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OTTAWA -- The federal government says it will purchase six Global 6500 jets to replace the Royal Canadian Air Force's remaining Challenger aircraft, which are used to shuttle around VIPs like the prime minister and Governor General.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is pushing back on the suggestion that the U.S. may be considering pulling out of North America's trilateral free-trade pact. When The Canadian Press asked the prime minister if he was open to separate bilateral trade pacts if the U.S. withdraws, Carney replied, "That's not what they're saying." U.S. Trade Representative Jamison Greer said in a...
Ottawa -- Prime Minister Mark Carney pushed back Thursday against the suggestion the U.S. is considering pulling out of North America's free-trade pact.
OTTAWA -- U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra is downplaying concerns America's new national security strategy could lead to his government supporting political movements in Canada.
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra is downplaying concerns that America's new national security strategy could lead to his government supporting politically aligned parties in Canada. While Hoekstra says he doesn't see the U.S. getting involved in domestic politics, he accuses Ontario of doing just that by running an ad on American TV networks quoting the late Ronald Reagan attacking...
OTTAWA -- Ottawa has signed a new strategic partnership with the Canadian firms Telesat and MDA Space to develop military satellite communications for the Canadian Armed Forces in the Arctic.
OTTAWA -- Ottawa has signed a new strategic partnership with the Canadian firms Telesat and MDA Space to develop military satellite communications for the Canadian Armed Forces in the Arctic.
The federal government is partnering with the city of Ottawa to put $400 million to help build up to 3,000 affordable homes in the capital, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday. The city will speed up the construction of homes by waiving development charges, permit fees and property taxes, Carney told a crowd of businesspeople at a regular breakfast event...
The federal government has disclosed the first eight projects to be managed by the new Defence Investment Agency. The large military procurements include Canada's next fleet of submarines, Arctic over-the-horizon radar, and a fleet of early warning-and-control surveillance aircraft. The other projects include in-service support and software upgrades for the CC-130J Hercules transport aircraft, and satellite communications procurements -- but...
OTTAWA -- The federal government has disclosed the first eight projects to be managed by the new Defence Investment Agency.
OTTAWA -- NDP MP Jenny Kwan is dismissing an internal Liberal caucus document as a "fearmongering" attempt to dissuade government MPs from supporting her bill to tighten oversight of defence-related exports.
A leaked briefing document prepared for the federal Liberal caucus claims that a bill put forward by NDP MP Jenny Kwan would "decimate" Canada's defence industry and "dismantle" defence sector trade with the U.S. The briefing document, obtained by The Canadian Press, arms Liberal MPs with blunt talking points that call the legislation "misguided" and say it would introduce new...
OTTAWA -- NDP MP Jenny Kwan is dismissing an internal Liberal caucus document as a "fearmongering" attempt to dissuade government MPs from supporting her bill to tighten oversight of defence-related exports.
Critics are questioning the solidity of Saab's pitch to deliver 10,000 jobs in Canada if it decides to set up shop here to assemble Gripen fighter jets. The Swedish company has said little about how it came to that number, making it hard to evaluate the offer. Saab spokesperson Jenny Gerdes said the estimate reflects the "scale of work" the...
OTTAWA -- Critics are questioning the solidity of Saab's pitch to deliver 10,000 jobs in Canada if it decides to set up shop here to assemble Gripen fighter jets.
The armoured vehicles U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is purchasing from Canadian defence firm Roshel fall under Buy American provisions, the law enforcement agency said Thursday. The department's media relations team said in an emailed statement that the "production of the Roshel Senator emergency response vehicle originates in the United States." Despite numerous requests, the ICE agency did not provide...
OTTAWA -- The armoured vehicles U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is purchasing from Canadian defence firm Roshel fall under Buy American provisions, the law enforcement agency said Thursday.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says the vehicles it is purchasing from Canadian defence firm Roshel fall under Buy American provisions.
OTTAWA -- Anti-armament advocates say Canadian firms shouldn't be supplying armoured military vehicles to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or any other organizations with sketchy human rights records.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earmarked millions of dollars for a bulk order for 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian defence manufacturer Roshel that are built to resist bullets and bomb blasts. U.S. government procurement records show the department laying out plans for a rush order worth the equivalent of about C$10 million for 20 Senator STANG emergency response tactical vehicles...
