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Laurence Martin, Fannie Olivier, Daniel Thibeault

Washington demanding 'entry fee' from Ottawa before trade talks: sources

Trump administration demanding concessions before formally launching CUSMA talks, sources tell Radio-Canada. The Trump administration is demanding what amounts to an "entry fee" from Canada to engage in trade talks toward a revised Canada-United States-Mexico Free Trade Agreement (CUSMA), four sources told Radio-Canada. "The Americans are setting conditions before negotiations begin," said one high-ranking individual familiar with the matter. Three...

Kelly Geraldine Malone

Expert says it's time for Canada to amp up efforts to educate Americans on trade

Piling his shopping bags into his vehicle's trunk outside a Houston grocery store last week, Texan Herman Moreno said he doesn't think Canada has any kind of trading relationship with Texas at all. "Canada better straighten up, bro," he said. "If they want their money, they better straighten up." Canada is actually the Lone Star State's second-largest trading partner. Many...

Stuart Benson

‘Desperate need of renewal’: Liberal MP Erskine-Smith sets sights on federal exit, provincial party revival

Grit MP Nate Erskine Smith says he intends to resign 'shortly' after the provincial nomination for Scarborough Southwest, Ont., is called on May 9 as NDP Leader Avi Lewis passes on the impending Beaches–East York vacancy for his own entrance to the House.

Sarah Ritchie, David Baxter

Former Tory leader to Poilievre: forget the floor crossings, focus on policy

The last Conservative leader to be ousted by his party says he's advised his replacement to forget the floor crossings and social media trends as speculation heats up over Pierre Poilievre's future at the party's helm. "My advice to him has always been to put the country first and look at the long term," Erin O'Toole said in an interview...

Sarah Ritchie, Catherine Morrison

Liberals move to take control of House committees now that they've secured majority

The Liberals are moving to take control of House of Commons committees now that they've secured a majority government. House leader Steven MacKinnon says in a social media post that the Liberals will seek to change the standing orders, the rules that govern the Commons, to ensure they have the most votes on committees. Majority governments traditionally hold a majority...

Polls

Nik Nanos

From Trump Fear to Job Jitters – Canada’s top concern moves home, and the Liberals benefit

The Canadian electorate is settling into a reality shaped by pocketbook anxiety. Jobs and the economy now dominate the national conversation at 23 per cent—up sharply from four weeks ago, while concern over Trump and American relations has cooled markedly, slipping to single digits. Mark Carney’s Liberals enjoy a comfortable 14-point ballot lead, a decisive edge on preferred prime minister...

Canadians’ Views on Major Projects

During the past year, Canadians have been hearing a lot about major projects – big, transformative infrastructure investments led by the federal government. Ottawa’s new Major Projects Office (MPO) is either moving ahead with or evaluating major investments related to energy, resource extraction and transportation.

Opinion

Bruce Anderson

"Judge me by my enemies?" Mark Carney ditches that rule book. Today's Trade Council is the latest example of the PM's instinct to find allies, not opponents.

While campaigning for the presidency in Portland, in 1932, Franklin Roosevelt told a crowd “my friends, judge me by the enemies I’ve made.”. In a 2015 Presidential debate, Anderson Cooper asked the candidates which enemy they were most proud of making. There’s a deep history of politics about picking your enemies as deliberately as you choose your friends.

Campbell Clark

Less forward guidance, Mr. Carney, and more accountability

“Thank you for your time,” Prime Minister Mark Carney said at the close of his recent direct-to-you vlog, titled Forward Guidance. “I know it’s precious.” That’s nice. He told Canadians he is going to want to talk with them again, but promised to do so sparingly. “I know you have busy lives and you don’t need busy lives from me,”...

News

Nicole Brockbank, Sarah MacMillan

$28.9M private jet province bought, plans to sell, could have used only 10% of Ontario airports

Takeoff distance for Bombardier 650 Challenger at full capacity longer than most runways in province. The $28.9-million private jet the Ontario government purchased — and Premier Doug Ford has now committed to sell — would only have been able to fly in and out of about 10 per cent of recognized airports in the province, according to a CBC News...

Elizabeth Thompson

Is it Mark Carney or is it AI? Government contemplating artificial intelligence to help handle letters, e-mails to the PM

Was it Prime Minister Mark Carney or was it AI? That’s a question thousands of Canadians who receive a letter back from Canada’s prime minister may be asking in the not-too-distant future as the government contemplates a plan to replace some of the people who handle his correspondence with new technology like artificial intelligence. In its most recent departmental planning...

