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Hyundai Motor Co. has proposed building hydrogen fuel-cell infrastructure in Canada as part of South Korea’s bid for a contract to build a new submarine fleet, according to an executive at Hanwha Ocean Co. Hanwha Defence Canada Chief Executive Officer Glenn Copeland said Hyundai briefed Canadian officials during their recent visit to Korea, presenting early plans for three or four...
Canada’s Arctic is one of the most exposed places on the planet, where communications routinely fail — satellites fade, cellular networks vanish, hardware freezes. Those problems led Ottawa-based Dominion Dynamics to build AuraNet, a software layer tied to rugged sensors that can push high-definition video, photos and audio through the frontier’s dead zones, allowing military commanders to swiftly assess threats...
Canada is considering changes to its ban on foreign home buyers starting in 2027, its housing minister said, as the government looks for ways to increase the supply of affordable places to live.
Canada is unlikely to object to US government investments in two Vancouver-based mining companies, Energy Minister Tim Hodgson said, describing the deals as “capitalism in action.” The Trump administration announced last week that it would take a 10% stake in Trilogy Metals Inc. as part of a $35.6 million investment to boost critical minerals projects in Alaska. The US also...
Industry Minister Melanie Joly says Canada can do more to counter foreign steel dumping, as US tariffs batter the Canadian sector and make it vulnerable to being flooded by cheap imports from overseas. Industry Minister Melanie Joly says Canada can do more to counter foreign steel dumping, as US tariffs batter the Canadian sector and make it vulnerable to being...
Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to plunge Canada into an election campaign on Sunday, as US President Donald Trump’s trade war sharpens the focus on fixing long-standing problems that have hindered the Canadian economy.
A defiant Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, all smiles at an end-of-year holiday party for lawmakers, tried to downplay the most serious challenge yet facing his leadership. “Like most families, sometimes we have fights around the holidays,” Trudeau told a gathering for his Liberal Party’s 153 elected members and their staff in Ottawa on Tuesday. “But of course, like most families...
Just five days ago, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly was convinced a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah was near. Then Israeli forces killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, and Iran vowed revenge. Now it’s crucial for Group of Seven leaders to crank up the pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the escalation of violence before the Middle East...
High salaries, top-notch schools, beautiful scenery and low crime: the promise of a better life attracted over a million newcomers to Canada last year. But as idyllic as it may seem, a post-pandemic migration surge is revealing a dirty underbelly of the immigration system.
Indian and Canadian intelligence officials have met multiple times to exchange information as more arrests come to light that may point to a previously unknown plot to kill a Sikh activist on North American soil. Five men were arrested on firearms charges on Nov. 3, 2023, near Brampton, Ontario, a day before the son of a prominent member of the...
Canada has done a detailed mapping of what it says are covert Chinese police operations within its borders and wants to explore a response with Group of Seven allies to a challenge faced by several nations. The issue of Beijing allegedly setting up unofficial “police stations” in Western democracies — to monitor and intimidate members of the Chinese diaspora —...
More Canadians have a negative view of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s planned capital-gains tax hike than a positive one, while most lack confidence that housing will become affordable in five years, according to a new poll. The survey by Nanos Research Group for Bloomberg News found that 45% believe the tax changes will lead to decreased investments and innovation, which...
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s upcoming budget has some in Canada’s business community concerned there will be tax increases to offset new government spending. Freeland and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will almost certainly bring in a package of tools to boost housing supply in the April 16 budget, according to people familiar with the government’s plans, and may commit additional spending...
Canada is looking to restore ties with President Nicolás Maduro’s socialist government in Venezuela, falling in line with other allies after a push to install a rival leader collapsed. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has long opposed Maduro’s regime, sanctioning the president in 2017 before many other Group of Seven peers. Canada enthusiastically backed the US-led effort to install former...