast of...

For decades the Ontario Health Coalition has been on the front line of the fight to safeguard public health care against privatization and to protect patients from extra-billing. Few have followed the behaviour of the private clinics in Canada more...

Hundreds of workers and labour leaders from across Canada are mobilizing to Parliament Hill today to sound the alarm about the mounting issues facing workers. "Workers are being hit over and over again. Rising costs for necessities, high...

The Downtown Ottawa Revitalization Task Force wants to hear from residents, local stakeholders, and experts on their ideas to reimagine Ottawa's downtown core. On January 30, 2023, the Task Force launched a public engagement tool to hear ideas and...

Amnesty International Canada's first-ever podcast, Rights Back at You, launches Wednesday, introducing listeners to frontline activists creating unstoppable, lasting change in Canada and beyond. Season 1 is an unflinching look at anti-Black racism...

Canadian Association of University Teachers - Laurentian University filed for insolvency protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) on February 1, 2021. Two years later ? after job losses, program cuts, and plummeting enrollment...

Last week, legendary journalist Bob Woodward appeared on stage in Toronto for a TVO Today Live event with Steve Paikin of The Agenda. The conversation focused on the disruptive impacts of Donald Trump's presidency, the prospects for the MAGA movement...

On Tuesday, Mark Baxter the President of the Police Association of Ontario (PAO) spoke with Ontario MPPs at Ontario's Standing Committee on Justice Policy about needed reform of the bail system in Canada to keep people and communities safe. The PAO...

The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) has launched a new campaign to tackle the cost-of-living crisis. As Ontarians face skyrocketing inflation, wage suppression, and a crumbling public health care system, this new campaign brings people together to...

The new Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) Report: Fishing for Answers, How an East Coast Resurgence could navigate through rough seas by Ken Coates puts a spotlight on risks and opportunities for coastal communities. A number of observations and...

Canada's unions are disappointed by the central bank's decision to continue with its monetary tightening. The most recent consumer price index numbers in Canada and abroad showed that inflation is moderating ? yet the Bank is stubbornly raising...

Legendary journalist Bob Woodward will join Steve Paikin at TVO Today Live, which will feature a conversation on Mr. Woodward's new audiobook, The Trump Tapes, as well as an in-depth discussion on the state of American democracy and the impact Donald...

As the cabinet retreat adjourns and all parties prepare for the return of Parliament next Monday, Canada's unions are urging cooperation and collaboration focused on helping struggling families. December's CPI numbers showed that inflation is...

The Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh (natively called Artsakh) are struggling to survive a merciless economic and physical blockade, instigated and orchestrated by Azerbaijan in December of last year in what seems to be its last-ditch effort to...

The Ford government's plans to privatize our public hospitals' vital services are a fatal threat to the core tenet of Canadian Public Medicare that extra user fees are forbidden and patients will not be faced with user charges in their time of need....

The disruptive impacts of Donald Trump's presidency continue to wreak havoc in America while influencing politics in Canada and abroad. Two years after losing the presidency, is his influence behind him or is his MAGA movement still a force to be...

TORONTO, ON, January 6, 2023 ? Four of Canada's largest police associations representing more than 60,000 sworn and civilian police personnel announced today they have joined forces to confront the growing wave of violence against police and the...

How does manipulating the truth serve people in power? The new TVO Original series Truth & Lies details recent and historical events where facts have been intentionally distorted to achieve influence and control. The six-part series premieres...

After a long period of relative spending restraint, the British Columbia government significantly increased spending?even before any COVID-related spending began, finds a new study published today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan...

The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is outraged by the Ford government's move to appeal the decision to strike down Bill 124. In an Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision released last month, the bill was found to violate the fundamental...

An overwhelming number of Ontarians believe that health care in the province is in crisis ? with a solid majority laying the responsibility at the Ford government's feet ? according to an Environics Research poll commissioned by the Ontario...

The number of Canadians donating to charity?as a percentage of all tax filers?is at the lowest point in 20 years, finds a new study published by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. "The holiday...

This fall, a coalition of Iranian women, along with Vital Voices Global Partnership and For Freedoms launched a campaign calling for the immediate removal of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) from the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women...

A year after the Bank of Canada received a new mandate, Canada's unions are asking what happened to the new directions that added employment considerations when the Bank is setting Canada's monetary policy. "A year ago, amidst great fanfare, the...

What: Ontario Health Coalition leader Natalie Mehra will be available to respond to the Ford government's denial and downplaying of the hospital crisis and failure to address it outside the Queen's Park south facing main entrance on Monday December...

What: Ontario Health Coalition leader Natalie Mehra will be available to respond to the Ford government's denial and downplaying of the hospital crisis and failure to address it outside the Queen's Park south facing main entrance on Monday December...

The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) is encouraged to see its recommendations on behalf of Canada's mineral exploration and development industry reflected in the Federal Government's Critical Minerals Strategy, launched today by...