These are the 30 most read items on National Newswatch, from the last seven days.
A Conservative MP wants to identify federal public servants or members of the Canadian Armed Forces who sympathize with the left-wing antifa movement. Edmonton MP Garnett Genuis has asked federal departments and agencies, as well as the military, if any of their employees are now, or have ever been, members of the decentralized protest movement that stands in opposition to...
A Liberal MP has challenged Prime Minister Mark Carney's endorsement of American strikes on Iran, as the government sidesteps questions over whether the campaign violates international law. Carney and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand were in India for a visit focused on diplomacy and trade when the U.S. and Israel launched their major attack on Iran on Saturday. Both wrote...
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals are beginning to prepare for the next election. The Liberal Party unveiled its rules for selecting candidates on Wednesday and said it will begin the process of nominating people in ridings held by other parties in the coming days. The preparations follow two recent polls suggesting the party is widening its lead over the Conservatives...
MPs question Lena Diab's performance at question period and in committee. When Lena Diab was appointed head of Canada's Immigration Department, community expectations were high. The new minister is the daughter of immigrants, is trilingual and spent part of her childhood in Lebanon. Diab had also previously served in cabinet in her home province of Nova Scotia. "It seemed like...
Conservative MP Jamil Jivani said that $8 million worth of Canadian aid to Cuba announced this week was sparked by a “moral panic” that is distracting the government from helping Canadians. “What more could we be doing for our own people?” said Jivani, in a post on X. “The way this is framed — so you don’t think about it...
U.S. President Donald Trump's trade czar says if Canada wants a deal with Washington, it will have to accept "some level of higher tariff" and help to reshore American industries. United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told CBC News' Katie Simpson on Tuesday that "if Canada wants to come in and participate in this type of reshoring we are trying...
Prime Minister’s Office says Carney raised transnational repression with Modi. Prime Minister Mark Carney and his Indian counterpart announced Monday what they’re a calling a “new partnership,” a series of multi-million dollar deals and a commitment to sign a free trade agreement by year’s end as the two look to turn the page on years of frosty bilateral relations marked...
I have a pretty high tolerance for political spin. You kind of have to when you’ve spent years in the House of Commons and on the ground here in Alberta. But a recent opinion column published right here on this platform claiming “moderates are fleeing” the Conservative Party crossed the line from standard spin straight into fiction. It’s a perfect...
American hockey player Brady Tkachuk said Thursday that he did not appreciate a doctored TikTok video shared by the White House that made it look like he was disparaging Canadians after winning Olympic gold, calling it fake and something he would never say. The video includes fabricated audio of Tkachuk referring to Canadians as "maple syrup eating f---s," with the...
As the Liberals post their largest lead since Prime Minister Mark Carney was chosen to lead the party, the Conservatives are feeling the pinch from multiple age brackets and a growing chasm among women voters, says Abacus Data CEO David Coletto. The Liberals’ polling fortunes are rising in nearly every demographic and province across the country as a growing gender...
Conservative leader emphasizes all-party committee proposal during podcast interview. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Canada should not have an election before it reviews the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) this year, and is instead calling for the Carney government to set up an all-party committee on the matter. "I think that being united will be a real force going forward. We have...
With the appointment of former top bureaucrat Janice Charette, Prime Minister Mark Carney has bucked tradition by picking a chief negotiator for Canada-United States trade who doesn’t have an abundance of trade experience. In the past, chief trade negotiators have had extensive experience with the technical side of trade policy, having served in Global Affairs Canada’s (GAC) trade policy bureau...
Alexandre Boulerice says he's mulling run with pro-independence left-wing party. Quebec NDP MP Alexandre Boulerice said Monday that he's seriously considering running for Québec Solidaire in this year's provincial election. French-language media had first reported last week that Boulerice was looking into running for the progressive sovereignist party this fall. "Right now I have a mandate. I am a federal...
A new poll indicates that the Quebec Liberals are experiencing a bump in support after naming Charles Milliard as leader. Polling by Pallas Data published today shows the Parti Quebecois leading with 30 per cent support, slightly ahead of the Liberals at 27.
