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Raisa Patel

Pierre Poilievre is believed to have most Conservatives’ support. Holding his party together could be another matter

You don’t need to look much further than Pierre Poilievre’s social media to see the sort of dilemma the Conservative leader is facing. Earlier this month, he praised U.S. President Donald Trump for his extraordinary capture of Venezuela’s authoritarian leader, Nicolás Maduro. Two weeks later, he condemned the same president’s threats to acquire sovereign Greenland and backed Canada’s obligations as...

Fakiha Baig

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada announces closure of research operations, job cuts

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says it is closing seven of its research operations as part of the federal government's efforts to cut the size of the public service. The federal department said research centres in Guelph, Ont., Quebec City and Lacombe, Alta., as well as four satellite research farms across Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba are closing.

Dylan Robertson

Carney set to spend much of 2026 travelling the world in search of trade

Mark Carney has been circling the globe on government aircraft since becoming prime minister -- part of his efforts to secure new trade links and investment to double non-U.S. exports in the next decade. In just the first month of this year, he visited France, China, Qatar and Switzerland. The Prime Minister's Office seldom confirms trips months in advance, and...

Darren Major

A Canada-run alternative to Nexus? Senator calls for new airport security fast-pass

With Canadian travel to the United States in decline, one Alberta senator says it's time for Ottawa to consider a Canadian-specific program that would allow travellers to quickly pass through airport security lines. Sen. Paula Simons introduced a motion in the upper chamber last fall that, if passed, would call on the federal government to implement a trusted traveller program.

Abbas Rana

Ontario national councillor Mitas expected to challenge Barber for Conservative Party presidency

Senior Conservative sources tell The Hill Times that current party president Stephen Barber and Christina Mitas have been strategizing and reaching out to potential supporters ahead of the national council election at the end of this month. If re-elected for a second term at the Conservative Party’s Jan. 29-31 biennial policy convention in Calgary, Ontario national councillor Christina Mitas is...

Devin Stevens

Trump's latest tariff threats will hurt U.S. just as much as Canada, experts say

International trade experts say U.S. President Donald Trump's latest threat to impose 100 per cent tariffs on Canada will hurt his own economy just as much, if not more, than Canada's. They say that means Trump may ultimately look for an off-ramp to avoid the economic damage, similar to walking back threats to impose tariffs on eight European countries last...

The Canadian Press

Trump threatens 'Governor Carney' with 100% tariffs over China trade deal

U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening Canada with 100 per cent tariffs over a trade deal with China, and in a social media post referred to Prime Minister Mark Carney as “governor." Reviving an insult he previously levelled at former prime minister Justin Trudeau amid threats of making Canada the 51st state, the president said in a Saturday morning social...

Dylan Robertson

Defence Minister notes Canadian troops' sacrifices after Trump downplayed role

- Defence Minister David McGuinty says Canadians will never forget the sacrifices their troops have made for Americans and the NATO alliance in Afghanistan. McGuinty read a prepared statement to media Saturday afternoon on Parliament Hill has Liberal MPs meet to prepare for the looming sitting of the Commons. McGuinty did not mention U.S. President Donald Trump, who falsely claimed...

Catherine Lévesque

Liberals assure Trump: 'no pursuit' of free trade with China, after 100% tariff threat

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government is pushing back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest threat to impose 100 per cent tariffs on Canada if Ottawa makes a free trade deal with China, insisting there is no such deal in the works. Article content After Trump delivered the ultimatum on Saturday, Minister for Canada-U.S. Trade, Dominic LeBlanc, posted a response...

Angelica Recierdo

Canada is going all-in on AI, without the guardrails workers need

Nathan, a Toronto-based AI engineering manager for a Big Tech company, doesn’t take time off when he’s sick. Between coughing fits, he admits his work-life balance isn’t good. He asked that his surname not be used to avoid putting his job at risk. Federal and provincial governments have committed multiple billions of dollars to anchor AI infrastructure in Canada, courting...

