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Politics After their Oval Office encounter under the glare of the TV lights, Prime Minister Mark Carney and his U.S. counterpart retreated to the Roosevelt Room for a working lunch on Tuesday. Much of the mealtime chatter was about foreign policy issues, according to a senior Canadian official. A lotContinue Reading

Politics U.S. President Donald Trump said former prime minister Justin Trudeau led the effort to have Russia removed from the G8, even though the decision took place more than a year before Trudeau came to power. ‘If Russia were in it, you wouldn’t have this ridiculous, deadly war,’ Trump saidContinue Reading

Politics·Analysis Since the beginning of the year and the inauguration of the second Trump administration, an increasing number of Washington’s closest allies have begun to throw quiet — and sometimes not so quiet — fits about whether they can still count on the decades-old nuclear deterrent capability of the UnitedContinue Reading

Politics·Analysis There is a long way to go — and much more to figure out than could possibly be settled in a single afternoon at the White House. ‘Regardless of anything, we’re going to be friends with Canada,’ the president said Aaron Wherry · CBC News · Posted: May 06, 2025Continue Reading

Politics The Conservative caucus has chosen Andrew Scheer to lead the party in Parliament during the spring session. The party’s leader, Pierre Poilievre, lost in the Ontario riding of Carleton in last week’s election after representing the area for more than 20 years. Poilievre cannot serve as Opposition leader inContinue Reading

Politics CBC News was recently granted exclusive access to both Hanwha Ocean and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) as well as senior South Korean defence officials to learn about their pitch to Canada. Here are five things to know about the KSS-III and the South Korean proposal. Competing shipyards teamed upContinue Reading

Carney speaks to reporters after meeting Trump Prime Minister Mark Carney is taking questions from reporters in Washington on Tuesday after his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House. Prime Minister Mark Carney stepped into the lion’s den Tuesday for his first face-to-face with his U.S. counterpartContinue Reading

Politics Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has already taken a trip out to the Alberta riding he hopes to represent, after losing the Ottawa-area seat he held for more than two decades in last week’s general election. But Poilievre will have to wait at least 30 days for a byelection, and likelyContinue Reading

Politics Veteran NDP MP Don Davies has been selected as the new interim leader for the New Democratic Party of Canada. Leader Jagmeet Singh announced on election night that he would step down David Thurton · CBC News · Posted: May 05, 2025 2:02 PM EDT | Last Updated: May 6 NDPContinue Reading