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Trump threatens ‘severe’ tariffs on Canadian fertilizer ‘if we have to’

Trump threatens ‘severe’ tariffs on Canadian fertilizer ‘if we have to’

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he may impose “very severe tariffs” on fertilizer from Canada “if we have to” in order to bolster domestic production. Trump made the comment while taking questions from reporters during a roundtable event at the White House where he announced a US$12-billion tariff relief fund for American farmers, who have been facing rising costs...

PM says back-to-office plan for bureaucrats coming soon as MPs call for flexibility

PM says back-to-office plan for bureaucrats coming soon as MPs call for flexibility

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday his government's plan to get public servants to spend more time in the office will come into "sharper view" over the next several weeks. The issue came up when Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe asked Carney about the prospect of public sector job cuts during the mayor's monthly breakfast event with the Ottawa Board of...

Conservative MPs lose near-automatic ability to run again in next election

Conservative MPs lose near-automatic ability to run again in next election

Conservative MPs no longer have a lock on running as candidates in the next election under new rules adopted by the party’s national council. Two party sources told The Globe and Mail the new rules allow a majority of party members in a riding to force an incumbent MP into a nomination race in minority Parliament situations. In majority Parliaments...

To trigger a nomination election in a Conservative-held riding in the next election cycle, 51 per cent of the membership must vote for one, according to Conservative sources

To trigger a nomination election in a Conservative-held riding in the next election cycle, 51 per cent of the membership must vote for one, according to Conservative sources

According to new nomination rules, if a Conservative candidate lost two consecutive elections, they will no longer need a waiver from the party to take a third run, say Conservative sources. It would take the support of 51 per cent of local members to trigger a nomination contest in a Conservative-held riding, according to new nomination rules approved by the...

Anti-hate bill stalled after Fraser’s office brokered deal without PMO approval: sources

Anti-hate bill stalled after Fraser’s office brokered deal without PMO approval: sources

Bloc Québécois leader says Liberals agreed to remove religious exemption to hate crime laws. The future of the federal government’s anti-hate Bill C-9 is unclear after Justice Minister Sean Fraser’s office brokered a deal with the Bloc Québécois without getting it approved by the Prime Minister’s Office, sources tell CBC News. Bill C-9 proposes new Criminal Code offences, including one...

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A slim majority of Canadians and British Columbians would support or somewhat support building a new pipeline from Alberta to BC, even if BC opposes it or if the oil tanker ban is lifted.

A slim majority of Canadians and British Columbians would support or somewhat support building a new pipeline from Alberta to BC, even if BC opposes it or if the oil tanker ban is lifted.

More than five in ten Canadians support or somewhat support both building a new pipeline from Alberta to BC, even if BC opposes it (56%) and lifting the ban on oil tanker traffic in BC to support a new pipeline (55%), while about a third of Canadians oppose or somewhat oppose each (37% each). Residents of the Prairies are twice...

Satisfaction with Carney government up 3 points to 62% - as voters think differently about economic challenges.

Satisfaction with Carney government up 3 points to 62% - as voters think differently about economic challenges.

Normally if people are down about the economy they are angry at government. It’s more complicated right now, as people see economic pressures from outside our borders. Other than tagging every scandal something-gate, It’d be hard to find a more overused phrase in modern political analysis than “it’s the economy, stupid”. In 1992, James Carville wrote it on a sign...



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Carney’s quandary — political will blocked by bureaucratic won’t

Carney’s quandary — political will blocked by bureaucratic won’t

The panel’s discussion focused on the ability of Mark Carney’s government to deliver on its agenda. Article content Lang, a former chief of staff to two Liberal defence ministers and now acting director at the School of Policy Studies at Queen’s University, pointed out that Carney faces the frustrations of attempting to move at speeds the bureaucracy was not designed...

Trump’s National Security Strategy is hostile to Canada – and the democratic world

Trump’s National Security Strategy is hostile to Canada – and the democratic world

Without much fanfare, the U.S. government has launched what could be a seismic shift in American foreign policy with its new National Security Strategy. And for Canada, the impact of the NSS could be profound. We already know Donald Trump’s approach to relations with Canada has complicated our economic and security environment. But the NSS tries make coherent a foreign...

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Plan in works to save some jobs slated to be cut at Algoma Steel: union

Plan in works to save some jobs slated to be cut at Algoma Steel: union

Plans are in the works to save hundreds of the roughly 1,000 jobs slated to be lost at Algoma Steel Inc. in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. Bill Slater, president of United Steelworkers local 2724 that represents some of the affected employees, says as many as 500 people could be back at work by the end of next year. He says...