Patrice Bergeron

Parti Quebecois rallies around independence at Quebec convention

SAINT-HYACINTHE -- At a key party convention in Saint-Hyacinthe, Que., this weekend, the Parti Quebecois is rallying supporters around the prospect of Quebec independence as the party leads in provincial voting intentions ahead of an October election.

Arno Kopecky

Federal Conservatives trade journalists for partisan cheerleaders

When the Conservative Party of Canada’s national convention kicks off in Calgary next weekend, all eyes will be on the vote that decides Pierre Poilievre’s fate as party leader. But there’s another development the party has quietly approved already: a new “content creator” category of media accreditation that gives right-wing influencers the same access as the press.

Dylan Robertson

China's envoy says Beijing, Ottawa 'eye to eye' on supporting Greenland

China's envoy to Canada says the two countries "see eye to eye" on the need to support Greenland's territorial integrity and Beijing wants to play a productive role in the North -- even as analysts warn Moscow and Beijing are working together in the region. "China's consistent policy is to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries. That...

Stephanie Taylor

With Trump setting his sights on Greenland, Nunavut's MP says people 'need to be reassured'

The member of Parliament representing Canada’s northernmost territory says ever since U.S. President Donald Trump began escalating his desire to control Greenland, constituents have been reaching out, concerned. Lori Idlout, speaking from Rankin Inlet, located on the western coast of Hudson’s Bay, where the federal NDP held its caucus retreat this week, recalls a phone call from one man seeking...

Kate McKenna

Carney Liberals return to House of Commons still short of a majority

Carney Liberals return to House of Commons still short of a majority. Depending on who you ask, the Carney Liberals could be on the cusp of securing a majority — or triggering a general election. Senior Liberal sources say the upcoming sitting of the House of Commons has no clear outcome, as they try to advance their legislative agenda in...

Canadian Press Staff

Poilievre pledges co-operation, calls for action from Liberals as Parliament returns

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the prime minister to deliver results as Parliament resumes next week. In a letter to Mark Carney, Poilievre says he's offering to help fast-track policies to enact trade deals, make groceries more affordable, fix the bail system and approve major projects.

Catharine Tunney

After dramatic week taking on Trump, Carney skips out on answering questions

Standard news conference was abruptly called off Friday. Prime Minister Mark Carney had an eventful week that saw him try and reposition Canada on the world stage and host high-level cabinet meetings — but it ended with unanswered questions about what comes next. Carney was scheduled to take reporters' questions after two days of meetings with his front benches in...

Ryan Tumilty

Senior Liberals have a candidate in mind for Toronto byelection

Senior Liberals are recruiting a Toronto doctor to be the party’s candidate in University—Rosedale in an upcoming byelection to replace Chrystia Freeland. Dr. Danielle Martin, chair of the University of Toronto’s family medicine program, has become a preferred candidate for senior Liberals who believe she would represent the party well in the downtown Toronto riding.

Irem Koca

Lack of pre-sitting cabinet shuffle doesn’t take it off the table for the winter, say political strategists

Prime Minister Mark Carney may be currently more “focused” on his “ambitious” agenda than an immediate shuffle before Parliament resumes, but a reworking of the cabinet is still very likely to happen later in the winter, say Liberal strategists. The Ottawa bubble was simmering with speculation late last year that Carney (Nepean, Ont.) would shuffle his cabinet either before the...

Craig Lord

Ministers defend 'great sacrifices' after Trump downplays NATO role in Afghanistan

Liberal cabinet ministers and former Armed Forces members are defending the sacrifices Canadian soldiers made in Afghanistan after U.S. President Donald Trump downplayed NATO troops' contributions in the war. Trump renewed long-standing grievances with NATO partners in a media interview on Thursday by disputing sacrifices made by non-U.S. troops. "We've never needed them, we have never really asked anything of...

Catherine Morrison

Almost 10,000 federal workers were told this week they may be laid off: unions

Almost 10,000 federal public servants have received notices in the past week warning them that their jobs may be cut, say the unions representing them. The Public Service Alliance of Canada says more than 5,000 of its members received what are called "workforce adjustment notices" this week. They include staff working at Global Affairs Canada, Transport Canada, Innovation, Science and...

