CBC - Politics (A month ago)
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick dismissed the question of whether U.S. free trade with Canada is dead, calling the notion "silly” because a substantial amount of Canadian goods enter the U.S. tariff-free under the North American free trade deal. But he also said tariffs are here to stay, at least for now
ReadCBC - Politics (A month ago)
Although streaming services like Netflix and Prime weren't straining the government's network bandwidth, federal officials decided to block them because they were perceived to be a "people management" issue, according to internal documents obtained by CBC News.
ReadCBC - Politics (A month ago)
As opposition parties argue Prime Minister Mark Carney is failing to live up to his pledge to be "elbows up” against Donald Trump, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he never thought that mentality was the right approach to dealing with the U.S. president's tariffs.
ReadCBC - Politics (A month ago)
A deportation hearing on Monday hinges partly on recordings made using spyware placed on an Italian visitor's phone. Canadian lawyers for alleged 'Ndrangheta capo Vincenzo (Jimmy) DeMaria say the case opens the door to more foreign interference and surveillance in Canada.
ReadCBC - Politics (A month ago)
Pierre Poilievre was feeling dejected and disappointed after the stinging federal election loss in April, sources close to the Conservative leader said, and he dialed back his public appearances for the better part of two months to reassess his strategy and regroup. Now, Poilievre is re-emerging — with some tweaks.
ReadCBC - Politics (A month ago)
Before the U.S. imposed tariffs earlier this year, about 70 per cent of Walters Group's steel fabrications were exported to the U.S. Now, that number is nearly zero, said one executive during Prime Minister Mark Carney's visit to the Hamilton facility.
ReadCBC - Politics (A month ago)
Advocates are warning that cutting billions of dollars from the federal Indigenous services budget, as the Carney government intends to do, could worsen the quality of essential programs and may spark lawsuits that would cost Ottawa more money in the long term.
ReadCBC - Politics (A month ago)
Chidi Nwagbo says he made a "stupid” decision to pay human smugglers to get him into Canada from the U.S. to avoid sweeping immigration crackdowns. The freezing February journey left him permanently scarred, in the custody of the very U.S. immigration authorities he was trying to flee and he now faces deportation to Nigeria.
ReadCBC - Politics (2 months 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.
ReadCBC - Politics (2 months ago)
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.
Read