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Carney warns constitutional reforms 'difficult,' says he's after 'common solutions'

A day after Albertans voted to reject separatism, Prime Minister Mark Carney said he favours pursuing pragmatic "common solutions" with the provinces on issues under federal jurisdiction. Carney cautioned on Tuesday that pursuing constitutional changes can be a "difficult" and drawn-out process and said disputes in areas like immigration can be resolved without constitutional amendments. "What I favour is working...

Zi-Ann Lum

Trump’s man in Ottawa accuses Carney of straining US-Canada ties

President Donald Trump’s man in Ottawa blamed Prime Minister Mark Carney for straining relations between the two countries, saying a prosperous relationship is “under attack” in Canada. U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra, no fan favorite north of the border, made the remarks Tuesday at a space conference in Gatineau, Quebec, where he also criticized Canada’s approach to the relationship...

Katie Simpson

No Canada-U.S. trade deal expected before American midterm elections: sources

Stalemate drags on as Trump's Jan. 1 auto tariff threat looms. The Canada-U.S. trade war is poised to grind on for the foreseeable future, as sources tell CBC News hope of a deal before the American midterm elections has completely faded. According to three sources with knowledge of the situation, Canadian government officials have been informing industry groups over the...

Stephanie Ha

The federal budget is coming. Here’s when it will be tabled

Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne will table the federal budget on Nov. 5, he announced in the House of Commons on Tuesday. The fall budget, which provides Canadians with the federal government’s economic blueprint, will be the second under Prime Minister Mark Carney. Last month, Carney said his government is on track to balance its operating budget by 2027-28, one year...

Alex Boutilier

After decisive defeat, Alberta separatists turn their attention to Smith and the UCP

Bruised but not yet broken, Alberta’s separatist movement is turning its attention toe Premier Danielle Smith and the governing United Conservative Party. As results continued to trickle in early Tuesday morning, the separatists’ defeat proved even more decisive than months of public polling predicted — with 75.7 per cent of Albertans voting to remain in Canada, and just 24.3 per...

Polls

Nik Nanos

Liberals lead, worries shift - Liberal ballot support stands at 50.6%, as concern about Trump-US relations eases and inflation inches up.

The latest Nanos federal tracking has the Liberals at 50.6%, followed by the Conservatives at 28.3% and the NDP at 11.5%. The Bloc Québécois stands at 6.2%, the Green Party at 2.2% and the People’s Party at 1.2%.

Nik Nanos

Toronto Decides: Chow 49.8, Bradford 46.6. Turnout could decide race.

“Ballot support for the two front runners among all residents is within the margin of error for the CP24/Nanos survey. Chow ahead in Toronto/East York, Bradford leads in North York. The deciding factors in the race will be debate performance and organizational muscle to deliver supporters. The Nanos data reflects public opinion at the time of the survey which ended...

Opinion

Josh Tabish

Helping Canadian Small Businesses Get Found

Christopher Pigott, Thomas Roper, Richard Charney, Craig Munroe, John D.R. Craig, Brian G. Johnston

Canada Labour Code changes are not an attack on workers' rights

If Canadians focused solely on recent commentary from union leaders and their lawyers, they’d be forgiven for thinking the current Liberal government has been engaged in a long battle against workers’ rights, culminating in a final charge against the right to strike.

News

Jack Farrell

Albertans split on remaining nine referendum questions as ballot count continues

While Albertans roundly rejected separation in Monday's referendum, results remain decidedly closer on the other nine questions as counting continues. Votes were still being tallied as of Tuesday afternoon, but the yes vote was leading on eight of the nine referendum questions, including all five on immigration-related proposals. Those questions asked whether Alberta should have more say on who comes...

Christopher Reynolds

'We're not hurting them': Trump walks back threat to ban Bombardier sales in U.S.

Donald Trump has backed down on a threat to ban Bombardier Inc. plane sales in the United States, part of a broader cooling of rhetoric from the U.S. president after tempers flared and tariffs rose amid an earlier escalation in the trade war. Speaking at a campaign rally Monday night, Trump said he's changed his perception of the Montreal-based business...

Politician's Pen

Senator Andrew Cardozo

Memo to Mayoral candidates - We are Ottawa and we need to think big…..much bigger!

