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Politics Canada’s new prime minister is facing growing criticism from advocacy groups upset that ministers solely dedicated to their issues are no longer around the cabinet table. Carney downsized cabinet to focus on trade war and economy Ashley Burke · CBC News · Posted: Mar 19, 2025 4:00 AM EDTContinue Reading

Politics The Conservative national campaign director told media outlets Tuesday their journalists won’t be allowed to travel with leader Pierre Poilievre on his campaign plane and bus during the upcoming election, ending a decades-old tradition of reporters embedding with a prospective candidate to lead the country. No recent precedent forContinue Reading

Politics·New Prime Minister Mark Carney is aiming to hold his first meeting with Canada’s premiers on Friday, sources tell CBC News. Would be first meeting between new PM and all 13 provincial and territorial leaders Darren Major · CBC News · Posted: Mar 18, 2025 2:26 PM EDT | LastContinue Reading

Politics A Federal Court judge on Monday dismissed a motion to certify a proposed class-action lawsuit launched by Black public servants in 2020 who alleged there was systemic racism within the public service. Federal judge declines to certify lawsuit filed by Black public servants Catherine Morrison · The Canadian PressContinue Reading

Politics With a federal election call likely in a matter of days, no political party has nominated candidates to all 343 ridings, with Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals behind all the other national parties. No party has a full slate yet, with writ likely to be dropped by the endContinue Reading

Politics Nearly 500,000 fewer travellers crossed the land border from Canada into the U.S. in February compared to the same month last year, according to data from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the latest sign that President Donald Trump’s taunts and tariffs have shaken bilateral relations. The number ofContinue Reading

The Canadian shipyard building the navy’s new destroyers and the British defence contractor responsible for the basic design recently signed a collaboration contract, marking the next step forward in the multibillion-dollar program that the federal government has largely wrapped in secrecy. Much of the program’s plans and costs remain shroudedContinue Reading

Politics Prime Minister Mark Carney pushed back on reporter questions about his financial holdings during a news conference on Monday. PM has divested his assets into a blind trust, opposition still calling on him to disclose holdings Darren Major · CBC News · Posted: Mar 17, 2025 9:11 PM EDTContinue Reading

Politics Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says a government led by him would repeal both the federal consumer carbon tax and standards for pricing greenhouse gas emissions from large industrial emitters. Provinces would be free to maintain existing systems Aaron Wherry · CBC News · Posted: Mar 17, 2025 12:57 PMContinue Reading