'Sometimes I find Canadians don’t actually realize how good they have it,' said IMF’s Western Hemisphere Department head. The International Monetary Fund lauded Canada’s fiscal position relative to its peers as Prime Minister Mark Carney prepares to give an update on his government’s finances. “Across the Group of Seven, Canada’s probably in the strongest position fiscally,” Nigel Chalk, director of...
Almost two months ago, Pierre Poilievre seemed to have rounded a corner. The "attack dog" politician became, or so it seemed, the friendly one, talking about respect and a time for unity. Well those days are gone, long gone, after a week where the old Poilievre seemed back in full force. Bruce and Chantal are back with their assessments of...
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick attacked Canada's trade strategy today, adding, "They suck." Lutnick was responding to a report in the Financial Post quoting Canada's former chief trade negotiator Steve Verheul saying time is on Canada's side in trade talks because the pressures on the U.S. will only increase. Lutnick said that is "the worst strategy" and the U.S. is...
Canada ordered 88 F-35s in 2023, but began reassessing its options after Trump took office. Senior executives from Lockheed Martin will be in Quebec on Tuesday to confirm that they plan to service Canada's F-35 aircraft at the L3Harris facilities in Mirabel, which are currently used to maintain Canada's CF-18 fleet. The announcement will be their first major outing on...
Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday announced a new "Canada Investment Summit" that will invite investors, CEOs and business leaders to Toronto this fall. In a media release, the Prime Minister's Office said the goal of the summit is to pull in $1 trillion in investment over the next five years to advance nation-building projects. The summit comes after a...
A new Liaison Strategies survey show Mayor Olivia Chow holding a 11-point lead among decided voters while Councillor Brad Bradford sees a significant surge in support, particularly among younger demographics. If a mayoral election were held today among decided and leaning voters, Olivia Chow would lead with 46% support, followed by Brad Bradford at 35% and Anthony Furey at 11%...
The latest snapshot of BC from Mainstreet Research shows the continued dominance of Mark Carney among BC Voters. A majority of voter (51%) now say they would vote for Mark Carney if an election were held today. This would be the highest recorded number for the federal Liberal in BC in Mainstreet history. Provincially, all BC Conservative candidates tested did...
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.
Ontario taxpayers are footing the bill for a $29-million private jet for Premier Doug Ford's use, a purchase opposition leaders say is a waste of money. The premier's office said the province purchased a used 2016 Bombardier Challenger 650 jet for $28.9 million. It will operate out of Toronto's Pearson International Airport. "As part of the job of being premier...
The government department responsible for replacing the public service’s problem-plagued Phoenix pay system is defending its decision to shorten the timeline for bringing a new pay system online by three years, despite concerns raised by a recent report from Canada’s auditor general. Dayforce, the government’s replacement for the much-maligned Phoenix pay system, is expected to cost at least $4.2-billion, and...
Prime Minister Mark Carney in March put the North at the centre of Canada’s economic and security agenda when he announced more than $40 billion of investments in defence, economic corridors and electrification in our Northern and Arctic region. Article content For the Northwest Territories, that commitment has begun to take shape with the referral of three nation-building projects to...
When federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre appeared on the popular right-wing American podcaster Joe Rogan’s show last month, many in his party were ecstatic with the result. Mr. Poilievre resisted his worst instincts, passing on invitations to dump on Prime Minister Mark Carney, fuel separatist sentiment in Alberta or indulge in the conspiracy theories being propagated by Mr. Rogan. Over...
The newly cobbled together majority government in the House of Commons has given the Liberal Party and Prime Minister Mark Carney more time and more leeway to peruse its far-reaching, extremely expensive “Build Canada” agenda. But the new alignment in the Commons has also changed the calculations of at least two of the three opposition parties. The majority created by...
There is a particular kind of political delusion that sets in after a loss. It is quiet. It hides behind familiar talking points. It feels like conviction, but it is really just refusal to accept reality. Too many Conservatives in this country are still running against Justin Trudeau. And it’s not really a strategy, it’s a combination of a putrid...
Coming off three byelection wins and a handful of floor-crossers, Prime Minister Carney is now armed with a newly minted majority government. The benefits of going from a minority to a majority for the government are quite clear. As the PM noted in a press conference earlier this week, a majority government will make for a much more substantive and...
The Liberals have their Majority Government. For the past few years, politics in Ottawa has been about counting votes, negotiating support between parties, and legislative gridlock. For Liberals it’s been about surviving, not thriving. That problem is now gone. It has been replaced by a new challenge: managing a diverse caucus. The Liberals no longer need opposition parties to stay...
