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After Canada’s economy slipped into a technical recession last week, a new outlook by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD, said on Wednesday said that GDP growth is set to rebound later in the year and continue growing into 2027. “GDP growth is expected to strengthen over 2026 and 2027,” the OECD said in a note about...
Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump are “constantly” in touch and will meet during the G7 summit in France next month as the review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade deal, or CUSMA, is drawing closer, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said Thursday. The trade deal, which was signed in 2018 and touches virtually all trade between Canada, the U.S...
Canada’s unemployment rate rose 0.2 per cent in April as the country lost around 18,000 jobs and more people looked for work. Younger Canadians, though, saw unemployment rise by a larger margin than the overall rate, Statistics Canada shows as the rate for Canadians aged 15 to 24, rose by half a percentage point to 14.3 per cent.
A referendum on whether Alberta should separate from Canada “can have an effect” on investor confidence in the province, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Friday. Carney was in Nova Scotia, speaking to the Halifax Chamber of Commerce. When asked whether he thought an Alberta referendum could impact investor confidence, Carney said, “It can, yeah. It can have an effect.”...
U.S. President Donald Trump warned NATO allies of “very bad” consequences if the military alliance — which includes Canada — doesn’t help him secure the Strait of Hormuz, which has been blocked by Iran since the start of the war, in a newspaper interview published Sunday. “It’s only appropriate that people who are the beneficiaries of the Strait will help...
There are currently more than 26,000 Canadians registered in Mexico as cartel violence hits the popular tourist area of Puerto Vallarta — and no plans for military or consular flights to assist Canadians getting out, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said. Anand said the federal government is working on plans to “assist,” but did not share further details and said...
Prime Minister Mark Carney released his new Buy Canadian plan for supplying the military and growing Canada’s domestic defence industry on Tuesday. The $6.6-billion plan promises to prioritize building military equipment at home, hike the share of defence contracts awarded to Canadian firms and add up to 125,000 new jobs over the next decade. The strategy aims to grow out...
U.S. President Donald Trump vowed again to seize Greenland, calling the semiautonomous territory of Denmark “our territory” while addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “We need it for strategic national security and international security. This enormous unsecured island is actually part of North America on the northern frontier of the Western Hemisphere,” Trump said.
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada “strongly opposes” tariffs on countries opposing U.S. annexation of Greenland and that Canada’s commitment to the principle of collective defence — Article 5 — of the military alliance NATO is “unwavering.” “On Arctic sovereignty, we stand firmly with Greenland and Denmark and fully support their unique right to determine Greenland’s future. Our commitment to...
The former Conservative MPs who crossed the floor over to the Liberals “came to us,” Prime Minister Mark Carney said in an interview with Global News, adding that he did not “lure” them but that they were “attracted” to the work his government has been doing. In a wide-ranging interview with Global National anchor and executive editor Dawna Friesen that...
Canada is “interested” in potentially procuring the Gripen fighter jet from Sweden’s Saab, Industry Minister Melanie Joly said Tuesday, adding that Canada “didn’t get enough” out of the F-35 fighter jet deals from American firm Lockheed Martin. “We’re looking at both at the same time,” Joly told reporters ahead of a cabinet meeting on Tuesday
The United States will impose a 100 per cent tariff on movies made outside the country, along with foreign-made furniture, U.S. President Donald Trump said in a social media post.
Canada’s next federal budget will “rein in spending” and promote large-scale investment at the same time, Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters on Wednesday during the Liberal cabinet retreat. “The federal government has been growing spending, as a whole, at over seven per cent a year on average for over a decade. That’s twice the rate of growth of the...
Voters in the federal Alberta riding of Battle River-Crowfoot can head to the polls in byelection advance voting as early as Friday, Elections Canada says. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is eyeing a return to Parliament after he lost his previous riding of Carleton in April’s federal election. Poilievre will be up against more than 200 people who are registered to...
Now is not the time to “roll over,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford is telling Prime Minister Mark Carney as Canada prepares to deal with U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest trade war escalation. And he’s not the only one, even as others are split on whether to retaliate. “Canada shouldn’t settle for anything less than the right deal. Now is not...
A bipartisan group of United States senators were in Ottawa Monday to tell Canadian tourists “we miss you,” even as U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick vowed that the tariffs on Canada were here to stay. Democratic senators Ron Wyden of Oregon, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire and Catherine Cortez-Masto of Nevada were joined by Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska...
