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Global News has learned city council is expected to debate an urgent motion Tuesday aimed at adjusting noise exemption rules in place for music festival tents during this year’s Calgary Stampede. It comes as the restrictions are being met with mixed reviews that include Alberta’s premier and the federal opposition leader. Adam MacVicar reports.

Liberal House leader Steven MacKinnon said Monday that the government has proposed to opposition parties that a debate on the hostilities in Iran and the impact for Canadians abroad be held in the House of Commons. “Canada is not consulted on, nor were the United Nations consulted on, the actions right now,” he said and...

In today’s This Week in Politics on “The Ben Mulroney Show”, Ben invites Regan Watts, Founder Fratton Park Inc. and former Senior aide to minister of finance Jim Flaherty, and Kiki Cekota, Senior Consultant, Public Affairs At Hill & Knowlton and former campaign worker for the Ontario and Federal Liberal party to join him in...

The federal leaders face off in the first debate of the campaign but one party had their invite revoked. The debate commission announced a last-minute decision to remove the Green Party. Richard Zussman has more on the reasons and the reaction.

The Green Party had its invitation rescinded less than 12 hours before Canada’s federal party leaders were set to square off in French. As Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports, the party told Global News it intended to fight the decision in court, but said the late timing made that impossible.

Green Party co-leader Elizabeth May spoke in Sidney, B.C., on Wednesday to denounce the federal debate commission’s decision to rescind an invitation to participate in the leaders’ debates ahead of the April 28 election. May said the party met the standards to take part in the events and asked Canadians for their support “to ensure...

After it was revealed that Liberal leader Mark Carney won the federal election Monday night, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre spoke before supporters at his party’s headquarters in Ottawa, temporarily putting aside his political differences to congratulate Carney. “We’ll have plenty of time to debate and disagree,” Poilievre said. “[And] we will do our constitutional duty...

It’s a big day in the federal election campaign with the major party leaders facing off Thursday afternoon in the only English-language debate. As Andrea Macpherson reports, the event comes 24 hours after the French-language debate, where much of the focus was on who would be best leader to tackle Trump.

After 11 years in federal politics, former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole gave his last speech to Parliament before retiring this summer. In a session that has been marked by heated partisan attacks, O’Toole warned members of Parliament that performance politics is fueling polarization and respectful debate is taking a backseat to social media gratification. ‘The...

Following the announcement of Canada’s new grocery rebate on Wednesday, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland also discussed new guidelines for federally regulated lenders, which aim to standardize the approach towards Canadian homeowners struggling with rising mortgage payments. That includes the possibility of waiving prepayment penalties, not charging interest on interest and waiving internal fees and...

When asked about Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer calling Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau a “phony” and a “fraud” during the Oct. 7 English language federal leaders debate, Trudeau said say he was “happy” the debate “talked so much about the environment,” allowing Canadians to draw a comparison to the parties’ differing stances on climate...

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is being praised for his performance in the October 7th English-language federal leaders’ debate. While Singh had plenty of zingers, he is still struggling to gain traction with voters. Mike Le Couteur explains.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was critical of both People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier and Conservative Party Andrew Scheer, referring to them as “Mr. Pipeline, and Mr. Pipeline, too” at the French language federal leaders’ debate Thursday night.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau faced a barrage of criticism during the French-language federal leaders’ debate Thursday evening regarding Canada’s relationship with China and the ongoing detention of two Canadians there.

With just two weeks left in the federal election campaign, Canada’s six party leaders will take part in the official English-language debate. Mercedes Stephenson explains what’s at stake for the two front runners, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, as well as the parties vying for third place.

Global News breaks down the English-language leaders’ debate. Which leaders hit the mark and which ones missed it? Robin Gill, Mercedes Stephenson, Eric Sorensen and Ipsos’ Darrell Bricker provide all the analysis and reaction to the first leaders’ debate.

Global’s Mike Le Couteur ranked Jagmeet Singh’s performance at the first and only official English-language Leaders’ Debate and broke down the key takeaways, including reaction to Quebec’s Bill 21.

Speaking from the National Press Gallery in Ottawa on Monday morning, representatives from the Canadian Debate Production Partnership announced that the format for the two official upcoming federal leaders debates will be focused around five themed “blocks.”

Speaking from the National Press Gallery in Ottawa on Monday morning, representatives from the Canadian Debate Production Partnership announced that the five topics the two official federal leaders debates will focus on: affordability, the environment, Indigenous issues, Canadian leadership on the world stage, and the issues surrounding polarization.

Maxime Bernier, the leader of the People’s Party of Canada, has been invited to take part in next month’s federal leaders’ debates after previously being excluded.