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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 17, 2025 7:34 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly will provide an update on Canada’s efforts to stop punishing U.S. tariffs Friday morning following meetings in Washington on border security, trade and investment Thursday. Joly spent the day meeting with both Republicans and Democrats including Senate Majority Leader John Thune, South Carolina Sen. Lindsay Graham, New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, and Idaho Sen. James Risch. 2:09 ...

Mark Carney announced his bid to lead the Liberal Party of Canada Thursday, promising a change from “politics as usual” to rebuild the economy in a way that works better for average Canadians. “I’m here to ask for your support. I’m here to earn your trust to lead that fight,” Carney told a crowd of supporters in Edmonton.“I’m back home in Edmonton to declare my candidacy for leader of the Liberal Party and prime minister of Canada.”The former central banker and economist is the highest-profile candidate so far in the race to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced he intends to resign earlier this month.Carney said his past experience leading the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England is proof of his economic bonafides, which he said will be his primary focus if he becomes pri...

Exactly what U.S. president-elect Donald Trump plans to do with his tariff threat remains a mystery to Canadian officials and most Republicans, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said Thursday. Wilkinson spent several days in Washington, D.C., this week meeting with congressional Republicans as his government tries to limit the damage from Trump’s promise to sign an executive order Monday to hit Canada with 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs on all exports to the United States.Wilkinson said a very small group of officials is crafting Trump’s plans for executive orders.“Even Republican senators and congresspeople and others who are quite close to the administration do not have a good read on exactly what the nature of a tariff might look like,” Wilkinson told report...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A month after resigning from cabinet, former finance minister and deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland is expected to launch her campaign to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this weekend, a source close to her told Global News. According to the source, the longtime member of Parliament and former cabinet minister plans to launch her campaign on Sunday, though she plans to share her “intentions” to run on Friday.There have been discussions for weeks since Freeland stepped down from cabinet, and even in the months prior, that she would run for the top spot of the Liberals and become Canada’s second female prime minister if she were to win.That decision to step down renewed a fresh wa...

Mark Carney, former governor of both the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, is jumping into the race to replace Justin Trudeau as leader of the federal Liberals. Whoever is elected leader of the Liberal Party of Canada will be Canada’s next prime minister, at least until a fresh election is held.But can Carney, who is not a member of Parliament, be prime minister?Experts say he can.Philippe Lagassé, an associate professor at Carleton University who specializes in the Westminster parliamentary system, told Global News that “there is no law that prevents somebody who isn’t sitting in Parliament from becoming prime minister.”“The office of prime minister is separate and distinct, legally speaking, from that of the office of the parliamentarians,” he said. Story continues below ad...

B.C.’s finance minister says president-elect Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs would have devastating effects on the province’s economy and growth. Brenda Bailey said at a press conference on Thursday that tariffs would be “unprecedented in modern times.”She said there is still uncertainty around the scope and amount of potential tariffs but B.C. has prepared a high-level assessment of potential impacts with the assumption that the tariffs remain in place for Trump’s term and that Canada retaliates in kind. 4:26 Eby lays out three key parts to B.C.’s response to Trump’s tariff threat Wood, pulp and paper, metallic minerals and energy products ar...