Peter Mansbridge, Chantal Hébert, Bruce Anderson

Good Talk - The Week Everything Changed

First, Mark Carney said the rupture is real and our days tied to the US are over. Twenty four hours later, Donald Trump implies "You better be careful Mark". More Trumpian insults directed at Canada followed So now, its game on, the fight is real and who knows just where it will all end up. So while Carney and his...

Catherine Morrison

Protecting Canada's sovereignty emerges as key topic at cabinet retreat

Prime Minister Mark Carney and his cabinet are using their second day of meetings in Quebec City to discuss safeguarding Canada's sovereignty, says a minister at the retreat. Speaking to reporters Friday morning, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation Evan Solomon said ministers are focused on creating good jobs for Canadians and investing in key sectors to build "a...

Kelly Geraldine Malone

Bessent weighs in on Alberta separatism, calls Alberta 'natural partner for the U.S.'

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent commented Thursday on the separatist movement in Alberta — making him the highest-ranking member of the Trump administration to weigh in on the province's politics. While appearing on the right-wing TV station Real America's Voice, Bessent claimed Canada won't let Alberta build a pipeline to the Pacific. "I think we should let them come down...

Irem Koca

Public service job cuts will be ‘minimal’ in procurement and contracting roles, says PSPC

https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/01/23/public-service-job-cuts-will-be-minimal-in-procurement-and-contracting-roles-says-pspc/488839/#:~:text=As%20workforce%20adjustment,government%20spending%20review.

Sergiy Slipchenko

Housing remains a priority for feds, but results will take time, says CREA

Despite falling out of the news spotlight, affordable housing continues to be a priority for the Liberal government, says Shaun Cathcart, director and senior economist at the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). “We’ve gone from our housing agency saying ‘we need to double construction, but there’s no way to do it’ to ‘we’re actually going to try to do it...

Simon Tuck

Carney and Poilievre find themselves on two very different hot seats as Parliament gears up to return

Canada’s two main political party leaders won’t boast about the connection, but they have at least one important thing in common these days: As a new session of Parliament opens Monday, they’re both sitting on hot seats. Facing upcoming periods that may well determine their political fates, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre are both approaching hurdles...

Thomas Laberge

Christine Frechette to launch campaign on Sunday to succeed Legault as CAQ leader

QUEBEC -- Economy Minister Christine Frechette will officially enter the race to succeed Francois Legault as Quebec premier and Coalition Avenir Quebec leader on Sunday.

Ryan Wedding, former Canadian Olympic snowboarder accused of being a drug kingpin, is arrested

Ryan Wedding, a Canadian former Olympic snowboarder allegedly behind one of the most violent drug trafficking organizations, was arrested, two law enforcement officials familiar with the investigation told NBC News on Friday.

Josh Pringle

8,500 notices issued to federal workers this week, including Global Affairs

More than 1,000 employees at Global Affairs Canada have been notified their jobs may be at risk as part of the federal government’s move to cut 28,000 jobs from the federal public service over the next four years. The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) says 1,171 of its members at Global Affairs received affected notices, one of five departments...

David Thurton

NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis goes after AI data centres

NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis is calling for a moratorium on data centres along with other measures in a bid to rein in emerging generative artificial intelligence (AI) companies that he says are stealing private data, threatening jobs and harming the environment. Lewis, one of the frontrunners in the leadership race, dropped another platform plank on Thursday that called for...

Alessia Passafiume

First Nations warn members to be cautious when entering U.S. following ICE actions

Several First Nations are warning their members to be wary of crossing the border into the United States in response to immigration enforcement raids and the detention of some U.S. tribal citizens. The Kashechewan First Nation in northern Ontario -- which was forced to evacuate earlier this month when local water and sewage systems failed -- posted on social media...

