With Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre set to face a leadership review in two days, many of his MPs are publicly voicing support for his direction over the party. Poilievre is set to face a mandatory leadership review in Calgary at the party’s national convention on Friday following last year’s federal election loss. According to the party’s constitution, if a leader...
Canadian companies are coming under fire over their ties to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as U.S. President Donald Trump pursues a mass deportation campaign to expel vast numbers of immigrants. Canadian defence manufacturer Roshel and Vancouver-based companies Hootsuite and Jim Pattison Group are being raked publicly over their ties to the immigration enforcement agency -- especially in the wake...
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he would have used different words to describe the changing global trade landscape than Prime Minister Mark Carney did on his recent trip to China. During his trip earlier this month — the first visit to China for a Canadian prime minister in eight years — Carney said during a meeting with Chinese Premier Li...
OTTAWA -- Ontario Premier Doug Ford and New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt both say they agree with Prime Minister Mark Carney's suggestion this week that "almost nothing" is normal right now with the United States.
TORONTO -- Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario has banned media from its upcoming convention for the first time since he became the premier in 2018.
Ottawa and Seoul have signed a memorandum of understanding intended to bring South Korean auto manufacturing and investment to Canada, according to a document reviewed by The Globe and Mail. The MOU stems from the Asian country’s campaign to win a multibillion-dollar contract to build up to 12 submarines for the Royal Canadian Navy.
In remarks at Trump event, U.S. treasury secretary issues new message to Canada on looming trade talks. The Trump administration is once again ramping up its rhetorical pressure on Canada, with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent issuing a fresh warning to Prime Minister Mark Carney over looming trade negotiations. Bessent was at an event in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to...
The union representing employees at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says staff have been told there will be 1,371 agency jobs cut as part of the government's cost-cutting exercise. The Agriculture Union says it "categorically denounces" the cuts, which it says point toward a "looming food safety crisis" in Canada.
The Liberal government has chosen Anton Boegman, a former chief electoral officer of British Columbia, to administer the planned federal foreign influence transparency registry. Boegman's proposed appointment is subject to approval by resolution of the House of Commons and Senate following consultation with opposition parties and Senate leaders. Simon Lafortune, a spokesman for Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree, says the...
The Bank of Canada held its benchmark interest rate steady Wednesday and forecasts a gradual economic recovery from the U.S. tariff shock. The policy rate remains at 2.25 per cent after the central bank’s first decision of the year. Economists had widely expected the hold.
The petulance displayed by the U.S. ambassador to Canada is exactly what you might expect from Pete Hoekstra if he had just been informed that Canada intends to spend half the money earmarked for new F-35 fighter jets on the rival Swedish Gripen. Hoekstra apparently skipped the class on diplomacy being about saying the nastiest thing in the nicest way...
In Davos, Switzerland, Prime Minister Mark Carney mapped out a new path for Canada’s foreign policy, but a union representing Canadian diplomats says that work will be threatened by cuts in the foreign ministry. Carney’s (Nepean, Ont.) Jan. 20 World Economic Forum speech has garnered international attention and praise as he trumpeted a coalition of middle powers in a time...
Carney's gains appear to be entirely at the cost of the NDP and the Bloc Québécois, whom Enns say have effectively 'disappeared.' Canada’s Liberals have received another boost in voter support after Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent tour to China and Davos, Switzerland, with nearly half of Canadians now saying they would likely vote Liberal if a federal election were...
Thousands of employees at Global Affairs Canada have been issued notices warning they may lose their jobs, months before a foreign policy review is completed to give the department updated priorities. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said the department has the broad outlines of Canada's foreign policy which can shape staffing priorities, but the diplomats union says the cuts at...
Canada's premiers are set for two days of huddling in the nation's capital with the economy, affordability and trade expected to be high on the agenda. The premiers meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday, and will want to show a united "Team Canada" front as trade tensions rise again with Canada's largest trading partner.
Government officials are in talks with tech giant Meta about restoring news to Facebook, as the Online News Act – which prompted the tech giant to end access to journalism on its platforms – is put on the table as part of trade negotiations with the United States. Meta Platforms blocked all news from Facebook and Instagram in 2023, in...
India has long viewed Canada as the “younger brother” of the United States, slow to approve foreign investment and major projects, but this perception is changing under Prime Minister Mark Carney, the Indian high commissioner to Canada says. Ottawa and New Delhi are preparing to launch talks on a comprehensive trade deal as the Prime Minister makes plans for a...
NDP leadership hopefuls Heather McPherson and Rob Ashton are stressing their differences from social activist Avi Lewis as the party’s leadership race hits a critical juncture. Both campaigns told National Post that the two candidates are aligned on several of the race’s top issues, including the federal NDP’s relationship with provincial wings, the role of labour unions in the party...
The federal government has proposed former British Columbia chief electoral officer Anton Boegman as head of the newly created Foreign Influence Transparency Registry, two sources say. Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree told reporters Tuesday that he has sent a letter to recognized opposition parties and to Senate groups, recommending the government’s choice for commissioner. The government is supposed to consult...
Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to make a potentially important visit to India in the next couple of months, government officials have confirmed, as Canada continues efforts to diversify trade, attract investment and mend international fences. While government officials emphasize that the trip hasn’t been finalized and wouldn’t necessarily mean any deals if it occurs, the intensity of the planning...