Scott Aitchison

After seven years in Parliament, I’ve met a lot of people. There’s one I’ll never forget

Growing up in Huntsville, Ont., I learned early that community is not an abstract concept. It has faces and names. This was not simply something I observed; it was my lived experience. Months before my 16th birthday, determined to chart a path different from the one my parents had envisioned for me, I left home. I had no plan.

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Susan Delacourt

A win for now, but the Alberta unity question isn’t settled yet

Plenty will be claiming victory now that Alberta has voted against separatism, but the days and weeks ahead will show what’s been lost too with this democracy gambit. The decisive majority — over 75 per cent with most polls reporting — is a clear win for Mark Carney, whose stock in Alberta has only climbed throughout the referendum campaign. The...

James Moore

Alberta’s vote to ‘remain’ is a clear warning to the conservative movement

The referendum results in Alberta should mark a turning point for the relationship between not just Alberta and the government in Ottawa, but for Alberta and all of Canada. Canadians outside Alberta have watched and overwhelmingly hoped that the remain side would win. And, I think it is safe to say, that Canadians were both relieved and rejoiced to see...

Tasha Kheiriddin

Alberta's political drama is far from over

Alberta will remain part of Canada — for now. Ballots are still being counted on the province’s 10 referendum questions, but as it stands, voters rejected the separatist option by roughly three to one. On the other nine questions, they appear to have given Premier Danielle Smith a slim-to-moderate victory, setting the scene for future showdowns with Ottawa over immigration...

Lisa Van Dusen

Thanks, Alberta.

Canadians owe an enormous debt of gratitude to Albertans today. Yes, it may seem as though all they did was answer a much more expensive poll in precisely the same way they’ve been answering polls for months. But this time, they expressed their view with such effort and in such numbers that they averted a national disaster. “Maple Leaf Love...

Éric Blais

Alberta has grievances — that doesn’t make it a distinct society

Albertans have spoken, rather loudly. Roughly three-quarters of voters chose to remain in Canada. The binding referendum some had hoped to trigger will not happen. At least not anytime soon.

Andrew Phillips

A lot at stake for Canada now that Donald Trump has sided with Russia against Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s investment envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, posted one of those AI-generated memes on social media over the weekend and it speaks volumes about the new world order taking shape before our eyes. It shows a Russian bear and an American eagle, side by side, facing off against a British lion and a European flag. It included this caption...

Joe Oliver

Two questions Mark Carney needs to answer

The media has paid scant attention to two narratives that raise uncomfortable questions about Prime Minister Mark Carney. One concerns what role he may have played in ending Justin Trudeau’s leadership of the Liberal party and the other relates to the sudden reversal of his long-standing concern about man-made climate change.

Michael Harris

Nothing more important in this country’s public life than the events unfolding in Alberta

Nothing is more important in this country’s public life than events unfolding in Alberta. Separatism is once again knocking on Canada’s door. At least some people understand the profound and negative change that separation would bring. Hundreds of doctors have said they would leave the province if it were to become an independent country.

Jamie Carroll

Screw it: let’s just buy Stelco

Screw it: let’s just buy Stelco. I know: cue the choruses of bullshit from the Trumpian, maple MAGA crowd about Liberal communism, and a chill on investment, and blah blah blah.

Eric Saumure

Effective trade diversification depends on small and medium businesses

New agreements with Europe will not build resilience unless SMEs can navigate the rules, finance the move and use the access Mark Carney negotiates.

Namir Anani

Canada’s AI advantage won’t matter if we can’t turn it into economic power

Justin Ling

Alberta’s referendum is built on lies, damned lies and hubristics

Alberta is staring down the snout of “a big lie,” argues Patrick Lennox. A colossal deception has led to Monday’s pre-referendum vote, which offers Albertans two choices: “Remain a province of Canada” or “hold a binding provincial referendum on whether or not Alberta should separate from Canada.”

Althia Raj

A closer look at six controversial powers inside Mark Carney’s Building Canada Strong Act

“This bill has been subject to a wild disinformation campaign,” Liberal MP Shannon Miedema declared in the House of Commons last week. The Halifax MP accused opposition members of lying about Bill C-39, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Building Canada Strong Act, telling them the bill does not do things it does.

