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Ottawa is drawing inspiration from the North American Free Trade Agreement as it works to develop a new alliance with the European Union, Industry Minister Melanie Joly says. Joly told The Canadian Press that Canada's trade agreement with the United States and Mexico fostered industrial integration that has worked effectively in North America for decades. The minister said the accord...
MONTREAL -- Ottawa is drawing inspiration from the North American Free Trade Agreement as it works to develop a new alliance with the European Union, Industry Minister Melanie Joly says.
The European Union is working more closely with Canada on creating, stockpiling and researching vaccines as the United States pulls back, says a senior official from Brussels. "Our production, research and development capabilities, and how we communicate about our existing (vaccine) stock, are extremely sensitive matters," European Crisis Management Commissioner Hadja Lahbib said in a French-language interview Monday in Ottawa...
Negotiations toward a new transatlantic pact between Canada and the European Union don't include discussions for a full-scale free labour movement, but something more focused, Canada's EU ambassador said ahead of the Canada-EU summit later this week in Montreal. Canada and the EU are expected to use the summit to announce a new agreement that could touch on a number...
Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet is warning against a potential "Trojan horse" scenario that could arise from Prime Minister Mark Carney's promised rapprochement with Europe. "There will be something included as part of a package of measures that could prove useful, but it must not be a Trojan horse hiding the export of gas and oil," Blanchet told reporters north...
OTTAWA -- Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet is warning against a potential "Trojan horse" scenario that could arise from Prime Minister Mark Carney's promised rapprochement with Europe.
Bloc Quebecois MPs will gather near Ottawa to prepare for the return of Parliament, with the impact of the Canada-U.S. trade dispute expected to loom large over their discussions. The caucus will meet in Cantley, Que., in the Outaouais region, in Quebec, less than 20 kilometres from Parliament Hill, before MPs return to the House of Commons on Monday. Throughout...
OTTAWA -- Bloc Quebecois MPs will gather near Ottawa to prepare for the return of Parliament, with the impact of the Canada-U.S. trade dispute expected to loom large over their discussions.
Newly elected Liberal MP Daniel Gobeil says his experience as a dairy farmer and agricultural leader will help him be a voice in Ottawa for a Quebec region on the front lines of the Canada-U.S. trade war. The former president of Quebec's dairy producers says he may already have contributed to Canada's approach to the Trump administration, even before voters...
OTTAWA -- Newly elected Liberal MP Daniel Gobeil says his experience as a dairy farmer and agricultural leader will help him be a voice in Ottawa for a Quebec region on the front lines of the Canada-U.S. trade war.
Liberal Daniel Gobeil has won the federal byelection in the Quebec riding of Chicoutimi--Le Fjord, flipping a Conservative-held seat and adding to Prime Minister Mark Carney's narrow majority in the House of Commons. With nearly all polls reporting late Monday, Gobeil had more than 50 per cent of the vote, well ahead of the Bloc Quebecois candidate Caroline Dube, who...
LA BAIE -- Liberal Daniel Gobeil has won the federal byelection in the Quebec riding of Chicoutimi--Le Fjord, flipping a Conservative-held seat and adding to Prime Minister Mark Carney's narrow majority in the House of Commons.
SAGUENAY -- Liberal Daniel Gobeil has won the federal byelection in Chicoutimi--Le Fjord, taking a Quebec seat that had been held by the Conservatives since 2018.
Voters in the Quebec riding of Chicoutimi-Le Fjord have elected Liberal candidate Daniel Gobeil in a federal byelection. Gobeil will replace Conservative Richard Martel, who accepted a Senate appointment from Prime Minister Mark Carney. Martel had represented the Saguenay-area riding since 2018.
SAGUENAY -- Voters in the Quebec riding of Chicoutimi-Le Fjord have elected Liberal candidate Daniel Gobeil in a federal byelection.
Voters in the Quebec riding of Chicoutimi--Le Fjord are heading to the polls to choose who will succeed Richard Martel as their representative in the House of Commons. Martel, a Conservative MP who had represented the Saguenay-area riding since 2018, left his seat in the House of Commons after accepting an appointment to the Senate from Prime Minister Mark Carney...
SAGUENAY -- Voters in the Quebec riding of Chicoutimi--Le Fjord are heading to the polls to choose who will succeed Richard Martel as their representative in the House of Commons.
