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The Strong Borders Act introduced by the Carney government partly to mollify U.S. concerns about the border also contains a fresh attempt to expand police powers to access data about internet subscribers that has previously been rejected by courts as overly intrusive.
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Canadians are rightly angry and scared about what the U.S. tariffs and threats will mean for the economy. When the trade war first began, the outlook was dire. But since then, Canada has swung from the focus of U.S. trade ire to having the lowest U.S. tariff rate of any major trading partner in April.
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Global trade will be a major focus at next week's G7 summit as world leaders gather in Alberta, including U.S. President Donald Trump, who will be making his first appearance at a major international event since returning to the White House in January.
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More than a dozen Canadian Sikhs live under active threats on their lives, an advocacy organization is warning — pointing to India as the source. The group argues it's unconscionable for the federal government to invite Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to next week's G7 meeting.
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The senators took part in a "familiarization tour” of Alberta last summer, as described by the senator who floated the idea. Three came with their spouses. Some senators are questioning the relevance of the taxpayer-funded trip, and a review of the rules is now underway.
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Saying that the era of the United States' dominance on the world stage is over, Prime Minister Mark Carney has committed his government to meeting the NATO benchmark target of two per cent of the country's gross domestic product by the end of the current fiscal year.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney raised a Pride flag on Parliament Hill Tuesday to kick off a month-long celebration of sexual and gender diversity while saying there's a brewing "backlash" to these sorts of celebrations and federal money is needed to help make 2SLGBTQ+ parades safe this year.
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Canadian citizens of Afghan descent who were recruited as military language and cultural advisers — and at times carried out some of the most difficult and dangerous assignments of Canada's war in Afghanistan — are now suing the federal government for discrimination and failure to care for them following their service.
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Tammy Marion Bouvette pleaded guilty to criminal negligence causing the death of a 19-month-old in 2011. Her conviction was later overturned, but a B.C. court declined to enter an acquittal. On Friday, Canada's Supreme Court ruled that Bouvette should be acquitted.
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Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab is defending controversial new measures in the Strong Borders Act, such as giving her office the power to cancel immigration documents en masse and placing time limits for asylum seekers to make their applications.
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Recently appointed federal cabinet minister Rebecca Chartrand harassed a former employee at Winnipeg's RRC Polytech over a period of several months in 2019, according to an external investigation commissioned by the college and conducted by a Winnipeg law firm.
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A small, obscure section in U.S. President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act could cost Canadians and Canadian companies billions of dollars, CBC News has learned. It could also put pressure on Prime Minister Mark Carney to scrap Canada's digital services tax.
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Some observant royal watchers thought King Charles looked emotional at times throughout his visit to Canada last week — and a Buckingham Palace spokesperson confirms to CBC News that the normally stoic monarch found delivering the throne speech to be a particularly poignant moment.
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Canada has little choice but to sanction Israel or lose international credibility, say a former ambassador and former defence official, after the Netanyahu government responded to a joint statement demanding an end to settlement expansions with a major West Bank settlement announcement.
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Is it possible that the visit of King Charles marked the end of Canada's brief populist moment? It is, of course, far too early to draw any such conclusion. One way or another, the ultimate fate of the populist appeal in Canada may really depend on what His Majesty's government does next.
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Opposition critics are calling for Prime Minister Mark Carney's government to act quickly to implement a foreign agents registry and a foreign interference commissioner, following revelations that attacks by the Chinese government and its proxies on dissidents living in Canada are on the rise.
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King Charles is enjoying a popularity boost and there is considerably more support for maintaining Canada's ties to the Crown now than when he assumed the throne, according to public opinion polls released this week around his two-day visit to deliver a historic throne speech.
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A Prescott, Ont., man has been banned from owning firearms and other weapons for three years and sentenced to one year probation after pleading guilty to one charge of uttering death threats, which were aimed at Ontario Conservative MP Michael Barrett.
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Several Canadian humanitarian groups are calling for sanctions on Israel, something the federal government suggested last week could be coming. Now, one group says it won't deliver 17 "fully loaded" aid trucks out of fear that Palestinians won't get safe access.
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Defence Minister David McGuinty says Canada will control its defence spending, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump renewed his rhetoric to make the country the 51st state — this time in exchange for protection under a proposed missile defence system.
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King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived in Ottawa Monday for a two-day visit designed to show U.S. President Donald Trump that Canada is not a prospective American territory but a distinct constitutional monarchy with its own identity, culture and history.
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King Charles is opening the 45th Parliament of Canada and delivering the throne speech before he and Queen Camilla pay their respects to Canada's fallen and mark the 25th anniversary of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on Tuesday.
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