Prime Minister Mark Carney has met with a number of business leaders across different sectors to discuss Canada’s trade relationship with the U.S. A statement from the Prime Minister’s Office says the meeting covered recent developments on the file and the government’s priorities to spur economic growth and investment in Canada. The statement says attendees […]
Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to schedule another six byelections for the coming months. Liberal MP Steven Guilbeault officially resigned his Montreal seat on Friday, according to the House of Commons website. The MP for Laurier—Sainte-Marie has said he’s leaving government on a matter of principal because the party’s direction on energy and the environment changed under Carney’s leadership. Ottawa dropped the consumer carbon tax and endorsed building new pipelines out of Alberta. Conservative MP Cathay Wagantall was also expected to officially resign this week after announcing her plans in June. Wagantall, a Saskatchewan MP since 2015, announced her resignation this summer after originally saying she planned to stick around until the next election. Nelson Pohl will run under the Conservative banner in her Yorkton-Melville riding in the next election....
Weakening investment, a prolonged property crisis, and job losses are fueling frustration despite Beijing’s efforts to project economic confidence.
Dominic Barton, who served as ambassador to China from 2019 to 2021, will serve part-time for three years.
Michelle Rowland has ruled out an import ban, suggesting instead that councils and businesses regulate their use in public spaces.
More than 3,000 people remain missing, including 43 Australians, five days after the catastrophic flooding.
Wheat prices posted a 19 percent gain in August.
The United States has removed climate and DEI initiatives from this year’s summit agenda, marking a significant departure from previous summits.
The Icelandic government had said before the vote that membership in the European Union could bolster the Arctic island’s security.
A generation of young men is searching for meaning and purpose, and it is time we started telling them that society needs them.
The messaging followed a U.S. attack on an Iranian military site on Sunday.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Aug. 28 that the United States had reached what he called “the biggest oil deal in world history,” giving the United States majority control over the development of more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s proven heavy crude reserves. While oil-rich Venezuela remains significantly behind Canada in oil production after years of infrastructure neglect and political isolation, experts say the country’s potential return to the global oil market could increase pressure on Canada from its neighbour to the south and largest energy export customer. Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodríguez has said the deal will last 25 years, cover 17 oilfields, and target production of more than 1.5 million barrels per day.
Some leader absences are ‘clearly linked to Chinese influence or destabilization operations,’ said one expert.
U.S. planners said the aim is to determine whether forces using different systems can rapidly exchange information over long distances with limited bandwidth.
U.S. President Donald Trump is asking Apple to change the name Lake Ontario on its maps to “Lake America,” according to a senior administration official. U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told the Fox Business network during an Aug. 31 interview that he expects the body of water’s name to soon be changed on all Apple maps. “I know that the president reached out to Apple directly,” Burgum said. “So I’m sure that we may be seeing that change coming up soon to Lake America.” Trump issued an executive order last week to rename the Great Lake amid rising tensions between the two nations following a collapse in trade negotiations....
United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the difference in the size of the Canadian and American economies will make it difficult for Ottawa to respond with reciprocal tariffs. “I don’t think you can be in a tit-for-tat with somebody 13 times larger than you are,” Bessent said in an interview on CNBC on Aug. 31 when asked if the United States was in a trade war with Canada. “I mean, we’re not at war with Canada. How are we going to be at war with Canada? What are they going to take their two submarines from the [West] Edmonton Mall and sic them on us?” Bessent added....
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne will meet with his U.S. counterpart on the sidelines of the G20 finance ministers’ meetings in North Carolina this week. Champagne’s spokesperson John Fragos confirmed in a media statement that the minister will meet with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over the next two days. It’s believed to be the first face-to-face meeting between high-ranking Canadian and U.S. officials since trade talks between the two nations broke down 10 days ago and gave way to an escalating tariff fight. Bessent also confirmed the meeting with Champagne in an appearance on CNBC today, where he blamed the failed talks on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s approach to politics....
Canada's last captive whales are set to leave the country today as the six belugas from Marineland are headed to two aquariums in the United States. The closed Niagara Falls, Ont., tourist attraction is up for sale and the park has said it is running out of money and can no longer care for its animals.
Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA Á’a:líya Warbus has announced her departure from the B.C. Conservative Party to sit as an Independent, making her the seventh MLA to leave the party in the past three weeks. Warbus said in an Aug. 31 social media post she is “disappointed” to leave the caucus, citing a “critical breakdown in communication” […]
The new agreements with defense contractors will help replace key munitions depleted during the Iran conflict.