Carney announces $400M joint fund with city of Ottawa for affordable housing

Carney announces $400M joint fund with city of Ottawa for affordable housing

The federal government is partnering with the city of Ottawa to put $400 million to help build up to 3,000 affordable homes in the capital, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday. The city will speed up the construction of homes by waiving development charges, permit fees and property taxes, Carney told a crowd of businesspeople at a regular breakfast event...

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Young men have a stake in Canada's future. They should be heard

Young men have a stake in Canada's future. They should be heard

If we don't build bridges to get demoralized young men involved in the democratic process, extremists may capitalize on their frustration

The ‘Balance of Responsibility’ and Why I Voted for the Carney Budget

Let’s face it, with 343 MPs in this Parliament and one Green Party seat, I had not imagined that any vote might be so tight that my single “yay” or “nay” could hold sway. Then, based on a combination of minority math and political machination, the knife-edge vote on Mark Carney’s first budget on November 17th came along and the...



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Mark Carney is quietly giving sweeping new powers to his ministers

Mark Carney is quietly giving sweeping new powers to his ministers

Hidden in the federal government’s 634-page omnibus bill C-15, the Budget Implementation Act, is a measure that has so far escaped scrutiny. Under the pretext of regulatory efficiency, Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to grant cabinet ministers the power to exempt any individual or company from any federal law on the books — except for the Criminal Code — for...

Mark Carney's coup de grâce — forcing Guilbeault out of cabinet

Mark Carney's coup de grâce — forcing Guilbeault out of cabinet

The activist former environment minister's departure is great news for this country. Readers will recall that I was censorious of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s histrionic emulation of Winston Churchill during the election campaign, lacking only the siren-suit, the cigar and the eloquence, as he promised to lead Canada with raised elbows “in the fields and in the streets,” as he...

Trump’s ‘National Security Strategy’ is a Dystopian Propaganda Stunt

Trump’s ‘National Security Strategy’ is a Dystopian Propaganda Stunt

On December 4th, the Trump Administration released its U.S. National Security Strategy. As with so many institutions, norms, and pillars of American democracy, the first NSS of the second Trump presidency represents a significant departure from all the presidential NSSes that have preceded it. Its foreword by Donald Trump describes the document as a “road map to ensure that America...

Guilbeault playing separatist card to oppose Alberta pipeline

Guilbeault playing separatist card to oppose Alberta pipeline

Steven Guilbeault’s claim the federal government’s memorandum of understanding with Alberta to build an oil pipeline to B.C. is fuelling Quebec separatism is nonsense. In interviews with Bloomberg News and the CBC last week after he quit the federal cabinet, Guilbeault attempted to toss a grenade into Canadian unity by arguing that by signing the MOU with Alberta Premier Danielle...

Liberals should get real with Canadians: Pharmacare, for now, is dead

Liberals should get real with Canadians: Pharmacare, for now, is dead

Can you mourn something that never existed? Like the idea of a happy marriage when you knew all along you settled for the first person who accepted your advances? Or the daydream of a life of luxury and indulgence, which feels possible while you’re holding a lottery ticket, but vanishes as soon as the numbers are called? What about the...

Enough is enough, Canada. Just buy the damned jets

Enough is enough, Canada. Just buy the damned jets

Canada has spent 28 years trying to buy a new fighter jet: the federal government made a decision, then unmade it, then made it again. We’ve already spent more than a billion dollars on this thing, and 1,500 Canadian jobs have been created to build it. It’s the tent pole of our plans to defend ourselves and co-operate with our...



Donald Trump – and American democracy – is getting exponentially worse

Donald Trump – and American democracy – is getting exponentially worse

I wish I could say I told you so. A point I have tried to make over the last year or so is that Donald Trump can only get worse: that however corrupt or incompetent or dictatorial or treasonous or insane he may appear at any given moment, it will inevitably come to be seen as a relative golden age...

BC Conservatives have been given a new lease on life with John Rustad’s resignation

BC Conservatives have been given a new lease on life with John Rustad’s resignation

One of the more infamous scenes in the movie sketch comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail involved a sword fight between King Arthur and the Black Knight. Almost immediately, things do not go well for the Black Knight. He quickly loses a limb, then another. Despite his losses he defiantly fights on: “Just a flesh wound … I’m invincible.”...

