CBC - Politics (3 days ago)
The Federal Court says the RCMP must hand over solicitor-client information to the country's national security review agency — allowing a long-stalled review into whether the Mounties mishandled the case of a Canadian convicted of plotting ISIS-inspired terror attacks in the U.S. to move ahead.
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U.S. President Donald Trump's pause on his sweeping global tariffs is set to expire in just a few days, unless he opts to give countries extra time to strike deals — as his advisers have suggested this weekend. Some trade experts say Canada still faces big risks, despite avoiding that round of levies back in April.
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With two of their peers killed last year, more than 70 Palestinian students are raising alarms about stalled visa applications to Canada that are stranding them in Gaza or nearby countries as they wait out the war, despite having admissions and scholarships at Canadian universities.
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A group of NDP organizers and former MPs are asking supporters to redirect donations from the central party to local riding associations, claiming hundreds of ridings cannot get tax rebates on campaign expenses due to the New Democrats' dismal election performance.
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International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu says Canada has a chance to build new partnerships as U.S. tariffs continue to pummel world economies. But landing deeper ties with major markets like the U.K., India and China means overcoming irritants and fraught diplomatic relationships.
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's path back to the House of Commons runs through a rural Alberta riding that has become a hotbed for Western discontent and the independence movement — a potentially tricky situation to navigate for a leader with national ambitions.
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By quashing the digital services tax, Canadian negotiators paid a kind of toll on the road to a trade deal with the U.S., in that they simply kept the talks rolling. But the move could back Canada against the wall on the far thornier issue of supply management.
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Following all of the political sound and fury and sticker shock of last week's NATO summit in The Hague, the question of what Prime Minister Mark Carney's government wants to accomplish with all of that money — on an annual basis — is coming into even sharper focus.
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NATO leaders have approved a plan to dramatically increase defence spending across the Western alliance to five per cent of gross domestic product over the next decade, a decision that has given U.S. President Donald Trump a significant policy victory.
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The Liberal government's proposed border bill would empower police and the country's spy agency to seek information from a wide range of service providers — including medical professionals, banks and car rental companies — without a warrant, government officials spelled out Thursday.
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Canada hasn't explained the rationale that led it to vote against Israel at the UN last week on a motion it had previously declined to back. But angry exchanges as Canada threatened and then applied sanctions on members of the Israeli government have brought relations to the lowest point in years, if not since relations began.
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