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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Mark Carney and his cabinet ministers will begin their two-day retreat in Toronto on Wednesday ahead of Parliament’s return in two weeks. The Liberal cabinet is expected to focus on the government’s strategy for navigating the ongoing trade war started by U.S. President Donald Trump, which is set to continue to dominate the fall political and economic agenda.In a statement, Carney’s office referred to the two-day retreat as a “Cabinet Planning Forum” and added that it would be “focused on building a stronger economy.”The retreat and the return of Parliament come as Carney is ramping up plans for building more homes through a new government agency and also getting the new off...

Alberta’s education minister is directing school boards to pause a government order to remove books with explicit sexual content from libraries. Demetrios Nicolaides, in an email to school divisions and officials Tuesday, said they should pause any development or distribution of lists of books that are to be removed, “including removing materials containing depictions of explicit sexual content.”He said the pause is in effect until further notice and that more information would be provided to school officials “as soon as possible.”Nicolaides’ office didn’t immediately respond to questions about the pause.The government’s move came after a draft list from Edmonton Public Schools of books to be removed from libraries was leaked online last week. ...

By Morgan Lowrie The Canadian Press Posted September 2, 2025 11:30 am Updated September 2, 2025 2:01 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Quebec Premier François Legault says he only learned about cost overruns at the province’s auto insurance board in February 2025. Legault is testifying at a public inquiry examining how the online platform known as SAAQclic cost at least $500 million more than planned.The premier says it’s “not normal” he wasn’t told about the situa...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford dumped out a bottle of Crown Royal Tuesday in protest of the whisky maker’s decision to shutter its bottling facility in the province. Ford called out Diageo over the shuttering of its Amherstburg, Ont., plant; Diageo said last week it was shifting some operations to the U.S. to improve its North American supply chain.Bottling at the Amherstburg facility intended for the U.S. market would be shifting stateside, while bottling for Canadian consumers would move to its Valleyfield, Que., location.The Ontario facility will close in February 2026, forcing almost 200 people to lose their jobs.At an unrelated press conference on Tuesday, Ford was asked about the move, which he described as “hurting Ontario residents.”“They’re hurting the people that work at Crown Royal,”...