Jamil Jivani, a Conservative rookie member of Parliament, follows an American playbook to win over young men on college campuses. Jamil Jivani, a Canadian lawmaker who bonded with JD Vance at Yale Law School and delivered a Bible reading at his wedding, arrived at the University of Calgary on a recent winter evening — the latest stop on his tour...
Some New Democrats are worried the party could be wiped out in Quebec as its only MP in the province signals a possible exit, sources say. With Montreal-area MP Alexandre Boulerice “seriously” considering a jump to provincial politics, Quebec New Democrats fear they may not be able to hold on to the Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie seat he’s held since 2011, according...
The Liberals are taking steps to halt debate on their flagship anti-hate bill in committee to end a prolonged Conservative filibuster on removing a religious exemption to some hate speech laws. Conservatives have said they have been inundated with expressions of concern from religious leaders who fear Bill C-9 would limit religious freedom if it becomes law. But the Liberals...
New polling shows just under half of Canadians support the idea, but there are costs. Since taking office, Prime Minister Mark Carney has made his desire to cut Canada's economic dependence on the United States crystal clear. And along the way, he's referenced Europe as a top destination for Canadian goods. "As the most European of the non-European countries, Canada...
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada has not yet received requests from Persian Gulf states for military aid to help them defend against attacks from Iran. And, he suggested, these requests might not arrive. The Prime Minister spoke to journalists in Tokyo near the end of a two-day visit to Japan. Earlier this week, Canada’s Chief of the Defence Staff...
TOKYO -- While there should be "debate" in Canada about a social media ban for children, Prime Minister Mark Carney says he has not made up his own mind on the issue yet.
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should be removed from the royal line of succession for his "deplorable" actions. Speaking to reporters in Tokyo, Carney says the actions that have caused him to be stripped of his royal titles "necessitate" his removal from the line of succession.
One year into the trade war, Canadians are feeling more patriotic and more convinced the United States is a worse place under Donald Trump. And as the president dangles the fate of North American free trade above a wood chipper, a split has emerged between business leaders worried about bottom lines and Canadians who are simply over the president’s provocations...
Ottawa and Alberta have reached a prospective deal that they say will see major projects be approved more efficiently. In a joint announcement Friday the two governments said the deal will bring a "one project, one review" approach to addressing the broader impacts of these projects, including on the environment. A draft version of the deal says projects that fall...
Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc sat down with President Donald Trump's trade czar in Washington on Friday as Ottawa continued preparations for a review of the critical continental trade pact. LeBlanc's office said the meeting with United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer included discussions of the upcoming mandatory review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade, known as CUSMA, as well...
The United States and Israel do not have a "blank cheque" in their bombing campaign in Iran, and are still bound by international law, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said on Friday, as the war in the Middle East approaches the seven-day mark.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Friday a chartered flight is set to take 180 Canadians fleeing the Middle East war zone from Dubai to Istanbul on Saturday. Anand said the flight will operate on a cost-recovery basis. The government has also block-booked about 50 seats each on a few Air Arabia flights for Canadians travelling from Dubai to Istanbul.
Within hours of the US and Israeli attack on Iran and the assassination of that country's leader, Mark Carney was out with his initial thoughts on the conflict. Since then there's been some clarification on what he meant but there's also been some concern in Liberal circles. Chantal and Bruce have their thoughts on this and a lot more on...
The Trump administration is confronting mounting discontent from allies in the Persian Gulf who have complained they were not given adequate time to prepare for the torrent of Iranian drones and missiles bombarding their countries in retaliation for strikes launched by the U.S. and Israel. Officials from two Gulf countries said their governments were disappointed in the way the U.S...
Ottawa has soft-launched a promised program to transition current work permit holders to permanent residence, as soaring numbers of migrants are running out of status in Canada, says Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab.
Ottawa real estate watchers are calling on the federal government to be more clear about its workspace needs as public servants prepare to spend more time in the office. Landlords and office brokers want to know whether the federal government is going to need more space to accommodate ramped-up return-to-office plans after years of stated plans to consolidate its office...