Mark Carney’s embrace of Liberal enemies could be a good thing for all of us

Mark Carney’s embrace of Liberal enemies could be a good thing for all of us

Progressive-leaning folks are having a hard time watching Mark Carney link arms with the same forces that spent the past decade demonizing the Liberals. Whether it’s making a deal with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith or playing to the “bro” culture with all the sports talk and walking back feminist foreign policy, it seems like the prime minister is determined to...

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It’s turning-point time for the Conservatives and NDP – but don’t expect much

It’s turning-point time for the Conservatives and NDP – but don’t expect much

The leadership of two of our three major parties is in the course of being determined. It’s a big moment in the political trajectory of the country. The NDP leadership race could well decide the fate of that party – whether it revives itself or is reduced to a relic. The latter would see Canada devolving into a hollowed-middle, two-party...

Liberals nervously await the effects of Steven Guilbeault’s resignation on the party’s Quebec fortunes

Liberals nervously await the effects of Steven Guilbeault’s resignation on the party’s Quebec fortunes

The Montreal riding of Laurier–Sainte-Marie is ground zero for Quebec’s media elites and the beating heart of the province’s cultural industries. Not surprisingly, it skews progressive and has reliably sent left-leaning MPs to Ottawa for more than three decades. Last week’s resignation of local MP Steven Guilbeault from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet generated a minor earthquake in Laurier—Sainte-Marie whose...



Did Mark Carney give away the Liberals’ advantage on climate change?

Did Mark Carney give away the Liberals’ advantage on climate change?

Whether he intended to or not, Prime Minister Mark Carney cast aside a tenet of the Liberals’ brand last Thursday when he signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Alberta that jeopardizes the Grits’ work addressing climate change. For more than two decades, the Liberal Party of Canada told voters that it was the party that not only cared about...

The Canada-Alberta deal is good policy, and probably good politics, too

The Canada-Alberta deal is good policy, and probably good politics, too

Everyone could find something to hate about the energy agreement – technically, the Canada-Alberta Memorandum of Understanding – Mark Carney and Danielle Smith struck last week. For the right, the conditions on federal support for a heavy oil pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast – notably, a tightened provincial carbon pricing regime – are too onerous, if not altogether...

Our Best CUSMA Strategy: Canadian Cool

Our Best CUSMA Strategy: Canadian Cool

With hearings underway in Washington regarding the future of the CUSMA, U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade representative has signaled that the administration might withdraw completely unless it secures a “good deal.” To rattle our cages further, Trump recently reiterated his tired accusation that Canada and Mexico have taken advantage of the United States like just about every other country, threatening...

How Mark Carney is Realigning Canada’s Political System

How Mark Carney is Realigning Canada’s Political System

On the day last May when Mark Carney and his newly elected cabinet were sworn in, the Prime Minister promised, “Our government will deliver its mandate for change with urgency and determination. We’ve been elected to do a job. We intend to do it quickly and forcefully.” At the time, that sounded like a solid recipe for governing, but it’s...

An assisted-suicide political time bomb is ticking for Mark Carney

An assisted-suicide political time bomb is ticking for Mark Carney

Prime Minister Mark Carney has displayed a remarkable willingness to dismantle the legacy of his predecessor across the public policy board. In the coming months, he may be tempted to take another look at one of the more indefensible decisions made by former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s government: the expansion of its medical assistance in dying legislation.

With typical Alberta governing-party arrogance, Danielle Smith waves away a scandal

With typical Alberta governing-party arrogance, Danielle Smith waves away a scandal

Back in October, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith wiped her hands clean of any scandal involving Alberta Health Services (AHS). Seven months earlier, the Premier had tapped retired Manitoba judge Raymond Wyant to probe alleged political interference involving the procurement of children’s medicine from abroad, and contracts for private surgical facilities in the province, both of which had ties to a...



Canada needs an alternative to Carney's one-man show

Canada needs an alternative to Carney's one-man show

When the Carney government’s honeymoon is over, and its missteps on a variety of fronts become more evident, the search will begin in earnest for “alternatives.” Looking ahead, what might such alternatives be? On the fiscal front, the recent federal budget gets off on the wrong foot by attributing Canada’s economic woes to major global events and Donald Trump’s tariffs...

