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Can new recruitment measures halt the Canadian Forces’ ‘death spiral’? They come from as far afield as Comox, B.C., Grande Prairie, Alta., and Guelph, Ont. Once strangers, these new Canadian Armed Forces recruits are now seldom more than a few metres from one another — eating, sleeping and exercising asContinue Reading

Politics Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a recent podcast that he considered walking away from the job last year as his marriage began to fracture. Prime minister made the comments on a recent podcast episode Darren Major · CBC News · Posted: Jun 12, 2024 6:10 PM EDT |Continue Reading

Politics Foreign actors are trying to interfere with the Canadian news media and journalists and their bosses need to be aware of it, the chair of Parliament’s nonpartisan national security committee warned on Wednesday. All forms of media subject to interference, David McGuinty saysThe Canadian Press · Posted: Jun 12, 2024 2:29Continue Reading

Politics Canada’s wildfire season is off to a slow start, with the number of hectares burned so far this year still below the ten-year average, senior government officials and ministers said in Ottawa Wednesday.  Despite promising start, officials warn that conditions could change quickly Peter Zimonjic · CBC News ·Continue Reading

Politics One of the country’s leading business voices is warning that Canada faces “diplomatic isolation” if it’s not prepared to deliver a concrete plan next month to raise defence spending to meet NATO’s benchmark. Canada is the only one of 32 member nations not to publicly release a plan toContinue Reading

The prime minister travels to Italy today to meet with world leaders as wars in Gaza and Ukraine cast a shadow over this year’s G7 summit. “This is a moment of real uncertainty,” said Roland Paris, a former foreign policy adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and an international affairsContinue Reading

Politics·Analysis The national security committee suggested that some MPs or senators have acted “contrary to the oaths and affirmations Parliamentarians take to conduct themselves in the best interest of Canada.” But the members of the committee did not say how they thought Parliament should proceed from there. Releasing the namesContinue Reading

Politics Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet says he will ask for a legal opinion on whether the U.S. government has any legal grounds to impose trade sanctions on Canada in response to Quebec language law Bill 96. Trade sanctions triggered by Bill 96 would set a ‘dangerous precedent,’ says BlanchetContinue Reading

Politics B.C. Premier David Eby was “confused” about the facts when he criticized the federal government this week for giving Quebec $750 million to manage asylum seekers, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Tuesday. ‘We need provinces like British Columbia to step up’ and take more refugees, immigration minister says PeterContinue Reading