Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc met with his U.S. counterpart in Washington on Friday and had a “constructive and substantive discussion” on the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) and other trade issues, he said. The meeting comes as the two countries prepare for this summer’s review of the CUSMA…
By Jack Farrell The Canadian Press Posted March 6, 2026 1:22 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ottawa and Alberta have reached a prospective deal they say will see major projects be approved more efficiently. In a joint announcement, the two governments say they’ll work together when addressing the…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada and Japan have signed a new strategic partnership agreement that aims to boost co-operation on defence, energy, trade and technology Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo on Friday, outlining a long list of areas where the two countries plan to…
If you want to understand Prime Minister Mark Carney’s approach to foreign policy, meet the chartered professional accountant he put in charge of it. Arun Thangaraj, formerly the deputy minister of Transport Canada, was appointed to the top bureaucratic role at Global Affairs Canada on Wednesday morning. Thangaraj’s previous stint at the department was as…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Dominic LeBlanc, the minister handling the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) renegotiations, is heading to Washington, D.C., for meetings on Friday, his office says. This comes following Prime Minister Mark Carney’s comments out of Australia, stating that the free trade agreement “effectively has been broken in the short…
By Dylan Robertson The Canadian Press Posted March 5, 2026 2:27 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size 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….
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Washington must avoid any new tariffs with Ottawa during a review of its trilateral trade agreement, mayors of several Canadian and U.S. cities urge. The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, a multinational coalition of municipal and Indigenous government executives representing communities in the Great Lakes…
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…
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…
Canada’s artificial intelligence minister will meet virtually with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Wednesday afternoon to discuss changes the company has committed to making after last month’s mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. The timing was confirmed to Global News by a spokesperson for AI Minister Evan Solomon’s office. Solomon sought the meeting with Altman…