Rob Breakenridge

Smith's referendum risks backfiring, handing power to the NDP

The Alberta premier is acutely aware that another split on the right could lead to the UCP's downfall

Aaron Wherry

Carney appeals for a 'decisive' vote to settle the Alberta independence question

Four days before the latest test of this 159-year-old Confederation — a nation that has given the world both insulin and Céline Dion — Mark Carney went to Calgary to make the case for carrying on. "Canada isn't perfect, but we are the best," he said. "And we are getting better." A day before Carney arrived, Naheed Nenshi, the leader...

Shannon Proudfoot

Alberta’s separation referendum is coming. What happens in the days and weeks and months after?

A few months ago, I was talking to Michael Wernick, the former clerk of the Privy Council, and we wandered onto the subject of Alberta’s secession vote. Mr. Wernick – now the Jarislowsky Chair in public management at the University of Ottawa – said something that’s been stuck in my brain ever since. Say the referendum delivers a stout margin...

Andrew Coyne

Radical tax reform is not just good policy: it’s the only kind likely to succeed

Tax reform is one of those issues that confounds conventional political wisdom. The conventional wisdom, to which most politicians subscribe, is to move cautiously, incrementally, ploddingly – to do “nothing by halves/ Which can be done by quarters.”

Andrew Phillips

Canada is inflicting pain and U.S ambassador Pete Hoekstra is feeling it

There’s a term in psychology for people who accuse others of doing what they themselves are guilty of: projection. A chronic liar thinks everyone else lies too. A cheater assumes others must cheat. So pointing a finger comes naturally. Plus it’s a great way to turn the tables and deflect attention from your own sins.

Colin Horgan

Take it from the Harper government: Carney’s managerial style is working now, but it won’t work forever

In May 2006, a reporter asked then-finance minister Jim Flaherty about the new Conservative minority government’s poll numbers. That same week, an Ipsos-Reid survey showed the Conservatives were up to 43 per cent support nationally. “I think it’s a credit to Prime Minister Stephen Harper,” said Flaherty, “because Canadians are thirsty for a real leader. They don’t agree with everything...

Justin Ling

The United Nations has become irrelevant. Mark Carney’s got a plan to make it matter again

There’s a fatal flaw in Mark Carney’s grand foreign policy designs: the world has only one Mark Carney. That’s bad news for his plan to build out a bulwark against the great powers — “the hegemons,” as he calls them. With liberal internationalist leaders losing power by the day, this work is only getting tougher.

John Ivison

Russia’s deadly crosshairs could be aiming at the heads of Canada’s defence contractors

Intelligence agencies have reportedly warned that Moscow is upping preparations to assassinate leaders of companies supplying drones to Ukraine

Adam Radwanski

Why Mark Carney needs to think small in the upcoming federal budget

The federal budget expected next month would be a good time for Mark Carney to start thinking small. Not in terms of economic ambition. This is not a case to pivot hard into fiscal-restraint mode, when there’s still tons to be done to get this country to compete more aggressively for investment and growth and a reduced reliance on the...

Bruce Anderson

If the Conservative Party wants to win, it should part company with its fringe.

Some conservatives believe they struggle to win elections because of media bias. Some say it’s because they are unfairly maligned by people on the left. These points are debatable, but to me they are a distraction from the real reasons Conservatives are finding it hard to get traction today. Voters prioritize economic policy, keeping taxes down, and promoting trade and...

Lawrence Martin

The Freeland chronicles: She stared down a President and took down a Prime Minister

In her just-released book, Chrystia Freeland writes that she is “profoundly, sometimes embarrassingly, earnest.” True. A bit school-marmish, you might say. She also describes herself as “diminutive.” True also. At barely over five feet, she was rather unimposing. Not the most advantageous qualities for a politician. And yet she became the most powerful woman politician Canada ever produced.

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Davis Legree

Liberals set to update access-to-information law: watchdog

Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard has been informed that Canada’s access-to-information law will be updated in the coming months, though the scope of the changes has not yet been disclosed.

No immediate changes to military training after CFB Wainwright fire kills four soldiers: defence minister

Defence Minister David McGuinty said no changes have been made to military training procedures as of now, following a deadly fire at CFB Wainwright that killed four soldiers and sent 39 others to hospital during a training exercise on Saturday. Ahead of a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill on Tuesday, McGuinty was asked whether he had directed any changes to...

