Elizabeth Thompson

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s trip to Jamaica didn’t break the rules that govern gifts and travel for elected officials because the stay was a gift from a longtime family friend, Interim Ethics Commissioner Konrad Von Finckenstein told MPs Tuesday.

Parliament spent nearly $600,000 on luxury hotel rooms it didn’t use when nearly half of the delegates at a conference of European parliamentarians it hosted either didn’t show up or chose less expensive hotels.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has unveiled how it plans to spend billions of dollars in the coming year. Here’s where it’s going and where the cuts are landing.

The “crises” rocking national and international affairs are likely to get worse over the next few years and could have a significant effect on the federal government and Canada’s federal police force, says an internal report prepared for the RCMP.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Christmas holiday vacation in Jamaica cost far more than the same trip the year before and documents obtained under Access to Information reveal it was also marked by an incident.

The federal government is cracking down on potential tax cheats by introducing new measures to track cryptocurrency transactions and giving the Canada Revenue Agency more teeth to penalize taxpayers who refuse to disclose information it wants.

Treasury Board President Anita Anand says she wants to increase the use of artificial intelligence in Canada’s public service — but not when it comes to things like cabinet documents.

U.S government officials have discussed the possibility of trade sanctions against Canada as a result of Quebec’s controversial Bill 96 language law, CBC News has learned. The U.S. government is also being told that Bill 96 could affect the availability of products throughout Canada.

A controversial American government decision to impose new requirements on dogs entering the U.S. was prompted by a "dramatic increase" in falsified documents and fraud — including cases of people using Canada to bring dogs from countries with high rates of rabies into the U.S.

Artificial intelligence and deepfake technology could have significant effects on the next federal election, experts in social media monitoring warned Wednesday.