Politician's Pen

Danielle Smith

Nova Scotia could be a natural gas superpower, too

Its natural gas reserves have the potential to enrich its people and power the world. Let’s get some shovels in the ground

Dan Albas

High speed rail is another Liberal legacy project without a plan

Conservatives believe Canada is a country ready to build again. For too long, especially in our largest cities, young Canadians have watched governments make big announcements while the cost of living rises, opportunities narrow and major projects stall. After more than a decade of Liberal promises, overspending and delays, Canadians deserve a new approach that delivers real results people can...

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John Ivison

Avi Lewis’s NDP senses the right spots to attack Carney’s left

Former prime minister Brian Mulroney once levelled the bizarre charge that the first thing then NDP leader Ed Broadbent would do if elected to replace him would be to nationalize high-end menswear retailer Harry Rosen. It was a personal shot at Broadbent, who was renowned for his ill-fitting brown tweed jackets, but also a reminder to voters that elements within...

Matt Gurney

Hear me out: The plane was a good idea. Doug Ford’s mistake was giving in

It seems odd to even suggest this right now, but … what if the plane was a good idea? Seriously. What if a private jet for the use of the premier and other key officials was actually worth considering?

Andrew Caddell

The feds need a ‘dream team’ to counter the PQ

The recent Liberal policy convention I attended in Montreal was more about convening than policy: the corridors of the Palais des Congrès were packed with 4,500 delegates networking away, while the policy sessions were sparsely attended. One session did impress me for its participants. It was the session on “Building Canada Strong,” featuring Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, Industry Minister Mélanie...

Noah Richler

Trump got his regime change in Canada. Now he may regret it.

Well, the Iranian case is up for debate, but there’s no question your commander in chief effected “regime change” here in Canada. After last week’s special elections, Mark Carney, the prime minister whose elevation Donald Trump helped bring about, has at last secured a parliamentary majority for Canada’s Liberal Party.

Susan Delacourt

Here’s what Mark Carney was signalling on YouTube

When a prime minister takes to YouTube for a 10-minute address to the nation, a perfectly reasonable question is: what’s the emergency? So when Mark Carney released a video on the weekend, titled “Forward Guidance,” there was a natural temptation to look for what alarms he was trying to raise.

Tasha Kheiriddin

Carney preparing to fail in Trump negotiations

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Sunday video was a masterclass in crisis communications. He reminded Canadians of his credentials managing tough times. He described the urgent challenges Canada faces. He explained what he is doing to tackle them. He promised not to “sugarcoat” anything. He appealed to Canadians’ patriotism. And he promised to keep us posted: bookmark this YouTube channel for...

Rachel Notley

Possible changes to Alberta’s electoral map put democracy at risk

In 2016, I appointed three of the five people on the Electoral Boundaries Commission. A year later, their final report hit my desk. I was disappointed. Very disappointed. Two strong NDP seats, held by my finance minister and my attorney-general, were made into one. The urban Medicine Hat seat occupied by the then-NDP speaker of the House was cut in...

Gillian Steward

When are Conservatives going to join the fight against Alberta separatism?

It’s a mere six months until Albertans decide whether they want to separate from the rest of Canada. And yet there is no apparent all-inclusive campaign for those of us who want to vote No.

John Ivison

Carney’s feel-good video is weak medicine for our grave economic reality

Was the timing of Mark Carney’s feel-good “fireside chat” video released Sunday mere coincidence, landing as it did the day before concerning inflation numbers? Or was it a deliberate calculation to point out that Canadian fur traders were all over the northern plains before the Americans had left St. Louis, a day ahead of confirmation that consumers are now paying...

Lloyd Axworthy

Carney’s Liberals Are Governing like Conservatives—Just More Politely

FOR ALL OF MY adult life, I’ve been a Liberal believing in the defence of rights, the constraining of power, an equitable society, and an independent foreign policy. It’s been a narrative that many Canadians have strongly believed and supported.

Robyn Urback

Doug Ford gives up a gravy plane for his normal clown car

The instant Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles blasted out the words “gravy plane,” it became obvious that the private jet purchased by Ontario Premier Doug Ford was not long for this province. It wasn’t simply that the act of spending $28.9-million of taxpayers’ money on a private aircraft for the Premier’s office was hideously off-brand, though that was a major...

