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U.S. trade pressures and Alberta separatist sentiments remain on Canadians' minds. Prime Minister Mark Carney is hammering home a message of unity and connection this Canada Day. Speaking at a Canada Day event in Ottawa, Carney praised "the courage that Canadians ... have shown in the face of a more dangerous and divided world." "If courage is how we must...
Keeping a nuclear weapon out of Iran's hands is 'why this all started,' says Carney. Prime Minister Mark Carney is again praising the new U.S.-Iran peace deal after calling the war "worth it" — if it ensures Iran does not acquire a nuclear weapon. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Carney said keeping a nuclear weapon out of Iran's hands was...
Gov. Gen. Mary Simon has announced 80 appointments to the Order of Canada — a list that includes Olympians, journalists, Indigenous leaders and doctors. Simon's office announced six new companions, the highest level of the Order of Canada; 15 officers; and 59 members, the introductory level in the order. Six appointments are a promotion within the Order of Canada and...
Israel's security cabinet approved 19 new settlements on Sunday. Canada and 13 other countries issued a joint statement Wednesday condemning the Israeli security cabinet's approval of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank. “We recall that such unilateral actions, as part of a wider intensification of the settlement policies in the West Bank, not only violate international law but...
MP says Conservatives felt like ‘part of a frat house rather than a serious political party.’ Nova Scotia MP Chris d’Entremont says pushing and yelling from Conservative Party leadership "sealed the deal" on his choice to cross the floor of the House of Commons to the Liberals this week. After d’Entremont’s musings over a possible defection were reported by Politico...
The Canadian man who died while in custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier this week was a "very polite, quiet, unassuming man with a very simple life" who did not pose a danger to anyone, says the lawyer who represented him. Dan Leising represented Johnny Noviello, 49, who died in a detention centre in Florida on Monday. The...
It's been a "garbage year" for the prime minister, says comedian Mark Critch off the top of his year-end interview with Justin Trudeau. The This Hour Has 22 Minutes cast member got an accidental exclusive interview with Trudeau after the Prime Minister's Office cancelled all of Trudeau's scheduled interviews following Chrystia Freeland's shock resignation from cabinet. The comedy-sketch-style interview aired...
The Atlantic Liberal Caucus is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down as party leader. Following an Atlantic Liberal Caucus meeting the morning of December 23, caucus chair Kody Blois wrote a letter to Trudeau, shared Sunday on social media by New Brunswick Liberal MP Wayne Long.
The Conservatives have shared their latest plan to bring down the Liberal government next month. A House of Commons committee will meet in the new year to vote on a motion of non-confidence in the government. If all goes according to the Conservatives' plan, MPs in the House of Commons could be voting on a motion of non-confidence in Prime...
Calls are growing from within the Liberal caucus for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down as party leader — and some have pegged Chrystia Freeland as their choice to replace him. Twenty-one Liberal MPs have publicly urged Trudeau to resign — many of them within the last week — after Freeland shocked Canadians on Monday by resigning as deputy...
Consensus on PM’s future reached in Saturday call by majority of party's largest regional caucus. At a virtual meeting of the Ontario Liberal caucus on Saturday morning, more than 50 Liberal MPs came to a consensus that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to step down as party leader, multiple sources told CBC News. CBC News is not naming the MPs...
Justin Trudeau says Monday he is "committed" to staying on as prime minister after the Liberals' shocking Toronto-St. Paul's byelection loss exactly one week ago. "There's always going to be lots of reflection after a tough loss, but there's also so much to do," Trudeau told CBC's Heather Hiscox, answering questions about his future for the first time since the...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has concerns about some of the findings of a foreign interference report from one of Canada's intelligence oversight bodies. But he did not specify the exact nature of his concerns. "There are a number of the conclusions of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians report that we don't entirely align with," Trudeau...
Kinew says measures in this week's provincial budget will put Manitoba on path to net zero without federal tax. Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says he'll take up the prime minister's challenge to provinces that oppose the federal carbon tax to come up with a credible alternative. In an interview with CBC chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton, Kinew said his government...