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Justin Trudeau’s unreal rail plan
Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau speaks at a press conference in the Old Port of Montreal in Montreal, Canada, on February 19, 2025. The government has announced a high-speed train (TGV) that will connect Quebec City and Toronto, with stops in between. The project was given to ALTO, a Quebec company. (Photo by ANDREJ IVANOV / AFP) (Photo by ANDREJ IVANOV/AFP via Getty Images)
Taipei calls U.S. revision of wording on Taiwan’s independence ‘a very good signal’
Taiwanese Deputy Foreign Minister François Chihchung WU, speaks to The Globe and Mail at the Foreign Ministry in Taipei, Taiwan, on Friday, November 8, 2024. Daniel Ceng/The Globe and Mail
High speed rail from Quebec City to Toronto could cost between $60-billion and $90-billion, says project CEO
Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau speaks at a press conference as Martin Imbeau, President and CEO of Alto, and Anita Anand, Canada's Transport minister, look on in the Old Port of Montreal in Montreal, Canada, Canada, on February 19, 2025. The government has announced a high-speed train (TGV) that will connect Quebec City and Toronto, with stops in between. The project was given to ALTO, a Quebec company. (Photo by ANDREJ IVANOV / AFP) (Photo by ANDREJ IVANOV/AFP via Getty Images)
Three-month sentence for King falls short of 10 years sought by Crown
Pat King, one of the organizers of the 2022 convoy protest in Ottawa, reacts outside the Ottawa Courthouse following his sentencing on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Mark Carney promises to spend less, invest more to stimulate economy if he wins Liberal leadership
Mark Carney, candidate for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada, speaks during a news conference in Vancouver on Feb. 13.
Heritage Minister to present CBC blueprint in bid to shore up Canada’s public broadcaster
The CBC logo is projected onto a screen during the CBC's annual upfront presentation at The Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, Wednesday, May 29, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin
Heritage Minister to present CBC blueprint in bid to shore up Canada’s public broadcaster
The CBC logo is projected onto a screen during the CBC's annual upfront presentation at The Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, Wednesday, May 29, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin
Three-month sentence for King falls short of 10 years sought by Crown
Pat King, one of the organizers of the 2022 convoy protest in Ottawa, reacts outside the Ottawa Courthouse following his sentencing on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Taipei calls U.S. revision of wording on Taiwan’s independence ‘a very good signal’
Taiwanese Deputy Foreign Minister François Chihchung WU, speaks to The Globe and Mail at the Foreign Ministry in Taipei, Taiwan, on Friday, November 8, 2024. Daniel Ceng/The Globe and Mail
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Justin Trudeau’s unreal rail plan
Campbell Clark
Campbell Clark
Mark Carney promises to spend less, invest more to stimulate economy if he wins Liberal leadership
Mark Carney, candidate for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada, speaks during a news conference in Vancouver on Feb. 13.
Politics Insider: Ottawa selects consortium for high-speed-rail link in Quebec City-Toronto corridor
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a press conference in Montreal on Feb. 19.
Lack of new money in N.S. budget for domestic abuse fails survivors, say advocates
Carrie Low is shown during a break in her testimony at a Police Review Board hearing in Halifax on July 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Poilievre calls Carney’s fiscal plan a ‘sneaky accounting trick’
Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney pauses as he speaks during a news conference in Vancouver, B.C., Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Ontario election advance voting opens on Thursday with only one of four full platforms out
Ontario Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner, left to right, Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie, Ontario PC Leader Doug Ford, and Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles pose for a photo before the Ontario Leaders' debate at CBC's Broadcast Centre, in Toronto, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Implementing guaranteed basic income could cut poverty rates by up to 40%, PBO says
Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux waits to appear at the Standing Committee on Natural Resources on Parliament Hill, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024 in Ottawa. Implementing a guaranteed basic income at the federal level could reduce poverty rates in Canada by up to 40 per cent, according to the government's fiscal watchdog.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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The Canada-U.S. tariff war is under way in some sectors. Here are the latest updates and what they mean for your finances
Justin Trudeau says democracy is at stake as Ukraine kept away from peace talks
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a press conference in Montreal on Wednesday, Feb.19, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
High speed rail from Quebec City to Toronto could cost between $60-billion and $90-billion, says project CEO
Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau speaks at a press conference as Martin Imbeau, President and CEO of Alto, and Anita Anand, Canada's Transport minister, look on in the Old Port of Montreal in Montreal, Canada, Canada, on February 19, 2025. The government has announced a high-speed train (TGV) that will connect Quebec City and Toronto, with stops in between. The project was given to ALTO, a Quebec company. (Photo by ANDREJ IVANOV / AFP) (Photo by ANDREJ IVANOV/AFP via Getty Images)
Conservatives urge Mark Carney to proactively disclose any conflicts ahead of next election
Liberal Party of Canada leadership candidate Mark Carney speaks to a gathering of party supporters at a "meet and greet" at the McMaster Innovation Park, in Hamilton, Ont., Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. Liberals will choose a new leader on March 9, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ron Poling
Opposition MPs criticize Liberals for failing to rein in record federal spending on outsourcing
Conservative member of Parliament Michael Barrett holds press conference in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Politics Insider: When U.S. senators joke about 51st state, Joly won’t have it
Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly at a luncheon in Montreal on Feb. 4, 2025.
