The race to replace Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is now set, with former central banker Mark Carney and former Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland the two biggest names to have declared their candidacy.

A divided party is scrambling to redefine itself before Parliament returns in March, and an election starts sometime this year. Check back here for the latest news

A court has agreed to expedite its hearing of a legal challenge of Prime Minister Justin ... 8, Nova Scotia residents David MacKinnon and Aris Lavranos seek an order setting aside Trudeau ...

Ruby Dhalla wrote to former Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi expressing her thoughts on Operation Blue Star and the unrest in Punjab in 1984. Gandhi had responded to her letter personally.

Justin Trudeau said Canada’s government would ... at a conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia. “This was anarchy. It was an engagement in violence and hatred on display in the city of Montreal.”

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is planning a final wave of appointments to fill the 10 vacancies in the Senate before he retires in March, Radio-Canada has learned.The move would allow him to leave a mark on Parliament for years to come,

Trudeau can and must re-open Parliament. That way, we can finally use that other great lever offered by a parliamentary democracy: We can vote this dreadful government out of office.

The return of United States President Donald Trump to the White House has delivered a jolt to the stewards of Canada’s $2.1 trillion economy. Already buffeted by domestic pressures such as stagnating growth and a housing crisis, Ottawa is now facing the threat of tariffs from the US, its biggest trading partner.

In the face of the looming threat of U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods, the Nova Scotia NDP is urging the Houston government to immediately create a task force to deal with the issue. President Donald Trump has not backed away from his threat to impose a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian exports to the United States that would be effective on Saturday.

Nova Scotia Liberal MP Jaime Battiste says he will be dropping out of the Liberal Party leadership race in favour of backing former central banker Mark Carney. The 46-year-old member for Sydney-Victoria joined the race on Jan.

Along with McNeil, the panel includes a pair of other ex-premiers — Alberta’s Rachel Notley and Quebec’s Jean Charest — plus past and present Canadian ambassadors to the United States, the prime minister’s former national security adviser and Canada’s chief trade negotiator during the ongoing renegotiation of the free-trade agreement.

The number of registered Liberals nearly quadrupled since Justin Trudeau announced his intention to resign on Jan. 6