Spencer Van Dyk

Albertans have voted ‘yes’ to referendum questions on immigration. Here’s how Carney responded.

Prime Minister Mark Carney says the federal and provincial governments should work together to get immigration down to sustainable levels before Alberta takes steps to do so on its own. Albertans cast their ballots on a slate of referendum questions Monday, and while the question around separation drew the most attention, there were nine others that cover a range of...

Lauren Krugel

Alberta business groups say 'stay' side victory fosters investment confidence

Alberta business groups are cheering the decisive win for the "stay" side in Monday's referendum, but say more work lies ahead in getting the province a fair shake within Confederation. Early returns show about 76 per cent of voters chose for Alberta to remain in Canada, while 24 per cent voted to hold a second, binding referendum on separation. The...

33 military members injured in fire remain in hospital, defence minister says

Defence Minister David McGuinty says 33 members of the Canadian Armed Forces remain in hospital after a deadly fire swept through a training ground at the military base in Wainwright, Alta., on Saturday. McGuinty was in Wainwright on Monday, where he visited both the base and CAF members who are recovering in a local hospital. The minister says he will...

Jim Bronskill

PM Carney says Alberta's choice of unity is 'a great result' for Canada

Prime Minister Mark Carney says it was "a great result for Canada" when Albertans chose unity in the referendum vote on Monday. Carney said he spoke to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith early Tuesday about the results and charting a path forward. In the historic referendum, Albertans voted in overwhelming numbers to remain in the country that made Alberta a province...

Judy Trinh

After Wainwright tragedy, one lawyer is calling for a coroner’s inquest

Prime Minister Mark Carney says there are 50 investigators on the ground probing how one of the worst peacetime tragedies unfolded at an Alberta military base. On Saturday, four soldiers were killed during a scheduled training exercise at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, Alta. Thirty-nine military members were hospitalized, with 19 people in critical condition.

Rachel Aiello

Albertans have voted against separation. What does that mean for the country?

Albertans have chosen. The majority of those who cast their ballots in the province’s historic referendum voted in support of staying in Canada rather than pursuing separation. In a closely watched and highly consequential election – and with results still coming in – around 76 per cent of voters said Alberta should remain part of the country, while about 2...

Advance voting in B.C. election is down compared to 2024

The number of ballots cast in the first three days of advance voting in the British Columbia election is down about 8 per cent compared to 2024. Elections BC says there were about 440,000 votes cast from Friday to Sunday, compared to almost 480,000 for the first three days of advance voting last election, which set a record for total...

Jack Farrell

Albertans split in early returns on remaining 9 referendum questions

While Albertans roundly rejected separation in Monday's referendum, results were decidedly closer in early returns on nine other questions. Premier Danielle Smith also polled Albertans on five questions on immigration and four about seeking a mandate to work with other provinces to change the Constitution and wrest more power from Ottawa. The immigration questions asked whether Alberta should have more...

Jack Farrell

Maple leaf love: Albertans vote strongly to stay in Canada

O Canada, Alberta is staying put. In a historic referendum Monday, voters marked their ballots in overwhelming numbers to remain in the country that made Alberta a province 121 years ago. In early returns, about 76 per cent of Albertans said yes to Confederation, while 24 per cent said they wanted the province to hold a second, binding referendum on...

Bill Kaufmann

Poilievre defends referendum, promotes pro-Canada vote

As some of the last voters cast their ballots on a referendum offering a path to Alberta independence, federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre defended the process. Some critics, including the opposition Alberta NDP say the referendum is a waster of money — possibly costing more than $130 million — and places a dangerous strain on the country's unity in the...

Lisa Johnson

Late start, delayed results for historic Alberta referendum on remaining in Canada

Alberta’s vote on whether to stay in Canada is going into overtime. Elections Alberta says more than 100 voting locations will stay open past the scheduled 8 p.m. closing time. The agency says that for various reasons it did not specify those locations opened late, so it cannot release unofficial results until 10 p.m. when the last polling station closes.

Spencer Van Dyk

What happened at Wainwright? Canada’s top general tells CTV News the inquiry findings will be made public.

