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First ministers' meeting planned for Jan. 29 in Ottawa, say sources. Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet with the premiers in Ottawa later this month, the start of a busy year where the mandatory review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico-Agreement (CUSMA) kicks into high gear. Carney will hold the first ministers' meeting on Jan. 29 and will host a dinner the night...
Concerns raised internally that ex-environment minister Steven Guilbeault could resign. With Prime Minister Mark Carney expected to lay out a path forward for an oil pipeline to northwest B.C. on Thursday, senior people around him have had to assuage skittish MPs and at least one cabinet minister about the virtues of the forthcoming "grand bargain" with Alberta. One dynamic at...
Crown prince was invited to last year's G7 summit, but did not attend. Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been invited to attend the upcoming Group of Seven (G7) summit in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, two government sources told CBC News. Bin Salman, known as MBS, is a powerful figure in the Middle East and his...
Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Sean Fraser is cancelling his plans to retire from politics and will announce today he will seek re-election in his Nova Scotia riding of Central Nova. CBC News first reported the news Tuesday morning and Fraser later confirmed it in an interview. "It's an opportunity to demonstrate to my kids that when there are...
PM asks minister to develop new options for official residence. As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepares to leave office, CBC News has learned that one of his final acts is an attempt to settle the problem of 24 Sussex Drive, the official — and long vacant — residence of Canada's prime minister. In a letter to Public Services and Procurement...
Oakville MP announced last month she would not run again. Transport Minister Anita Anand is set to reverse her decision to retire from politics and announce she will seek re-election if Mark Carney is the Liberal leader, CBC News has learned. Anand is set to make the announcement on Friday at an event with Carney, according to sources with knowledge...
A Liberal Party of Canada committee voted unanimously on Friday to disqualify former MP Ruby Dhalla from the race to be the next leader. Azam Ishmael, the party's national director, said in a statement that the Liberal leadership vote committee determined she made 10 violations, some involving the party's leadership and expense rules. "The decision followed an extensive process and...
The federal government is likely to reverse course on changes to the capital gains tax that were announced in the last federal budget, CBC News has learned. The Liberal government could delay implementing those changes, according to a high-level source.
Longtime Liberal organizer says Freeland also readying campaign. Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney is expected to formally announce his bid to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau late next week, a source close to his campaign told CBC News. The source, who spoke on the condition they not be named because they were not authorized to speak publicly, said...
PM asked to prorogue Parliament until March 24. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he plans to step down once the Liberal Party has chosen a successor, bringing his time leading the country to a tumultuous end. Trudeau, who became Liberal leader in 2013 and prime minister in the fall of 2015, announced his long-awaited decision outside his official residence, Rideau...
Caucus chair invites MPs to 'special caucus meeting' on Jan. 8. Liberal MPs will gather next week for a special national caucus meeting for the first time since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told them he would take the holidays to reflect on calls for him to step down as party leader. Liberal national caucus chair Brenda Shanahan called the meeting...
PM also has been working the phone, speaking to confidants about his own future. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will shuffle his cabinet Friday, multiple sources have told CBC News. He's got big gaps to fill on his front bench after a series of resignations in recent months, including Chrystia Freeland's bombshell departure earlier this week. While Trudeau is facing pressure...
Housing Minister Sean Fraser will announce on Monday that he will not seek re-election in his Nova Scotia riding and will leave the federal cabinet during the next shuffle, CBC News has learned. Sources say that cabinet shuffle could happen as soon as Wednesday.
Pressure is building on the prime minister and his office as a growing number of anxious Liberal MPs are coordinating efforts to force Justin Trudeau to step down as Liberal Party leader, multiple sources have told CBC News. Disgruntled Liberal MPs have held a series of meetings to discuss a path forward for the party since the surprising Toronto-St. Paul's...
The PM's caucus support hasn't cratered yet — but party sources say he has to prove he has a plan. The email from national caucus chair Brenda Shanahan rejecting calls for an early in-person Liberal caucus meeting landed in MP's inboxes around 5 p.m. on the fourth of July. Citing "scheduling logistics," Shanahan officially dismissed public demands from Liberal MPs...
After Conservatives breach Liberals' Toronto fortress, MPs fear few seats can be considered safe. A growing number of Liberal MPs say the national caucus needs to meet as soon as possible to discuss the fallout of this week's tough byelection loss in Toronto and that the gathering can't wait until the retreat scheduled for the end of the summer. One...
Google and the federal government have reached an agreement in their dispute over the Online News Act, sources tell Radio-Canada and CBC News. The agreement would see Canadian news continue to be shared on Google's platforms in return for the company making annual payments to news companies in the range of $100 million, a source with knowledge of the negotiations...