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Industry Minister Melanie Joly has written to Canadian steel maker Stelco warning if they do not reverse the layoffs of up to 500 workers at their Hamilton steel plant within 15 days, the federal government will start legal action against the company, according to a letter obtained by Global News.
Canada and the United States are not close to signing a trade deal to reduce current tariffs and avoid new American tariffs coming into place next week, according to a source with direct knowledge of the trade negotiations. The distance on a potential deal comes after a week of negotiations in Washington, labelled by multiple sources as constructive, with negotiators...
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra says if smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to blanket New Jersey ahead of the World Cup final on Sunday, U.S. President Donald Trump will not hesitate to ask the game be postponed. “If the pollution is so bad that it’s dangerous to the players or it’s dangerous to the fans, the first person to...
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra says President Donald Trump‘s threat to impose new tariffs over smoke from Canadian wildfires should be taken seriously, arguing the ongoing haze is causing economic damage in the United States. Smoke from Canadian wildfires has blanketed several major American cities, including Detroit, Washington and Chicago, prompting Trump to lash out at Canada on social...
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra says the Trump administration has not met with Alberta separatists, nor discussed any potential financial support for an independent Alberta, directly contradicting claims made by prominent separatists. “No, we’re not meeting with the separatists and strategizing this at all,” Hoekstra told Global News.
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra is denying that donations from the family that owns the Ambassador Bridge are behind the delayed opening of the new Gordie Howe Bridge. “Absolutely not,” Hoekstra said when asked by Global News whether the delay was tied to a US$1-million donation from billionaire Matthew Moroun — whose family owns the competing Ambassador Bridge —...
The finance minister’s office is refusing to release data to back up recent claims by Prime Minister Mark Carney that Canada will substantially accelerate its defence spending. “Our fiscal framework has already provisioned to achieve four per cent of GDP in total defence spending by the end of this decade, ahead of NATO’s timetable,” Carney told the CANSEC Defence conference...
Former Conservative Party leader Erin O’Toole believes his successor Pierre Poilievre needs to change his policies in order to compete with Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party. “I think they do need to moderate some of the positions to reach out to more Canadians,” O’Toole said in an interview with Global News. “If you look at what the Liberals have...
A week after the federal and Ontario governments announced they would cut the HST for new homes bought in Ontario for a year, the federal housing minister said he is in talks to expand the initiative. “We are in discussions with all of the provinces and territories about taking down the GST for one year on new home purchases,” Housing...
Canadian oil production is set to increase by 140,000 barrels per day starting in April, according to the Natural Resources Minister’s office, a part of the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) plan to increase oil supply impacted by the war in Iran. On late Friday, Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson promised that Canada would contribute 23.6 million barrels as a part...
Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to vacation in both the United Kingdom and Italy during March break, according to two sources. The prime minister will not fly home with the Canadian delegation that is scheduled to come back to Canada from Carney’s trip to Yellowknife, Norway and London on March 16, instead staying in Europe to vacation. Sources tell...
As Prime Minister Mark Carney heads to India this week for trade talks, police have warned a Canadian Sikh leader about a “credible threat” to his life. Moninder Singh, who heads the Sikh Federation of Canada, said a member of the Vancouver Police Department delivered the caution on Sunday. The tip about the threat came from a confidential informant, the...
Prime Minister Mark Carney will announce additional help for the ailing lumber and steel industries Wednesday afternoon, including additional money for softwood lumber producers and further restrictions on some foreign steel imports, as companies deal with the fallout from the trade war with the U.S.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his office will not say if his caucus will be whipped by party leadership and urged to vote against Prime Minister Mark Carney’s budget next week — a vote that could trigger another election if the minority government falls. Asked by reporters in Calgary on Friday if he was confident that all his members of...
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra says Canada is jeopardizing the future of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) — also known as USMCA — on free trade due to Canadian counter-tariffs on certain American products. “Canada is the country that has pulled the rug out from USMCA,” Hoekstra said in an exclusive interview with Global News on Thursday.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the Canadian population has grown out of control and is calling on the Liberal government to further reduce immigration. “We want severe limits on population growth to reverse the damage the Liberals did to our system,” Poilievre said during a press conference Tuesday in the foyer of the House of Commons
Interim NDP Leader Don Davies says the Liberals are making phone calls to NDP members of parliament to see if they will join the Liberal Party in an effort to reach a majority government. Davies told Global News he’s not worried about his six other NDP MP colleagues switching political teams. “I do know that there’s been certain calls made...
Interim NDP Leader Don Davies says the Liberals are making phone calls to his party's MPs to see if they'll join the government, but said he's not worried that will happen.
For the second time, Liberal leadership candidate Ruby Dhalla has asked the party to provide a “personal translator” for the upcoming federal French language debate, a week after her first request was denied. The request also comes as she is calling a recent media report “fake news” over questions about whether there has been Indian foreign interference in her campaign.
After getting a 30-day tariff reprieve from the U.S. government, Defence Minister Bill Blair said he believes Canada can avoid further tariff threats if Ottawa can show the recent border plan is stopping the flow of drugs and migrants into the U.S. “They asked that we do a better job of policing our side of the border, and we’ve agreed...
The federal government is set to announce major changes to Canada’s immigration system on Thursday, three sources tell Global News. It comes amid a push from up to 30 backbench Liberal MPs to have Prime Minister Justin Trudeau quit. One of those sources said there will be a reduction in the number of permanent residents admitted to Canada on an...
The Conservatives have called on the government to explain how a 20-year-old Pakistani arrested in Quebec over an alleged ISIS plot targeting U.S. Jews was able to get into Canada. Federal officials have declined to answer questions about the immigration status of Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, citing privacy laws, and said only that they are reviewing how he came to Canada...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would not say if current members of the Liberal caucus are named in a classified version of a stunning national security report that alleges some Parliamentarians are either “semi-witting or witting” participants in foreign interference efforts. When asked twice Saturday by Global News if any of his current MPs are named, Trudeau did not directly answer...
The Liberal government is proposing to make changes to Canada’s asylum claim system which could speed up the deportation process for rejected applicants from the country. The proposed amendments were quietly announced two weeks ago in the 2024 federal budget and come as Canada deals with a record number of asylum seekers.
The Trudeau Liberals are set to announce that the federal government will provide low-cost loans in British Columbia to help build rental housing on provincially owned land, according to senior government sources. The federal government will partner with British Columbia Premier David Eby on the newly announced BC Builds program, which aims to help middle-income earners live in the area...
Nearly 80 years after it was first brought in, Global News has learned the federal government is reviving a Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) program to provide standardized housing blueprints to builders, according to a senior government source. Housing Minister Sean Fraser will announce tomorrow the Liberal government will hold consultations on how relaunched program will function. The senior...