TORONTO — The federal government is facing a second court challenge to the use of solitary confinement in prisons.
OTTAWA — Canada's parliamentary budget office says Ottawa will stay in a deficit in the coming fiscal year if battered oil prices stay near their current lows.
OTTAWA — Canada's finance minister insists low- and middle-income families will see two-thirds of the benefits from the Harper government's contentious multibillion-dollar tableau of family-friendly measures.
OTTAWA — Canada's seven parliamentary watchdogs are urging a Senate committee to quash a Conservative MP's bill, calling it unnecessary and potentially harmful to their independence.
OTTAWA — Opposition MPs say the government's long-promised plan to lock up some criminals and throw away the key will only make prisons more dangerous.
VICTORIA — British Columbia's diverse economy is its greatest asset, and Premier Christy Clark said that's what is helping her government to present another balanced budget next month.