Prime Minister Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, along with other politicians and police forces across Canada, have condemned antisemitic violence following a shooting that took place outside the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville, Ont., on Sunday night.
CAE Inc. says it has secured a $300-million contract to continue training U.S. air force crews, even as U.S. President Donald Trump has moved to ban Canadian companies from government procurement. The Montreal-based flight simulator maker says the deal granted to its American defence division extends CAE's role as the main contractor schooling U.S. aircrews on the C-130 Hercules military...
U.S. President Donald Trump says the United States is working on a deal to buy potash from Belarus in a bid to reduce dependence on Canadian fertilizer. In a social media post Monday morning, Trump said prices would be "substantially less" than American buyers pay to Canadian exporters.
Mexico is planning to buy more goods from the United States and reduce imports from other nations as part of the review of the US-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement, President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday. "The United States is asking for its so-called trade deficit to be reduced," Sheinbaum said in her daily morning press conference.
The caucus of British Columbia's governing NDP has met to discuss a potential early election after the resignation of Opposition B.C. Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay. Findlay quit Sunday, saying it was the right move for the party and province, and the Conservative board of directors appointed MLA Lorne Doerkson as interim leader hours later. But the Conservative constitution prohibits an...
Members of Parliament return from their summer break Monday and the government is expected to introduce a wide-ranging bill it says is focused on making the economy more resilient. But critics claim it could threaten the right to strike. Government House leader Steven MacKinnon, Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu and Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc are set to hold a joint...
Two people are critically injured, including a police officer, after a shooting outside a Belleville, Ont., synagogue Sunday night. Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said a Belleville police officer was near the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in the area of Victoria and Bleecker avenues at approximately 7 p.m. when there was an “exchange of gunfire” with a man who was...
The president of the European Union's investment bank says "the time is ripe" to deepen its co-operation with Canada by exploring how to finance Canadian projects — comments that come as Prime Minister Mark Carney pushes for more EU ties.
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s effort to charm a cadre of the world’s largest investors at a VIP-only summit in Toronto last week is paying quick dividends for Canadian investments. Article content With a stock market trading at a discount to its U.S. rival, an improving growth outlook and Carney’s promises of tax cuts, fiscal policy certainty and regulatory rollbacks, multiple...
Earlier this month, with MPs still on summer break, a group of Canadians with a deep distrust of the federal government descended on a parliamentary committee room to tell politicians they felt lied to. The men and women from across the country came to Conservative MP Dean Allison’s event about COVID-19 vaccines, the injuries and deaths they believe were caused...
But the PMO says Mark Carney keeps in 'close and regular contact' with MPs, and holds caucus coffee chats and meals with MPs while travelling in their regions. Another Liberal MP says those frustrated by the lack of direct access to the PM want to 'audition' for a promotion to cabinet. Prime Minister Mark Carney is enjoying the peak of...
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s attempt to bring Canada closer to Europe and strengthen ties with countries around the world will continue this week in U.S. President Donald Trump’s hometown, as he attends the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City. Senior government officials who briefed reporters ahead of the trip said Carney will meet...
Kerry-Lynne Findlay resigned as the leader of British Columbia's Conservatives on Sunday, bringing to a close her brief tenure marked by infighting, firings, expulsions from the party caucus and a string of defections by sitting legislators. Findlay said she would remain the party's candidate in the Sept. 26 byelection in Abbotsford-Mission as she aims to secure a seat on the...
Pierre Poilievre says Canada will "never be the 28th state of the European Union" as Prime Minister Mark Carney pursues deeper ties with Europe amid a trade war with the United States. Poilievre made the comments at a rally in Brantford, Ont., on Sunday, days after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she wants Canada to become the...
Although plenty is going on as Parliament resumes, the federal government has a legislative agenda with fewer returning items than it often does coming into the fall sitting.
Members of Parliament return from their summer break Monday, with the economy and trade partnerships in centre-focus after the trade war with the United States dramatically escalated over the summer months. Prime Minister Mark Carney says his Liberal government will introduce some of the most consequential legislation in decades this sitting. Government House leader Steven MacKinnon has promised "significant" economic...
British Columbia's political landscape continues to shift, with Kerry-Lynne Findlay stepping down as the leader of B-C's Conservatives Sunday, and the party's board of directors appointing MLA Lorne Doerkson as interim leader hours later. Findlay's resignation and Doerkson's appointment come amid speculation that New Democratic Premier David Eby may call an early election. Findlay announced her move fewer than four...
Kerry-Lynne Findlay resigned as the leader of British Columbia's Conservatives on Sunday after weeks of upheaval in the official Opposition caucus, though she said she would remain the party's candidate in an upcoming byelection. A statement from Findlay said stepping down was not an easy decision, but she believed it was "the right one for our movement and our province."...
Prime Minister Mark Carney says his focus on building international relationships, including with Norway, is part of the answer to renewed threats from Russia. During a news conference with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store in Ottawa, both leaders were asked about warnings from the Polish prime minister that Russia may be planning attacks on European countries that support Ukraine...
The federal government plans to kick off Monday’s return of parliamentary sittings with the introduction of major legislation aimed at accelerating project approvals and updating Canada’s labour laws. Three federal ministers are scheduled to speak at a news conference Monday afternoon: Government House Leader and Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon; Dominic LeBlanc, whose responsibilities include Intergovernmental Affairs and One Canadian Economy...
Prime Minister Mark Carney and French President Emmanuel Macron have pledged to work together in the areas of space infrastructure, business and economic growth. Speaking to reporters in the French territory of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon on Sunday, Carney said he and Macron will task their space agencies and defence ministries to develop and share common infrastructure, including space launch systems and ground-based...
Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet is warning against a potential "Trojan horse" scenario that could arise from Prime Minister Mark Carney's promised rapprochement with Europe. "There will be something included as part of a package of measures that could prove useful, but it must not be a Trojan horse hiding the export of gas and oil," Blanchet told reporters north...
With just a month to go until Alberta’s sovereignty referendum, federalist organizers charge that many of the province’s Conservative members of Parliament have been missing in action in the fight to keep Alberta in Canada. Last month, the Star emailed Alberta MPs to ask how they plan to vote in the Oct. 19 referendum, which will ask whether the provincial...
Parliamentarians are taking a hard look at Canada's overseas intelligence gathering capabilities as debate simmers over the need for a new foreign spy agency. The MPs and senators who make up the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians are examining the effectiveness of Canada's foreign intelligence collection. The secretariat of the highly secretive committee would not elaborate on the...
Bloc Quebecois MPs will gather near Ottawa to prepare for the return of Parliament, with the impact of the Canada-U.S. trade dispute expected to loom large over their discussions. The caucus will meet in Cantley, Que., in the Outaouais region, in Quebec, less than 20 kilometres from Parliament Hill, before MPs return to the House of Commons on Monday. Throughout...
Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to the French territory of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon today for a mostly symbolic meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron. The leaders are expected to take part in a working lunch before attending a wreath-laying ceremony at a memorial for the volunteers of Free France. Macron was scheduled to be on the islands, which sit about 2...
Members of Parliament are making their way back to Ottawa for the fall sitting of the House of Commons that gets underway on Monday. It's set to be a busy season with the release of the federal budget, debate on legislation and looming byelections. Here are five things to watch for:
Government will have to balance new legislative priorities with bills leftover from spring. MPs are heading back to Parliament Hill on Monday to pick up where they left off in June. While the break is usually a quiet time in the political world, this past summer seemed anything but. U.S. President Donald Trump threatened new tariffs in July (including over...
Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon won’t guarantee the cost to fly won’t go up for travellers if the federal government follows through on its plan to privatize Canada’s four largest airports but does promise an improved experience and partial regulation. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the federal government is seeking private investment to run Canada’s four major airports: Toronto-Pearson...
As the Canada-United States trade war becomes more hostile, and Ottawa promises to support affected Canadian workers with enhanced Employment Insurance and Work-Sharing programs, Employment and Social Development Canada is planning fewer staff to process and pay EI and other benefits. “The frontline workers [at the department] want to provide a much higher quality of service to workers losing their...
The federal government’s procurement process for 24 Sussex Dr. creates a risk of delays and cost overruns due to a lack of a defined budget and timelines before the project starts, critics say, as the government extends the deadline for request for qualifications for firms competing to build and renovate the prime minister’s official residence. On June 26, Prime Minister...
First of 22 associations needed to force vote on premier's party leadership. A UCP riding association in southern Alberta has formally urged a party vote to review Premier Danielle Smith’s leadership, in the latest sign of simmering frustrations surrounding the Oct. 19 referendum on the province’s future within Canada. The Highwood UCP association cannot trigger a leadership review on its...
Canadians may welcome the prospect of closer ties with the European Union, but pollster Nik Nanos says the issue could become a political minefield for Prime Minister Mark Carney. On Wednesday, the EU made a historic overture to Canada, inviting the country to explore possible associate membership in the world’s largest trading bloc. The proposal would not involve full membership...
National Defence Minister David McGuinty says the United States' deal to boost its military presence in Greenland while keeping the island under Danish control is "encouraging." U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he has a deal with Denmark after months of threatening to take the island by force from the NATO ally.
An emotional Premier Danielle Smith held back tears Saturday as she recounted a long list of historic indignities Albertans have suffered at the hands of the federal government. Smith was the opening speaker at a virtual assembly discussing Alberta's future in Canada, an event co-hosted by former Opposition leader and conservative elder statesman Preston Manning and former B.C. premier Gordon...
As the moon circles Earth, its gravitational pull moves the oceans back and forth, creating the cycle of high and low tides. A similar law of physics applies to Canadian politics.
NATO chiefs of defence have elected German Gen. Carsten Breuer as the next chair of the alliance's military committee, over Canada's top military commander. Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jennie Carignan ran against Breuer for the top NATO position. NATO chiefs of defence met in Copenhagen, Denmark, Saturday to choose the next chair. It's a prestige posting but it...
For Mark Carney, this was a week to remember. Wining and dining the big players in big money, then flying over to France to be wined and dined by the EU. Plus Stephen Harper standing side by side with Mark Carney's position on the US. All this while Pierre Poilievre had to sneak out a back door from his own...
obs Minister Patty Hajdu says upcoming legislation will help reduce the number of times the federal government has to intervene in strikes. Speaking to reporters on Parliament Hill today, Hajdu did not provide many details about expected plans to amend the Canada Labour Code. However, she says no government wants to intervene in a strike and that parties are better...
Alberta's summer of unrest over its role in Confederation is striding into a final phase of rallies, lawn sign rivalry and hyperbolic warnings of doom and demise. With one month to go before the Oct. 19 referendum, drivers going through many neighbourhoods can spot red and white lawn signs urging Albertans to vote to stand with Canada. Blue signs are...
The federal government likely finds itself in a better fiscal position as it heads into the fall session of Parliament this week, thanks in no small part to some rosier economic results. One of the headlines coming out of the Canada Investment Summit last week that flew under the radar was Prime Minister Mark Carney's announcement that the federal government...
Prime Minister Mark Carney and French President Emmanuel Macron are holding a symbolic meeting on an archipelago 20 kilometres off the southern coast of Newfoundland on Sunday, in what both countries say is a show of unity and mutual respect. The two leaders will hold a working lunch and attend a wreath-laying ceremony in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, a French territory which just...
