Deal expected Thursday on conditions for pipeline to northwest B.C. With Prime Minister Mark Carney poised to sign a "grand bargain" with Alberta later this week, some B.C. Liberal MPs are raising concerns about Ottawa possibly giving the green light to a new oil pipeline to the Pacific, sources say. Liberal MPs told CBC News that they have not been...
Prime Minister Mark Carney says British Columbia "has to agree" on a potential pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific coast. Carney is expected to unveil a memorandum of understanding on a new energy pact with Alberta in Calgary on Thursday that likely will include language about a new pipeline. In question period today, Carney said that MOU would lay out...
Prime Minister Mark Carney says his recent reply to a question about the state of trade talks with the U.S. -- "Who cares?" -- amounted to "a poor choice of words." Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre hammered the prime minister over his comment during question period in the House of Commons today. Poilievre says that Conservatives care about job losses in...
Members of Parliament from multiple parties slammed Stellantis on Tuesday for failing to show up to a committee hearing about the federal government’s multimillion-dollar funding deals with the global automaker. “I am incredibly annoyed that Stellantis has not been able to join us,” said Vince Gasparro, the Liberal MP for Eglinton—Lawrence. “This is incredibly frustrating and […] at this point...
Critics raised national security concerns about giving access to Canada’s homegrown nuclear technology to companies involved with the U.S. Department of Defence
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The Carney government cannot follow its conscience on Sudan because that would take it in a different direction from its trade policy
Canadian health care as an idea, and Canadian health care as an institution, exist in two different universes. Notionally, health care in Canada is single-payer, universal and egalitarian. No one can jump the line. No one can buy better or faster care. Everyone has reasonably timely access to primary and specialist care, and critical issues are treated as true medical...
Add Melanie Joly’s name to the list of Trudeau-era cabinet ministers looking to head for the exits under Mark Carney Speculation out of Ottawa is that Melanie Joly could leave cabinet in a matter of weeks if the right appointment comes along.
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Tony Wakeham says he is heading to Ottawa later today with demands for Prime Minister Mark Carney. Wakeham told a St. John's business conference he wants Carney to designate Bay du Nord -- a proposed offshore oil development by Equinor -- as a major project of national interest.
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...
Is the Liberal party’s foreign policy no longer feminist? People have been asking the question all week, ever since Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Sunday that, “We have that aspect to our foreign policy, but I wouldn’t describe our foreign policy as feminist foreign policy. Those are different points, but related.” He subsequently clarified that gender equality remains a...
When all this is over — when the United States elects a president who doesn’t dump on Canada, when the U.S. ambassador is not a thug, when Canadians at the border no longer fear being treated like convicts, when Washington doesn’t demean our sovereignty, when tariffs aren’t capricious punishments meted out at 3 a.m. to redress imagined grievances — we...
Point number four of President Donald Trump’s plan to bring peace to Ukraine screams the quiet part about the new world order at top volume: “a dialogue will be held between Russia and NATO, mediated by the United States, to resolve all security issues.”
It’s maybe too soon to declare the “frat house” days over, but Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has appointed himself a campaign chief who likely wouldn’t be looking for an invitation to take part in many frat-party hijinks. The news came out over the weekend in the Toronto Sun. Jenni Byrne, a polarizing figure among Conservatives, is out as campaign manager...
Imagine this scenario: B.C. wants to build a pipeline that needs to cross Alberta to reach its destination. Despite Alberta’s strenuous objections, B.C. negotiates a deal with the federal government to forge ahead with the plan.
I’m calling it the Halifax screwjob. Over 48 hours this weekend, the Trump administration sold out its most deserving ally, sided with an enemy, reversed itself, and reversed itself again. The saga is further evidence for an untrustworthy America, where bad actors are winning the power struggle.
While Prime Minister Mark Carney’s response of “Who cares?” when asked Monday about the last time he spoke with Donald Trump could have been either genuine or tactical indifference, there’s no question that Trump really does care. Canada’s review of the contract to buy 88 F-35 fighter jets from the mammoth American defence contractor Lockheed-Martin is clearly annoying Trump. We...
In Ottawa, on the desk of one of the prime minister’s many strategists, it wouldn’t be surprising to find a document titled: Operation Butter Up B.C. The plan would go something like this: Repeatedly visit British Columbia over a series of weeks to dispense federal cash on feel-good announcements like upgrading the iconic White Rock Pier or building the Filipino...
At a steakhouse on Avenue Road in Toronto earlier this month, a number of conservatives turned up for a Liberal MP’s fundraiser. One was John Tory, the former Toronto mayor and onetime leader of Ontario Progressive Conservatives. It was perhaps not surprising that Mr. Tory was at this fundraiser, given that the Liberal MP in the Eglinton-Lawrence riding, Vince Gasparro...
