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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 13, 2025 3:28 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Bloc Québécois candidate for the Montreal-area riding of Terrebonne says she’s evaluating her options after a judicial recount that saw her lose by a single vote. Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné’s statement comes as Elections Canada investigates a possible error involving an uncounted mail-in ballot from a Bloc voter in the Terrebonne riding.Voter Emmanuelle Bossé told Montreal media that she mailed in her ballot in early April using an addressed envelope provided by Elections Canada, but it was returned to ...

Prime Minister Mark Carney has selected some familiar names for his cabinet, including veteran Liberal MP Dominic LeBlanc, who will be tasked with working to make interprovincial trade easier. Industry experts speaking to Global News say they are “encouraged” and “optimistic” for Canadian businesses and consumers alike as the trade war continues with the U.S., which will continue to pose serious challenges for the prime minister and his team.“This serious moment requires serious people,” Matthew Homes at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce says in a statement.“As Prime Minister Carney’s new team hits the ground running, we expect them to bring all their skills together to achieve a united economic vision that delivers for every region of this country. We are encouraged by Prime Minister Carne...

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he opposes Alberta separatism but added that Albertans have a “right to be frustrated” with Ottawa. Speaking to reporters Tuesday shortly after Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled his new federal cabinet, Poilievre was asked whether he was willing to “publicly denounce Alberta separatism and the Alberta separatist movement.”“I’m against separation. I’m a born and raised Albertan. I love Canada. I think we need to unite this country,” he said.“Albertans have a lot of legitimate grievances. I mean, let’s be blunt.”Poilievre, who lost his long-held riding of Carleton in last month’s federal election, will be running again in Battle River—Crowfoot in Alberta in an upcoming byelection after party MP Damien Kurek announced his intention to resign the sea...

Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to reveal his new cabinet in an overhaul that is expected to see a slate of senior and junior ministers, with more than 50 per cent of the MPs expected to be first-timers, sources tell Global News. Carney and his ministers will arrive at Rideau Hall Tuesday morning, with the ceremony to begin at 10:30 a.m. eastern.The cabinet, according to sources, will be separated into two groups.The first group will be made up of fewer than 30 senior ministers, holding portfolios including foreign affairs, defence and the minister poised to lead negotiations with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.The second cabinet group will consist of up to 10 junior ministers, roles the government plans to call “secretaries of state” but which in the past have been fo...

Climate activists and energy leaders say Prime Minister Mark Carney will need to make some hard choices on whether to bolster the country’s oil and gas sector as means of achieving economic stability. Throughout the election campaign, Carney signalled an openness to building more pipelines in Canada and promised to cut approval times to get projects built faster. He also acknowledged during the English leaders’ debate that having western Canadian oil flow through the United States to Ontario and Quebec presents a national security threat.But he also has said he wants to keep Canada’s emissions cap on oil and gas production in place, and to strengthen the industrial carbon price — policies the oil and gas sector has called on him to scrap.Carney also campaigned on making Canada a “world lea...