Max Fawcett

Pierre Poilievre is picking a fight he can't win

The old Pierre Poilievre is back. After watching Mark Carney’s Liberals secure a majority government with a clean sweep in last Monday’s three byelections and with rumours of more floor crossers in the offing, the Conservative Party of Canada leader has decided to abandon his kinder and gentler personality reboot in favour of his more familiar brand of populist petulance...

Stéphane Dion

Democracy Strikes Back in Hungary

Hungary has only 9.5 million people, but its election result is resonating across the democratic world. The resounding defeat of Viktor Orbán and his party Fidesz on April 12 brought an end to 16 years of governance by a prime minister who had established himself as a global icon of the populist far-right, the model to follow, the archetype of...

Greg MacNeil

Can’t win? Don’t rewrite the rules

Let’s be clear: there is nothing improper about a government gaining a majority in Parliament between elections. Some have suggested otherwise, as if something outside the rules has taken place. It hasn’t. Canada operates under a Westminster parliamentary system. Voters don’t cast ballots for a Prime Minister. We don’t vote for or against a majority government. We vote for a...

Matt Gurney

Congratulations to Carney on securing a majority, now please, please, pick a fighter jet, already

Congratulations to Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Liberals on securing their majority. Now, please, please, pick a fighter jet already. No one can stop you! This isn’t the first time I’ve made this exact plea in these very pages. It was just last September that I begged the prime minister to get around to picking a jet to replace...

Éric Blais

The Conservatives are spending $1 million advertising — to themselves

The Conservative Party of Canada launched two new ads recently, backed by what the party says is a million-dollar-plus media buy across television, radio, connected TV and digital platforms. They will be running through the end of June. The ads are well produced. One features Pierre Poilievre speaking of a country that stands on its own feet and bows before...

Daniel Béland

The Leadership Limbo of Pierre Poilievre

Nearly one year after the election that validated Mark Carney’s instincts about pursuing a career in elected politics, the principal casualty of that choice, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, finds himself in a peculiar position. Poilievre, whose party lost that election from a starting lead of 20 points, who lost his own seat, and who has witnessed a mini stampede of...

Lisa Van Dusen

Mark Carney’s Fireside Chat, or a Brief History of Forward Guidance

For someone relatively new to elected politics, Mark Carney has developed a habit of leaning into his pre-political past. When Carney unfurled his middle-power response to the geopolitical upheaval fronted by Donald Trump’s weaponized presidency, he didn’t do it at the Canadian Club, the United Nations, or Chatham House. He delivered his code-cracking economic GPS from the annual gathering of...

Matt Gurney

Captain Canada loses his plane in his latest pathetic wimp-out moment

Not once have I ever thought that Doug Ford has much in common at all with U.S. President Donald Trump. Sure, the Ontario premier is a blustery, (in-theory) right-leaning politician who even has a passing physical resemblance to the U.S. president. But anyone actually making the comparison has always been, in my mind, confessing how superficial their understanding of either...

Globe Editorial Board

Mark Carney’s push toward realpolitik - His foreign-policy doctrine is a break with the preachiness of the past: Canada must take the world as it is

For two decades, Canada pursued a values-based foreign policy, although the values pursued by Liberal and Conservative governments were very different. Today, Canada is pursuing a more hardnosed foreign policy that puts Canada’s national interests front and centre. Putting Canada first, so to speak, has proved to be a far better approach. Of course, values and interests have always comingled...

Peter Nicholson, Sachi Gibson, Rick Smith

Canada needs the Clean Electricity Regulations to cut emissions and invest in low-cost, clean power

Andrew Coyne

Joining the EU would be a ridiculous response to Canada’s real problems

Where did this idea come from, of Canada joining the European Union? I know the Prime Minister likes to say that Canada is “the most European of the non-European countries,” whatever that means. (More European than, say, Argentina? Uruguay? New Zealand?) And sure, we’ve all joked about it, at least once, in the heat of Donald Trump’s latest outrage (“that’s...

Althia Raj

Pierre Poilievre helped make Mark Carney’s week a rousing success

As political weeks go, Prime Minister Mark Carney couldn’t have asked for a better one. Fresh from the Liberals’ convention where he was fêted as the party’s new Messiah, his candidates won all three byelections Monday by larger percentage margins than in last spring’s general election.

Political Pulse Panel

How will Carney use his majority mandate?

The Political Pulse panel breaks down Week 1 of the Liberals' majority government, and how opposition parties are responding.

