Ottawa

The feds cuts a deal to buy the pipeline and will bank on positive court rulings, but protests are another matter entirely

The finance minister announced that Ottawa will spend $4.5 billion to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline, but that it doesn’t plan on being a long-term owner

The leader of Alberta’s conservatives sat down for a candid chat with one of Canada’s best political analysts. Watch it here and check out our liveblog.

Andrew MacDougall: The PM called for political diversity. It would help if he could point to one instance where he’s taken his own advice.

Evan Solomon: The federal government now owns the pipeline issue, and after the finance minister’s latest move, it will likely own the pipeline too

Bill Morneau is promising indemnification from John Horgan-related costs to any party who will take on the Trans Mountain project

Sgt. Peter Merrifield was told by a veteran officer that he was a target in an RCMP investigation that may also have spied on journalists and lawyers

Even staunchly pro-choice respondents find denying job money regardless of how it will be spent is unfair, according to a survey by the Angus Reid Institute

Opinion: Ottawa and Ontario just gave Toyota $220 million for something it likely would have done anyway. Governments need to wise up.

Scott Gilmore: Senators are unaccountable nobodies, and it is impossible to imagine they don’t see they’re part of an undemocratic charade