Ongoing public service cuts—and the fear senior officials have about their own job security—are throwing a wrench into the Liberal government’s ability to receive evidence-based and fearless public policy advice, say some public policy experts who also say this advice should be coming from deputy ministers and not political staff. “Politicians will turn to that source [political staff] of advice...
In the high-stakes political poker game that is federal politics, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre just dished out a resounding “tell.” Experienced poker players define a “tell” as a gesture, habit, expression or twitch that gives away the relative strength of his or her hand. Poilievre’s tell comes via an unprovoked video posted on social media Monday morning calling for major...
A Crown corporation alerted Canada's international trade minister about the sale of artillery ammunition to the U.S., some of which was destined for Israel, CBC News has learned. The CEO of the Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC), which oversees international arms transfers, wrote a letter to Dominic LeBlanc on March 20, 2025. "As a trusted industry partner, General Dynamics Ordnance [and]...
Conservative leader to unveil 'vision for Canada-U.S. relations' on Thursday. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is set to unveil a suite of policy proposals meant to address the uncertainty caused by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, according to a member of his senior staff. Poilievre will deliver a speech to business leaders at the Economic Club of Canada in Toronto on...
President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. is in talks with Havana and raised the possibility of a "friendly takeover of Cuba" without offering any details on what he meant. Speaking to reporters outside the White House as he left for a trip to Texas, Trump said Secretary of State Marco Rubio was in discussions with Cuban leaders "at...
As Prime Minister Mark Carney gets set for his second circumnavigation of the globe in as many months, his chief political opponent will also head overseas, Global News has learned.
The U.S. and Israel launched an attack Saturday on Iran, with the first apparent strike happening near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iranian media reported strikes nationwide, and smoke could be seen rising from the capital. U.S. President Donald Trump said in a video posted on social media that the U.S. had begun “major combat operations in...
As American President Donald Trump addresses the union this evening, Canadians may have some interest in the chosen topics, which will likely reference the Supreme Court’s recent decision to strike down his tariffs, and even Canada’s heartbreaking losses in the Olympic hockey tournament, both men’s and women’s. If Trump’s speech is anything like his first year, Canadians will likely be...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney was aware of oil company South Bow's plans to revive parts of the canceled Keystone XL pipeline to the United States when he floated the idea to U.S. President Donald Trump in October, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
In a week that featured a focus on US tariffs and an MP defection, last week was not a great week for Pierre Poilievre. He now trails Mark Carney in the preferred PM tracking by 31 points. The Liberals have opened a lead in the Nanos tracking outside of the margin of error for the research: LPC 41, CPC 34, NDP 11.
During his short tenure as Canada's interim parliamentary budget officer, Jason Jacques endured accusations of partisanship, criticism over his message delivery and, in the end, praise for representing an institution now ranked first among its international equals. Appointed in September by Prime Minister Mark Carney to sit in the chair until a permanent parliamentary budget officer (PBO) could be appointed...
If the PM were to call an election now, he would almost certainly be punished. Despite some stellar polling, what certainly feels like a collapsing opposition leader and the foundations of some policy wins, Mark Carney must not give in to those advising him to go the polls to secure his majority.
India needs oil, natural gas and uranium — and fast, high commissioner says on eve of PM's visit. India wants to buy any energy product it can from Canada and its officials are urging the federal government to streamline approvals for various projects so it can tap into new supplies to feed a rapidly growing country with relatively few natural...
The newest member of the federal Liberal caucus is standing by his decision and says he wouldn’t speak ill of his former Conservative colleagues, despite their vocal criticism of his floor crossing. “I have no bad words to say about people on the other side of the aisle,” MP Matt Jeneroux said on his way out of his first-ever national...
The costs of the program have ballooned from $226 million in 2019 to $1 billion in 2025. A Conservative motion to restrict health-care benefits to failed asylum claimants was tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, with the projected cost of a federal health program for refugees expected to increase to $1.5 billion by 2030. “Under the Liberals, the Interim Federal Health...
Canada's energy minister says the country is poised to become one of the world's biggest suppliers of liquefied natural gas, exporting as much as 100 million tonnes per year. Tim Hodgson delivered that optimistic outlook to a parliamentary committee earlier this month, noting that countries such as Japan, South Korea, China and India all want Canadian gas. "If we deliver...