Premier calls on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to deliver $300M in compensation for asylum seeker costs   Federal and Quebec officials will meet in two weeks to hammer out an immigration plan for the province that Premier François Legault says must include cuts to the number of newcomers and compensation for the costs of asylum seekers. The immigration talks come as Quebec finds itself …

BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Wednesday that it was “not worried in the slightest” by mounting international concern over the death sentence handed to a Canadian for drug smuggling. Monday’s sentence for Robert Schellenberg for smuggling 222 kg (489 lbs) of methamphetamines prompted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to accuse China of “arbitrarily” applying the death penalty. The United …

Three people were killed and nearly two dozen others were injured when a double-decker bus struck a bus shelter in the Canadian capital of Ottawa during rush hour, city officials said. Part of the upper right side of the bus was shorn off in the collision, which happened at a busy transit station in the west end of the city. …

PM says calling Chinese leader could escalate situation, make it harder to free Canadians The case of a third Canadian recently taken into custody in China does not appear to be related to the detention of two other Canadians being held by the Asian superpower, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today. Trudeau made the remarks in his year-end news conference …

“Now we are about to leave this beautiful Chamber, this magnificent edifice, this building that means so much to all of us and to all Canadians, long may it stand,” said House of Commons Speaker Geoff Regan in declaring the adjournment. The House and Senate both adjourned for the holidays following the official passing of a handful of government bills …

Maxime Bernier is emerging as true right wing leader. Tonight in Toronto in front of a big turnout he declared himself as a true right wing leader of the country.

This is despite the country being a signatory to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which specifies that if one of its partners enters a free trade deal with a “non-market” country such as China, the others can quit in six months and form their own bilateral trade pact. “This clause doesn’t prevent us from doing what we’re already …

NAFTA talks are resuming at the decision-maker level sooner than expected, with Canada’s foreign affairs minister set to return to Washington on Tuesday. A spokesperson for Chrystia Freeland’s office said the minister will be in D.C. for meetings tomorrow before travelling to Saskatoon for the Liberal caucus retreat. She also may return to Washington for more meetings at the end of the …

As more details come out about Parry Sound-Muskoka MP Tony Clement, a women’s rights advocate says the incident is prompting a new conversation on sexual images and extortion. Last week, Tony Clement was asked to leave the Conservative party after admitting to having inappropriate sexual exchanges online. He reported the incident twice to police after being threatened with extortion. After, …

People in Canada are cheering, enduring long lines and honking their car horns in support as the country’s first marijuana dispensaries open their doors Wednesday. “I’m having a plaque made with the date and time and everything. This is never actually going to be smoked. I’m going to keep it forever,” said Ian Power, who was among the first to …