Canada’s Mark Carney to talk trade in Abu Dhabi and at G20
ADVERTISEMENT Updated: November 18, 2025 at 11:43AM EST Published: November 18, 2025 at 5:32AM EST Prime Minister Mark Carney is departing for a nearly week-long trip to the United Arab Emirates and South Africa on Tuesday evening and is aiming to return with deeper diplomatic ties, as well as new trade and investment agreements. It is Carney’s […]
South Africa seeks deal to boost trade, investment with Canada
ADVERTISEMENT Published: November 18, 2025 at 5:20AM EST OTTAWA — As Prime Minister Mark Carney heads to Johannesburg for the G20 summit, Canada and South Africa are talking about a deal to boost bilateral trade and investment that could see more South African wine on Canadian shelves in exchange for gas exports. “We are pursuing a […]
Canada’s federal budget leaves out funding for new submarines
Article Summary: Prime Minister Mark Carney has now climbed into two submarines on two continents, but the 2025 federal budget, which allocated more than $80 billion toward defence, made no mention of funding towards the much-needed vessels. Note: Full article content could not be retrieved. Please visit the original source for the complete story. Source: […]
Mark Carney’s Liberals face confidence vote today
ADVERTISEMENT Published: November 07, 2025 at 12:27PM EST OTTAWA — The minority Liberal government faces a second confidence vote on the budget today after surviving a vote on Thursday evening. That first key vote was overshadowed by Alberta MP Matt Jeneroux’s announcement that he will resign from Parliament, following days of rumours suggesting he might join […]
Carney advised to push back on Trump if provoked, memo shows
Published: November 02, 2025 at 7:11AM EST OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney was counselled to push back during an April call with Donald Trump if the U.S. president revived his complaints about border security, fentanyl from Canada or low defence spending, a newly released memo shows. Federal officials prepared the internal memo to guide Carney’s […]
Smith asks feds to use notwithstanding clause over child porn ruling
ADVERTISEMENT Published: October 31, 2025 at 3:02PM EDT Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling on the federal government to invoke the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to overturn a Supreme Court ruling on child pornography. The top court has ruled that one-year mandatory minimum sentences for accessing or possessing child pornography are unconstitutional. Smith says the minimum sentence […]
Families of Canadians killed by Hamas say Carney hasn’t met them
ADVERTISEMENT Published: October 30, 2025 at 6:26AM EDT OTTAWA — The relatives of Canadians killed by Hamas in Israel two years ago are criticizing Prime Minister Mark Carney for not meeting with them since he took office. A group called the Association of Families of the Canadian Victims of October 7th went public with their concerns […]
Carney reports ‘good’ conversation
ADVERTISEMENT Updated: October 29, 2025 at 9:40AM EDT Published: October 29, 2025 at 5:17AM EDT Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump pointed and smiled at one another as they sat down to dinner together in South Korea on Wednesday, their first in-person interaction since Trump abruptly ended trade talks last week. They were among […]
U.S. ambassador ‘swore’ at trade rep, sources say
ADVERTISEMENT Published: October 29, 2025 at 7:25AM EDT U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra lashed out at Ontario’s trade representative at an event in Ottawa on Monday, according to two sources in the Ontario government. The sources tell CTV News there was an “unpleasant exchange” between Hoekstra and the province’s trade representative in Washington, David Paterson, […]
Drake wore a Rob Ford-inspired jacket to Game 1 of the World Series
ADVERTISEMENT Published: October 27, 2025 at 1:31PM EDT Ontario Premier Doug Ford is reacting to Drake’s decision to wear a letterman jacket inspired by his late brother and former Toronto mayor Rob Ford to Game 1 of the World Series last week, calling the apparent tribute “cool.” Drake was photographed at the World Series on Friday […]