Ottawa -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earmarked millions of dollars for a bulk order for 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian defence manufacturer Roshel that are built to resist bullets and bomb blasts.
OTTAWA -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has earmarked millions of dollars for a bulk order for 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian defence manufacturer Roshel that are built to resist bullets and bomb blasts.
OTTAWA -- Canada maintains a low level of civilian oversight of the military due to Parliament's rigid party discipline, according to a new book that compares it with fourteen other democracies.
Ontario's Economic Development Minister Vic Fedeli knows he has to hustle to secure job-creating developments with defence industry ties for his province -- now that Ottawa is poised to move quickly on major military purchases. With the navy looking to place a rush order for submarines and the Swedish defence firm Saab dangling the prospect of assembling fighter jets in...
OTTAWA -- Members of the federal Liberal caucus maintained Friday that their party remains united in the wake of Steven Guilbeault's resignation from cabinet — but NDP MPs say they see signs that B.C. Liberal MPs are under political pressure.
OTTAWA -- Ontario's Economic Development Minister Vic Fedeli knows he has to hustle to secure job-creating developments with defence industry ties for his province -- now that Ottawa is poised to move quickly on major military purchases.
OTTAWA -- Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault has resigned from Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet to protest Ottawa signing an agreement with Alberta on a proposed new pipeline.
As the international competition for Canada's lucrative submarine contract heats up, a Norwegian defence company is trying to sell Ottawa on its "alignment" with an Arctic near-neighbour. Kongsberg is supporting Germany's ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, or TKMS, in its bid to win what would be a multi-billion dollar contract to build Canada a new fleet of submarines capable of patrolling under...
OTTAWA -- As the international competition for Canada's lucrative submarine contract heats up, a Norwegian defence company is trying to sell Ottawa on its "alignment" with an Arctic near-neighbour.
Saab CEO Micael Johansson says his company's plan to set up shop in Canada to build fighter jets will depend largely on whether Ottawa buys its Gripen aircraft. Johansson tells The Canadian Press it "doesn't really make sense" to build the aircraft in a country that isn't buying the jets, which are designed to be continuously upgraded as technology evolves.
International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu said he's witnessed a sea change in interest for Canadian exports headed outside the United States amid the ongoing tariff war with the U.S. Sidhu told The Canadian Press that in more than a decade working in the private sector as a customs broker, the focus for private firms was always getting goods into the...
OTTAWA -- International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu said he's witnessed a sea change in interest for Canadian exports headed outside the United States amid the ongoing tariff war with the U.S.
OTTAWA -- Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland will move to Oxford, England, to take on a new position next summer administering the Rhodes Trust, the educational charity says.
OTTAWA -- The Liberal government believes Canada was short changed on industrial benefits out of its contract to purchase American-made F-35 stealth fighter jets, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said Tuesday.
Industry Minister Melanie Joly says the Liberal government believes Canada "didn't get enough" industrial benefits out of its contract for American-made F-35 stealth fighter jets. Talking to reporters on Parliament Hill today, Joly said the government needs "more jobs created out of the F-35 contract."
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney's government has narrowly survived a crucial budget vote -- one that could have sent Canadians to the polls this winter but instead propped up the minority Liberal government.
Prime Minister Mark Carney's government has narrowly survived a crucial budget vote -- one that could have sent Canadians to the polls this winter but instead propped up the minority Liberal government. Members of Parliament ended weeks of drama and speculation about the Carney government's fate by voting 170 to 168 on a confidence motion that expressed support for the...
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney's government has narrowly survived a crucial budget vote -- one that could have sent Canadians to the polls this winter but instead propped up the minority Liberal government.
Members of Parliament will vote Monday evening on Prime Minister Mark Carney's first budget -- a critical vote that could determine whether Canadians go back to the polls less than a year after the last election. The critical budget vote, expected around 6:45 p.m. ET, is a vote of confidence in the minority Liberal government. The Liberals need the votes...
The Swedish royal family is paying a rare, three-day state visit to Canada this week, bringing with them a delegation of top government ministers and representatives from dozens of Swedish companies. King Carl XVI Gustaf -- Sweden's longest reigning monarch -- and Queen Silvia are in Ottawa and Montreal Tuesday through Thursday. It's their first trip to Canada since 2006...
