These are the 30 most read items on National Newswatch, from the last seven days.
Prime Minister Mark Carney says great powers are using 'economic integration as weapons.' Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a frank assessment of how he views the world in a provocative speech in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, where he said the longstanding U.S.-led, rules-based international order is over and middle powers like Canada must pivot to avoiding falling prey to further...
U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Mark Carney is not "grateful" after the prime minister warned an international audience that the world has entered a dangerous new age of great power rivalries. During a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Trump said he heard Carney's Tuesday speech, which was widely praised around the world. The president...
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s keynote address at the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos has sparked widespread international coverage as global news organizations weigh the future amid rising geopolitical tensions. PM Carney stated in his speech that the old world order — the “rules-based international order” — is not coming back and urged middle powers to band together to build...
The Conservative Party’s national council chose to pass a motion formally declaring that the riding's former MP would return even though Damien Kurek had publicly stated that he planned to run in his home riding in the next federal election. In an unusual move, the Conservative Party’s powerful national council passed a motion at its December quarterly meeting confirming former...
Treasurer joins former PM Malcom Turnbull in praising Mark Carney’s comments at the World Economic Forum gathering in Davos. Jim Chalmers has described the Canadian prime minister’s passionate denunciation of Donald Trump’s assault on the global rules-based order as a “stunning speech” that was being “widely shared and discussed” inside the government.
Former prime minister Justin Trudeau spoke about the importance of soft power in geopolitics today at the World Economic Forum in Davos. He was joined by his partner and pop star Katy Perry, who sat in the front row, giving a warm smile when Trudeau talked about Canada not meddling in other states’ affairs to take oil.
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...
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...
Thousands of workers across the federal public service have received notices that their jobs may be cut, many of them just in the last week. The Public Service Alliance of Canada says 1,775 workforce adjustment notices were issued to its members last week. The union says those members work in several departments and agencies including Public Services and Procurement Canada...
It’s weeks into a new year and U.S. President Donald Trump is everywhere, again. Not just everywhere, but on stage at a gathering of world elites, where he reinforced to the crowd of political leaders and the investor class that had descended on the Swiss town of Davos of his desires to make Greenland his own.
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...
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.
Party support remains (mostly) stable, but new polling shows a deterioration in the Conservative leader’s personal standing.
With the ongoing trade war with the United States, frequent annexation rhetoric from U.S. President Donald Trump, and the potential for two separatist referendums at home, Prime Minister Mark Carney is facing some of the most serious challenges confronted by any prime minister. Still, his performance is receiving mixed reviews from some political players who say Carney’s handling of the...
Canada’s former foreign affairs minister says it is possible the country could face tariffs from the United States following U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement Saturday that he would impose tariffs on European countries that oppose U.S. control of Greenland. “There’s no question that the possibility exists,” Peter MacKay, former minister of foreign affairs, told CTV News Channel on Saturday...
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.
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.
US President Donald Trump threatened to impose 200 percent tariffs on French wines and Champagnes on Monday evening, a measure he said was intended to convince his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron to join his "Board of Peace" aimed at resolving global conflicts.
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.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says that U.S. President Donald Trump “remains relentless in his campaign to create a more unstable, unsafe and uncertain world.” Ford made the comment during a news conference alongside auto sector leaders at Queen’s Park on Wednesday morning. The comment comes after Trump delivered a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he reiterated...
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...
Trump threatening tariffs on European nations who oppose U.S. controlling Greenland. Prime Minister Mark Carney is considering sending soldiers to Greenland for military exercises with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies, as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens tariffs on European nations unless they let him purchase and control the semiautonomous island. Two senior Canadian officials have told CBC News that...
What does U.S. President Donald Trump actually want from Canada? While Trump says the U.S. doesn’t need Canadian products, he has also repeatedly expressed a desire to turn Canada into a “cherished” state. Before leaving office, former prime minister Justin Trudeau suggested the Trump administration was really after Canada’s natural wealth. Trump and U.S. officials are also pressuring Ottawa on...
Louis XIV, the Sun King. What if, in the ruins of the liberal international order, the world is spiraling back, not to the fascist 1930’s, not to the gunboat imperialism of the late 19th century, but all the way back to the rule of warrior princes and their predatory cliques in early modern Europe? That’s where two American political scientists...
In almost every deal, there are winners and losers — and the Canada-China deal on electric vehicles appears to be no different. While Canadian automakers are sounding the alarm — or honking the horn, in this case — that the deal could threaten Canadian auto jobs and the domestic EV supply chain, some Canadian car dealership owners believe it is...
Denmark’s prime minister insisted that her country can’t negotiate on its sovereignty on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he agreed on a “framework of a future deal” on Arctic security with the head of NATO. Trump said the outcome would be “all the military access we want” to Greenland. Trump on Wednesday abruptly scrapped the tariffs he had...
U.S. president's capitulation, along with contradictions in his Davos speech, revealed holes in his arguments. In a whiplash-inducing U-turn, U.S. President Donald Trump suddenly dropped his insistence on taking control of Greenland, mere hours after laying out at great length his rationale for ownership of the Arctic island. For weeks, Trump stuck firmly to a take-it-or-leave-it position on Greenland, insisting...
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.
Armed Forces envision insurgency tactics like those used by Afghan mujahedeen, sources say. But officials and experts stress a U.S. operation is unlikely, and the scenarios are conceptual. The Canadian Armed Forces have modelled a hypothetical U.S. military invasion of Canada and the country’s potential response, which includes tactics similar to those employed against Russia and later U.S.-led forces in...
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced he had reached a “framework” with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte for “a future deal with respect to Greenland” and “the entire Arctic region.” Trump added he would no longer impose threatened tariffs on eight European nations over their support for the Danish territory next month as part of the deal framework, which he...