Mark Carney carries the label ‘smartest man in the room’ but that comes with a warning

Mark Carney carries the label ‘smartest man in the room’ but that comes with a warning

Mark Carney didn’t run as a conventional politician. He ran as the outsider who wasn’t. It’s an appealing contradiction: a first-time candidate who also happened to be one of the most connected people in the country and abroad. Carney spent years at the centre of power in both Ottawa and London. He advised governments, soothed markets, briefed prime ministers, and...

Carney looks to Europe for defence, but at what cost?

Carney looks to Europe for defence, but at what cost?

Is Canada going continental? This week, Prime Minister Mark Carney quietly signed Canada up for the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) initiative, part of the European Union’s plan to rebuild its military industrial base by 2030. Membership gives countries access to 150-billion euros (C$243 billion) in loans to back defence manufacturing. Canada is the first non-EU country to join. In...

Mark Carney’s cabinet shuffle shows he’s still learning on the job

Mark Carney’s cabinet shuffle shows he’s still learning on the job

For weeks now, rumours have circulated that Mark Carney could be doing a major shuffle of his cabinet before the end of this year. The shuffle that happened on Monday wasn’t the one people were talking about — or expecting.

No, Canada didn’t ‘bow to the bros’ — it grew up

No, Canada didn’t ‘bow to the bros’ — it grew up

Let’s set the record straight: Mark Carney is not Justin Trudeau; and that is a good thing. The continued fixation of former Trudeau-era loyalists in insisting that Carney is pandering to the ‘bros’ because of his “rejection” of the word ‘feminist’ in Canada’s foreign policy reeks of nostalgia for a government that often mistook optics for substance. It’s time for...

The Leftward Tilt of Carney’s Casualty Count

The Leftward Tilt of Carney’s Casualty Count

They were among the few long faces at last Saturday evening’s annual Press Gallery Dinner. Stephen Guilbeault looked as though he had just lost his best friend. Green Party Elizabeth May looked as though she would break into tears. Guilbeault had resigned two days earlier from his job as heritage minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Mark Carney over...

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Satisfaction with Carney government up 3 points to 62% - as voters think differently about economic challenges.

Satisfaction with Carney government up 3 points to 62% - as voters think differently about economic challenges.

Normally if people are down about the economy they are angry at government. It’s more complicated right now, as people see economic pressures from outside our borders. Other than tagging every scandal something-gate, It’d be hard to find a more overused phrase in modern political analysis than “it’s the economy, stupid”. In 1992, James Carville wrote it on a sign...

Ottawa announces new immigration measures for foreign-trained doctors

Ottawa announces new immigration measures for foreign-trained doctors

Ottawa is introducing a new “express entry” category for foreign-trained physicians in an effort to address health workforce challenges in Canada, the federal government announced Monday. “We’ve seen the strain in our emergency rooms, we hear it from families waiting for a doctor, and we feel it from the front-line staff who are stretched thin,” Minister of Immigration, Refugees and...

Pipeline politics are making strange bedfellows, as Bloc leader and B.C. premier meet up

Pipeline politics are making strange bedfellows, as Bloc leader and B.C. premier meet up

A potential pipeline to the West Coast has created strange political bedfellows. Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet held a meeting with British Columbia Premier David Eby on Dec. 2, only days after the federal government signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Alberta paving the way for a new bitumen pipeline. Blanchet offered his help to B.C. last week —...

Conservative motion will force Liberals to 'put up or shut up' on oil pipeline support: Poilievre

Conservative motion will force Liberals to 'put up or shut up' on oil pipeline support: Poilievre

Motion calls government to support oil pipeline construction, adjust B.C. oil tanker ban. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says his party's upcoming motion — which borrows language from the new Canada-Alberta energy agreement — is meant to force the Liberals to "put up or shut up" on whether they support a new oil pipeline to the Pacific coast. "The only thing...

In precarious economic times, Carney goes all in on oil pipeline, leaving some B.C. Liberal MPs nervous

In precarious economic times, Carney goes all in on oil pipeline, leaving some B.C. Liberal MPs nervous

With United States President Donald Trump threatening to end the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement and imposing tariffs on goods and services from this country, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s high-stakes decision to sign a memorandum of understanding for an oil pipeline with Alberta is risky. It could also give a political opening to the federal NDP and Green Party in British Columbia...