Chief of the defence staff Gen. Jennie Carignan says it is her “intention” to publicly release the findings of a board of inquiry into the deadly fire at the Canadian Forces Base in Wainwright, Alta.

Abbas Rana

‘You’re paid well, do your damn job’: House rules should stop backbench MPs from ‘moonlighting,’ say current and former MPs and experts

Both Conservative MP Roman Baber and Liberal MP Angelo Iacono hold paid positions at law firms, and both have told The Hill Times they are in compliance with parliamentary rules. But some are now saying the rules should be changed to stop MPs from working side jobs.

Fifty investigators probing deadly fire at CFB Wainwright: PM Carney

Fifty investigators are on the ground at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta trying to determine what caused the deadly fire that killed four and left dozens wounded during a training exercise on Saturday. Prime Minister Mark Carney told the House of Commons on Monday that the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service is leading a full investigation into the tragedy...

Catherine Morrison

Union calls out Carney government over cuts to translation bureau

A federal union is speaking out against cuts to the federal translation bureau and is accusing the Carney government of hypocrisy as Ottawa defends French language standards in trade talks with the U.S. The translation bureau is a federal government service under Public Services and Procurement Canada that provides translation and interpretation services to departments and private clients. A government...

Kyle Duggan

'United in grief': House of Commons holds moment of silence over Wainwright tragedy

The House of Commons held a moment of silence on Monday to honour the dead and wounded after a ferocious fire ripped through Canadian Forces Base Wainwright's training grounds in Alberta on Saturday. The main party leaders dropped their usual partisan tone as each expressed condolences to the deceased and concern for the injured. Prime Minister Mark Carney said members...

Kyle Duggan

Timeline: How the deadly fire spread at CFB Wainwright

A fire that quickly ripped through a Canadian Armed Forces training ground in Alberta on Saturday killed four soldiers and injured 39 more. Here is what is known about how it unfolded: -- Maj.-Gen. Wade Rutland, commander of the 1st Canadian Division, said 84 members of 3rd Battalion of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry were training with live munitions in...

Niall McGee

Cleveland-Cliffs boss criticizes Carney, praises Trump, as conflict with Ottawa over layoffs escalates

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. chief executive Lourenco Goncalves on Monday criticized Prime Minister Mark Carney for “snatching defeat from the jaws of victory” in trade, and he extended “kudos” to U.S. President Donald Trump for a job well done, as the U.S. steelmaker remains locked in conflict with Ottawa over hundreds of layoffs in Canada.

Sarah Ritchie

'Felt like the right time': Former broadcaster Pamela Wallin resigns from Senate

Pamela Wallin knows her decision to resign from the Senate on Monday came as a surprise to some -- but to her, she said, it "just felt like the right time" to move on after 17 years. "I know people are always surprised when somebody walks away, but we all know our time," Wallin said in an interview. The news...

Steven Chase

Fifty investigators probing deaths of soldiers in CFB Wainwright fire, Carney says

Fifty investigators are now on the ground at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright to determine exactly how a grass fire left four dead and 39 injured, Prime Minister Mark Carney told Parliament on Monday. Mr. Carney said the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service is leading the investigation with the support of the RCMP and that the government will work to ensure...

Mickey Djuric

Carney warns Alberta not to stumble into ‘Brexit’

Voters in Alberta head to the polls on Monday in a vote that will ask whether the province should take the next step toward a binding vote on separation from Canada. A “yes” vote would not make Alberta independent, but it could put the province on a path toward separation and test Prime Minister Mark Carney’s ability to keep the...

Robert Fife

Ottawa says it’s open to mediation with Canadian diplomats allegedly suffering from Havana Syndrome

Ottawa is open to mediation to settle a lawsuit filed by Canadian diplomats who say they experienced debilitating symptoms, linked to alleged attacks by Russian intelligence using sonic weapons, while they were stationed in Cuba nearly a decade ago. Known as Havana Syndrome, the unexplained ailments include headaches, blurred vision, memory loss, mood changes, nausea and nosebleeds. Last year, the...

Murray Brewster

NATO's race against time: Senior commander warns alliance must adapt faster to deter Russia

There's a nightmare that keeps one of NATO's most senior military commanders up at night and it's not what you might think. It isn't the idea of Russian tanks rolling into the Baltic states or Poland. Nor is it a sudden military confrontation in the Arctic. The scenario that keeps NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation Pierre Vandier up at night...

