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This year's federal budget leaves unanswered a major accounting question on Ottawa's plans to meet its 2035 NATO spending commitments. The budget charts a path to meet alliance defence spending targets from now through to 2030 -- but the math stops there. Reaching the goal of spending five per cent of national GDP on defence by 2035 won't be cheap...
OTTAWA -- This year's federal budget leaves unanswered a major accounting question on Ottawa's plans to meet its 2035 NATO spending commitments.
OTTAWA -- Members of Parliament say they have all-party support to speed through a bill to grant wartime service recognition to veterans of modern conflicts like Afghanistan.
OTTAWA -- The Liberal government's push to diversify trade won't change direction now that Democrats are preparing to take control of both houses of Congress following Tuesday's midterm elections, Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Wednesday.
Former prime minister Stephen Harper says he offered Mark Carney, then the governor of the Bank of Canada, a role in his Conservative government in 2012 -- though not as finance minister. Not right away, at least. In his new book "Here for Canada: Memoirs of the 22nd Prime Minister," Harper says he told Carney the finance position was already...
OTTAWA -- Former prime minister Stephen Harper says he offered Mark Carney, then the governor of the Bank of Canada, a role in his Conservative government in 2012 -- though not as finance minister. Not right away, at least.
OTTAWA -- Only about half of the ammunition the military acquired for training and exercises was actually put to use, a federal audit examining National Defence's ammunition stocks has found.
OTTAWA -- A federal audit of National Defence's ammunition stocks found that only about half of the military's ammunition for training and exercises was actually used.
OTTAWA -- First Nations leaders sat down with Prime Minister Mark Carney and some of the country's premiers in Ottawa on Monday for what the national chief called a long overdue face-to-face meeting.
National Defence plans to install 47 sensor stations across the North starting as early as next summer to bolster Norad's surveillance and early warning abilities, according to recently published regulatory filings. The planned installations would start in Yukon near the Alaskan border and follow along the Arctic coast across the Northwest Territories, reaching as far out as Alert, Nunavut, the...
OTTAWA -- National Defence plans to install 47 sensor stations across the North starting as early as next summer to bolster Norad's surveillance and early warning abilities, according to recently published regulatory filings.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney is not ruling out giving Alberta more authority over immigration along the lines of a deal Ottawa signed with Quebec in the early 1990s.
Prime Minister Mark Carney did not rule out Wednesday giving Alberta more authority over immigration along the lines of a deal Ottawa signed with Quebec in the early 1990s. When reporters outside the weekly Liberal caucus meeting on Parliament Hill asked the prime minister if Ottawa could reach an agreement on immigration powers with Alberta similar to the one with...
The House of Commons held a moment of silence on Monday to honour the dead and wounded after a ferocious fire ripped through Canadian Forces Base Wainwright's training grounds in Alberta on Saturday. The main party leaders dropped their usual partisan tone as each expressed condolences to the deceased and concern for the injured. Prime Minister Mark Carney said members...
The House of Commons held a moment of silence today over a deadly fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright that left four Canadian soldiers dead and sent dozens to hospital with injuries.
A fire that quickly ripped through a Canadian Armed Forces training ground in Alberta on Saturday killed four soldiers and injured 39 more. Here is what is known about how it unfolded: -- Maj.-Gen. Wade Rutland, commander of the 1st Canadian Division, said 84 members of 3rd Battalion of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry were training with live munitions in...
A fire that quickly ripped through a Canadian Armed Forces training ground in Alberta on Saturday killed four soldiers and injured 39 more.
OTTAWA -- As drone-fuelled warfare rages on half a world away in Ukraine, the Canadian Army's program for rapidly acquiring basic drones is just ramping up.
Mark Carney thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for "his leadership toward securing an energy ceasefire" between Ukraine and Russia, the Prime Minister's Office said on Sunday. But on the same day, Carney also expressed to Ukraine's leader that Trump's new diesel supply agreement with Russia undermines Canada's efforts to end the war in Europe. Trump posted on his Truth Social...
OTTAWA -- Mark Carney thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for "his leadership toward securing an energy ceasefire" between Ukraine and Russia, the Prime Minister's Office said on Sunday.
Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday and criticized U.S. President Donald Trump's new diesel fuel supply agreement with Russia. The Prime Minister's Office said the two leaders discussed Trump's agreement with Russia, announced Friday, that secures the supply of millions of tonnes of diesel fuel to the United States. "The prime minister was clear...
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday and criticized U.S. President Donald Trump's new diesel fuel supply agreement with Russia.
OTTAWA -- The federal Liberal government introduced legislation on Tuesday to turn its Defence Investment Agency into a Crown corporation, overhauling its plans to streamline military equipment purchases and invest in the Canadian defence sector.
The federal Liberal government has tabled new legislation to turn its Defence Investment Agency into a Crown corporation -- a major revamp of the plan created just months ago. Bill C-40 will create an entity called the "Canadian Corporation for Defence Investment," which will report to a new associate minister of national defence dealing with procurement. The federal government says...
OTTAWA -- Canada's former top soldier says the country's "persistent myth" about being a nation of peacekeepers hasn't kept up with a changing world and it "needs to fade away."
The Liberal government has taken another step forward in talks with the Swedish defence company Saab as it considers acquiring its advanced radar planes for the Royal Canadian Air Force. Ottawa and Saab agreed on a non-binding term sheet that supports more detailed negotiations on a fleet of GlobalEye aircraft. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced at the CANSEC defence expo...
OTTAWA -- The Liberal government has taken another step forward in talks with the Swedish defence company Saab as it considers acquiring its advanced radar planes for the Royal Canadian Air Force.
OTTAWA -- As European countries warn of the emerging threat of Russian hybrid attacks on NATO members helping Ukraine, the Liberal government is watching what it says about potential new security risks.
OTTAWA -- Defence Minister David McGuinty says he's taking a "cautious" approach to drawing conclusions from available intelligence as European leaders warn Moscow may be preparing new hybrid attacks on NATO members.
NATO chiefs of defence have elected German Gen. Carsten Breuer as the next chair of the alliance's military committee, over Canada's top military commander. Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jennie Carignan ran against Breuer for the top NATO position. NATO chiefs of defence met in Copenhagen, Denmark, Saturday to choose the next chair. It's a prestige posting but it...
A proposed new European security forum would include Canada, Britain and Ukraine as partners -- but defence experts here say it's not clear what the council, or Ottawa's involvement, ultimately would look like. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen laid out a sales pitch for a new European Security Council in a speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg...
OTTAWA -- A proposed new European security forum would include Canada, Britain and Ukraine as partners -- but defence experts here say it's not clear what the council, or Ottawa's involvement, ultimately would look like.
GATINEAU -- The Royal Canadian Air Force welcomed on Thursday the first two of its new trainer aircraft, the CT-157 Siskin II -- the same planes that will replace the old Tutor jets flown by the Snowbirds aerial demonstration team.
The head of the Forever Canadian group campaigning for Alberta to remain in the federation said Friday Prime Minister Mark Carney has been a "calm" and "reassuring" presence for Albertans. Thomas Lukaszuk, a former deputy premier of Alberta, said Carney is showing "there is someone at the helm" by standing up for Canadians in trade negotiations with the White House...
Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc says that while Canada isn't currently in official trade negotiations with the U.S., officials on both sides are still talking. LeBlanc is in Banff, Alta, for the two-day Liberal cabinet retreat, where the ongoing trade war with the United States is a key topic. He says he has no meetings in Washington scheduled but he...
Conversations between Canadian and American officials have not stopped, even if no formal trade talks are currently scheduled, Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Friday.
As President Donald Trump's trade war intensifies and Alberta barrels toward a separation referendum on Oct. 19, Prime Minister Carney's cabinet gathered for two days of closed-door meetings set against a crisp alpine backdrop in the resort town of Banff. Carney arrived on Thursday to face questions on how he will respond to the latest barrage of trade hostility from...
BANFF -- As President Donald Trump's trade war intensifies and Alberta barrels toward a separation referendum on Oct. 19, Prime Minister Carney's cabinet gathered for two days of closed-door meetings set against a crisp alpine backdrop in the resort town of Banff.
As President Donald Trump's trade war intensifies, Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet is gathering for two days of closed-door meetings in the mountain resort town of Banff, Alta.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is gathering his cabinet today and Friday in the mountain resort town of Banff, Alta., for closed-door meetings as President Donald Trump's trade war intensifies. Trump lashed out again Tuesday by signing executive orders to ban certain Canadian imports later this month, including alcohol, motorcycles and dairy products. The latest tit-for-tat comes after Ottawa levied tens...