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Jack Farrell

Government motion passes to take second run at redrawing Alberta's electoral ridings

A controversial motion to send recently proposed changes to Alberta's electoral maps back to the drawing board has passed in the legislature, leading the Opposition NDP to accuse Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservatives of undermining democracy. "What we're seeing before us is something that's never been tried before by any Canadian Parliament, by any Canadian legislature," NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi...

Darren Major

July 1 date for CUSMA review a 'checkpoint ... not a cliff,' Canada's chief negotiator says

Agreement sets July 1 as day countries can signal intention to exit pact, but it still remains in place. Canada's chief trade negotiator says the July 1 date to review the North American trade pact shouldn't be viewed as a hard deadline — noting that some trade points won't be entirely hashed out by that date. "There's a lot of...

Mike Le Couteur

New Canada-U.S. advisory council includes former premiers, ex-Conservative leader

Prime Minister Mark Carney has unveiled a new Canada-U.S. advisory council ahead of a formal CUSMA review process this summer. The council is made up of some members from the previous council while adding former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole, former Conservative cabinet minister Lisa Raitt, former premiers P.J. Akeeagok and Jean Charest, as well as former Canadian High Commissioner to...

Spencer Van Dyk

LeBlanc accuses U.S. of weaponizing dependency, says feds want CUSMA to stay intact

Despite accusing the United States of weaponizing the deep integration of its economy with Canada’s, Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc says he “absolutely” wants the trilateral trade deal including Mexico to remain intact. “We’ve become overly dependent on one trading partner who has turned around, as the prime minister has also said, and weaponized that very dependency or integration against...

John Paul Tasker

Poilievre says Carney has been 'losing, losing, losing' on U.S. trade war - Carney says there's been a 'rupture' in Canada-U.S. relationship, while Poilievre wants to draw closer

Carney says there's been a 'rupture' in Canada-U.S. relationship, while Poilievre wants to draw closer. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre launched a pointed attack on the Liberal government's handling of the Canada-U.S. file Tuesday, saying the results so far have fallen well short of the mark and the prime minister is "losing" the trade war. Speaking to reporters after Prime Minister...

Catherine Morrison

MPs approve Annette Ryan as the next Parliamentary Budget Officer in House vote

Members of Parliament voted today to approve the appointment of Annette Ryan as Canada's next Parliamentary Budget Officer. MPs approved her appointment in a 164 to 153 vote, with Bloc Quebecois and Conservatives voting against her nomination. Ryan, a longtime public servant and the current deputy director at Canada's financial intelligence agency, Fintrac, was named as cabinet's pick to lead...

Sarah Ritchie

House ethics committee votes to question finance minister on Alto connection

Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne will appear before the House ethics committee to answer questions about his connection to the Alto high-speed rail project. The Liberal members of the committee dragged out debate for hours over whether Champagne and the ethics commissioner would be called in for questioning. The minister recused himself from decisions about the high-speed rail project last September...

Anja Karadeglija

CPAC cancels two news programs, citing 'accelerating revenue decline'

CPAC, the Canadian service that provides direct coverage of political events, says declining revenues have led it to cancel two flagship programs. It says in a release it has cancelled PrimeTime Politics and L'Essentiel. The release cited "accelerating revenue decline," an uncertain broadcasting landscape and delays in modernizing the broadcast system.

High-speed rail pitch draws high levels of support and opposition: poll

A new poll suggests the proposed Alto high-speed railway is both the most-supported and the most-opposed item on the federal government's list of major projects. Probe Research surveyed 1,300 Canadians earlier this month and found 61 per cent of respondents supported the project, while 19 per cent opposed it to some degree. The poll cannot be assigned a margin of...

Joshua Freeman

‘Kind of embarrassing’: Doug Ford says Ontario should have a jet, but he won’t reconsider selling it

Ontario Premier Doug Ford once again defended his government’s decision to purchase a $28.9 million private jet Tuesday, saying it’s “embarrassing” a province the size of Ontario doesn’t have one. But he stopped short of saying he’d reconsider his decision to sell it in the wake of public backlash over the purchase. “Honestly folks, it’s a no brainer. It’s kind...

Kyle Duggan

'More bluster': Poilievre, LeBlanc downplay Lutnick's comments on Canada

Federal politicians are dismissing U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's disparaging comments about Canada's negotiating position heading into major trade talks with the U.S. and Mexico. Lutnick said Friday it would be a bad strategy for Canada to try to wait out the U.S. to reach a better deal later on, adding, "They suck." Dominic LeBlanc, the minister responsible for Canada-U.S...

