Randall Palmer

Pipeline go-ahead raises risks for Canada’s Conservatives

November 4, 2021 at 1:55 a.m.

By Randall Palmer and Julie Gordon OTTAWA/VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Its decision to approve development of the controversial Northern Gateway oil pipeline could cost Canada's governing Conservatives critical support in British...

Pipeline go-ahead raises risks for Canada’s Conservatives

December 24, 2018 at 12:15 a.m.

Canada will not fund abortion abroad, issue too divisive, PM says

May 14, 2019 at 6:07 a.m.

By Randall Palmer OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will refrain from funding abortions abroad as it promotes maternal and children's health in poor countries because the issue is too divisive and...

Quebec separatists lose election, referendum avoided

August 25, 2021 at 3:45 a.m.

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The anti-separatist Quebec Liberal Party won a majority government in provincial elections on Monday, eliminating the possibility of a new referendum on independence from Canada for several...

Canada exacts C$6.7 billion from public retirees for health costs

May 14, 2019 at 5:48 a.m.

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Retired federal workers will pay more of their supplemental health costs under an agreement with the Canadian government intended to align the public sector with the private...

Canada exacts C$6.7 billion from public retirees for health costs

November 4, 2021 at 1:33 a.m.

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Retired federal workers will pay more of their supplemental health costs under an agreement with the Canadian government intended to align the public sector with the private...

Support for Quebec separatists sinks as election nears: poll

August 25, 2021 at 3:21 a.m.

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The governing separatist Parti Quebecois would lose next month's Quebec provincial election if it were held now, a poll released on Tuesday showed, a casualty of renewed...

Drug-taking Toronto mayor poses dilemma for Canadian government

December 24, 2018 at 11:36 a.m.

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Toronto's crack-smoking Mayor Rob Ford is a headache Canada's right-leaning government could do without. Lambasting Ford, a political ally who also admits he drove a car after...

Canada scandal deepens as prime minister accused of cover-up

August 22, 2019 at 2:07 p.m.

OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Canadian legislator at the heart of a spending scandal on Monday accused Prime Minister Stephen Harper of being involved in a cover-up deal, deepening a crisis...

No big foreign telecoms in Canada auction, boosting domestics

August 24, 2021 at 8:35 p.m.

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Major foreign telecommunications companies have decided against registering for a Canadian wireless spectrum auction, in a setback for the government's plans to introduce more competition into the...

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