On St. Jean Baptiste Day in 1970, my father took my brother Rick and me to Montreal from where we lived in Valleyfield, to watch the annual parade celebrating Quebec’s national pride.
Watching former Conservative leader Andrew Scheer and long-time Conservative MP Scott Reid run from the back of the room to their seats in the House of Commons Monday, claiming their voting app didn’t work, recalled Nova Scotia floor-crossing MP Chris d’Entremont’s depiction of Pierre Poilievre’s party as a “frat house.” The way Poilievre ran the party, d’Entremont told the CBC...
So, what happened to the “elbows up” defiance of the U.S. that Mark Carney promised? It’s been about 10 months since U.S. President Donald Trump declared economic war on Canada, and there has been no progress in ending the debacle.
“You do not come into America and start government-funded political ads and expect that there (won’t) be consequences or reaction.” On this, U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra is right.
For a bill touted as the “law of laws,” the Legault government’s proposed constitution for Quebec has so far resulted in the spilling of surprisingly little ink. Article content That might be about to change.
With Premier François Legault experiencing the throes of seemingly irrevocable voter fatigue less than a year before the scheduled October 5, 2026 Quebec election, the Parti Québecois (PQ) is benefiting from not only disenchantment with Legault’s Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ), but also from problems plaguing its other rivals. While the PQ’s lead in the polls has declined in recent weeks...
There’s been a lot of debate about which fighter jet is “best,” the F-35 or the Gripen E, after Saab offered Canada the option to buy Gripens instead of more F-35s. Many want to turn it into an all-or-nothing issue, and the least serious commentators pit them against each other instead of discussing how dangerous they would be to the...
Doug Ford faces a growing political problem with a seemingly obvious solution. That problem is David Piccini, Ontario’s embattled minister of labour.
A quotation I have turned to more than once is Blaise Pascal’s famous dictum that “Justice without enforcement is powerless, but power without justice is tyranny”. Many critics argue that international law is not really law because it is powerless. The reality is that any kind of law is powerless if enforcement never happens. The more complicated truth is that...
Oh God. We’re really going to do this, are we: Repeat the same old psychodrama, rehearse the same preposterous fantasies, repeat the same extravagant lies? Thirty years after the last secession crisis, having averted a disaster by the narrowest of margins, we’re going to do it all again? Well, it’s not a certainty. But if the election scheduled for next...
The Carney government's first budget passed the minority Parliament with the help of two NDP and two Conservative MPs who did not vote. The Power & Politics panel of party insiders discusses the budget vote and what some U.S. government representatives had to say about Canada this week.
Canada‘s existing fleet of fighter jets is overdue for replacement. The CF-18s have been operating continuously since the early 1980s, longer than most of their pilots have been alive. The basic existing design of the fighter is even older than that. They should have been replaced long ago. This was supposedly a priority for the Harper government. In theory, it...
Elections Alberta says it has approved recall petitions against five more members of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus, bringing the total to 14. The new number means that almost a third of the 47 United Conservative members in the legislature are under recall.
More than a dozen women's advocacy groups are denouncing what they call federal government inaction on a gun control measure designed to save lives. In a statement issued today, the organizations chastise the Liberals for failing to bring into force a key provision in firearms legislation passed almost two years ago. The measure would make anyone subject to a special...
OTTAWA -- MPs on the House of Commons status of women committee called on the federal government Tuesday to criminalize coercive behaviour in intimate relationships.
The leader of Ontario's NDP is asking the province's integrity commissioner to investigate the labour minister, alleging he has breached ethics rules in handing out skills training funding. Labour Minister David Piccini has come under fire for his handling of the Skills Development Fund, after an auditor general report found his office has been selecting funding recipients over the advice...
Pierre Poilievre has tapped a veteran Conservative campaigner to help steer the party through the next federal election. Steve Outhouse, an affable Nova Scotian with deep roots in the federal Conservatives as well as provincial Tory parties, will serve as Poilievre’s campaign manager in the next federal campaign. It will be Outhouse’s first time running the national campaign.
Those who’ve been locked up in isolation for weeks, months or even years recall doing almost anything to pass the time. Often, the only breaks are meals slid through a metal slot, a shower, perhaps a brief walk, and a chance to speak with a parole officer, elder, or nurse. Segregation has well-documented impacts such as panic attacks, assaults, crushing...
Meta has been lobbying the federal government for new rules to implement age verification at the app store level -- which would put the burden on companies like Apple and Google, not individual platforms like Meta's Facebook and Instagram. The company has been pitching the idea in meetings with both the federal and provincial governments, said Meta Canada director of...