I don’t know what the Conservatives’ path back to electoral relevance looks like. If I did, I might try to sell them the roadmap for a heap of money. I do have a strong hunch it won’t involve attacking the academic credentials of Prime Minister Mark Carney, he of the Liberals’ newly established majority government. That’s why it’s been so...
After this week’s byelection results, Carney’s governing Liberals will have more unchecked power. But the party has moved away from its old progressive politics
George W. Bush took up painting when he left the Oval Office in 2009. In 2014, he unveiled his first public exhibit, entitled “The Art of Leadership: A President’s Personal Diplomacy,” which featured portraits of world leaders he met during his time in office. The whole thing was sort of … odd. It wasn’t just that Mr. Bush’s portraits were...
With the flock of floor-crossers from the Conservative Party and the by-election results Monday, Mark Carney and company can remain in power until 2029. That will mark a 14-year stretch since Justin Trudeau’s dismantling of the Stephen Harper Conservatives in 2015. And who knows how much longer this run might extend. Ho hum, here we go again, another Liberal dynasty...
Last week, the Conservatives saw yet another Member of Parliament cross the floor to join Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals. Marilyn Gladu, the Sarnia, Ont.-area MP and—briefly—a former Conservative leadership candidate, was the one who made the move. Gladu, who had previously chastised fellow floor crossers and is someone seen as being a far-right leaning Conservative, was an unexpected departure...
“Unity,” said Mark Carney last weekend, “does not require uniformity.” Accommodation beats assimilation, the prime minister told the Liberal faithful at the party’s convention in Montreal — and partnership is better than domination.
The byelection results on Monday night in Terrebonne, Scarborough Southwest and University--Rosedale have given everyone much to consider about the shift from minority to majority Parliament and the anticipated and rumoured fallout to come. In our 343-seat national legislature -- unless there are additional floor-crossing MPs on the horizon -- having a two-seat majority is still very unstable. Health challenges...
A slave labour apologist, chloroquine promoter and blue Albertan all walk into a bar … Only it’s not a joke, and they didn’t walk into a bar. Michael Ma, Marilyn Gladu and Matt Jereroux are three former Conservative MPs who have walked into the Liberal caucus, where they found a Red Tory, Chris d’Entremont, already tickling the party ivories...
Seeking to explain just where the Liberals draw the line on accepting members of other parties into their midst, House Leader Steven MacKinnon said the party would “keep a light on and a door open for all of those who want to support Liberal Party principles,” which he described as “immutable.” And of course, he’s right. Liberal policies may come...
How much more Liberal raiding and spending and winning can Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre survive? Maybe very little. Three byelection losses Monday night are a further humiliation. Prime Minister Mark Carney took quick advantage.
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet stepped out to meet reporters and take his by-election defeat on the chin. “We have to take it with humility. And we have to take it with patience,” Mr. Blanchet said. There’s a wave, he said – arguing that past Conservative and New Democrat voters moved to the Liberals – that seems even stronger now...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney won three byelections Monday night, giving him a majority government and a free hand to further remake the government he inherited from Justin Trudeau.
Officially, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is outraged. “The Carney Liberals did not win a majority government through a general election or today’s by-elections,” Mr. Poilievre posted on X Monday night, as the results erasing his leverage in the House of Commons rolled in. The Liberals swept all three by-elections, less than a week after they seduced the unlikeliest of floor-crossers...
Tories worry that Carney has reshaped politics in Quebec
LIBERAL PARTY MEMBERS milled, decked in red lanyards, taking photos. “Welcome to Libcon2026” read a banner high on the wall at the top of the escalators in Montreal’s Palais des congrès. On a merch table nearby lay piles of red shirts and crewnecks, emblazoned with the Liberal logo. Two rows of black hats were amongst the items. The words “Canada...
Mark Carney didn’t just get a majority on Monday night — he also won the precious political commodity of time.
Quebec's new premier said she was "relieved" following her first meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Ottawa, after earlier promising to fight "tooth and nail" to protect the right of governments to pass laws that override the Charter. Christine Frechette said the overriding clause of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms must not be touched. Quebec has made...
The Conservative line of attack is questionable or inaccurate in several respects.
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.
The federal Liberals' one-time payment that aims to help families struggling with the high cost of living will land on June 5. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced in January that Ottawa would issue a direct payment worth 50 per cent of the full-year value of the government's existing GST/HST credit, which will now be called the Canada Groceries and Essentials...
Canada’s Conservative Party is casting doubt on the legitimacy of Mark Carney’s majority government, complaining it was formed through “backroom deals” and not at the ballot box. Carney’s governing Liberals secured a majority in an unprecedented way — not by holding a general election, but rather by combining a steady drip of Conservative lawmaker defections with a sweep of three...
