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Politics Canada retaliated with a new set of counter-tariffs Thursday after President Donald Trump slapped a 25 per cent levy on steel and aluminum coming into the U.S. Here’s a breakdown of what is being targeted. New wave of countermeasures effectively double tariffs imposed last week Darren Major · CBCContinue Reading

Politics Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault will be given a new portfolio in Mark Carney’s cabinet, a source with knowledge of the decision told Radio-Canada. Prime minister-designate aiming for leaner cabinet of 15 to 20 members Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault has until recently been a staunch defenderContinue Reading

Politics The Canadian government announced plans to ease sanctions on Syria during what it called a period of transition. Many Western nations, including Canada, had put a range of sanctions against Syria under its ousted President Bashar al-Assad, who was toppled late last year by insurgent forces. Move includes easingContinue Reading

Politics As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepares to leave office, CBC News has learned that one of his final acts is an attempt to settle the problem of 24 Sussex Drive, the official — and long vacant — residence of Canada’s prime minister. PM asks minister to develop new optionsContinue Reading

Politics Canadian veterans of the Afghan war are speaking out and have taken to social media to express their sense of betrayal at U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to annex Canada and the bullying of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. ‘I just think about the idiocy of it,’ says retired corporalContinue Reading

Politics Prime minister-designate Mark Carney is aiming for a much leaner cabinet as he prepares to get sworn in on Friday at Rideau Hall.  Trudeau will resign Friday before Carney and new cabinet sworn in at Rideau Hall David Cochrane · CBC News · Posted: Mar 12, 2025 5:41 PMContinue Reading

Politics Both the Conservatives and NDP are criticizing prime minister-designate Mark Carney’s choice to appoint former public safety minister Marco Mendicino as chief of staff during the transition — one party bringing up the controversy that forced him out of cabinet and the other, his staunch pro-Israel support. Opposition parties, some LiberalContinue Reading

Politics·New Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is welcoming her counterparts from some of the world’s most powerful countries to Quebec this week as Ottawa works to maintain unity between Washington and its G7 partners and pushes back on U.S. tariffs. Foreign ministers meeting in Charlevoix region until Friday Dylan Robertson ·Continue Reading

The federal government announced a plan on Wednesday to slap tariffs on $29.8 billion worth of American goods to hit back against U.S. President Donald Trump after he imposed punishing tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum early this morning. Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc, the government’s point person on Canada-U.S. relations, said Trump’sContinue Reading