Montreal hosts G7 ministers to talk about artificial intelligence, quantum computing

Montreal hosts G7 ministers to talk about artificial intelligence, quantum computing

Artificial intelligence is likely to take up much of the agenda as industry, digital and technology ministers from the world’s most powerful Western countries meet in Montreal this week. The two-day event is part of a series of ministerial meetings being held as Canada holds the presidency of the G7 group of nations this year. Prime Minister Mark Carney hosted...

Trump says 'We'll see' on whether to restart trade talks with Canada

Trump says 'We'll see' on whether to restart trade talks with Canada

U.S. President Donald Trump answered "we'll see" when he was asked Sunday whether he'd resume the trade talks he halted with Canada earlier this year. Trump made several comments about the ongoing trade dispute with Canada as he spoke with reporters outside a gala for the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors. He says he has a good relationship with Prime Minister...

‘Never say never’: Green Party leader on future support for Liberal government

‘Never say never’: Green Party leader on future support for Liberal government

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May is leaving the door open to support the Liberal government, despite recently calling her vote in favour of the federal budget a “mistake.” “It certainly seems that way, but I’m a bridge builder, and I never say never,” May said in an interview with CTV Question Period airing Sunday, when asked if Prime Minister Mark...

American F-35s could be serviced in Quebec starting in 2028-29, says L3Harris

American F-35s could be serviced in Quebec starting in 2028-29, says L3Harris

Proponents say U.S. approval — and Canada's full order of jets — would be necessary. Companies involved in the F-35 program are actively lobbying the governments of Canada and Quebec to promote potential economic benefits for the country, including maintenance facilities north of Montreal — but such benefits are only promised to materialize if the government makes good on its...

Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau share relationship photos from Japan trip on Instagram

Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau share relationship photos from Japan trip on Instagram

After first igniting romantic rumours with a lunch in Montreal in July, Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry looked to firm things up on Saturday. Perry posted images of the two of them on her Instagram, among other photos from a trip to Japan where she performed earlier this week on her Lifetimes Tour. She captioned the post "tokyo times on...

New rules authorize Poilievre to appoint eight candidates next election in ‘substantially revamped nomination process,’ say Conservative sources

New rules authorize Poilievre to appoint eight candidates next election in ‘substantially revamped nomination process,’ say Conservative sources

In a break from its tradition, and for the first time in its history, the Conservative Party’s national council has authorized the party leader to appoint eight candidates in ridings across the country for the next election, say Conservative sources. “The council has agreed to eight appointments [by the leader],” a senior Conservative told The Hill Times. “Basically [there is]...

Alberta's Smith says courts should not be gatekeepers on constitutional questions

Alberta's Smith says courts should not be gatekeepers on constitutional questions

EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says those seeking an independence referendum should not have "gatekeepers," like the courts, standing in their way.

Chief says feds’ engagement with First Nations ‘needs to improve,’ after ‘very limited’ contact on major projects

Chief says feds’ engagement with First Nations ‘needs to improve,’ after ‘very limited’ contact on major projects

On the heels of adopting a resolution against Ottawa’s new energy deal with Alberta at an annual meeting of First Nations chiefs, a Manitoba grand chief says engagement with the government is “very limited” on a major project proposed in that province. “There’s a lot more work that needs to be done in terms of consultation; duty to consult; free...

Jobs minister says Algoma Steel loan about ‘saving the furniture’

Jobs minister says Algoma Steel loan about ‘saving the furniture’

Job and Families Minister Patty Hajdu is defending the federal government’s decision to provide Algoma Steel with nearly half a billion dollars in loans, despite knowing the company would be issuing layoff notices. “At the end of the day, we have to save this sector, and I think we went into this eyes wide open, knowing there was going to...

Events to mark 36 years since Polytechnique attack, honouring 14 women slain in 1989

Events to mark 36 years since Polytechnique attack, honouring 14 women slain in 1989

MONTREAL -- Polytechnique Montréal and others across the country will pay tribute on Saturday to the 14 women who were murdered at the engineering school 36 years ago in a brazen anti-feminist attack.

Carney government faces impasse over budget bill as MPs head into final week before break

Carney government faces impasse over budget bill as MPs head into final week before break

The Liberal government’s budget bill is stuck in the opening round of debate with just one week to go before an increasingly acrimonious minority Parliament breaks for the holidays. As a result, it is highly unlikely that the bill will be studied in committee – let alone approved into law – this year. Liberal MP Karina Gould, the chair of...