OTTAWA -- A quarter of a century ago, the terror attacks of Sept. 9, 2001 forced Canadians to quickly wake up to a world that had changed overnight -- and to confront a new war which would change everything for Canada's military.
OTTAWA -- Google Maps has updated to display "Lake America" for users located in the United States, after President Donald Trump signed an executive order this week to rename the Great Lake.
Google Maps has updated to display "Lake America" for users located in the United States, after President Donald Trump signed an executive order this week to rename the Great Lake. Users in Canada will still see it displayed as Lake Ontario on Google Maps, though the search engine will pull up Lake America as a result if users enter that...
OTTAWA -- Google Maps has updated to display "Lake America" when people in the United States search for the term.
The Liberal government roiled fears in Canada's fisheries industry this week about further escalation in the ongoing trade war, when Ottawa put U.S. fish and seafood imports in its tariff crosshairs. So when the government turned around and ditched its planned seafood tariffs just a day after announcing them, the industry reacted with relief -- even if Canada-U.S. trade isn't...
OTTAWA -- The Liberal government roiled fears in Canada's fisheries industry this week about further escalation in the ongoing trade war, when Ottawa put U.S. fish and seafood imports in its tariff crosshairs.
OTTAWA -- Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is defending his government's quick backtracking on retaliatory tariffs against seafood and fish imports from the United States.
OTTAWA -- The federal government has put out a small shopping list for new drones for the Canadian Army.
OTTAWA -- The last time TKMS CEO Oliver Burkhard stepped onto a flight to Canada, he wasn't sure if he was about to win a multi-billion dollar contract, or leave the country empty handed.
OTTAWA -- The head of the German company chosen as the preferred bidder for Canada's next fleet of submarines says he envisions partnering with other European shipyards to speed up production on future orders.
OTTAWA -- The head of the German company chosen as the preferred bidder for Canada's next fleet of submarines says he could speed up the proposed delivery schedule by partnering with other European shipyards.
Canada's "drone general" says the military knows it must "accelerate the adoption" of uncrewed systems and change how it interacts with industry as it looks to adopt fleets of low-cost drones and the technology to counter them. Lt.-Gen. Darcy Molstad, commander of the Canadian Joint Forces Command, told The Canadian Press on Tuesday the Ukraine war has demonstrated how drones...
OTTAWA -- Canada's "drone general" says the military knows it must "accelerate the adoption" of uncrewed systems and change how it interacts with industry as it looks to adopt fleets of low-cost drones and the technology to counter them.
The Canadian Armed Forces is holding an event today with Canadian drone manufacturers to test their platforms in real-world scenarios. The event, called the RED COBALT Uncrewed Systems Accelerator, is being held at a NATO test centre in the Ottawa Valley set up for testing cutting-edge technologies. The federal government is looking to quickly adopt more drones as the technology...
OTTAWA -- The Canadian Armed Forces is holding an event today with Canadian drone manufacturers to test their platforms in real-world scenarios.
OTTAWA -- The federal government said Friday it is selling 10 of its used CC-130H Hercules aircraft to B.C.-based aerospace company Coulson Aviation, which will convert them into firefighting aircraft.
The federal government said Friday it is selling 10 of its used CC-130H Hercules aircraft to B.C.-based aerospace company Coulson Aviation, which will convert them into firefighting aircraft. They're part of a fleet of 12 retired by the Royal Canadian Air Force back in January. The remaining two Hercs will be put on public display at bases and museums. Secretary...
OTTAWA -- The federal government says it will sell 10 of its used C-130 Hercules aircraft to B.C.-based aerospace company Coulson Aviation, which will convert them into firefighting aircraft.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Thursday that Prime Minister Mark Carney "has a lot of explaining to do" about how the government "failed" to screen a Canadian intern at NATO's Belgium headquarters who was arrested recently on espionage charges. "How is it that this individual was not captured in the vetting process originally, but that other countries and governments were...
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal party says it has chosen career lawyer Jessica Cardill as the party's new national director, filling a crucial backroom post that oversees daily operations and ensures the party is prepared for elections.