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Politics Canada and Turkey have reached a deal to restart Canadian exports of drone parts in exchange for more transparency on where they are used, and it would take effect after Ankara completes its ratification of Sweden’s NATO bid, two sources told Reuters. New agreement requires that Turkey provide Ottawa with information onContinue Reading

Politics New Democrats have asked the Liberals to begin covering a handful of essential medicines as negotiations continue behind the scenes on developing a pharmacare system. Introduction of pharmacare legislation a key plank in the Liberal-NDP supply-and-confidence deal David Thurton · CBC News · Posted: Jan 26, 2024 4:00 AMContinue Reading

Politics The Department of National Defence (DND) has revised its estimate of the lifetime cost of owning and operating the air force’s CH-148 Cyclones to $15.9 billion — slightly more than a billion dollars higher than its previous estimate. New estimate is $1B higher than previous cost projection Murray BrewsterContinue Reading

Politics Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday his government won’t get sidetracked by “distractions” after one of his MPs walked back comments calling for a leadership review. MP Ken McDonald reversed himself after saying he’d like the Liberals to hold a leadership review Darren Major · CBC News · Posted:Continue Reading

Politics As he prepares to leave federal politics, former minister of justice David Lametti says he’s still confident the government did the right thing when it invoked the Emergencies Act in response to the convoy protests. David Lametti says PM never gave ‘a substantive reason’ for dropping him from cabinetContinue Reading

Politics Four of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet ministers appeared before reporters Thursday to condemn Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s decision to meet with former Fox News personality Tucker Carlson. ‘Do not summon the dogs of MAGA conservatism to try and scare us,’ Liberal cabinet minister says John Paul Tasker · CBCContinue Reading

Politics British negotiators walked away from trade talks with Canada Thursday — a dramatic development that taps the brakes on a bilateral trade deal between the two Commonwealth nations that has been years in the making. Sticking points include how much access U.K. producers should have to the Canadian cheese marketContinue Reading

WARNING: This article contains graphic content and may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or know someone affected by it Five former 2018 world junior hockey players have been told to surrender themselves to police in London, Ont., to face sexual assault charges in a high-profile case that has embroiled theContinue Reading

Politics A number of Liberal MPs are saying they still have confidence in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after one of their caucus colleagues publicly questioned whether he should lead the party into the next election. Liberal MP Ken McDonald has said the party should have a leadership review before theContinue Reading