Carney calls December byelections for 6 ridings in Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan

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Source: CBC Politics
Date: 2026-11-01 14:35:58.0
Tags: [National, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Governance]

Prime Minister Mark Carney has called six federal byelections across Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan, scheduled for December 7, 2026. The vacant seats include Saint-Hyacinthe-Bagot-Acton, Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie, and Laurier-Sainte-Marie in Quebec; Scarborough North and Brantford-Brant South in Ontario; and Yorkton-Melville in Saskatchewan. These races provide the governing Liberal Party, which holds 173 seats, an opportunity to strengthen its thin majority in the House of Commons.

Tombstones pop on Parliament Hill at Halloween rally over pesticide regulations

Source: CBC Politics
Date: 2026-10-31 21:30:23.0
Tags: [National, Ontario, Quebec, Environment, Agriculture, Governance]

Protesters, alongside organizations such as Vigilance OGM, the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, and farmers, held a 'die-in' rally on Parliament Hill and across seven Quebec cities to oppose recent federal pesticide regulation changes. The demonstrations target Bill C-30—which passed in June and grants the federal government authority to greenlight pesticides deemed in the interest of economic or national food security, including those previously restricted by Health Canada—and the proposed omnibus Bill C-31. Bill C-31 includes amendments to the Pest Control Products Act allowing the Minister of Health to delay or narrow the scope of re-evaluations for registered pest control products. Health Canada defended the legislative changes, stating they are designed to reduce assessment delays and focus regulatory resources on high-risk products rather than automatic 15-year re-evaluations.

Experts, Liberal MP hope for full ban on sports betting ads as advocates cite mental health decline

Source: CBC Politics
Date: 2026-10-30 14:50:39.0
Tags: [National, Ontario, Alberta, Quebec, Healthcare, Social Services, Governance]

Bill S-211, introduced in May 2025 by Senator Marty Deacon and sponsored in the House by MP Bardish Chagger, is currently before the House standing committee on Canadian heritage to restrict sports betting ads across Canada. Supporters including Liberal MP Michael Coteau and public policy think-tank Cardus cite a University of Toronto study showing gambling-related emergency room visits nearly doubled in Ontario, alongside a 161 per cent increase in helpline calls among males aged 15-24 since single-game betting was legalized in 2021. Provincial officials from Ontario, Alberta, and Quebec, along with the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, have raised concerns regarding provincial jurisdiction, overlapping regulations, and economic impacts on commercial operators like FanDuel, DraftKings, and BetMGM.

Canada’s airports saw record improvements in delays, NAV Canada says

Source: Global News Politics
Date: 2026-09-28 15:26:44.0
Tags: [National, British Columbia, Ontario, Alberta, Quebec, Transportation, Infrastructure, Governance]

NAV Canada reported that the number of scheduled flights impacted by delays across Canada's four major airports—Toronto Pearson, Montréal-Trudeau, Calgary, and Vancouver International Airports—fell by 85 per cent from May 1 to Aug. 31, 2026, compared to the same period in 2025. Specifically, delayed flights dropped from 4,996 (1.54 per cent) in 2025 to 769 (0.24 per cent) in 2026, while total flight volume across the four hubs increased by 0.9 per cent to handle 394,919 flights. Vancouver recorded the sharpest improvement with delays dropping from 4.42 per cent to 0.64 per cent, Toronto Pearson had the lowest share of delayed flights at 0.04 per cent, Calgary dropped to 0.05 per cent, and Montréal-Trudeau dropped to 0.28 per cent. Additionally, NAV Canada noted that national air traffic controller staffing shortages narrowed from a deficit of 200 staff in the spring to 170 by August. Concurrently, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that the federal government is moving ahead with plans to attract private investment in Canada's four largest airports under a model where the federal government retains ownership of underlying land and assets.

Liberals sweep all three federal byelections

Source: Global News Politics
Date: 2026-09-01 02:04:37.0
Tags: [National, Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia, Governance, Trade]

Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal Party swept all three federal byelections held on Monday, winning the ridings of Beaches-East York in Toronto, North Vancouver-Capilano, and capturing Chicoutimi-Le Fjord from the Conservative Party, which finished a distant third in that Quebec riding. The electoral victories coincide with a tense international trade climate following Prime Minister Carney's decision on August 21 to halt trade negotiations with the United States over unresolved sectoral tariffs. Both nations have since pledged retaliatory tariffs, involving heightened trade tensions between U.S. President Donald Trump's administration and Canadian officials including Ontario Premier Doug Ford.

Voting begins for byelections as Trump trade war looms over Canadians

Source: Global News Politics
Date: 2026-08-31 13:31:13.0
Tags: [National, Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Trade, Governance]

Voting is underway in three federal byelections across the ridings of Beaches-East York in Ontario, Chicoutimi-Le Fjord in Quebec, and North Vancouver-Capilano in British Columbia, which will determine if Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal government maintains its slim majority in the House of Commons. According to preliminary figures from Elections Canada, 39,500 Canadians participated in advance polls held from August 21 to August 24. The election takes place amid heightened cross-border economic tensions and trade negotiations involving U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs against Canada.

Voters head to the polls for 3 federal byelections in Ontario, Quebec and B.C.

Source: CBC Politics
Date: 2026-08-31 08:00:00.0
Tags: [National, Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Governance]

Voters in the federal ridings of North Vancouver-Capilano in British Columbia, Beaches-East York in Ontario, and Chicoutimi-Le Fjord in Quebec head to the polls for three federal byelections. These contests follow vacancies created by former MPs taking ambassadorial or Senate appointments, leaving the governing Liberals holding 170 seats against 166 opposition seats in the House of Commons. Prime Minister Mark Carney's administration faces an active electoral map with multiple upcoming byelections and parliamentary seat changes anticipated through the fall.

Canadians set to cast their ballots in B.C., Ontario and Quebec byelections

Source: Global News Politics
Date: 2026-08-30 15:43:36.0
Tags: [National, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, Governance]

Voters across three federal ridings in British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec are casting ballots in federal by-elections following the resignations of their respective Members of Parliament. Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal minority government is seeking to maintain its slim standing in the House of Commons through these electoral contests. The vote serves as an early legislative test for the current federal administration amid ongoing debates over domestic policy, economic strategies, and regional relations.