Trudeau holding talks with cabinet, party leaders about whether to step down
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is holding discussions with cabinet ministers and senior party leaders about stepping down early in the...
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Trudeau may shuffle cabinet before Christmas as Carney is being courted again, sources say
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is considering a cabinet shuffle before Christmas, possibly as early as Wednesday, that could see a...
Trudeau accused of throwing Freeland under the bus as he courts Carney for government
Conservatives accused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of throwing Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland under the bus just days before she is...
Trudeau makes fresh bid to recruit Mark Carney amid tensions with Freeland
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made another attempt to recruit former central banker Mark Carney at a time when tensions...
Trudeau’s office, Freeland at odds over spending
Relations between the Prime Minister’s Office and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland have chilled as tensions grow over the push for...
Canada can’t support influx of migrants fleeing Trump, must prevent border crossings, says former top aide
Canada needs to significantly strengthen its border, says a former chief of staff to Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, because...
Canada’s security agencies suspect Modi knew of plot to kill Sikh activist
Canadian security agencies believe Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India knew about the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in...
Iran allegedly planned to assassinate human-rights crusader Irwin Cotler
Iran allegedly plotted to assassinate Irwin Cotler, a noted Canadian human-rights advocate and harsh critic of the clerical regime, but...
Ottawa invokes national security to refuse disclosure in foreign interference case against ex-Mountie
The federal government is refusing to provide full disclosure of the evidence against a former RCMP inspector charged with foreign...
Harjit Sajjan denies special treatment for Afghan Sikhs during Kabul evacuation in 2021
Former defence minister Harjit Sajjan acknowledged the head of a Canadian Sikh charity called him directly to ask for special...
Canada raises concerns over reported Russian plot targeting planes destined for North America
Ottawa says it has expressed concerns to Russia about reports that it plotted to put camouflaged incendiary devices aboard cargo...
Canadian Sikhs urge Conservative Leader Poilievre to get national-security clearance
Two major Canadian Sikh organizations are calling on Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to obtain a top-level security clearance so he...
Ottawa offered India options to address violence before expelling its diplomats
Ottawa undertook an all-out effort to convince New Delhi to end its hostile foreign-interference campaign in Canada after the RCMP...
Trudeau suggests Conservative Leader has something to hide by refusing a national security clearance
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau suggested Wednesday that Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre must have something to hide by refusing to obtain...
Federal officials provided intelligence about India to Washington Post, sources say
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national security adviser and the deputy minister of foreign affairs provided sensitive intelligence about India to...
PMO staff say nobody told them about CSIS request to surveil Liberal powerbroker in 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s top advisers say they have no plans to investigate why a CSIS surveillance warrant targeting an...
CSIS agents frustrated by delay for electronic warrant against long-time Liberal politician
It took at least six weeks for Bill Blair, then-public safety minister, to sign an electronic and entry warrant to...
MPs to investigate former defence minister Harjit Sajjan’s use of special forces to rescue Afghan Sikhs
The Commons committee on national defence plans to investigate the actions of former defence minister Harjit Sajjan, who instructed the...
India and China use illegal funds and disinformation to sway politicians, CSIS report says
China and India are deeply engaged in attempting to influence diaspora communities and elect MPs sympathetic to their interests through...
Defiant and unbowed: Why Justin Trudeau isn’t going anywhere
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been told he can’t win the next election and should quit before he’s defeated. Several...
Contingent of former Canadian security and defence officials headed to meet Taiwan government
Ex-CSIS director Richard Fadden is leading a contingent of former Canadian security and defence officials on a trip to Taiwan...
Five chiefs of staff set to leave the Trudeau government
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is contending with an exodus of senior staff just as the minority Liberals are returning...
Ottawa ties Wealth One founders to possible Chinese interference
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has alleged, in documents filed in federal court, that three principal shareholders in Wealth One Bank...
Cabinet minister Harjit Sajjan requested 100 soldiers to perform with Punjabi pop star Diljit Dosanjh
Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan lobbied in April for the Canadian Armed Forces to send about 100 soldiers to act...
Joly tells China’s top diplomat Canada won’t ‘tolerate any form of interference in our democracy’
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says she didn’t soft-pedal Beijing’s interference in Canadian affairs or its human-rights record during blunt...
Trudeau holds meeting with Mark Carney to join government, sources say
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held talks on Sunday with Mark Carney and urged the former Bank of Canada governor to...
Trudeau says he’s trying to recruit Carney, but did not say if it’s to replace Freeland as finance minister
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has been trying for years to recruit former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney...
PMO eyes Carney as next finance minister as tension rises with Freeland, sources say
Senior officials in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office are concerned that Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has not been effective in...
Ottawa buys Arctic hangar next to NORAD base after Chinese, Russian interest
The federal government has paid $8.6-million to acquire a privately owned aircraft hangar adjacent to a NORAD air base in...
Afghan Sikh sponsors donated to Sajjan’s riding association during Kabul airlift campaign
Directors of a charitable foundation that struck a deal with Ottawa to sponsor the immigration of Afghan Sikhs to Canada...
