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After a private meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she is more confident that an energy memorandum of understanding (MOU) will soon be finalized. Smith and Carney met in Ottawa on Friday morning ahead of the premier’s keynote address to the 2026 Canada Strong and Free Networking Conference. Going into that meeting, Smith told the...
U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra has cancelled a planned speaking engagement in Ottawa. Just over one hour before Hoekstra was scheduled to be a featured speaker at the 2026 Canada Strong and Free Networking Conference in Ottawa, organizers announced the ambassador’s fireside chat had been cancelled. “Today’s programming has been adjusted as Ambassador Hoekstra was called to D.C. for urgent meetings,”...
Canada’s new ambassador to the United States says Canada is ready, willing and able to start the CUSMA review with partners in Mexico and the U.S. In his first address to parliamentarians, Mark Wiseman told members of the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee that Canada is willing to start the formal review process and reduce uncertainty. Wiseman said Canada...
The Liberals’ newest MPs were given a standing ovation as they each took to the stage at their party’s policy convention, but in the hallways some delegates quietly wondered whether the liberal umbrella is getting too big. Former Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu was the first to address delegates. In her opening remarks Thursday, the Sarnia MP said the prime minister...
Less than an hour outside downtown Montreal, election signs with the faces of Bloc and Liberal candidates running in Terrebonne are displayed everywhere, including on lawns, storefronts and even lamp posts. The Liberals are throwing everything they can behind the traditional Bloc riding they won by a single vote in the 2025 federal election. That decision was ultimately overturned by...
Thousands of Liberals are arriving in Montreal for their annual convention with a spring in their step following news of a fifth-floor crosser in just over five months. The 2026 Montreal convention was advertised as an opportunity to chart the party’s course. Liberal strategists expect the three-day convention will focus less on policy and more on building momentum ahead of...
The Bank of Canada held its principal interest rate at 2.25 per cent Wednesday, but warned rising oil and natural prices caused by the war in Iran will push up inflation in the short term. In its latest monetary policy decision, Canada’s top bankers painted a picture of a weaker-than-expected economy that is facing new levels of uncertainty because of...
One day before Prime Minister Mark Carney departs for India, federal officials appear to be downplaying the ongoing threat of foreign interference and transnational repression from India. Speaking to reporters on background during a technical briefing, senior government officials said Carney would probably not be travelling to India if the Canadian government believed India was actively interfering in the Canadian...
Prime Minister Mark Carney intends to deepen defence ties and attract new business investment when he travels to Germany this week, according to government officials. Carney will depart for the Munich Security Conference on Wednesday, becoming the first Canadian prime minister to attend the conference since Justin Trudeau in 2020. More than 60 heads of state and government leaders are...
Prime Minister Mark Carney will accept an invitation from Donald Trump to join the U.S. president’s “Board of Peace,” a U.S.-led effort in planning the future reconstruction of Gaza, CTV News has learned. Speaking on background before departing China on Friday, a senior Canadian government official told reporters the request came earlier in the day. Carney will accept, but has...
Canada’s housing minister is pushing back against a new report by the parliamentary budget officer, which projects Ottawa’s new housing agency will add 26,000 units to the housing supply. “I’ve got to go into detail, look at their numbers, but I think that’s just based on the raw number,” said Housing Minister Gregor Robertson. “It’s not based on attracting a...
Canada’s industry minister is denying rumours she is considering leaving politics to become Canada’s ambassador to France. Speaking from Tokyo, Melanie Joly told reporters Tuesday that she is not interested in the position. “Absolutely not,” Joly said when asked about her interest in the role. “I’m focused on my job right now, which is to be the minister of industry...
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...
Three critical mineral extraction projects, a nickel mine in Ontario and a transmission line on the northern B.C. coast are among the new initiatives added to the growing list of projects referred to the Major Projects Office. Prime Minister Mark Carney says the “transformational” projects announced Thursday in northern B.C. represent more than $56 billion in new investment and will...
Canada’s top banker says he’s hopeful the new Liberal budget will encourage business investment and stimulate the economy. “I think there is a significant change in this budget,” Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem told senators on the Senate Committee on Banking, Commerce and the Economy on Thursday. “The government is very clearly reducing their operating expenditures, putting more of...
The Canadian Armed Forces has apologized for its role in the racial discrimination and harassment current and former members faced while on the job. On a dark and dreary day, Chief of the Defence Staff General Jennie Carignan told a crowd of military members and veterans that the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) failed its people. “I apologize to every CAF...
Labour Minister Steven Mackinnon is calling upon CN Rail, the Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference to “do the hard work necessary” to prevent a potential railway stoppage on Thursday that could have an economic impact worth billions of dollars. In a new statement on Monday, Mackinnon gave no indication the federal government would be...
The Bank of Canada has decreased its policy interest rate for the second consecutive time and signalled more cuts are coming if inflation continues to ease. The 25 basis points reduction brings the overnight rate to 4.5 per cent, returning to levels not seen since June 2023. Last month’s cut from 5 per cent to 4.75 per cent was the...
Less than one year after federal Liberals announced a new dental care program to mixed reviews, the government is making changes in hopes to get more providers on board. Since its launch, the federal government says the Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP) has seen 11,800 dental care providers sign up with Sun Life Financial to officially take part. To grow...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has concerns with how conclusions were gathered in a spy watchdog report. Speaking after the conclusion of the G7 summit in Italy, Trudeau told reporters that he has concerns with the way the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians came to its conclusions that some parliamentarians were “semi-witting or witting” participants in efforts...