Alex Boyd

A network of YouTube accounts is promoting U.S. annexation to Albertans, researchers say. It has 40M views

Flagged as a “potential covert influence operation” in a new report, those behind the network are tough to trace. The mispronunciation of Regina — as in, the capital of Saskatchewan — was a clue. Then there was the reference to B.C. MLA Dallas Brodie, a woman, as a “he.” These slip-ups helped lead researchers at the Media Ecosystem Observatory (MEO)...

Alberta's 'Forever Canadian' petition leader says UCP stifling democratic process

The former politician who gathered more than 456,000 signatures to keep Alberta in Canada says he watched firsthand the legislature committee tasked with its review stifle the democratic process. Thomas Lukaszuk, a former deputy premier, says he's not surprised, but says it's "bizarre" the committee, led by United Conservative members, shut down a proposal to soon hear from him directly...

Tonda MacCharles

Former Conservative leader explains why he joined Mark Carney’s trade advisory council

Former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole gave his successor Pierre Poilievre a heads-up last week he would join Mark Carney’s Canada-U.S. trade advisory council because, he told the Star, he agrees with a lot of Carney’s approach to the U.S., and he wanted no surprises. In his first interview since being named to the panel of outside expert business, investment and...

Laura Ryckewaert

Proposed removal of Indigenous references in three federal riding names draws criticism

Three Ontario MPs are seeking to remove Indigenous references added to their riding names during the most recent federal electoral redistribution process, but only one is understood to have the support of local Indigenous groups. Nineteen federal riding name changes are being sought overall as part of the government’s Bill C-25. That list includes Conservative MP Shelby Kramp-Neuman’s request to...

N.W.T. to follow Alberta in ditching clock changes, adopting permanent daylight time

Northwest Territories Premier R.J. Simpson says the territory will follow Alberta's lead in ditching twice-a-year clock changes. Simpson says residents have previously supported the idea of having one year-round time and that keeping the territory in line with Alberta makes the most sense. "This practical, forward-looking decision reflects what many people across the Canada have been calling for," Simpson said...

Colin D'Mello, Isaac Callan

Progressive Conservatives worry Ford’s private jet blunder is ‘the start of his undoing’

Premier Doug Ford’s decision to buy a pricey taxpayer-funded jet in the middle of an affordability challenge is a “toxic combination” that could erode the public’s confidence in his government, one provincial pollster says. Ford said the purchase of the $28.9 million Challenger 650, which he planned to use for government-related travel across the country and into the United States...

Murray Brewster

Victoria Cross fight reignited as MPs back independent honours review. Canada's highest military honour was created in 1993 but has never been awarded.

Canada's highest military honour was created in 1993 but has never been awarded. A House of Commons committee unanimously passed a motion Monday calling on the Liberal government to establish an independent review board for military honours including the country’s highest battlefield decoration — the Canadian Victoria Cross. The request is the latest step in a multi-year, grassroots effort by...

Matthew Lapierre, Annabelle Olivier

Yes, Doug Ford, Quebec bought private jets — but not for the premier's travels - Quebec government says planes Ford is referring to are medical jets

Last week, Ontario’s premier pointed to a fleet of Quebec government-owned planes as justification for having his own private aircraft. But Quebec’s premier has no such private plane — so, what’s going on? Premier Doug Ford justified the purchase of the plane, a used Bombardier Challenger 650, by touting his extensive travel within Ontario and even to the U.S...

Bill Curry

Federal Court rules against two senior public servants tied to ArriveCan procurement

Two senior public servants linked to the controversial procurement process behind Ottawa’s costly ArriveCan app have lost their bids to have the Federal Court overrule internal grievance findings related to allegations of misconduct against them. Justice Avvy Yao-Yao Go issued the decisions Monday after two days of public court hearings in March.

Jack Farrell

Alberta legislature members expected to vote to revisit riding maps for 2027 election

Politicians in the Alberta legislature are expected to vote today on a controversial motion that directly affects next year's general election. Premier Danielle Smith's governing United Conservatives have put forward a motion to revisit a panel report on how the ridings should be redrawn ahead of the 2027 vote. Smith says they are acting on the recommendation of the panel...

