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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says for the next couple of years “we need more people leaving than coming” into Canada. On Monday, Poilievre was asked by Global News to clarify his June comments calling for “severe limits on population growth.”“In order to fix the problem we’ve got to put very hard caps on immigration levels. We need more people leaving than coming for the next couple of years,” said Poilievre at a news conference in Ottawa. “So our country can actually catch up.” Poilievre said this move could help housing, health care and jobs “catch up,” but he did not elaborate on how he would ensure more people leave the country.“We’ve had population growth of roughly a million ...

By Craig Lord The Canadian Press Posted July 14, 2025 2:02 pm Updated July 14, 2025 2:07 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne is looking for feedback from Canadians on national security and defence spending and fortifying the Canadian economy amid an ongoing trade war as he prepares to deliver a federal budget in the fall. Champagne launched consultations for that budget Monday that will run through the end of August.The go...

By Dylan Robertson The Canadian Press Posted July 14, 2025 1:16 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cuts to government spending will include the foreign service, just as Global Affairs Canada aims to expand its presence abroad. Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne sent letters to ministers on Monday asking them to find savings of 7.5 per cent in their budgets starting next spring.Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says that will include Global Affairs Canada, adding that it is necessary to cut what she calls red tape and inefficiencies. ...

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s chief of staff and the country’s top public servant will be responsible for maintaining an ethics screen preventing him from making decisions that benefit his former employer, says a disclosure issued by the office of the ethics commissioner on Friday. The disclosure states that Carney and the commissioner have agreed to a conflict of interest screen “aimed at preventing any opportunity” to further Carney’s interests “or to improperly further those of Brookfield Asset Management, Brookfield Corporation, and Stripe Inc., and any company owned or controlled by them.”Carney worked for Brookfield Asset Management before he decided to run for the Liberal leadership in January.The screen is administered by Marc-André Blanchard, Carney’s chief of staff, and Privy Coun...