Federal Politics

Northern MP returns from United Nations trip focused on Indigenous issues

Desneth-Missinippi-Churchill River MP Gary Vidal is back in Ottawa after he travelled to New York earlier this week to attend the United Nations (UN) Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.The 21st sess...

Lisa Brady Apr 29, 2022

Métis Nation looks to re-vamp constitution

A series of public consultations have kicked off as the Mtis Nation - Saskatchewan (MN-S) works to re-vamp its constitution. Changing the document was part of an agreement struck with the federal gove...

Apr 21, 2022

Prime minister pays tribute to 22 victims on anniversary of Nova Scotia mass shooting

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is paying tribute to the 22 victims of the worst mass shooting in modern Canadian history.Two years ago today, a gunman began a two-day rampage in the small Nova Scotia c...

Apr 18, 2022

Saskatchewan Conservative MP’s criticize federal budget

Conservative Members of Parliament did not hold back in the days following the release of the Government of Canada's 2022 budget.Gary Vidal of Desneth-Missinippi-Churchill River, told meadowlakeNOW th...

Apr 11, 2022

$452B plan focused on affordability, innovation as uncertainty looms

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's second pandemic budget turns Canada's fiscal focus to making life more affordable and giving a long-needed boost to Canadian productivity.She nonetheless wrapped t...

Apr 07, 2022

Moe, Meili react to federal Liberal-NDP partnership

A move at the federal level is drawing reaction from the Saskatchewan political landscape.On Tuesday, the federal Liberals and NDP announced an agreement that will see the NDP support the Liberals unt...

Mar 22, 2022

Liberals, NDP reach tentative deal to keep government in power until 2025: reports

Reports by the CBC and the Globe and Mail, citing unnamed sources, say that New Democrat members of Parliament still need to approve the deal.The reports say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with the...

Mar 22, 2022

Vidal sanctioned by Russia, supports accepting Ukrainian refugees

Desneth-Missinippi-Churchill River MP Gary Vidal was one of hundreds of Canadians to be sanctioned this week by Russia. "When I saw that, I have to admit I was a little bit surprised," Vidal, who is n...

Mar 16, 2022

Zelenskyy pleads with Canada for no-fly zone, more sanctions to end Russian invasion

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pleaded with Canadians to imagine the terror and horror unfolding in his country in an emotional address to Parliament this morning.Zelenskyy addressed a specia...

Mar 15, 2022

Budget office says federal spending on health care going up faster than planned

OTTAWA - Federal spending on health care and elderly benefits are set to rise at a faster clip over the next 12 months than previously planned under forecasts the parliamentary budget officer warns do...

Mar 10, 2022