CBC - Politics (4 days ago)
NATO will negotiate to buy up to 10 Saab GlobalEye surveillance aircraft, joining Canada and 10 other allies in a landmark procurement. The decision bolsters Ottawa's own planned purchase, strengthens Arctic and alliance surveillance, but risks irritating U.S. President Donald Trump, who has urged allies to buy more American defence equipment.
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European leaders, including Prime Minister Mark Carney, arrive at the NATO summit walking a political tightrope — careful not to provoke U.S. President Donald Trump abroad while avoiding the appearance of yielding to him at home. As Washington signals a reduced military commitment to Europe, allies fear the greatest threat to NATO may come from...
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Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to unveil the winner of Canada's submarine competition before heading to the NATO summit, selecting either Germany's TKMS or South Korea's Hanwha Ocean. The decision will reshape Canada's naval future, industrial strategy and defence partnerships while committing Ottawa to a program worth more than $100...
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Amid the ongoing review of Canada's fighter jet procurement, a Department of National Defence official has been told to stop using a custom-made business card featuring two Lockheed Martin F-35s after she handed copies out at a recent military trade show.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney urged Canadians to remain united in a Canada Day speech in the nation's capital on Wednesday, but his plan to deliver similar remarks in Edmonton later in the day was upended by thunderstorms that prevented his plane from taking off on time.
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Despite having nearly identical parliamentary systems, Canada has avoided the kind of prime ministerial parade that has befallen the U.K. in the past decade. Political watchers point to the Brexit vote as the key moment that led to half a dozen leaders occupying 10 Downing Street in the 10 years since, but there are underlying factors that make it...
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After years of criminal justice reform that included a lighter touch for some offenders, the federal Liberal government has done an about-face over the last year and enacted stricter policies to tamp down on crime rates that have become a political liability in some vote-rich parts of the country.
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The federal government has suspended the Royal Canadian Air Force's $800-million Griffon helicopter life-extension program amid technical problems and growing concerns over cost and complexity. The pause raises fresh questions about whether all 82 aircraft will be upgraded as Ottawa weighs an $18-billion replacement program and mounting NATO...
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The first Nova Scotian of African descent to be appointed to the province's judiciary, now retired, is joining the federal government's newly formed Advisory Council on Rights, Equality and Inclusion, after scathing criticism directed at Ottawa for its initial omission of a Black representative.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney says a lengthy conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump went well beyond NATO, covering Iran, Middle East security, Arctic defence and Canada's military spending plans. Carney also predicted Canada will hit four per cent of GDP spent on defence by 2029, ahead of NATO's planned review.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada's hard-earned reputation as one of the most "trustworthy, reliable and desirable countries" is on the line in Alberta's upcoming separation referendum, warning Thursday that a vote to leave would prompt years of uncertainty at the worst possible time.
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With the countdown clock towards the Alberta referendum started, Prime Minister Mark Carney's governing caucus will be out in stronger numbers than usual at the Calgary Stampede, with dozens expected in attendance, after months of lobbying by his few Alberta MPs.
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A rival bidder for Canada's Arctic surveillance aircraft says it was stunned when Ottawa opened sole-source talks with Saab's GlobalEye, bypassing a formal competition. L3Harris argues its Aeris X would integrate more easily with NORAD and F-35s, while offering thousands of Canadian jobs and a faster alternative if negotiations falter.
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The federal government and more than 1,000 federally appointed judges are at odds over the best way to settle an ongoing salary dispute, raising concerns in both the legal and political community that the case could end up tarnishing the judiciary's reputation.
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Mallory McMorrow's new ad accuses Trump of blocking the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge and suggests he is doing it to benefit a major political donor, building on an anti-corruption message she has sought to make central to her campaign.
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Connecting health data across the country will help researchers conduct clinical trials, test AI health tools and drive innovation in treatment and diagnosis, says federal Minister of Artificial Intelligence Evan Solomon. But the initiative will also have to balance privacy considerations.
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Canadian trade officials have agreed to meet with U.S. and Mexico counterparts on July 1 to negotiate signing an extension of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) as U.S. President Donald Trump continues to cast doubt on the future of the trade agreement.
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A face familiar to many on Parliament Hill is launching a bid to return — this time, as an MP. Claire Seaborn, a Bay street lawyer and former chief of staff to Trudeau-era minister Jonathan Wilkinson, intends to run for the Liberal nomination in Beaches-East York.
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The Conservative Party of Canada recently released a political ad that featured AI-generated footage of struggling Canadians. Multiple experts told CBC News it's one of the first times a federal Canadian political party has employed AI-generated footage in its advertising.
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Speaking at Trinity College in Ireland last weekend, Mark Carney recalled that Edmund Burke, the 18th-century politician and philosopher and an alumnus of Trinity, had once described society as a partnership between those who are living, those who are dead and those who are yet to be born.
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The Liberal government is set to strip the Canadian Armed Forces of its power to investigate and prosecute military sexual assault cases after almost 30 years. Bill C-11 is based on new Governor General Louise Arbour's past recommendation when she investigated the military's sexual misconduct crisis.
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CBC/Radio-Canada must provide more local coverage in emerging "news deserts," where declining advertising revenue has resulted in the closure of hundreds of outlets in the past two decades, according to a new Senate report on Canada's public broadcaster.
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The Royal Canadian Navy's sweeping modernization plans hinge on a challenge that can't be solved in a shipyard. Vice-Admiral Dan Charlebois says the service must grow by as much as 40 per cent to crew a new fleet of destroyers, submarines and support vessels now taking shape.
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The NDP's Jenny Kwan wants Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab to explain why her department abruptly suspended citizenship certificates issued to a number of people around the world under the "lost Canadians" law passed late last year. She says she's hearing from some who are now considering legal action.
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The Liberal government's long-promised reforms to Canada's bail and sentencing legislation are now law. Bill C-14, theThe Bail and Sentencing Reform Act, received royal assent on Monday. The new law amends the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and the National Defence Act to tighten bail and sentencing across all three.
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