Quebec Premier Christine Frechette leans on experience in pre-election cabinet

Newly minted Quebec Premier Christine Frechette has unveiled a cabinet that leans on experienced ministers, opting for stability instead of a shakeup as her government heads into a pre-election period. After winning the Coalition Avenir Quebec leadership race on April 12, Frechette spent just over a week before introducing the senior members of the team she is expected to lead...

John Paul Tasker

Who was Sir Isaac Brock, and why does Carney have his statuette in the Prime Minister's Office?

Celebrated general is a reminder Canada has beat the Americans and 'can do it again': official. Prime Minister Mark Carney stunned some Canadian historians over the weekend when he released a pointed video message about the U.S. featuring a War of 1812 general who led the charge against the American invaders of that era. For the first time Sunday, Carney...

Robert Fife, Emma Graney

Ottawa leans toward new oil pipeline route from Alberta to southern B.C., sources say

The federal government is eyeing a new oil pipeline route in southern British Columbia that some in Ottawa believe would face fewer environmental hurdles and less resistance from Indigenous groups than the northern route Alberta is proposing, two federal sources say. Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed an memorandum of understanding in November, with the goals...

Darren Major

Carney to name new Canada-U.S. trade advisory council, sources say

Current advisory board was struck by former prime minister Justin Trudeau. Prime Minister Mark Carney will name a new advisory council on Canada and U.S. trade on Tuesday, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The council will replace the one previously set up by former prime minister Justin Trudeau in early 2025. CBC News is not naming the...

Lisa Johnson

Alberta's government says it will do away with twice-a-year time change

Premier Danielle Smith's government says Albertans will soon be ditching twice-a-year clock changes. Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally confirmed Monday the province plans to stick with daylight time year-round. "We'll be moving forward with having an extra hour of daylight in the evenings," he told reporters in the legislature. That means Albertans would stay on the current time and no...

Catherine Morrison

Canada Post reports record $1.57-billion loss in 2025

Canada Post has released its annual report, detailing a $1.57-billion loss before tax for 2025. The Crown corporation said in a news release the record loss highlights the need to transform and move away from cash injections. The report said the company’s annual loss widened by $728 million, or 86.7 per cent, compared to a loss of $841 million the...

Tonda MacCharles

Mark Carney gets mixed reviews for response to ‘Donald Trump’s war on Canada’

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s view that Canada’s “weakness” stems from its longtime close trade ties with the U.S. was mocked by the Conservatives Monday, and met skepticism by an Eastern premier who warned it will likely further anger the U.S. In a video message posted Sunday on YouTube, Carney said the U.S. “has fundamentally changed its approach to trade, raising...

Spencer Van Dyk

Poilievre says PM Carney ‘squandered Canada’s leverage’ with U.S. in response video

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is again urging the prime minister to sign a tariff-free trade deal with the United States, following a video by Mark Carney Sunday calling Canada’s former strength, built on its bond with America, a “weakness” that must be corrected. In his own video released on Monday — paralleled with Carney’s address, seeing both leaders sitting in...

Catherine Morrison

Poilievre says Carney 'pushing fear' in address to Canadians on U.S. relations

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Prime Minister Mark Carney was "pushing fear" in a recent address to Canadians on the relationship with the U.S. In a 10-minute video posted to social media on Sunday, Carney said Canada's deep economic ties with the U.S. used to be a major strength, but are now a source of weakness. The prime minister said...

US Poli

Ali Swenson, The Associated Press

Senate hearings with RFK Jr. put Cassidy's competing loyalties to Trump and science on display

Bill Cassidy's roles as a lawmaker, a doctor and a political candidate will collide on Wednesday as he questions Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in two high-stakes Senate hearings.

Christopher Rugaber, The Associated Press

Warsh says there is no pressure from Trump to cut rates even as president pushes for them publicly

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's nominee to chair the Federal Reserve said Tuesday that he never promised the White House that he would cut interest rates, even as the president renewed his calls for the central bank to do so.

Peter Smith, The Associated Press

'If my people': Here's why the Bible passage Trump will read aloud is so potent and polarizing

The scriptural passage that President Donald Trump plans to read Tuesday evening in a livestreamed Bible-reading marathon dates back to the depiction of an ancient event -- but it's one that carries a highly charged significance in the current religious and political climate.

Christopher Rugaber, The Associated Press

Fed nominee pledges inflation fight even as Trump renews demands for rate cuts that could worsen it

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Federal Reserve is pledging to fight inflation at a hearing Tuesday even as the president underscored his demands for interest rate cuts.