Albertans head to polls in historic referendum on whether they want to stay in Canada

The polls are open as Albertans mark their ballots in a historic vote on whether they want to stay in Canada. In Calgary, voters were bustling in and out of Grace Presbyterian Church on Monday morning with their yellow "I voted" stickers before rushing off to work. Scott Hill, donning a baseball cap with a red maple leaf, said he's...

Wolfgang Depner

B.C. Conservatives platform promises $2.6 B in growth, $10.8B deficit

VANCOUVER -- The British Columbia Conservatives say their platform will create $2.6 billion in new revenue over three years, while shrinking the deficit to $10.8 billion by 2030.

Jack Farrell

Officials say catastrophic base fire was known ahead of time, allowed to burn

Canada's military says a grass fire that killed four soldiers and sent scores more to hospital with bad burns was known well beforehand but not considered a threat. Maj.-Gen. Wade Rutland says the grass fire was a kilometre away and considered sufficiently under control that training exercises were allowed to continue Saturday afternoon at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright. However, he...

Mercedes Stephenson, Steven Chase

Deadly blaze began as grass fire that wind whipped into ‘wall of flame,’ early military communications say

The fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright that killed four and wounded dozens began as a smoldering grass fire that was whipped into a “wall of flame” by high winds, early internal military communications indicate. The flames then overtook Canadian Armed Forces members who were on a firing range, according to the reports, which were obtained by the Globe and...

Wolfgang Depner

Eby asking Green voters to support B.C. NDP to defeat Conservatives

British Columbia NDP Leader David Eby is appealing to Green voters as the snap election slated for Oct. 24 enters its final week, but Green Party Leader Emily Lowan says he is trying to scare voters into choosing him. Eby said Green voters should think carefully about their choices, as they prepare to cast their ballots. While he respects Lowan...

US Poli

The Associated Press

The Latest: US ties with Ukraine hit a new low as Trump slights Zelenskyy and eases up on Russia

The U.S.-Ukraine alliance is careening toward a possible breaking point, with Moscow strengthened by President Donald Trump's recent rejection of new Russia sanctions and Kyiv undermined by disruptions in satellite support for its drones during the war.

Terry Tang, Nancy Jiang And Linley Sanders, The Associated Press

Democrats gain ground with AAPI adults as trust in Republicans fades, AP-NORC/AAPI Data poll finds

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islander adults have become more disillusioned with President Donald Trump and Republicans as the Nov. 3 midterm elections approach, according to a new AP-NORC/AAPI Data poll, giving Democrats a substantial edge on major issues like the economy and health care.

The Associated Press

No Kings rallies across US urge voters to cast ballots early ahead of midterms

Rallies organized by the No Kings network opposed to President Donald Trump were held Saturday in cities and communities across the U.S., with an aim of getting people out to vote early in the midterm elections.

The Associated Press

The Latest: Trump's new press secretary Katie Zacharia is leaving post after a rocky start

White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is transitioning out of the role after a brief and rough tenure as President Donald Trump's chief spokeswoman. A person familiar with the matter said Zacharia is transitioning out of the job. The person was granted anonymity to discuss a personnel decision not yet made public.

International

Zi-Ann Lum

Trump’s man in Ottawa accuses Carney of straining US-Canada ties

Steven Chase

Canada should be cautious about deepening trade with China, says Tokyo-based academic

Ottawa should be mindful of the risks of deepening trade with China because Beijing could leverage it for economic coercion in the future, says a prominent Tokyo-based academic on a Canadian speaking tour, sponsored by Japan’s government. Kazuto Suzuki is a professor at the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Public Policy and a member of the government’s Council for...

Raffy Boudjikanian

Trudeau government advised it would be expected to carry out ICC arrest warrants, including for Netanyahu

Adviser wrote in June 2024 that Canada has international obligations to ICC. An internal memo told Justin Trudeau's government that it was expected to pursue the arrests of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his then defence minister and Hamas leaders if the International Criminal Court were to issue the warrants being prepared by one of its prosecutors. Trudeau and his...

