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By Craig Lord The Canadian Press Posted July 22, 2025 1:50 pm Updated July 22, 2025 5:09 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the long list of names lining up to flood the ballot in his upcoming federal byelection amounts to a “blatant abuse” of democracy — and he wants the government to do something about it. More than 100 candidates sponsored by the Longest Ballot Committee are registered to run against Poilievre in a byelec...

Prime Minister Mark Carney says negotiations with the United States on trade and security will aim to get the “best deal for Canada.” Carney spoke ahead of meeting with Canada’s premiers in Huntsville, Ont., where he is joining the talks on how to build a stronger Canadian economy and tear down internal trade barriers in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war and tariffs.“What we collectively, alternatively, can most control is building a stronger economy, moving from alliance to resilience and division to unity,” Carney told the media ahead of discussions with premiers.“That will require support for affected industries: lumber, steel, aluminum, automobiles, particularly.”One of the biggest challenges in the current trade war with the U.S., which Carney has been focused on thr...

Are Canadians “mean and nasty” for refusing to travel to the U.S. and pulling American booze from liquor store shelves amid tariff and annexation threats? That’s the view of U.S. President Donald Trump, his ambassador to Canada told a Washington state audience on Monday morning — comments that drew a rebuke from B.C. Premier David Eby. 2:12 Trump’s tariffs on Canada might be here to stay, U.S. Secretary of Commerce says Pete Hoesktra was speaking at the PNWER summit in Bellevue, Wash., when an audience member asked him about Canadians eschewing travel south of the border in the context of the upcoming FIFA 2026 World Cup. Story continu...

The federal auditor general is planning to conduct a review of Canada’s international student program, which has seen a surge in admissions that critics say the country was ill-prepared to handle. A report from the planned audit is expected to be tabled in Parliament in 2026, a spokesperson for Auditor General Karen Hogan’s office told Global News on Monday.“As the audit is in the planning phase, providing information on scope and timelines is premature,” Claire Baudrey said in an emailed statement.The Globe and Mail first reported on the upcoming probe, which was also confirmed by The Canadian Press.Critics, including the opposition Conservatives, have argued Canada’s rapid increase in international student admissions over recent years drove up youth unemployment and worsened the housing ...