The decision to cull more than 300 ostriches at a B.C. farm last November cost the federal government more than $6.7 million across three agencies, according to newly released data. After Universal Ostrich Farm, located near Edgewood, B.C., reported it had lost dozens of birds following an avian flu outbreak in late 2024, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) ordered...
Mark Critch says he's wondered what would happen if U.S President Donald Trump actually visited the countries he planned to invade. So he flew to Greenland to find out.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Canada's "principled pragmatism" in foreign policy will be on full display next week in Greenland when she opens Canada's new consulate in the Danish territory with Inuit representatives attending and a coast guard vessel in the background. "We will continue to be principled and we will be pragmatic at the same time," Anand told...
CALGARY -- Alberta country music star Paul Brandt won't divulge his stance on the ongoing separatist movement in the province.
Alberta's judges are calling for respect days after Premier Danielle Smith said she wishes she could "direct" them. The province's three chief justices say in a rare public statement that democracy only functions when all three branches of government operate independently and respect each other's role. "It ensures judges can make decisions based solely on the law and evidence presented,"...
Thousands of electric vehicles from Chinese automakers can enter Canada this year at new low tariff rate
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney says Holocaust Remembrance Day is a moment to remember the consequences of ignorance and hatred.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is standing by his speech at the World Economic Forum last week, despite claims from U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration that he “aggressively” walked back some of his comments during a phone call. “To be absolutely clear, and I said this to the president. I mean what I said in Davos,” Carney said to reporters on...
Surrounded by global elites and influencers, Mark Carney stepped on the global stage and crystallized what many had been thinking: it’s time to accept that the world order of the last 80 years has dramatically and permanently changed. It’s a “rupture,” Carney told the World Economic Forum audience at Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 20, “not a transition.” The “rules-based international...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford appears to have had a change of heart when it comes to the federal government’s auto strategy after hearing more about it from federal officials. “I also want to thank Minister (Mélanie) Joly for coming up with a great auto strategy that the minister has put together that we’re going to be part of,” Ford said...
Petition drives calling for a referendum on Alberta separating from Canada have been held across the province in recent weeks, everywhere from small communities and rural halls, and now to Calgary for the first time. Outside the Big Four Roadhouse at a signing event in Calgary, a lineup formed as people waited to add their names to the petition.
Nearly nine months after being elected federally, Conservative MP Chak Au has submitted his resignation from his other job as a municipal councillor in Richmond, B.C. His resignation will take effect Feb. 1. Mr. Au has served as a city councillor since 2011, and was elected as a member of Parliament for the British Columbia riding of Richmond Centre-Marpole in April.
Federal public servants used to be a sure thing for Pat Nicastro’s fine-food shop in Ottawa’s Byward Market. He used to be able to count on a lot of them who work in nearby offices to come in for lunch, a group that was a sizable part of the customer mix that has sustained La Bottega for about 30 years...
Former cabinet minister, scientist and champion for safe sport Kirsty Duncan has died at the age of 59. Duncan had made public her multiple operations, radiation and chemotherapy to treat her cancer since she was diagnosed in 2023. Born on Oct. 31, 1966, Duncan was elected five times as the Liberal MP for the Toronto riding of Etobicoke North between...
Advocates of more federal transparency are concerned a federal review of the Access to Information regime will not fix long-standing problems, and that it could even make things worse. The Treasury Board Secretariat announced the government review, which takes place every five years, in a news release last June. For a $5 fee, people can use the access law to...
Trusted-traveller applications have halved since Trump returned to the White House. The number of Canadian applications for the Nexus trusted-traveller program has fallen off a cliff since U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the White House last year. Applications had been steadily increasing following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)...
Canada is set to name its first foreign interference commissioner. Speaking to CBC News on his way out of question period, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said he sent a letter to opposition parties on Monday to advise them of the government's choice for commissioner. "As of an hour ago, we have written to the opposition party leaders with a...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Prime Minister Mark Carney appeared to patch up their differences on trade Monday over a slice of pizza. Meeting for the first time in weeks, the two men smiled for cameras and spoke to some local kids enjoying a snow day at a Pizza Nova location in Etobicoke. “We’re all about Team Canada,” Ford told...
Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government “focused on results for Canadians,” and is not considering a snap election. On Monday, Carney announced a boost to the GST credit, as part of a suite of new affordability measures, in a grocery-store press conference reminiscent of election-time campaign stops. Longtime cabinet minister and former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland also resigned...
Proposed changes to the GST credit announced Monday by Prime Minister Mark Carney should provide some relief for lower-income Canadians, but experts caution it may not account for future surges in the cost of living. Carney unveiled a 25 per cent hike to the GST credit in a temporary move set to last for five years, billed as a measure...
South Korean submarine maker Hanwha Oceans says it has signed a series of partnership agreements with Canadian companies, including Sault Ste. Marie's tariff-battered Algoma Steel. Hanwha says it signed a memorandum of understanding with Algoma that pledges $275 million in financial support to stand up a new structural steel beam mill in Canada. The pact also declares Hanwha's intention to...
OTTAWA -- Public Safety Canada says gun owners reported 22,251 firearms to the federal government in the first week of a program to provide compensation for banned guns.