Catherine Morrison

Hoekstra says U.S. watching Canada for signs of interference in midterm elections

U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra says American officials are "closely watching" Canadian politicians for signs of election interference ahead of the pivotal midterms next month. During an interview on the "The Really Big Show" podcast that was posted last week, Hoekstra said political ads run by the province of Ontario last year could be interpreted as political interference. U.S...

Graham Richardson

U.S. ambassador warns Canadian politicians: ‘Keep your nose out of American politics’

Pete Hoekstra, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, is warning Canadian politicians to stay out of American politics, saying officials are monitoring potential “political interference in the U.S. midterms.” In an interview with “The Really Big Show” podcast, Hoekstra suggested the actions of several Canadian politicians, including Industry Minister Mélanie Joly, could amount to interference in close American races just weeks...

Think Tank

Mark Musselman

A covenant, not a grant: Canada’s citizenship process asks too little in return

Canada cannot afford to treat citizenship as paperwork to process rather than a covenant worth keeping.

Amanda Clarke, Étienne Charbonneau

Dismantling Ottawa’s Costly Web of Rules: How to Build a Functioning Federal Accountability Regime

The federal government’s internal accountability regime continues to grow more complex. Public service leadership is detached from policy implementation and socialized to avoid risk. Public servants should be evaluated on the rules they remove and services delivered. Those with delivery experience should be rotated periodically into roles that establish internal processes and policies. Improving the federal accountability regime requires simplifying...

Christopher Ragan, Rachel Samson

Defying Gravity: The Compelling but Challenging Case for Diversifying Canada’s Trade

Amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s on-again-off-again trade war, trade diversification has been the talk of the town. But for a country like Canada, which has long felt the gravitational pull of the enormous U.S. market, diversifying trade will be no easy feat. It also shouldn’t be the goal in and of itself. As the first part of the IRPP’s new...

Substacks

A collection of SubStack publishing within Canadian public affairs.

Steven Staples

Why Trump will lose his bet on Alberta leaving Canada

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s ad-lib brought down the house at Thursday night’s Forever Canadian rally in Calgary. “They’re a little touchy down there at the moment,” he added, to roars from a crowd of about 5,000.

Dean Beeby

Bravery medals coming soon for RCMP officers in N.S. mass murder

RCMP officers who responded to the April 2020 mass murders in Nova Scotia will receive bravery medals from Governor General Louise Arbour. An announcement is expected “imminently,” says an Arbour spokesperson. The medals follow 23 awards for excellence quietly distributed last year by RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme to RCMP members and employees who managed the grisly incident, in which 2...

Dean Beeby

24 Sussex needs rehab, not a grand redesign

Prime Minister Mark Carney has finally charted a course out of the morass that is 24 Sussex Drive, the official residence of Canada’s prime ministers since 1951. Carney’s June announcement of a private-sector competition to “modernize” the decrepit building, abandoned in 2015 and later put into mothballs, was welcomed by heritage advocates as an end to a political impasse. A...

Podcasts

Reporter's Notebook: Albertans Reject Separation, But .....

The votes are still being counted, but it's clear Albertans, in large numbers, favour remaining in Canada over a second referendum on separation. But on the nine other questions, it's also clear that many Albertans want change in how the country operates. Althia Raj and Rob Russo discuss how Ottawa is likely to respond to what some might argue is...

Alberta decides to stay in Canada

After a historic referendum, Albertans have voted to remain in Canada. When we recorded this episode, just over a third of the votes had been counted, and 76 per cent of them were in favour of staying. CBC Alberta reporter Jason Markusoff joins Jayme to break down what the result means for the future of the independence movement and for...

Putin Owns Trump -- Again

This could become a weekly series. Dr. Janice Stein again this week talks about how Russian leader Vladimir Putin somehow convinces Donald Trump to waive sanctions against his country. Allies are outraged, and so are, finally, some of Trump's Republican colleagues. We'll deal with that, plus what's behind the widespread riots in France.

Treason! In Alberta?

Author Patrick Lennox argues the case that the leaders of the separatist movement in Alberta are treasonous. Lennox writes that the "...enablers in the quasi-separatist United Conservative Party are engaged in treason against the Canadian people. They wear the obscuring masks of grievance, but behind those masks are the faces of traitors, a gaggle of hucksters, con men, and megalomaniacal...