O’Toole, Bloc call for hearings on push to rescue Afghan Sikhs
Former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole and the Bloc Québécois said Thursday that they want parliamentary hearings into a Globe and...
Sajjan instructed special forces to rescue Afghan Sikhs during fall of Kabul
Then-defence minister Harjit Sajjan instructed Canadian special forces to rescue about 225 Afghan Sikhs after the Taliban takeover in August...
Ottawa set to stop open-net salmon farms in B.C., giving the industry 5 years to transition
The Liberal government intends to move ahead with its 2019 campaign commitment to put an end to open-net salmon fish...
Hong Kong police make threatening phone call to prodemocracy supporter living in Canada
Hong Kong national-security police recently threatened a man from the city, who is seeking refuge in Canada, after he reneged...
Trudeau cabinet withholding documents on foreign interference from inquiry
The Liberal government is facing pushback from Justice Marie-Josée Hogue for citing cabinet confidentiality in redacting records provided to the...
Trudeau government cuts budget of Information Commissioner
Federal Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard says the Trudeau government has cut her budget by 5 per cent, a move that...
Trudeau forced to accept meeting about Sikh activists in order to land in Punjab during 2018 trip
India refused to let Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plane land in Punjab during a visit in 2018 unless he and...
CSIS director says China’s concerted effort to steal Canadian technology is ‘mind-boggling’
Canada’s top spy says China’s concerted efforts to steal cutting-edge Canadian technology is mind-boggling, and is designed to build the...
Parliamentarians say Ottawa never informed them of targeting by Beijing-linked hackers
A group of Canadian MPs and senators who belong to an international parliamentary alliance critical of the Chinese government say...
Joly dispatching foreign affairs deputy to China as part of attempt to thaw relations with Beijing
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is dispatching her deputy minister, David Morrison, to China shortly in an effort to thaw...
Canada’s top soldier touts renewed Arctic strategy amid China and Russia’s push to deepen ties
A sharper focus on the Arctic in Ottawa’s defence policy is a strategic move welcomed by Western allies, Canada’s top...
Liberal Party member warned MP Dong of CSIS surveillance, national security source says
A Liberal Party member warned Han Dong i that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service was keeping tabs on him, shortly...
CSIS briefing for PMO in 2023 says China interfered in both 2019 and 2021 elections, inquiry told
A top secret CSIS briefing prepared for the Prime Minister’s Office in February 2023 last year, following leaks to the...
MP Han Dong says he can’t recall telling China’s envoy to delay two Michaels’ release
Former Liberal Han Dong, now an Independent MP, acknowledged at the foreign-interference inquiry Tuesday that he spoke to a top...
India tells U.S. that rogue operatives were involved in alleged plot to kill Sikh separatist: report
India has reportedly told the United States that a special panel it set up to investigate a foiled plot to...
Fired Winnipeg scientists use pseudonyms in China as RCMP probe continues
Two infectious-disease scientists fired from Canada’s high-security National Microbiology Laboratory over threats to the country’s security have been using pseudonyms...
Infectious-disease scientist fired from Winnipeg laboratory surfaces in China
One of two fired scientists at the centre of an RCMP investigation into a massive security breach at Canada’s top...
New Zealand says it’s not questioning Canadian allegations on Nijjar after remarks by country’s Deputy PM
The New Zealand government says it’s not challenging Ottawa’s allegations that India was behind the killing of a Canadian Sikh...
Foreign-interference inquiry to grant opposition parties power to cross-examine witnesses
The head of the public inquiry into foreign interference is proposing to grant opposition parties additional rights at the coming...
Michael Spavor reaches multimillion-dollar settlement with Ottawa for Chinese imprisonment
The federal government has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with Michael Spavor to compensate him for the nearly three years he...
A blocked exit and barrage of bullets: Video shows B.C. Sikh leader’s final moments
The ambush began in a parking lot of a Surrey, B.C., temple with a barrage of bullets, after which the...
A blocked exit and barrage of bullets: Video shows B.C. Sikh leader’s final moments
The ambush began in a parking lot of a Surrey, B.C., temple with a barrage of bullets, after which the...
Canadian parts found in weapons used by Russian military in attacks on Ukraine
Electronic components from four Canadian companies are turning up in weapons and other gear used by Russia in its military...
Canadian academics involved in joint research with Iranian counterparts on drone technology
Canadian academics have been collaborating with Iranian universities on drone technology and other research that could benefit Tehran’s armed forces...
B.C. Senator Yuen Pau Woo challenges reports suggesting China targeted MPs
A B.C. senator is casting doubt on the findings of two federal election-monitoring reports that suggest the Chinese government in...
Trudeau Foundation probe can’t rule out possibility Chinese donations part of ‘influence scheme’ targeting Ottawa
A law firm hired by the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation to investigate donations tied to two wealthy Chinese businessmen said...
New national security council has only met four times as critics accuse Ottawa of not taking threats seriously
A special national-security cabinet committee set up by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau amid a growing controversy over foreign interference has...
Uyghur Canadians pull out of public inquiry into foreign interference
An organization representing Uyghur Canadians is withdrawing from the public inquiry into foreign interference, a development that threatens to undermine...