A farmers advocacy group says it plans to lobby the federal government for a guaranteed annual income of $50,000. The idea by the National Farmers Union came from its annual convention, held last week in New Brunswick.
The federal Office of Public Service Accessibility is in limbo months after it produced a document accusing the government of falling behind on supports for public servants with disabilities. The document, obtained by The Canadian Press through information access law, says the government is lagging on plans to accommodate employees with disabilities. Prepared by the Office of Public Service Accessibility...
Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson said on Monday the government is getting close to being able to provide clarity on whether Ottawa would repeal the West Coast oil tanker ban. Hodgson made the remarks while appearing before the House of Commons committee on natural resources, when he was asked about the status of the legislation prohibiting tankers from...
Deal to be formally announced on Thursday. Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have agreed to the broad outlines of a memorandum of understanding that would give Alberta special exemptions from federal environmental laws and offer political support to a new oil pipeline to the B.C. coast, CBC News has learned. The deal is set to be...
No one at Brookfield Corp. has spoken with Prime Minister Mark Carney about company business since he resigned earlier this year to run for the Liberal leadership, according to chief operating officer Justin Beber. He testified at the House Ethics Committee Monday, which is studying the Conflict of Interest Act. Marc-André Blanchard, Mr. Carney’s chief of staff, and Michael Sabia...
Canada and India are putting the finishing touches on a deal to supply New Delhi with uranium in another signal of warming relations after a two-year diplomatic rupture. The export deal would be worth about US$2.8-billion, two sources familiar with the negotiations say, and its term could run for 10 years, according to one of the same sources.
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he believes there is a “way forward” for Canada and China to resolve its trade dispute, as both countries work to recalibrate relations. “There is a path for us to negotiate our way forward,” Moe said in an interview with CTV Power Play on Monday. “I have confidence that the federal government is finding their...
As the international competition for Canada's lucrative submarine contract heats up, a Norwegian defence company is trying to sell Ottawa on its "alignment" with an Arctic near-neighbour. Kongsberg is supporting Germany's ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, or TKMS, in its bid to win what would be a multi-billion dollar contract to build Canada a new fleet of submarines capable of patrolling under...
B.C. Premier David Eby says he wants any potential energy deal between Alberta and the federal government to include a cap, or potentially a ban, on the use of taxpayers’ dollars to build a pipeline. “(Prime Minister Mark Carney) has outlined to me that the agreement with Alberta is not finalized yet, and I took the opportunity of our conversation...
'We've had discussions. I've been busy,' Carney said when pressed for details. Prime Minister Mark Carney dodged questions about the last time he spoke to his U.S. counterpart Sunday, saying 'who cares?' when pressed by reporters. Still, a spokesperson for Carney said Monday he is considering a trip to Washington next week to attend the draw for the FIFA World...
Conservative MPs slammed Prime Minister Mark Carney Monday over dismissive comments he made recently when asked about stalled trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump. While taking questions from reporters in Johannesburg on Sunday, Carney was asked when he last spoke with Trump and replied, "Who cares?" "I look forward to speaking with the president soon, but I don't have...
Trade talks between the US and Canada remain stalled, and there’s an emerging belief in both governments that key issues will be rolled into next year’s broader review of the North American trade accord, people familiar with the matter said. There have been no negotiations since US President Donald Trump’s Oct. 23 social media post that halted them, the people...
Pierre Poilievre says he’d succeed where Prime Minister Mark Carney has failed, and that New Brunswick’s softwood lumber sector would quickly get a “tariff-free” deal with the United States if he was in charge.
The U.S. State Department has directed its embassies in Canada and other Western nations to scrutinize the impacts of mass migration, marking the Trump administration's latest push to reshape the geopolitics of America's longtime allies. Last week's dispatch to embassies directed diplomats in Ottawa, New Zealand, Australia and countries in western Europe to report on the human rights implications and...
Jenni Byrne is out as the Conservative campaign manager for the next federal election – Steve Outhouse is in. The Conservative Party has confirmed that Outhouse, fresh off another provincial campaign win in Newfoundland and Labrador, will take the helm for whenever the next federal election campaign takes place.
Nine members of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus are now facing recall petitions - enough to potentially tip the balance of power in the legislature. Elections Alberta confirmed Monday that signature collection efforts can begin for six more UCP members, including cabinet ministers Rajan Sawhney, Myles McDougall, Dale Nally and R.J. Sigurdson. Petitions were also issued for Ric...
TORONTO -- Shouts and chants rained down upon politicians at the Ontario legislature Monday as the government passed a housing bill that critics say makes it easier for landlords to evict tenants.
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...