A deeper look at the talks between US and Russian officials and what comes next
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff attend an interview after meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, at Diriyah Palace, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)
Inuit call on PM to step in as child funding program approaches March end date
President of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Natan Obed joins Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as they co-chair a meeting of the Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee in Ottawa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Singh talks up east-west clean electricity grid, not pipelines, as top NDP energy priority
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks to journalists after a caucus meeting in the Parliamentary Precinct in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Ontario Liberal MP fears Ottawa will soon release a cash-poor Africa strategy
London West MP Arielle Kayabaga speaks as then-Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino looks on during an announcement in Ottawa, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Nova Scotia budget includes reserve fund and tax cuts amid U.S. tariff threats
Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservative government is planning its first post-election budget Tuesday amid economic uncertainty created by the threat of tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump. John Lohr fields a question in Halifax on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Joly says she rebuked U.S. senators who joked about Canada becoming the 51st state
Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly speaks at the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 15.
Ottawa spent record amount on outsourcing despite vow to rein in practice
Cranes surround the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill, Friday, Jan.24, 2025.
Trump can’t afford to let China take Taiwan, billionaire Robert Tsao says
Robert Tsao Hsing-cheng Tsao, the founder of United Microelectronics Corp UMC, speaks during a news conference in Taipei on November 11, 2024. The Chinese government has allegedly imposed sanctions on him for advocating Taiwan independence. Copyright: xJameson_WuxNo Use Switzerland. No Use Germany. No Use Japan. No Use Austria
Pearson plane crash: Flights resume at Toronto airport after Delta plane flips on landing
Emergency responders operate around a plane on a runway after a plane crash at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada February 17, 2025. REUTERS/Cole Burston
Haida celebrate title agreement, Trudeau emotional at ceremony
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hugs Haida Nation President Gaagwiis Jason Alsop during a community gathering to celebrate a land title agreement, in Skidegate, B.C., on Haida Gwaii, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. The federal government will recognize Aboriginal title over the archipelago of Haida Gwaii off British Columbia's northern coast in a historic agreement with the Haida First Nation. The Big Tide Haida Title Lands Agreement affirms that the Haida have Aboriginal title over all of the islands' lands, beds of freshwater bodies, and foreshores to the low-tide mark. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Emboldened crypto industry seeks to cement political influence, mainstream acceptance
FILE - President Donald Trump listens to White House adviser David Sacks as he signs an executive order regarding cryptocurrency in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
Ontario party leaders talk affordability in provincial election debate
Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie, left to right, Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles, Ontario Progressive Conservative Party Leader Doug Ford and Ontario Green Leader Mike Schreiner take part in the Ontario election debate in North Bay, Ont., Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Gino Donato
Germany and Norway offer Canada early access to new submarines in pitch to join project
The model of a class 212 CD submarine from the joint procurement program of the Norwegian and German navies can be seen at the Haakonsvern naval base during a visit by German Defence Minister Pistorius. Pistorius intends to take part in the laying of the foundation stone for a German-Norwegian submarine maintenance center for cooperation with Norway on submarines.
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Mark Carney has a different idea of budget discipline
Campbell Clark
Campbell Clark
Ottawa boosts immigration officers’ ability to cancel visitor visas, travel permits
A Royal Canadian Mounted Police car leaves Roxham Road, the site where many migrants have previously crossed illegally, in Lacolle, Canada, along the US-Canada border on February 2, 2025. Canada will hit back at US tariffs with 25 percent levies of its own on select American goods, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on February 1. "Canada will be responding to the US trade action with 25 percent tariffs against Can$155 billion ($106 billion) worth of American goods," he said in a dramatic tone as he warned of a fracture in longstanding Canada-US ties. (Photo by ANDREJ IVANOV / AFP) (Photo by ANDREJ IVANOV/AFP via Getty Images)
Canadian LGBTQ+ advocacy group won’t visit UN forum over concerns about U.S. border
Egale Canada executive director Helen Kennedy addresses a news conference in Ottawa, Tuesday, Nov.28, 2017. Canada's primary LGBTQ+ advocacy organization is boycotting travel to the U.S., including United Nations events, over concerns about treatment at border crossings under the Trump administration. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Internal report urged Canada to counter rhetoric about a ‘crisis’ at border
The border crossing into Canada is pictured next to the Thousand Islands Bridge in Lansdowne, Ontario on Feb. 12.
Canada’s position on having Russia back in G7: ‘No way this will happen,’ Joly says
Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly discusses Canada-United States relations during a luncheon with the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal in Montreal on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
NDP Leader Marit Stiles focuses on northern Ontario highways
Marit Stiles, Ontario NDP Leader, releases her northern platform at Science North in Sudbury, Ont., Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Gino Donato
Carney’s leadership campaign says it’s raised $1.9-million
Mark Carney, candidate for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada, speaks to supporters at a watch party for the 4 Nations Face-Off hockey tournament's Canada vs. USA game, at a pub in Ottawa, on Feb. 15.
Mark Carney's leadership campaign says it's raised $1.9M
Mark Carney, candidate for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada, speaks during a news conference in Vancouver, B.C., Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Pierre Poilievre pledges to restore ‘promise of Canada’ in campaign-style speech
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks at his Canada First rally in Ottawa on Feb. 15.
Richard Rohmer’s decades-old novel evocative of Donald Trump’s recent threats to annex Canada
Richard Rohmer, author of Ultimatum, in Toronto on Feb. 14, 2025.
Alberta cabinet minister calls for removal of health minister amid corruption scandal
Alberta Health Minister Adriana LaGrange makes a health care announcement in Calgary on Dec. 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol
Politics Insider: Canada pulls officers from UN peacekeeping mission in the DRC
People who were displaced by the fighting between M23 rebels and government soldiers prepare to leave their camp following an instruction by M23 rebels in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo on Feb. 11, 2025.
Ottawa’s GST holiday brought more headaches than revenue for business owners
Paul MacKay, manager of King’s Co-op Bookstore in Halifax with some of the books in his store on Friday, February 14, 2025.