PM meets with his Japanese counterpart, automakers while in Tokyo for a day Prime Minister Mark Carney inked a series of agreements with his Japanese counterpart Friday designed to expand and “modernize” the bilateral relationship as he continues his push to develop deeper ties to like-minded countries in the Indo-Pacific — now that the Canada-U.S. relationship is on shaky ground...
MPs have reservations about PM's initial statement supporting U.S.-Israel strikes. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is set to brief Liberal MPs on Friday morning about the government's position on the war that has now engulfed Iran and surrounding countries in the Middle East, after some both privately and publicly raised concerns about Prime Minister Mark Carney's initial statement regarding the...
Canada's defence chief Gen. Jennie Carignan said allies are in talks about possibly helping Persian Gulf states defend themselves against bombing from Iran. Speaking to reporters at a defence and security conference in Ottawa Thursday, Carignan said a meeting is set for early Friday morning to discuss such a proposal among allied militaries and the Canadian Armed Forces would present...
Negotiations to add digital trade provisions begin Thursday. As relations with the Trump administration remain fraught and uncertain, trade ministers from Canada and the European Union are set to sign on to a series of improvements to their bilateral trade agreement. Maroš Šefčovič, the European Union commissioner for trade and economic security, will join International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu in...
Prime Minister Mark Carney is headed to Japan for a brief visit to one of Canada's closest partner countries as he wraps up a trip across the Indo-Pacific. "The trip is long overdue, given how significant Japan is as a partner for us in the region," Asia Pacific Foundation vice-president Vina Nadjibulla said in a recent interview. Japan is the...
The commander of Canada’s Navy says a mixed submarine fleet would be “more complicated” to operate despite reports that the government is considering splitting the multibillion-dollar contract for 12 new vessels.
Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc is set to meet President Donald Trump's trade czar in Washington on Friday, a day after the United States announced it was launching bilateral discussions with Mexico on the review of the continental trade pact. LeBlanc's office said he will be meeting with United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer to discuss the upcoming mandatory review...
The Conservatives are calling for a parliamentary debate before any sort of Canadian military deployment in the ongoing war in Iran, after Prime Minister Mark Carney said such a deployment is possible. Conservative defence critic James Bezan says Parliament should have the final say on whether Canada deploys troops in a conflict and accuses Carney of being "all over the...
A study released by the Montreal Economic Institute estimates the federal government’s “Buy Canadian” policy could increase the cost of large infrastructure projects by more than $12 billion per year. The study states that, among Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, total expenditures on public procurement accounted for 12.9 per cent of gross domestic product in 2021.
Canada's secretary of state for defence procurement says the government is planning to choose just one company to build the country's next fleet of submarines. Stephen Fuhr says the Canadian position has not changed, despite media reports this week suggesting the government might split the contract. Two companies are in the final stages of a heated competition for a multi-billion...
Rajan Arora is no stranger to trade turmoil between Canada and the US. Just two days after taking over a small steel-producing firm in southern Ontario in 2018, President Donald Trump slapped 25% tariffs on the metal. Business slowed at Roden Manufacturing, creating cash flow problems for the company.
Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre promised a Conservative government would sign binding supply agreements with European allies such as Germany to supply them with natural gas while “overriding bureaucracies and other levels of government” to speed up building pipelines and LNG terminals. Poilievre delivered a speech Wednesday in Berlin that alternated between an emphatic promotion of Canadian liquefied natural gas (LNG)...
Nearly half of Canadians say they would vote Liberal if an election were called today, giving Prime Minister Mark Carney’s party its largest lead since 2016. Forty-nine per cent of decided voters would vote for the Liberals, while 35 per cent would vote Conservative, according to the Postmedia-Leger poll that was taken between Feb. 27 to March 2. That’s a...
