CBC - Politics (2 days ago)
When the Conservatives tabled a motion asking the House of Commons to "take note" of the memorandum of understanding signed between the federal and Alberta governments and express its support for a pipeline, they presumably hoped, one way or another, to make trouble for the Liberal government. But for now it is unclear how much anyone's interests...
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The Liberal government voted against Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's motion Tuesday calling for a new oil pipeline to the Pacific — but ministers insisted it doesn't mean Ottawa has given up on the memorandum of understanding signed with Alberta last month.
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The minister in charge of Canada-U.S. trade says he has no reason to believe the Trump administration is preparing to tear up the free trade agreement with Canada and Mexico, even though the U.S. president and some of his associates have suggested they may consider withdrawing from the pact.
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A series of internal documents obtained by CBC News shows the Defence Department is struggling to figure out how to equip a citizens' army of up to 300,000 supplemental reservists, while also trying to rebuild its regular and primary reserve forces. A DND presentation points to strained supply chains, an absence of warehouses and the possibility of...
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As U.S. officials argue about whether a series of deadly strikes on suspected drug boats are even legal, Canada faces a tough decision — continue to partner with the U.S. in the Caribbean, or walk away from a long-standing mission and face the consequences.
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilevre says his party's upcoming motion — which borrows language from the new Canada-Alberta energy agreement — is meant to force the Liberals to "put up or shut up" on whether they support a new oil pipeline to the Pacific coast.
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Companies involved in the F-35 program are actively lobbying the governments of Canada and Quebec to promote potential economic benefits for the country, including a maintenance facility in Mirabel, Que., that could service both Canadian and American fighter fleets.
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Hearings for one of the most highly anticipated Supreme Court of Canada cases in years are scheduled to begin March 23. The outcome of the Supreme Court hearings will likely set major precedents across the country, notably on minority rights and on governments' use of the notwithstanding clause.
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A controversial pipeline agreement between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith triggered a chain of events that included a cabinet resignation, a cabinet shuffle and — eventually — a fiery debate about the French language in Quebec.
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The head of Canada's Leaders' Debates Commission says the independent body should stop organizing post-debate news conferences and will make changes to how it decides what leaders to invite after this spring's leadership debate was surrounded by controversy.
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Police across Canada have seized hundreds of kilos of fentanyl and charged thousands of people over the course of a five-month bust the RCMP is describing as "significant." But officials detailing the results of the blitz on Tuesday stressed that Canada is still not a major exporter of the drug, despite concerns raised by the U.S. administration.
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Canada has announced a second contribution to the the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) fund of more than $200 million. The mechanism was established by NATO to buy U.S.-made weapons after President Donald Trump said he was no longer interested in donating military equipment to Ukraine.
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The federal environment minister told a committee of MPs on Monday that the Liberal government remains committed to its 2030 emissions-reduction targets despite striking a deal with Alberta last week outlining the conditions for a new bitumen pipeline.
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Environment and Climate Change Minister Julie Dabrusin is pushing back against claims from Steven Guilbeault, who resigned from cabinet this week over Ottawa's memorandum of understanding with Alberta and said Canada is dismantling several pieces of its climate plan.
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Guilbeault's resignation — the rare cabinet resignation due to a disagreement over government policy — both adds to and underlines the test of national and political leadership that Mark Carney signed up for when he put his signature on that memorandum.
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With Prime Minister Mark Carney expected to lay out a path forward for an oil pipeline to northwest B.C. on Thursday, senior people around him have had to assuage skittish MPs and at least one cabinet minister about the virtues of the forthcoming "grand bargain" with Alberta.
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The notwithstanding clause allows for premiers or prime ministers to override rulings on legislation that judges have determined would violate sections of the Charter. But the use of the clause, once viewed by many as a political taboo, has become more frequent in recent years.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have agreed to the broad outlines of a memorandum of understanding that would give Alberta special exemptions from federal environmental laws and offer political support to a new oil pipeline to the B.C. coast, CBC News has learned.
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Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canada continues to take public safety, transnational repression and foreign interference seriously as it negotiates a trade agreement with India — a country Ottawa iced out over allegations it was involved in the killing of a Sikh activist on Canadian soil.
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Laws about greenwashing — making a false or misleading statement about the environmental benefits of a product — will remain on the books, but the Liberal government has said it will be making changes aimed at offering businesses more certainty about what runs afoul of the law.
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