OTTAWA -- The Swedish royal family is paying a rare, three-day state visit to Canada this week, bringing with them a delegation of top government ministers and representatives from dozens of Swedish companies.
OTTAWA -- Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee says he wants "no changes" to the design of the submarines Canada ends up buying, due to the highly complex nature of the vessels.
A senior government official says the market is picking up on signals Ottawa is sending about rebuilding the military. Stefanie Beck, deputy minister of National Defence, says she's "never had so many banks" and pension plans come to see her. Beck made the comments to an industry crowd gathered in Ottawa today for a Canadian Global Affairs Institute procurement conference.
OTTAWA -- Financial markets have picked up on the signals Ottawa is sending about rebuilding the military, a senior government official said Wednesday.
OTTAWA -- Eight decades on from the end of the deadliest military conflict in history, Canadians paused for Remembrance Day ceremonies Tuesday to honour those who put their lives on the line for their country.
OTTAWA -- Canadians paused to remember the military members who put their lives on the line to serve their country as Remembrance Day ceremonies got underway Tuesday morning from coast to coast.
Canadians paused to remember the military members who put their lives on the line to serve their country as Remembrance Day ceremonies got underway Tuesday morning from coast to coast. Family members of the war dead staked out spots hours in advance in the nation's snowy capital, braving chilly weather to get a good view of the ceremony at the...
Ottawa -- Canadians paused to remember the military members who put their lives on the line to serve their country as Remembrance Day ceremonies got underway Tuesday morning from coast to coast.
Eighty years after the end of the deadliest conflict in history, the number of living Second World War veterans has dwindled to a few thousand. Veterans Affairs Canada said it estimates that as of this year, there are 3,691 surviving Canadian veterans -- 667 women and 3,024 men. Veterans Affairs also believes the number of living veterans from the Korean...
OTTAWA -- Eighty years after the end of the deadliest conflict in history, the number of living Second World War veterans has dwindled to a few thousand.
Prime Minister Mark Carney came close to telling a Bay Street audience today that he will secure a new pipeline for Alberta, offering his strongest endorsement yet of the idea. During an address to the Canadian Club Toronto this afternoon Carney told the audience not worry because "we're on the pipeline stuff" without offering any details.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney came close to telling a Bay Street audience Friday that he will secure a new pipeline for Alberta, offering his strongest endorsement of the idea yet.
OTTAWA -- An elections watchdog fined Nova Scotia Liberal MP Jaime Battiste and his financial agent $600 each for a series of elections law violations -- including a donation of funds to Battiste's own campaign that went almost $1,500 over the limit.
The Commissioner of Canada Elections says it fined Nova Scotia Liberal MP Jaime Battiste $600 for a series of elections law violations -- including his donation of funds to his own campaign that went almost $1,500 over the legal limit. Battiste, who currently serves as parliamentary secretary to the minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, sought the party leadership earlier this year...
OTTAWA -- An elections watchdog fined Nova Scotia Liberal MP Jaime Battiste and his financial agent $600 each for a series of elections law violations -- including a donation of funds to Battiste's own campaign that went almost $1,500 over the limit.
OTTAWA -- The federal government unveiled plans Tuesday to shell out $73 billion for national defence by the end of the decade -- a staggering sum as Canada positions itself to meet aggressive NATO spending commitments.
As Prime Minister Mark Carney looks to sell Canadians on his first-ever budget -- one that he's billed as containing both once-in-a generation capital spending projects and austerity measures -- Liberals say he picked the right salesperson for the job. Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne takes the spotlight Tuesday to present the Carney government's first fiscal blueprint -- a document delayed...
OTTAWA -- As Prime Minister Mark Carney looks to sell Canadians on his first-ever budget -- one that he's billed as containing both once-in-a generation capital spending projects and austerity measures -- Liberals say he picked the right salesperson for the job.
OTTAWA -- Fresh political fundraising data shows partisan donors closed their wallets over the summer months after shelling out to fill party war chests for the spring election.
OTTAWA -- The head of Canada's military formally apologized Thursday to the Canadian Armed Forces for the service's history of racist discrimination and vowed to improve the situation for racialized CAF members.