Multiple “bomb threats” were made at Canadian airports Thursday morning, spurring flight delays, evacuations and investigations into the source, says NAV Canada and local authorities. “Early this morning, NAV CANADA was made aware of bomb threats affecting facilities in Ottawa, Montreal, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver. Employees at impacted locations are safe, and a temporary ground stop has been implemented...
Higher housing supply, not lowering home prices, are the solution for Canada’s housing crisis, Canada’s new housing minister said on Wednesday. Gregor Robertson, the former Vancouver mayor who was sworn in as housing minister in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new cabinet on Tuesday, attended the first meeting of the new cabinet on Wednesday.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he opposes Alberta separatism but added that Albertans have a “right to be frustrated” with Ottawa. Speaking to reporters Tuesday shortly after Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled his new federal cabinet, Poilievre was asked whether he was willing to “publicly denounce Alberta separatism and the Alberta separatist movement.”
Canada is imposing counter-tariffs that will match U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on vehicles while trying to incentivize automakers to stay put and promising more aid for auto workers, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday. Carney said Canada will respond by matching the U.S. approach, with 25 per cent tariffs on all vehicles imported from the United States that are...
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced he is signing an executive order for so-called ‘reciprocal tariffs’ Wednesday, a move that could launch the biggest global trade war in almost a century. However, the impact on his closest trading partner Canada is unclear. Holding up a chart in front of a gathered crowd, Trump said China was at top of...
The Bank of Canada on Wednesday cut its key interest rate, a move that comes just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump issued new steel and aluminum tariffs against Canada. The central bank cut its benchmark rate by 25 basis point, bringing it down to 2.75 per cent. This was the bank’s seventh consecutive interest rate cut.
U.S. President Donald Trump said steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada will go up to 50 per cent, in response to Ontario’s decision to impose a 25 per cent tariff on electricity imports to the U.S. “Based on Ontario, Canada, placing a 25% Tariff on ‘Electricity’ coming into the United States, I have instructed my Secretary of Commerce to add...
Sweeping tariffs could hit Canada’s economy as early as next week, even as government leaders and labour groups meet to discuss further steps amid the uncertainty. Trudeau’s itinerary for Wednesday said he “will host a virtual meeting with provincial and territorial premiers.” The prime minister will also chair a meeting of the federal cabinet, though the Prime Minister’s Office did...
As Canada braces for 25 per cent U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum, U.S. President Donald Trump says he is considering an additional tariff on Canadian-made cars, which could be as high as 50 to 100 per cent. In an interview with Fox News on Monday, Trump said Canada “stole” the automobile industry from the United States.
It remains to be seen whether the Trump administration will impose tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods Saturday. This comes after weeks of U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly warning Mexico and Canada — two of the United States’ top trading partners — he will impose tariffs if the two countries do not end fentanyl trafficking and the flow of migrants...
As the Liberal government grapples with political upheaval following the exit of Chrystia Freeland from the federal cabinet, a new Ipsos poll shows most Canadians now want an early election. That comes as support for Conservatives is surging and support for the Liberals is at a near-historic low this week — putting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau just one point above...
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is seen as Canada’s best option in dealing with an incoming Trump administration and progressive voters might be moving from the Liberals to the NDP, a new Ipsos poll suggests. Ipsos polling done exclusively for Global News and released Tuesday shows Liberal support has dropped five points, down to 21 per cent, since September and is...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government survived a second attempt by the Conservatives to topple it with a non-confidence motion in the House Commons on Tuesday, with the NDP and the Bloc Quebecois voting against the Conservative motion. The motion was voted down by 207 MPs with 120 voting for it on Tuesday. On Sept. 25, MPs had voted down the...
Canada’s consul general in New York, Tom Clark, will not attend a parliamentary committee meeting probing the decision to buy a $9-million condo in Manhattan, Global Affairs Canada says. “Consul General Clark is unavailable on the date initially proposed,” GAC said in a statement, referring to a Government Operations and Estimates committee meeting scheduled for Tuesday morning.
The federal government and the government of Ontario have reached a $357-million deal under the National Housing Strategy. The two levels of government had publicly disagreed over what kind of housing needs to be built, with Ontario Premier Doug Ford ruling out a province-wide fourplex policy.
When Justin Trudeau went in to huddle with his cabinet in Prince Edward Island in August this year, he had his work cut out for him as anger over housing and affordability in Canada grows. Fatigue with an administration now in its eighth year seemed to be setting in, as multiple polls have suggested. In Charlottetown, Trudeau tasked his cabinet...