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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for an “urgent meeting” of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics to investigate what he calls the “condo bailout” announced by the government earlier this month. In a letter to the committee chair obtained by CTV News, Poilievre accuses Prime Minister Mark Carney and his government of...
Canadian officials will meet their Mexican and American counterparts on July 1 for the first tri-lateral meeting to review the Canada-U.S.-Mexico (CUSMA) agreement, a spokesperson for Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic Leblanc confirmed. In a statement to CTV News, the spokesperson said Leblanc is looking forward to meeting with his U.S. and Mexican counterparts on July 1, “as prescribed in the...
In a Sunday morning letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for an emergency parliamentary debate to address the state of Canada’s economy. “You promised you would deliver the fastest-growing economy in the G7. You delivered the only recession in the G7,” wrote the Official Opposition leader. On Friday, a report from Statistics Canada showed...
Speaking to a room of progressive policy experts in Toronto Saturday, Prime Minister Mark Carney offered some insight into what Canada has offered up ahead of an official review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) this summer. “Canada remains open to deeper integration,” said Carney, whose government has so far signaled it is in no rush to negotiate a new deal...
News that China would remove tariffs on the Canadian agriculture sector if Canada drops its levies has prompted swift reaction, and now growing pressure for Ottawa to act. Chinese ambassador Wang Di made the comments in an exclusive interview with Vassy Kapelos on CTV’s Question Period on Sunday. “If the EV tariffs are removed, then China will also remove the...
Now defunct after being shut down twice, the Keystone XL pipeline is back in the spotlight after CTV News learned Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed the project during their meeting in Washington earlier this week.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is committing that Canada – along with other NATO allies – will invest five per cent of GDP on defence by 2035, a pledge that will mean billions more in spending per year. All 32 NATO members made the new commitment at the alliance’s annual leaders’ meeting in The Hague on Wednesday. The five per cent...
Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney would do the best job at negotiating with U.S. President Donald Trump, over Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and fellow leadership candidates Chrystia Freeland and Karina Gould, according to new polling from Nanos Research conducted for CTV News. When asked “Which of the following politicians would do the best job at negotiating with U.S. president Donald...
Two members of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet will be in Palm Beach, Fla., Friday to meet with members of Donald Trump's team. Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly and newly appointed Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc are making the trip south to further discussions with members of the future Trump administration, ahead of inauguration day on Jan. 20.
A historically difficult week for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal government ended with a renewed push from Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to topple this government – this time in the form a letter to the Governor General. In a Friday afternoon press conference, Poilievre told reporters he was writing to Gov. Gen. Mary Simon, “asking her to reconvene...
Canada will appoint a new Artic Ambassador and open two new consulates in the region to help deal with what it calls changing geopolitical dynamics in the Arctic, as part of its newly launched Arctic Foreign Policy. “Canada is at an inflection point in the Arctic,” said Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly, who launched the new policy alongside National Defence...