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A new spy watchdog report says an overseas Canadian Security Intelligence Service operation was suddenly halted by government officials, “creating unnecessary danger for the CSIS team” and raising questions about ministerial accountability. The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency found no written records indicating the decision to suspend the operation had been made by the CSIS director or the minister of public safety.The review agency says that unlike typical operational matters, the case involved senior political-level actors from across the federal government.The heavily redacted review agency report provides few clues about the actors in question or the nature of the overseas CSIS operation.However, it says the decision to halt the activities abroad in mid-operation cause...

The Heiltsuk Nation has ratified its written constitution through a celebratory feast in Bella Bella, B.C. Marilyn Slett, the nation’s elected chief, called it a “monumental day” that comes after two decades of development and consultation.“It’s hard to put into words how big it is. It’s definitely a day of celebration and reflection on everything that brought us to the day,” Slett said of Friday’s feast. 1:53 Heiltsuk Nation votes to approve precedent-setting constutition The Heiltsuk Nation approved the adoption of a written constitution for the First Nation on British Columbia’s central coast in February. That followed six months of engagem...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Mark Carney says he is “trying to learn some diplomacy” from King Charles III as Canada faces “foreign threats.” The King was in Canada earlier in the week to deliver the Throne speech and open this session of Parliament.Carney, who was speaking at an event hosted by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, made an apparent reference to the economic threat Canada is facing from the tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump. 0:58 King Charles delivers throne speech in Canada: ‘The True North is indeed strong and free”’ “In...

Canada Post said Friday it is asking Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu to direct the postal workers’ union to hold a vote on the “final offers” the national mail carrier presented earlier this week, rather than continue talks it says are at an impasse. The statement was released as the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) met with Hajdu and Secretary of State for Labour John Zerucelli on Friday as an overtime ban continues for workers.It was not immediately clear what was achieved at the meeting, which comes as the threat of wider strike action grows with little movement at the negotiating table.Canada Post said that “given the level of the impasse and CUPW’s negotiating position, it is not possible to reach tentative agreements in the normal course” through negotiations.It added that “the best...

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he is confident there will be no leadership coup to oust him from his role, despite losing his own seat as a member of Parliament. Poilievre lost his Ottawa-area seat of Carleton, which he had represented for nearly 21 years, to rookie Liberal candidate Bruce Fanjoy by 4,513 votes in the 2025 federal election.When asked by Global News on Friday if he is worried about a challenge to his leadership, Poilievre said only “no.”He then did not directly answer whether he believes he is the reason the Conservatives lost, instead pointing to the gains the party made.“We got 2.4 million more votes, 25 more seats. We had the biggest vote count in our party’s history. The biggest increase in our party’s history. The biggest vote share since 1988,” Poilievre sa...

The federal government will take “immediate and decisive action” to rebuild Canada’s military, Defence Minister David McGuinty told an audience of military contractors at a trade show in Ottawa Wednesday morning. He described the government’s sense of urgency by citing the speed at which Canada built up its navy at the start of the Second World War. McGuinty also warned that countries around the world are adjusting quickly to a changing global threat environment.“I read yesterday that the Netherlands let 22 per cent of their public servants go — except for the defence department — to meet their obligations,” he said in a state-of-the-union style speech at the CANSEC trade show in Ottawa.“Other countries are doing away with national holidays. Others are increasing corporate taxes or running...