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U.S. President Donald Trump said he will formally announce 25 per cent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports on Monday, including for Canada and Mexico. Trump made the comments on a press conference aboard Air Force 1 as he travelled to New Orleans to watch the Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One enroute to New Orleans, La., on Feb. 9, 2025. Roberto Schmidt / AFP via Getty Images Trump imposed steel and aluminum tariffs at 25 and 10 per cent respectively during his first term in March 2018 using national security as justification. Story continues below advertisement Canada was initially given an exe...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size U.S. President Donald Trump said he expects Elon Musk to find hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud and abuse at the Pentagon during an audit that the billionaire will lead. “I’m going to tell him very soon, like maybe in 24 hours, to go check the Department of Education. … Then I’m going to go, go to the military. Let’s check the military,” Trump said in a Super Bowl interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier, an excerpt of which was aired on Sunday morning.“We’re going to find billions, hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud and abuse,” Trump said of the largest federal department.The Pentagon’s budget is approaching US$1 trillion per year. In December, then-President Joe Biden signed a bi...

Canada’s most important security and intelligence alliance should be able to weather the current political storm engulfing Washington, according to journalist and filmmaker Richard Kerbaj. Kerbaj, the author of The Secret History of the Five Eyes, told The West Block’s Mercedes Stephenson the long-standing spy partnership has survived political disagreements between its member countries in the past.“The Five Eyes [has] been around for a long time now. You know, six decades, seven decades, eight decades, depends on how far back you trace its roots,” Kerbaj said in an interview.“But it’s survived every single administration and government that it served. And I like to think that regardless what it’s hit by, it will continue to do so.”The Five Eyes intelligence alliance comprises Canada, the ...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Liberal Party of Canada has announced two leadership debates — one in English and one in French — to be held in Montreal later this month, ahead of the vote to determine their next leader and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s successor. On Saturday, the party announced the French debate will take place on Feb. 24, and the English debate the following day.🗓️ Save the dates! pic.twitter.com/NHIK8amywI— Liberal Party (@liberal_party) February 8, 2025The debates fall less than two weeks before the March 9 vote to secure the Liberal Party’s new leader. Story continues below advertisement “This is a time for Liberals across the country to exchange ideas and engage...