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Liberal Leader Mark Carney will be be sworn in as Canada’s new prime minister on Friday, Gov. Gen. Mary Simon’s office confirmed Wednesday. A statement said a swearing-in ceremony for Carney and his cabinet will be held at Rideau Hall at 11 a.m. Eastern. Carney will replace outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after winning a race for the Liberal leadership...
Liberal leadership hopeful Chrystia Freeland is expected to outline an aggressive plan to reach Canada’s NATO defence spending targets by 2027.The former finance minister and deputy prime minister is expected to lay out her plan to boost defence spending to two per cent of Canada’s GDP in just two years on Thursday.
President-elect Donald Trump says a surprise meeting with Justin Trudeau at his Florida home was “very productive,” after the prime minister flew down to discuss the growing threat of American tariffs on Canadian goods, the border and national defence. On Friday evening, Trudeau landed in Florida and travelled to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club for a hastily arranged dinner and discussion with...
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...
Fourteen bullets fired at a home near Victoria. An Edmonton building torched by arsonists with a red jerrycan. A 39-year-old found dead in a Winnipeg duplex.
Agents working out of India’s high commission in Ottawa and consulates in Vancouver and Toronto were behind dozens of violent crimes across Canada that targeted opponents of the Modi government, Global News has learned. Although on paper they held diplomatic and consular positions, the Indian agents played key roles in a wave of shootings, killings, threats, arsons and extortions in...
The Canadian Armed Forces is changing its posture and increasing troops in the Middle East to give the government more flexibility — including the ability to move quickly if an evacuation is ordered for citizens in Lebanon, Global News has learned. Canada’s plan has been ready for months and some assets have been prepositioned. But on Wednesday night, troops received...
The investigation that resulted in the arrests of two Toronto men accused of plotting an attack for ISIS began with a tip from France, sources have told Global News. French authorities allegedly became aware of at least one of the suspects and notified Canada’s intelligence service. Following a brief investigation, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service called in the RCMP, which...
The federal government is declining to explain how a Toronto man was able to immigrate to Canada despite allegedly having taken part in ISIS violence overseas.Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, has been charged with committing an aggravated assault for the so-called Islamic State. The alleged incident took place outside Canada in 2015.
A former employee of the Crown corporation that operates Ontario’s nuclear plants has been charged with leaking “safeguarded information” that could harm Canada.In a case unfolding quietly in a courtroom east of Toronto, James Mousaly faces a rare charge under the Security of Information Act
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the amount of military aid NATO allies have been shipping to Ukraine to help its fight against Russia’s invasion means “everyone is in big trouble” with military supplies. “We have stayed strong at a time where bigger countries and countries that play by different rules have tried really hard to impact us. And we’re continuing...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that Canada’s support for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict doesn’t mean the country’s position on Israel has changed. “We were among the first countries to call for humanitarian pauses, and we’re now calling, like much of the rest of the world, for work towards a ceasefire,” Trudeau said in a year-end interview airing in...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the rise of antisemitism in Canada is “terrifying” after a 15-year-old was arrested late on Friday night in Ottawa and charged with terrorism-related offences.