International

Dylan Robertson

Ottawa announces 'incremental increase' in direct flights to China

Ottawa has announced an increase in the number of direct flights permitted to bring passengers and cargo to and from China. Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon says there will be "an incremental increase" in flights between the countries in response to Prime Minister Mark Carney's outreach visit to Beijing in January. Canadian and Chinese airlines will be allowed to boost the...

Two Indian ships come under fire in Strait of Hormuz after Iran reasserts control

The strait will not be fully reopened “until America allows full freedom of navigation for vessels traveling from Iran,” Iranian military officials indicated. Iranian military officials said Saturday that conditions in the Strait of Hormuz have reverted to "strict control," citing the continued U.S. blockade of its ports, just one day after declaring the waterway “completely open.”

Kyle Duggan

Carney calls for resumption of shipping during Strait of Hormuz talks

Prime Minister Mark Carney told world leaders today Canada welcomes the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. The Prime Minister's Office says Carney took part virtually in a meeting with dozens of world leaders to talk about securing the strait.

Blockade on Iran will continue, Trump says, after Iran says it will reopen Strait of Hormuz - Strait will be completely open for rest of Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, Iran's foreign minister says

Strait will remain completely open for rest of ceasefire, Iran's foreign minister says. Iran's foreign minister announced Friday that passage for all commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz is completely open following a ceasefire agreement reached in Lebanon yesterday, but President Donald Trump said the U.S. naval blockade on Iran will remain in place until a deal with Tehran...

Erik Hertzberg

Canada’s Champagne to Discuss Anthropic at Meeting With Bessent

Canada’s finance minister plans to discuss Anthropic PBC’s Mythos model when he meets with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent this week.

Think Tank

Valérie Lapointe, Benjamin Ferland

Do Candidates in Canadian Elections Share the Same Views as Their Constituents on the Division of Powers within the Federation?

A comparison of two separate surveys conducted during the 2021 and 2025 election years shows a misalignment between the positions of election candidates and those of their constituents on the division of powers in Canada. While the views of candidates and voters were relatively close on this issue in 2021, the gap widened in 2025. The percentage of voters who...

Ben Eisen

Ford government’s minimum wage hike may make it harder for young people to find work

Kevin Page, Djeima Ramos

Preparing the Canadian Labour Market for AI

Canada needs to make workforce upskilling a central pillar to the Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy. The global economy is entering an AI accelerating phase. Countries that have relatively large knowledge economy sectors, like Canada, face higher exposure to AI-driven change. Budget 2025 focused on AI infrastructure investments. Budget 2026 must expand the focus to AI workforce upskilling. AI is...

Substacks

A collection of SubStack publishing within Canadian public affairs.

Steven Staples

Move over Mark Carney: it's Pope Leo

I nearly drove off the road when I heard Pope Leo’s powerful message on the radio this week.

Dean Beeby

Complaining about access-to-info complaints

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office wants to bust up a monopoly. I think I’m the target. Let me explain. The Privy Council Office (PCO), home of the prime minister and cabinet, has been flooded with complaints about its failures to comply with the Access to Information Act.

Steven Staples

Canada takes a big step toward troops in Iran war

Canadian troops may be only days away from deploying to the Middle East to aid the U.S.’s and Israel’s war on Iran. The latest indication is a joint statement expressing concern about Iran’s restriction of oil tankers through the narrow Strait of Hormuz signed by Prime Minister Mark Carney and NATO allies late in the week.

Podcasts

Avi Lewis wants to shrink your grocery bill. Can he?

NDP Leader Avi Lewis is pushing Carney's newly-elected majority government to enact legislation that would ban surveillance pricing. This would mean businesses would not be allowed to use your personal data like search history to change their pricing. It comes less than a month after he was elected as the leader of the Federal NDP, and alongside another idea to...

Dueling Videos -- Carney and Poilievre Take Their Battle To YouTube

YouTube is now the pre-eminent TV channel for those watching television . And now it also stars the latest attempts by both Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre to try to influence Canadians. What's behind their dueling videos? Also Doug Ford's jet -- here today gone tomorrow. Could there be more to this story? Althia Raj and Rob Russo are here...

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Live from LibFest: is Canada Now a One-Party System?

Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Liberals took over Montreal for their convention. But it felt less like a meeting of the minds and more like a lame Coachella.