Ottawa, First Nations prepare competing child welfare reform plans

Ottawa, First Nations prepare competing child welfare reform plans

Canadian Human Rights Tribunal set Dec. 22 as deadline for long-term proposals. Ottawa is staring down a court-ordered deadline to submit a new plan to reform the on-reserve child welfare system, as a group of First Nations leaders and children’s advocates prepare a competing proposal. The federal government has until Dec. 22 to make its submission to the Canadian Human...

Behind the scenes of John Rustad's downfall as B.C. Conservative leader

Behind the scenes of John Rustad's downfall as B.C. Conservative leader

As Rustad tried to stem an internal party revolt, dissident MLAs hatched a plan to force him out. The days leading up to John Rustad’s resignation played out like a dramatic soap opera of secret meetings, legal gymnastics and even a gingerbread making competition. The climax came Wednesday with the party announcing Rustad’s removal, and the denouement came Thursday, when...

Climate advisers quit roles citing MOU with Alberta

Climate advisers quit roles citing MOU with Alberta

Two former members of the federal Net-Zero Advisory Body say they’re “worried about the future of Canada” and say the country will not meet its commitment to lower greenhouse gas emissions by 40 to 45 per cent by 2030. Catherine Abreu and Simon Donner were founding members of the expert-appointed body which advises the government on the path to net-zero...

Canadians say selecting the best fighter jet for the job matters more than jobs: Nanos

Canadians say selecting the best fighter jet for the job matters more than jobs: Nanos

As the Canadian government reviews its commitment to purchase American-made Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets, a new poll shows what Canadians think should be prioritized in procuring replacements to the aging CF-18s. The CTV News and Nanos Research survey gauged Canadian’s views on what matters the most to them in terms of defence cooperation, in light of ongoing trade tensions...

First military procurements managed by Defence Investment Agency revealed

First military procurements managed by Defence Investment Agency revealed

The federal government has disclosed the first eight projects to be managed by the new Defence Investment Agency. The large military procurements include Canada's next fleet of submarines, Arctic over-the-horizon radar, and a fleet of early warning-and-control surveillance aircraft. The other projects include in-service support and software upgrades for the CC-130J Hercules transport aircraft, and satellite communications procurements -- but...

Conservative motion would force House vote on Alberta pipeline agreement

Conservative motion would force House vote on Alberta pipeline agreement

The federal Conservatives are planning to force a vote in the House of Commons next Tuesday on the Liberal government's pipeline agreement with Alberta. Leader Pierre Poilievre posted on social media the text of the motion, which calls on members of Parliament to take note of the Nov. 27 memorandum of understanding with Alberta.

Federal government begins notifying public servants of possible job cuts

Federal government begins notifying public servants of possible job cuts

Some federal departments have begun notifying public servants if they will be impacted by workforce adjustments, as the federal government begins to implement the results of the Comprehensive Expenditure Review. The Canada Strong Budget 2025 outlined a plan to cut another 28,000 positions from the federal public service and achieve $60 billion in savings by 2029. The goal is to...

Quebec Liberals lose two caucus members in a week as crisis continues

Quebec Liberals lose two caucus members in a week as crisis continues

The Quebec Liberals have lost two members of their caucus within a week and are facing multiple investigations as a crisis within the party shows no sign of abating. The Liberals have been dogged by controversy for nearly three weeks, with one recent poll showing the party and its leader, former federal cabinet minister Pablo Rodriguez, have taken a substantial...

Judge says proposed referendum on Alberta independence would be unconstitutional

Judge says proposed referendum on Alberta independence would be unconstitutional

An Alberta judge says a referendum proposal on Alberta separating from Canada goes against Charter and and Treaty rights, in a decision given less than 24 hours after the provincial government introduced legislation that would have ended the court proceeding. Once Bill 14 came into force, the court action would have been discontinued, preventing Court of King's Bench Justice Colin...

Stephen Carter, veteran campaign manager in Alberta, to lead Manitoba Tory effort

Stephen Carter, veteran campaign manager in Alberta, to lead Manitoba Tory effort

WINNIPEG -- Manitoba Progressive Conservatives have hired Alberta strategist Stephen Carter to guide their next election campaign.

Carney, Trump and Sheinbaum talk trade at 2026 World Cup draw in Washington D.C.

Carney, Trump and Sheinbaum talk trade at 2026 World Cup draw in Washington D.C.

Prime Minister Mark Carney met privately Friday with U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in Washington, D.C., with no staff in the room. The meeting, which happened at the Kennedy Center following the FIFA World Cup Draw, lasted about 50 minutes. Trump said earlier in the day the three leaders would talk about trade during their meeting...