Ever since Donald Trump returned to power and began to make threats against traditional US allies, officials in Canada’s capital have been figuring out what the country’s vulnerabilities are. Here’s another one: the internet. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government is now conducting a review of the country’s international communications infrastructure, according to a person familiar with the matter, speaking on...
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...
"Canada is cool again." PM Carney convenes the biggest investors in the world to an Invest in Canada Summit. CBC News has learned Prime Minister Mark Carney has invited 100 of the world's biggest investors to a summit in Toronto this September. The conference aims to pitch organizations that control trillions of dollars in capital on investing in Canada. The...
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says a new Liberal majority government means Prime Minister Mark Carney no longer has any excuse for failing to deliver on his economic promises. Poilievre spoke to a business crowd at the Canadian Club Toronto on Thursday to lay out his vision for Canada's economy. He spent much of his time at the podium attacking Carney's...
The Canadian government says it has extended its bidding process to pick a submarine builder so the two entrants vying for the prize – among the largest defence contracts in this country’s history – can sweeten their bids. It’s an acknowledgment that Ottawa wasn’t satisfied with the economic and industrial benefits promised in the bids, submitted ahead of a March...
Quebec's new premier promised to fight "tooth and nail" to defend the use of the notwithstanding clause as she met with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Ottawa on Friday. Christine Frechette said the clause, which allows governments to override sections of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, must not be touched. "It's an important tool for Quebec, for our...
After years of talk about shedding office space, the federal government will need more work stations in some locations with public servants headed back to the office four days a week in July, according to an analysis by Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC). The department responsible for managing government buildings is looking to quickly find solutions, which could include...
Legal experts worry Charter facing a 'slow death' with frequent invocation of notwithstanding clause Canada's Justice Minister Sean Fraser says he has significant concerns with the way the provinces are overriding Charter rights by invoking the notwithstanding clause, and he's prepared to establish guardrails around its use as the document turns 44. Fraser made the comments to CBC News during...
he opening date of the new bridge linking Canada and the U.S. is being quietly negotiated to let the criticism around it die down, according to an American source familiar with talks. The source tells CTV News both sides are trying not to do anything that would “trigger the kooks and crackpots” around U.S. President Donald Trump, who has threatened...
Canada Post has announced 136,000 addresses in 13 communities will no longer receive door-to-door delivery, and instead get their mail through community mailboxes. The changes are part of the Crown corporation's restructuring efforts, an attempt to save money and stay financially viable under crushing debt. The majority of the new community mailboxes will be installed in B.C. and Ontario. Ottawa...
OTTAWA -- An internal federal government audit delivered late last year warned the work of buying and upgrading military technology was still being plagued by bureaucratic hurdles.
Liberals MPs are among those throwing their support behind former federal cabinet minister Navdeep Bains, who is considering a run for leader of the Ontario Liberals – a move that could shake up the provincial political landscape. Several federal and provincial Liberals told The Globe and Mail that they are encouraging Mr. Bains to seek the leadership and that he...
Quebec's new premier will meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday in Ottawa, less than 48 hours after she was sworn in. Frechette's office confirmed to The Canadian Press that she had requested a meeting to discuss priorities with Carney. Frechette was sworn in as Quebec's 33rd premier on Wednesday, making her the second woman to hold the role.
Canada's privacy commissioner says he hopes laws around private sector data sharing are strengthened as the federal government prepares to open the domestic market to Chinese electric vehicles. Speaking to the standing committee on science and research, Philippe Dufresne said he hopes that Parliament will modernize private sector privacy laws on a number of fronts, including with stronger enforcement abilities...
The Conservatives are accusing the Liberals of trying to block a committee from questioning Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne about his connection to the high-speed rail project. Champagne's partner Anne-Marie Gaudet is a vice-president at Alto, the Crown corporation responsible for the rail project that would connect Toronto and Quebec City. Champagne says he recused himself from decisions involving Alto and...
Alberta's governing United Conservatives are looking to take another run at redrawing provincial riding boundaries - a move the Opposition NDP calls a cynical backdoor scheme to rig the October 2027 general election. Premier Danielle Smith's caucus is set to introduce a motion in the house today to revisit a recent bipartisan panel report to add more seats to reflect...
Canada’s finance minister plans to discuss Anthropic PBC’s Mythos model when he meets with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent this week.
Byelection results are easy to dismiss when they don’t go your way. They’re referendums on the government! They’re safe seats for the incumbent! Turnout is low! Local dynamics are at play! There are some kernels of truth there. But that doesn’t mean the Conservatives shouldn’t be worried about the results of the byelections in Terrebonne, University—Rosedale and Scarborough Southwest, in...