Kelly Geraldine Malone

Trump withdraws Carney's invitation to 'Board of Peace'

U.S. President Donald Trump has rescinded an invitation to Prime Minister Mark Carney to join his new "Board of Peace" — marking the latest upheaval in the relationship between Canada and the United States as a critical trade agreement is set to be reviewed. In a post on social media Thursday night, Trump did not give details about why he...

Andrew Johnson

‘We were the frontline’: Canadian veterans outraged by Trump’s NATO comments

U.S. President Donald Trump is facing backlash from Canadian veterans after suggesting NATO allies did little during the war in Afghanistan, comments veterans say ignore their painful sacrifices. In an interview with Fox News on Tuesday, Trump said the United States had “never needed” its NATO partners and characterized allied contributions in Afghanistan as minor, saying they “stayed a little...

Kate McKenna

Poilievre calls Carney’s Davos speech ‘well-crafted,’ but says action must follow

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre offered some rare praise for the prime minister’s speech in Davos, Switzerland, earlier this week, calling it "well-crafted and eloquently delivered" — but in a six-page statement released Thursday, he also criticized Mark Carney’s record on reducing Canada's reliance on the United States. Poilievre said Carney is right to restate that Canada must become more self-reliant...

Matt Bubbers, Eric Atkins

Chinese car maker Chery eyes expansion into the Canadian EV market

Chinese car company Chery Automobile Co. Ltd. is laying the groundwork to sell its electric vehicles in Canada, after last week’s announcement that Prime Minister Mark Carney had struck a deal with Beijing under which Canada will reduce tariffs on a limited number of Chinese-made EVs.

Josh Pringle

Health Canada the latest federal department to issue layoff notices

More than 1,000 employees at Health Canada have been notified their jobs may be affected as federal departments continue to issue notices about possible layoffs in the public service. Health Canada is the latest department to notify employees of possible job cuts, as the federal government looks to cut 28,000 jobs over the next four years.

Catharine Tunney

Carney bites back at Trump's 'Canada lives because of' U.S. remarks at cabinet meeting

Canada's 'values must be fought for' in a moment of democratic decline, says prime minister. For the second time this week Prime Minister Mark Carney took aim at Donald Trump — this time directly biting back at the U.S. president's "Canada lives because of the United States" comments. On Wednesday Trump addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where...

Kelly Geraldine Malone

Lutnick calls Carney's speech 'political noise' and cautions Canada on China deal

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick called Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech at the World Economic Forum "political noise" and criticized Canada's recent deal with China today. Speaking on Bloomberg TV, Lutnick said Canada has "the second-best deal in the world" and accused Carney of complaining.

Dylan Robertson

Chinese envoy says PM's claim that Beijing agreed to visa-free entry not yet official

China's ambassador in Ottawa says Prime Minister Mark Carney's claim that Beijing is about to lift its visa requirement for Canadians is not yet official, suggesting the move is still under consideration. "I did notice that Prime Minister Carney made it public that the Chinese side told him that China is actively considering giving unilateral visa-free treatment to Canadian citizens,"...

The Canadian Press

Threats against Greenland are attacks on Inuit, says Nunatsiavut leader in Labrador

The Inuit government in northern Labrador is standing in solidarity with Greenland as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to take control of the Danish territory. Nunatsiavut President Johannes Lampe says the people of Greenland, the majority of whom are Inuit, have a right to determine their own future.

Tracy Moran

‘Let’s be honest, sometimes it has been quite complicated’: Outgoing Canadian ambassador to US reflects on a tumultuous time

As the first woman to serve as Canada’s ambassador to the United States, Kirsten Hillman has been described as a powerhouse of a diplomat by business, political, and diplomatic leaders from both sides of the aisle. Before being appointed acting ambassador in 2019 and getting the top job in 2020, Hillman served as deputy ambassador from 2017 to 2019, contributing...

Jorge Barrera

Carney's Davos speech strikes a chord in Mexico

Mexican lawmakers reflect on prime minister's words ahead of Canadian trade mission, CUSMA negotiations. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, resonated in Mexico, a country which, much like Canada, has also been forced to grapple with the mercurial temperament of its much larger and powerful U.S. neighbour.