Prime Minister Mark Carney's claim that Canada does not have a "feminist foreign policy" spilled into the political arena Monday, drawing both criticism and praise. "Prime Minister Carney is making it very clear he is no friend to women and he is no friend to gender equality in this country," NDP MP Leah Gazan told reporters Monday. Bloc Leader Yves-Francois...
Quebec Liberal Leader Pablo Rodriguez is struggling to contain a crisis that has some questioning his ability to lead a provincial government. Rodriguez gave a combative performance during an appearance on a popular Quebec talk show Sunday night where he insisted he will "fight to the death" for his party. But he faced questions about his ability to manage crises...
The federal health minister is not committing to following the road map set out by an expert committee to launch a national pharmacare system. Marjorie Michel said her government is reviewing the recommendations it received early last month. "As you know, we have a lot of independent expert panels and they have their views, but it is non-binding for the...
A public servant with "one foot out the door" worries that retiring before buyouts come into effect might cost them thousands of dollars a year.
Alberta premier Danielle Smith wants to know if British Columbia Premier David Eby is still on Team Canada or not. On her Saturday radio program, Your Province, Your Premier, Smith called out Eby for being a disappointing provincial teammate at a time when she said the whole country has to come together to find new markets for their resources. “He...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A health care proposal circulated by the White House in recent days is running into the reality of Republican divisions on the issue -- a familiar struggle for a party that has been trying to scrap or overhaul the Affordable Care Act for the past 15 years.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal judge's dismissal of criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney Letitia James, two political foes of President Donald Trump, won't be the final word on the matter.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene built a reputation in Congress as a fighter, first as a defender of President Donald Trump and more recently, as someone who clashed with him.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday 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.
They go by names like @TRUMP_ARMY-- or @MAGANationX, and their verified accounts proudly display portraits of President Donald Trump, voter rallies and American flags. And they're constantly posting about U.S. politics to their followers, sounding like diehard fans of the president.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Inoperable pistols gifted by FBI Director Kash Patel to senior New Zealand security officials, who had to relinquish them for destruction because they were illegal to possess, were revolvers inspired by toy Nerf guns and popular among amateur 3D-printed weapons hobbyists, documents obtained by The Associated Press show.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- With his new 28-point plan to end Russia's war in Ukraine, President Donald Trump is resurfacing his argument that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy doesn't "have the cards" to continue on the battlefield and must come to a settlement that heavily tilts in Moscow's favor.
OTTAWA -- Canada's reputation as a global climate leader took a hit Tuesday when it was awarded the "fossil of the day" title at the UN Climate Conference in Brazil.
President Donald Trump welcomed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Washington on Tuesday as the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia makes his first White House visit since the 2018 killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents.
Expectations were high as trade ministers of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific (CPTPP) gathered in Melbourne, Australia, in late November 2025, during what has been an unprecedented year for global trade. U.S. President Trump’s tariff spree has shaken the foundations of the multilateral trade order. China’s newly tightened export controls on critical minerals have threatened to grind global...
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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...
Pierre Poilievre’s recent video attacking Mark Carney could have been a strong argument. If not for the air quotes. When he says Carney promised he could “handle Trump” and “negotiate a win,” his fingers twitch into the familiar inverted-comma gesture. It’s a tiny move, but it says everything. Air quotes don’t persuade; they perform. They turn conviction into commentary and...
As Prime Minister Mark Carney said, “Donald Trump wants to break us so America can own us.” But what if Trump decides to use military power along with economic tariffs? An Arctic expert writing in The Globe and Mail says we shouldn’t think of tanks or helicopters streaming over the border. Instead, an American show-of-force could begin with a single...
Prime Minister Mark Carney is reportedly set to announce a new agreement with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith that could pave the way for a new pipeline to the Pacific coast. The only problem? British Columbia might not be on board. Beyond the implications for the economy and the environment, could choosing between Alberta and B.C. have electoral repercussions for the...
The federal NDP leadership race is officially on. Five candidates want the job, and each of them thinks they know how to rescue a party that’s been drifting into irrelevance. In this special episode, Noor sits down with all five contenders (Tony McQuail, Rob Ashton, Avi Lewis, Heather McPherson, and Tanille Johnston) for an unfiltered, no-notes conversation about who they...
David Herle, Scott Reid, Jordan Leichnitz, and Kory Teneycke provide insights on the latest in Canadian politics.
The passing of omnibus Bill 60, also known as the 'Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act' has caused a fury of backlash across the province of Ontario, including tenant and housing advocacy groups. The new bill, which was fast-tracked through the legislature, removes barriers to allow landlords to evict tenants if they're late on rent or if they're not paying their...
