Canada is prepared to contribute troops to Britain and France’s “coalition of the willing” peacekeeping force should there be a ceasefire in Ukraine, Defence Minister Bill Blair said Wednesday. He made the remarks at the Conference of Defence Associations Institute annual...
Liberal leadership hopeful Chrystia Freeland says she wants her rival — former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney — to join her cabinet if she wins the contest on Sunday and becomes prime minister. “When I win, I will invite Mark...
A last-minute decision to exempt new bare trust filing requirements led to “wasted time and effort,” according to a new report from the office of Taxpayers’ Ombudsperson François Boileau.
Far from the political spotlight and prying eyes, the process has already begun. When the next Liberal leader is announced on March 9, it will mark the end of the leadership campaign triggered by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to...
On the day he launched a trade war, U.S. President Donald Trump defended tariffs in a speech to Congress and prepared his nation for a period of upheaval. He did not sound like a man looking to de-escalate. But away...
Canadians have taken Donald Trump’s threats of trade action — now realized — very personally. Understandably and justifiably so. But the American president’s treatment of Ukraine — not to mention his administration’s larger withholding of foreign aid — demonstrates that Canada is...
Liberal leadership hopeful Mark Carney confirmed Sunday that a federal government led by him would run a deficit “to invest and grow” Canada’s economy, but it would also balance its operational spending over the next three years. Carney, a former...
about the security of the Canada-U.S. border could lead to a thickening of the 49th parallel, adversely affecting trade and travel. The report, written by a diplomat at Canada’s embassy in Washington, said that failing to refute U.S. claims about...
U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that his country subsidizes Canada with hundreds of billions of dollars every year has become a key plank in his argument for annexing the country. But do his numbers add up? His argument hinges on a belief that...
Surrounded by hundreds of supporters wearing red and white, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre firmly repudiated U.S. President Donald Trump’s 51st state threats and said Canada “will bear any burden” to protect its sovereignty during a rally in Ottawa. “Sometimes it...
