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New England governors say tariffs and anti-Canadian rhetoric by the United States government is taking a bite out of tourism, with some states seeing a drop of up to 60 per cent in visitors from north of the border. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said Canadian tourism to her state and others such as Maine, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont is down between 20 and 60 per cent compared with last year.“We have seen impacts that you can’t quite put a price on,” she told reporters Monday in Boston, following a meeting between New England governors and premiers from Eastern Canada.“But there are real concerns about travelling to the United States, and safety concerns … and what might happen in terms of border activity.”Delegations from Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia an...

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May said Monday that Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to ram his government’s major projects bill through the House of Commons this week represents a “new low” in contempt for Parliament. May told a press conference she hasn’t seen anything like it since the Conservative government under Stephen Harper pushed a major omnibus bill through more than a decade ago.May said she was “shocked” by Harper’s decision to bring in and fast track C-38 in 2012, a bill that was 400 pages long and “destroyed 70 environmental laws.”“This is worse,” she added.“It appears to me — and it remains to be seen — that Mr. Carney’s new majority coalition is Liberal-Conservative, delivering (Conservative Leader) Pierre Poilievre’s policies with a more friendly face.” Story c...

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 16, 2025 2:18 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size House of Commons committees are taking shape for this session of Parliament with a top spot for Liberal Karina Gould and no representation at all for New Democrats. Gould, the MP for Burlington, was elected to chair the influential finance committee for this session of Parliament, with Conservative Jasraj Hallan and Jean-Denis Garon of the Bloc Québécois named as vice chairs. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlin...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canadian fighter jets intercepted a private civilian aircraft that violated restricted airspace on Sunday above Kananaskis, Alta., where the G7 summit is taking place. On Sunday night, the RCMP said that the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Canadian region, known as CANR, deployed CF-18 Hornet fighter jets after the civilian aircraft violated the restrictions.The incident happened at about 11:05 a.m. MST, with RCMP saying the entry into the airspace met the criteria for a “tactical” response. 2:16 G7 summit kicks off, Carney prepares for one-on-one with Trump ...