A member of the Canadian military is suing both the federal government and an American-based gun manufacturer after being wounded by an unexpected, accidental discharge of his new handgun. The C-22 pistol — the Canadian variant of the P320 — is at the centre of multiple injury claims and lawsuits in the United States. Master Warrant Officer Jamie Deslaurier, a...
'Falsified' return follows previous reports of tens of millions lost to scammers. The Canada Revenue Agency has paid out another $5-million refund to a single taxpayer, this time to a B.C. businesswoman, despite what it now alleges was a bogus return that included "illogical" and "falsified information." According to court records obtained by CBC's the fifth estate and Radio-Canada, the...
Poilievre remarked earlier this week that Carney is 'badly educated in economics.' With talk of economics lessons and passing exams, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre engaged in a heated debate Wednesday that might have been pulled from a university seminar. Instead the sharp exchange took place during question period — the first time the two faced...
Finnish President Alexander Stubb says he’s “the most pro-American president in Europe,” despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s persistent criticisms of Western allies and global trade system disruption. Stubb made the comments in an interview on CTV Question Period while he was in Ottawa for the first visit to Canada by a Finnish president in 12 years. In the interview, which...
The cash-strapped federal NDP is getting a $670,000 financial boost. Members of the other main political parties on the Board of Internal Economy have decided to grant the parliamentary funds, even though the NDP does not have official party status. As first reported by Politico Canada, the rules were quietly changed in a document that outlines MP pay and funding...
Bains, who most recently served as Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Rogers Communications, is widely known for his tenure in Ottawa as Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry under former prime minister Justin Trudeau. During that time, he was one of the longest-serving ministers in the portfolio and played a central role in shaping Canada’s innovation and skills agenda.
Culture Minister Marc Miller says the government is "very seriously" considering introducing a social media ban for kids. At the Liberal convention in Montreal on Saturday, members passed a non-binding resolution calling on the government to set 16 as the minimum age for access to social media accounts. Miller says party members have spoken and the government must now study...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lawyers for President Donald Trump are engaged in talks with the IRS to resolve a $10 billion lawsuit the president filed against his own tax collection agency over the leak of his tax information to news outlets between 2018 and 2020.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump had something urgent to address while flying back to Washington from his luxury Mar-a-Lago estate on a recent Sunday.
DENVILLE, N.J. (AP) -- Democrat Analilia Mejia won a New Jersey special election for the U.S. House on Thursday, defeating Republican Joe Hathaway on a message of standing up to President Donald Trump.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump railed against a federal judge's decision on Thursday that continues to block above-ground construction of a $400 million White House ballroom, allowing only below-ground work on a bunker and other "national security facilities" at the site.
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.
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...
Canada’s finance minister plans to discuss Anthropic PBC’s Mythos model when he meets with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent this week.
Finnish President Alexander Stubb says he’s “the most pro-American president in Europe,” despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s persistent criticisms of Western allies and global trade system disruption. Stubb made the comments in an interview on CTV Question Period while he was in Ottawa for the first visit to Canada by a Finnish president in 12 years. In the interview, which...
Prime Minister Mark Carney is welcoming Hungary's shift toward supporting Ukraine and liberal democracy as voters ended 16 years of far-right government. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban conceded defeat on Sunday, after running a government in Budapest that increasingly attacked media freedom, courts and universities. Orban was widely seen as the main impediment to European Union support for Ukraine against...
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...
Free trade negotiations with the United States have always triggered acrimonious and deeply damaging debates in Canada and often exposed political miscalculations at the highest levels. During the 1911 federal election campaign, Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier, running on a free trade platform, was denounced in Quebec as a traitor to the French and in Ontario as a traitor to...
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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.
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.
Canadians who have neglected to pay their taxes to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) have been coming forward in droves to take advantage of new amnesty rules.
Sheila Copps joins The Hot Room to talk about the new Liberal majority government, questions about its legitimacy, and how it could change the dynamic on the Hill for Prime Minister Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives.
At Issue this week: Prime Minister Mark Carney returns to the House of Commons with his newly-minted majority government. The Conservatives try to chart a new path forward with Pierre Poilievre as leader. And, could Canada really join the EU?
U.S. President Trump announced Thursday that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, following diplomatic talks in Washington. This follows an intense period of violence, in which more than 2100 people have been killed in Lebanon, including a Canadian citizen.
Greetings, you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites! With me today is Carla Beck, leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party, the official opposition in the Saskatchewan Legislature ... and a heartland NDPer.