OTTAWA -- Lawyers and organizations working on environmental issues and migrants' rights are concerned about changes to the Access to Information Act proposed by Prime Minister Mark Carney's government.
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada’s tone toward the United States is already “quite firm” and insisted trade negotiations with Washington remain “constructive” as an Aug. 19 deadline for new U.S. tariffs draws near. U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to impose new 50 per cent tariffs on a wide range of Canadian imports beginning Aug. 19. “We have time...
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada’s tone toward the United States is already “quite firm” and insisted trade negotiations with Washington remain “constructive” as an Aug. 19 deadline for new U.S. tariffs draws near.
Days after the Trump administration decided to require annual reviews of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement instead of renewing it in its current form until 2042, the Canadian government says significant uncertainty remains over the next steps in trade negotiations. "We don't have any more predictability about the annual review process because this is somewhat uncharted territory. It's not typical for...
OTTAWA -- Days after the Trump administration decided to require annual reviews of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement instead of renewing it in its current form until 2042, the Canadian government says significant uncertainty remains over the next steps in trade negotiations.
The Conservatives are calling on the Liberal government to "reject" the CRTC's recent decision tripling streamers' financial contributions. The broadcast regulator said last week large online streaming services must contribute 15 per cent of their Canadian revenues to Canadian content. Conservative MP Rachael Thomas put forward a motion in the House of Commons today calling on cabinet to use its...
The minister in charge of Canada-U.S. trade says he has no reason to believe the Trump administration is preparing to tear up the free trade agreement with Canada and Mexico, even though the U.S. president and some of his associates have suggested they may consider withdrawing from the pact. “We believe, based on our conversations with the Americans, that for...
Ottawa -- The minister in charge of Canada-U.S. trade says he has no reason to believe the Trump administration is preparing to tear up the free trade agreement with Canada and Mexico, even though the U.S. president and some of his associates have suggested they may consider withdrawing from the pact.
Some Liberal MPs are reluctant to see their government lower its greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for 2030 and 2035, as Prime Minister Mark Carney stays quiet on whether Canada is still committed to meeting its climate goals. Carney and several of his ministers have created uncertainty in recent days by refusing to clearly reaffirm these early targets, which are...
EDMONTON -- Some Liberal MPs are reluctant to see their government lower its greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for 2030 and 2035, as Prime Minister Mark Carney stays quiet on whether Canada is still committed to meeting its climate goals.
Two former Indigenous leaders on both sides of the debate over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion say the federal government can't ignore First Nations on future infrastructure projects it seeks to approve. Their comments come as Prime Minister Mark Carney aims to fast-track major projects, such as pipelines and mines, through his government's newly adopted "Building Canada Act." Following years...
OTTAWA -- Two former Indigenous leaders on both sides of the debate over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion say the federal government can't ignore First Nations on future infrastructure projects it seeks to approve.
OTTAWA -- The Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs says it's time for Ottawa to stop studying the idea of a national forest fire co-ordination agency and take action.
Liberal members of Parliament are publicly calling on the Canadian government to follow France's lead in recognizing Palestine as a state. Toronto-area MP Salma Zahid said on a social media post that Canada must join France in announcing its recognition of a state for the Palestinian people
OTTAWA -- Liberal members of Parliament are publicly calling on the Canadian government to follow France's lead in recognizing Palestine as a state.
OTTAWA -- The federal government says it has appointed a new "chief adviser" on combating human trafficking.
OTTAWA -- Many of the 300,000 Ukrainians who have come to Canada on three-year emergency visas since 2022 face an uncertain future as their temporary resident permits come closer to expiring, the Ukrainian Canadian Congress warned Wednesday.
OTTAWA -- The Ukrainian Canadian Congress is warning that many of the 300,000 Ukrainians who arrived in Canada under three-year emergency visas face an uncertain future because their temporary residencies are about to expire.
OTTAWA -- Jonathan Pedneault says he intends to return as co-leader of the Green Party of Canada.
Justin Trudeau's Liberals haven't prepared enough for the next federal election, Public Services Minister Jean-Yves Duclos acknowledged in an interview this week in which he sidestepped questions about the prime minister's future. The party must do more to make Canadians understand the difference between the potential election of Pierre Poilievre and his Conservative party, and the continuity of the Liberals...