Confusing advice and on-again-off-again airport closures are complicating the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of foreigners stranded in the conflict zone around the Persian Gulf. A wide area of the Middle East is now considered too dangerous to fly, forcing some Asian-bound flights to burn more fuel diverting around the danger zone. Flight radar shows an oval-shaped area about 2,50...
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada can not yet rule out military participation in the escalating conflict in the Middle East. Speaking to reporters at a joint news conference with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra, Carney said the question around Canada's potential future involvement is a "fundamental hypothetical," adding the conflict can spread very broadly. "One can never...
In speech to a joint session of Australia's Parliament, Carney says the Commonwealth realms must band together. In an address to Australia's Parliament that was something of a love letter to the country and its people, Prime Minister Mark Carney implored citizens in both Commonwealth realms to draw closer together amid a breakdown in the established global order. Carney said...
Alberta is not ready to deal with the threat of online disinformation coming from foreign actors in a possible referendum campaign on separation this fall, according to national security experts. “Alberta is excessively vulnerable to American interference,” Jean-Christophe Boucher, a professor of political science at the University of Calgary, told Radio-Canada. Boucher, whose research focuses on foreign interference, is unequivocal...
A majority of Canadians say members of Parliament should not be allowed to cross the floor to another party and should face an “immediate” byelection if they do so, a new poll suggests. However, Wednesday’s Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News found Canadians’ displeasure with floor-crossing MPs has not hurt the overall approval for Prime Minister Mark Carney or...
Prime Minister Mark Carney got a little bit chippy when asked by a National Post reporter if he agreed with an unnamed government official who downplayed India’s role in transnational repression and foreign interference in a briefing last week.
Prime Minister Mark Carney took his middle-powers speech from the World Economic Forum earlier this year to an audience in Australia on Wednesday, where he also discussed the difficulties of negotiating with U.S. President Donald Trump. Hitting many of the same points he did in his headline-making speech in Davos, Switzerland in January, Carney told the Lowy Institute think tank...
As Prime Minister Mark Carney shifts away from unequivocal support for American airstrikes on Iran, one expert says Canada could still be drawn into the conflict. Carney on Tuesday expressed "regret" over the state of the global order and said he would have preferred to see the U.S. seek debate at the United Nations and consult with allies before launching...
Bridge owner has faced criticism for U.S. lobbying efforts. The billionaire U.S. owners of the busiest land border crossing in North America turned to a high-powered lobbying firm run by former top aides to Prime Minister Stephen Harper in recent years, records show. The Moroun family, which has controlled the Ambassador Bridge connecting Ontario and Michigan for decades, has aggressively...
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says NATO needs to focus on the North as the global security environment changes and new threats emerge. Anand spoke at the Conference of Defence Associations Institute's annual gathering in Ottawa today. She said the government's "singular task" is to defend Canada's sovereignty and strengthen its alliances.
Glenn Purves, a BlackRock executive, has been brought back to the public service to become deputy minister of international trade as part of the Carney government’s latest shuffle of the federal bureaucracy’s senior ranks. The announcement names 16 individuals who will be taking on new roles. Many of the changes involve current deputy ministers moving to new departments. Mr. Purves...
The federal government has secured "a limited number of seats" on commercial flights out of Lebanon for Canadians trying to flee the region, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Wednesday. Anand said 103,000 people have registered with Global Affairs Canada in the Middle East and Gulf region. The Canadian government is not offering assisted departures from the region.
Carney said Trump is open to hearing ideas and solicits opinions from those he speaks with. Prime Minister Mark Carney pulled back the curtain on his relationship with his American counterpart Wednesday evening in Australia saying it's not easy dealing with U.S. President Donald Trump and he must choose his words carefully to avoid any blowback. Speaking at a think...
In a more relaxed mode than usual, Prime Minister Mark Carney used the f-word at a fireside chat in Sydney while telling a story from his time as a central banker and shared his observations about a number of world leaders. “You don’t want to say anything in public that you can’t back up,” he said about learning how to...