International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says she wants to use the new $2 billion in extra aid dollars in Tuesday’s budget to attract insurance and pension funds to invest in fight global poverty. Bibeau says she’s targeting them for a simple reason — they’ve got plenty of money. She says governments alone can no longer cover the costs of providing …

Toronto police said on Friday that they have charged Bruce McArthur with a sixth murder, expanding the number of deaths blamed on the 66-year-old landscaper in a case that has shaken the city’s gay community. Authorities have charged McArthur with the murder of Skandaraj Navaratnam, a 40-year-old man who went missing in 2010 from a neighborhood in downtown Toronto that …

With the domestic economy going strong and the Bank of Canada hiking rates, the Liberal government is in a balancing act of slowly reining in deficits while taking steps to bolster long-term growth as U.S. tax cuts and protectionism threaten Canadian exports and competitiveness. Household debt is also at a record high even as job gains bring the country closer …

Justin Trudeau doubled down Wednesday on his support for a senior government official who suggested factions in the Indian government sabotaged the prime minister’s trip to India last week — despite a flat denial from India’s external affairs ministry which labelled the theory “baseless and unacceptable.” Trudeau’s insistence that the official — revealed by the Conservatives to be the prime …

Senior Canadian officials say Atwal — once convicted of attempted murder of an Indian cabinet minister — was removed from the guest list of a reception with Trudeau in India because he was politically controversial, not because he was a security threat. Jaspal Atwal, a once-convicted would-be assassin of an Indian cabinet minister, had his invitation to a reception for …

India’s government is taking aim at Justin Trudeau on the heels of a trip to the country that has become a diplomatic debacle, with a spokesman for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government calling the Canadian leader’s remarks “baseless and unacceptable.” Trudeau’s trip last week was marred by questions of whether his government was too sympathetic toward Sikh separatists who want …

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising a fundamental rethink of how the federal government recognizes Indigenous rights and title, vowing to work with Indigenous partners to develop a new legal framework to better foster a spirit of self governance. In a 15-minute speech in the House of Commons — an address short on concrete details — Trudeau said he wants …

Colten Boushie’s family met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to share their anger and frustration after Gerald Stanley was found not guilty in Boushie’s death. The family is optimistic there will be changes to the justice system, and both Trudeau and Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould say work is being done on the path to reconciliation. However, some experts believe their …

Former Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown is challenging two women who accused him of sexual misconduct to go to police and try to have authorities press charges. In a statement posted to Facebook, Brown says he wants the unnamed women who made the allegations in a CTV News report in January to contact Barrie, Ont., police so the accusations …

Canadian new home prices edged up in November, boosted by gains in Ottawa even as prices were unchanged in a number of other markets, including the major city of Toronto, data from Statistics Canada showed on Thursday. The 0.1 percent increase from October was shy of economists’ expectations for a 0.2 percent gain. The new housing price index excludes apartments …