Almost one-quarter of all Alberta MLAs facing citizen-led recall petition drives

Almost one-quarter of all Alberta MLAs facing citizen-led recall petition drives

Almost one-quarter of all politicians in the Alberta legislature now face citizen-led petition drives to remove them from office. Alberta's chief electoral officer told a legislature committee today he needs almost $7 million to process what he listed as 21 petition campaigns in the 87-seat legislature. Gordon McClure calls the situation "unprecedented." His comments came as his office formally announced...

NDP MP Kwan accuses Liberals of 'fearmongering' over defence export bill

NDP MP Kwan accuses Liberals of 'fearmongering' over defence export bill

A leaked briefing document prepared for the federal Liberal caucus claims that a bill put forward by NDP MP Jenny Kwan would "decimate" Canada's defence industry and "dismantle" defence sector trade with the U.S. The briefing document, obtained by The Canadian Press, arms Liberal MPs with blunt talking points that call the legislation "misguided" and say it would introduce new...

Hundreds of application packages from prospective nomination candidates, actual candidates, and MPs said to be compromised in recent cyber hack, say Conservative sources

Hundreds of application packages from prospective nomination candidates, actual candidates, and MPs said to be compromised in recent cyber hack, say Conservative sources

The Conservative Party must release the findings of its internal investigation, including how the data breach occurred, who was responsible, and what accountability measures have been taken, say some victims of last month’s cyber security incident. Conservative sources say that a data breach initially reported to have impacted 15 MPs could actually extend to hundreds of potential nomination candidates and...



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National Park Service drops free admission on MLK Day, Juneteenth while adding Trump's birthday

National Park Service drops free admission on MLK Day, Juneteenth while adding Trump's birthday

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The National Park Service will offer free admission to U.S. residents on President Donald Trump's birthday next year -- which also happens to be Flag Day -- but is eliminating the benefit for Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth.

Grand jury rejects new mortgage fraud indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James

Grand jury rejects new mortgage fraud indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- The Justice Department failed Thursday to secure a new indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James after a judge dismissed the previous mortgage fraud prosecution encouraged by President Donald Trump, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Navy admiral tells lawmakers there was no 'kill all' order in attack that killed drug boat survivors

Navy admiral tells lawmakers there was no 'kill all' order in attack that killed drug boat survivors

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Navy admiral told lawmakers Thursday that there was no "kill them all" order from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as Congress scrutinizes an attack that killed two survivors of an initial strike on an alleged drug boat in international waters near Venezuela.

Pentagon watchdog finds Hegseth put US personnel at risk with Signal use

Pentagon watchdog finds Hegseth put US personnel at risk with Signal use

The Pentagon's watchdog found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put U.S. personnel and their mission at risk when he used the Signal messaging app to convey sensitive information about a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen, two people familiar with the findings said Wednesday.

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Carney, Trump and Sheinbaum to meet at 2026 World Cup draw in Washington

Carney, Trump and Sheinbaum to meet at 2026 World Cup draw in Washington

Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in Washington Friday as the future of the continental trade agreement hangs in the balance. The 2026 World Cup draw will mark the first time all three leaders have gathered in person. It comes ahead of next year's mandatory review of the...

Europe says Canada must pay 10M euros to join EU defence deal

Europe says Canada must pay 10M euros to join EU defence deal

The European Union says Canada will need to pay 10 million euros to join a defence procurement agreement with the continent -- a price tag that is raising questions about how much investment the pact will generate. Canada this week officially joined the 150-billion euro program called Security Action for Europe, or SAFE, which is part of the ReArm Europe...

Freeland calls Ukraine a 'fantastic investment' as Ottawa pledges $235 million

Freeland calls Ukraine a 'fantastic investment' as Ottawa pledges $235 million

Former federal minister Chrystia Freeland says Ukraine can become an economic juggernaut and boost European economies by taking up the opportunities it missed after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Freeland, appointed in September by Prime Minister Mark Carney as his special envoy for the reconstruction of Ukraine, gave her first major speech in Canada about the role on Tuesday.

Ministers McGuinty, Anand announce more than $200 million in funding for Ukraine

Ministers McGuinty, Anand announce more than $200 million in funding for Ukraine

The government is pledging another $235 million in funding for Ukraine, with National Defence Minister David McGuinty and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand announcing Canada's latest commitments. McGuinty says Canada will work with NATO allies to purchase a package of critical military capabilities sourced from the United States valued at around USD $500 million. Canada's contribution to the Prioritised Ukraine...

