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Saab is pitching a Montreal-based, sovereign data hub to secure Canada's fighter jet contract, arguing it would keep mission-critical data out of U.S. hands. The move challenges Lockheed Martin's F-35 model and amplifies Ottawa's growing unease over data control, AI and strategic dependence.
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Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal government to defend private property rights in face of what he claims is a threat posed by a landmark B.C. Supreme Court decision establishing Aboriginal title on private property.
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Despite threats from U.S. President Donald Trump, an American break with NATO remains unlikely. Political constraints, military dependence and mutual interests bind both sides. The real danger involves eroding trust, emboldening Russia and a slow-motion fracture that weakens deterrence without ever triggering a formal divorce.
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For 150 years, who is considered a "Status Indian" in Canadian law has been determined by the federal government through the Indian Act. Now, a Senate bill could end the "second-generation cut-off." What would this mean for communities, and does the bill stand a chance of passing in the House?
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Canada's army is weighing faster timelines for new armoured vehicles while rethinking tanks in light of Ukraine's drone-dominated battlefield. Aging Leopards need replacement, but commanders say technology — including uncrewed systems — will shape decisions, even as other priorities like air defence and long-range strike rank higher.
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The Conservatives are calling for an ethics investigation into Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne in regards to the involvement of his partner in the Alto high-speed rail project. Prime Minister Mark Carney defended Champagne, saying the minister followed all of the ethics rules.
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Canada's military operations commander has temporarily removed the officer in charge of the country's biggest overseas deployment. The decision by Lt.-Gen. Steve Boivin comes after Col. James Smith was charged by military police with prejudice to good order regarding compensation irregularities while he commanded Task Force Latvia.
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The Conservatives are calling for an ethics investigation into Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne in regards to the involvement of his partner in the Alto high-speed rail project. Prime Minister Mark Carney defended Champagne, saying the minister followed all of the ethics rules.
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Canadian Armed Forces members used their own personal social media accounts, computers and networks at home during the COVID-19 pandemic and gathered information about Canadians, violating intelligence-gathering rules, according to a newly released report.
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Neglected for years, the Arctic is now NATO's critical front, driven by urgent threats from Russian militarization and shifting geopolitics. While launching "Arctic Sentry" to bridge surveillance gaps, the alliance is struggling with extreme conditions, vast distances and the need for new, rugged technology to maintain a persistent presence in the...
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The new approaches could provide an important boost to conservation in Canada and reduce the burden on Ottawa to do the work alone, but experts say if it's not done correctly, these other-conserved areas may end up existing on paper but not providing the level of protection necessary for ecosystems to thrive.
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The federal public safety minister's office says more than 67,000 assault-style firearms have been declared, far short of the 136,000 the government had budgeted for. The uptake combined with hurdles for the next stage are raising questions about whether the program will accomplish the government's goal of abolishing assault-style firearms in...
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Canada's finance minister François-Philippe Champagne is in China to continue diversifying trading partners and strengthen the economy. This visit follows that of Prime Minister Mark Carney earlier this year as U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war has driven more and more countries to turn toward China, the world's second-largest economy.
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The federal public health agency is taking over administration of a program that compensates people who have been injured by vaccines, months after Health Minister Marjorie Michel ordered an audit of the program following complaints about its administration.
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A longtime federal public servant says she's become "collateral damage" as her department clears its backlog of Phoenix payroll issues so it can test replacement software — and in doing so introduced an error to her file, refused to fix it and is now clawing back hundreds of dollars per paycheque.
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Despite Premier Wab Kinew delivering words of affirmation to New Democrats gathered in Winnipeg, sources says the Manitoba NDP has tried to distance itself from the federal wing of the party, as tensions with Prairie New Democrats are once again playing out in the leadership race.
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Canada's army is preparing a sweeping reorganization just as the National Defence Department moves to finalize its mobilization plan. Senior commanders warn the current force is ill suited to a more dangerous world, with proposals under study to expand reserves and generate hundreds of thousands of additional personnel in a crisis.
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Liberal MP Michael Ma's apology for confronting an academic witness about whether her evidence on Chinese aluminum supply chains could be "hearsay" coincides with a highly sensitive moment in Canada's trade war with the Trump administration. The U.S. included Canada in its recent tariff investigation to crack down on countries suspected of turning...
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As part of the wide-ranging Canada-Alberta memorandum of understanding on energy policy and a new oil pipeline, the two sides announced an agreement-in-principle on new methane rules and targets. It could speed up methane reductions, experts say, but some questions remain.
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It's very possible the Conservatives will forget about their concerns as soon as the new PBO releases a report that is unflattering to the government. But ideally the appointment of an independent officer of Parliament would not be the subject of political conflict and partisan email campaigns.
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Canada has finally met NATO's two per cent defence spending target, buoyed by a $9.3-billion surge and internal accounting changes. The long-elusive milestone fulfils Prime Minister Mark Carney's promise under intense allied pressure, but comes as NATO shifts the goalposts farther and scrutiny turns to how the money is actually spent.
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Legal arguments at the Supreme Court challenge into Quebec's secularism law Wednesday focused on how provinces use the notwithstanding clause, exposing a national divide. Some provinces agree with Quebec's approach while others — and Ottawa — see a need for more limits.
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Justice Minister Sean Fraser, who was in charge of immigration during some of the years Auditor General Karen Hogan found instances of fraud in Canada's international student program, said with hindsight, he would have acted sooner to fundamentally change it. The Opposition Conservatives have been calling for his resignation, along with his...
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Prime Minister Mark Carney had pointed words for the head of Canada's largest airline early Wednesday, saying the Air Canada CEO's unilingual message of condolences to those affected by the recent deadly crash showed a "lack of judgment" and "a lack of compassion."
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Today, we begin publishing a series of exclusive stories that expose a sweeping RCMP program of surveillance, disruption and infiltration of Indigenous organizations between 1968 and 1982. Though long suspected by Indigenous leaders across Canada, the scope and scale of the spy program has remained hidden behind walls of government secrecy, until...
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Canada is the second-biggest source of foreign investment in Cuba, especially in tourism and mining. But Canadian companies with major operations in Cuba, including Sunwing and Sherritt International, now face unprecedented risks to their operations as the economy grinds to a halt and political change is in the air.
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