Judge dismisses Comey, James indictments after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed

Judge dismisses Comey, James indictments after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed

A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at President Donald Trump's urging was illegally appointed by the Justice Department. The rulings from U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie amount to a stunning rebuke of the Trump administration's efforts...

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Risking public backlash? Canadian universities and demographic-based faculty hiring

Risking public backlash? Canadian universities and demographic-based faculty hiring

Canadian universities routinely use demographic criteria to restrict who is eligible for a faculty position. How do these policies shape public attitudes towards the university sector?

Fire, Water, and National Security: Why Canada Cannot Backslide

Fire, Water, and National Security: Why Canada Cannot Backslide

In September of 2023, Michael Miltenberger, former deputy premier of the Northwest Territories, spoke at a Massey College-Forum for Leadership on Water conference called The Future of Freshwater. Miltenberger described how just weeks earlier, wildfire had forced the evacuation of his own community of Fort Smith (yes, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s hometown). As he prepared to escape the Wood Buffalo...

Beyond patchwork protection: Towards comprehensive property rights in Canadian law

Beyond patchwork protection: Towards comprehensive property rights in Canadian law

Canadians rarely stop to think that everything they own, from their homes and savings to their farms, vehicles, and small businesses, exist only so long as government allows it. A single regulation, order, or policy change can erase a lifetime of work, uproot families, and disrupt lives. Indeed, across Canada, property owners have watched livelihoods disappear overnight through land-use restrictions...


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Remembering Stephen Thorne (1959-2025)

Remembering Stephen Thorne (1959-2025)

Stephen Thorne has died. The bitter, unexpected death of a tough journalist who wrote about death but couldn’t report on his own. He’d have written a damn fine story about it. I was his boss for years, in Halifax and Ottawa, though Stephen had no time for bosses. He followed his nose for stories whether or not anybody asked for...

“Kill everybody.” Will Canada be dragged into Trump’s potential war crimes?

“Kill everybody.” Will Canada be dragged into Trump’s potential war crimes?

The Canadian government has avoided commenting on the United States’ controversial targeting of alleged drug-trafficking vessels in Caribbean waters.

Why Canada's defence budget is upside-down

Why Canada's defence budget is upside-down

I went back to Ottawa this week. It’s been a while since I’ve been in the nation’s capital to talk about peace issues, so when the Senate of Canada contacted me, I had to go. Prime Minister Carney’s Budget 2025 is making its way through Parliament, and the Senate’s Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs asked me and...

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Say hello to pro-pipeline First Nations in B.C.

Say hello to pro-pipeline First Nations in B.C.

Listen to the premier of B.C., or the CBC, or the Association of First Nations and you’d think that Indigenous groups on the West Coast are determined to stop a new oil pipeline from Alberta. As MP Ellis Ross, former chief councillor of the Haisla Nation near Kitimat, tells Brian, a lot of First Nations are open to the opportunity...

U.S. Politics! Pentagon scandals, ICE targets Somalis

U.S. Politics! Pentagon scandals, ICE targets Somalis

Today, we bring you a wrap on U.S. politics. We begin with two scandals plaguing U.S. defense secretary Pete Hegseth, from allegations of war crimes to a scathing report accusing him of mishandling classified military intelligence. And we cover the fallout from President Donald Trump’s tirade against Somali immigrants, including a surge of ICE raids in Minneapolis. Plus, the politics...

What can we expect from Canada at the World Cup?

What can we expect from Canada at the World Cup?

After a long, cringe-laden ceremony at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., we finally had confirmation of the 12 groups that will comprise the 23rd FIFA World Cup. And get this, Canada could potentially host Italy to open their 2026 campaign in Toronto. How did Canada get here? How will they fare against the world’s best? And will this World...

Did Trump and Carney’s FIFA meetup move the ball on trade?

Did Trump and Carney’s FIFA meetup move the ball on trade?

Canadians got to see their 2026 World Cup opponents during the group draw this week in Washington — and Prime Minister Mark Carney got to see U.S. President Donald Trump in-person once again as trade talks remain frozen. Did their meeting give any indication of progress? Parliament Hill Watchers Stephanie Levitz and Joël-Denis Bellavance dig into the rendezvous and other...