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The renewed push to have Alberta separate from Canada has caught the eyes of some pundits on Fox News, who are suggesting the discontent could play into the larger trade and security negotiations between Canada and U.S. President Donald Trump. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced this week that she doesn’t want Alberta to leave Canada but, if enough residents sign a petition asking for a referendum on it, she’ll make sure it’s put to a vote in 2026.Smith — who delivered her speech a day before Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Trump at the White House — also presented a list of demands for Carney’s new Liberal government, and threatened to take steps to assert Alberta’s sovereignty if Ottawa didn’t address the province’s grievances.Those remarks, and the calls for secession from some...

Canada’s energy CEOs are calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to scrap the emissions cap on oil and gas producers and repeal industrial carbon pricing to help bolster the industry. Thirty-eight CEOs of Canadian energy companies signed a letter congratulating Carney on his election win and pitching policy measures they say would help the prime minister make good on his promise to build the fastest-growing economy in the G7.“As a major contributor to the Canadian economy, with significant untapped potential, the energy sector must play a pivotal role in your pursuit of this ambition,” the letter reads.“Your focus on fostering energy independence and enhancing Canada’s energy infrastructure and clean technology requires major sector investment and globally competitive energy and carbon polic...

The clock is ticking on one of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s signature promises — removing interprovincial trade barriers and making it easier for Canadians to trade with each other. In his first post-election press conference on Friday, Carney reiterated his commitment to dismantle trade barriers by Canada Day. On Wednesday, Carney met with Canada’s premiers to brief them on his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump and discuss ending interprovincial trade restrictions.But experts say Carney is facing a tall order.“The rules and regulations that are those interprovincial barriers that he wants to remove are not entirely within his control. He can’t compel provinces to remove their barriers,” Moshe Lander, economist at Concordia University, said. ...

In his first post-presidential interview since U.S. President Donald Trump took office, Joe Biden equated the pressure the president is putting on Ukraine to “modern-day appeasement,” a reference to the British government’s pre-Second World War effort to curtail the Nazi’s invasion of Europe. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today program to mark the 80th anniversary of VE-Day (Victory in Europe), the former president said that Trump’s pursuit of Panama, Greenland and Canada has weakened global trade and diplomatic partnerships in the U.S. and spawned a sense of mistrust among its European allies and NATO, which was formed after the Second World War.“What president ever talks like that?” Biden said. “That’s not who we are. We’re about freedom, democracy, opportunity — not about confiscation,” he ...

By Lisa Johnson The Canadian Press Posted May 6, 2025 4:30 pm Updated May 6, 2025 4:33 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is urging her Ontario counterpart Doug Ford to mind his own business when it comes to talk of separating from Canada. Smith announced this week that she doesn’t want Alberta to leave Canada but, if enough residents sign a petition asking for a referendum on it, she’ll make sure it’s put to a vote in 2026.Ford, witho...

Prime Minister Mark Carney met U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House on Tuesday, and both leaders took questions from reporters in the Oval Office after making opening remarks. The conversation touched on trade, security and Trump’s constant threat of making Canada the 51st American state. Here’s a transcript of their press conference:DONALD TRUMP: Thank you very much, everybody. It’s a great honour to have Prime Minister Mark Carney with us. As you know, just a few days ago, he won a very big election in Canada. I think I was probably the greatest thing that happened to him. But I can’t say that. His party was losing by a lot and he ended up winning. So I really want to congratulate him. It was probably one of the greatest comebacks in the history of politics. Maybe even greater ...

The leader of the sovereigntist Parti Québécois is throwing his support behind a possible referendum in Alberta, applauding Premier Danielle Smith for standing up for her province. Speaking to reporters in Quebec City on Tuesday, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon said Smith has used the spectre of a referendum to gain leverage as she makes demands of the federal government, including on resource development.“This is a premier who has decided to address the government of Canada directly by saying, ‘If you do not respect our democracy, you do not respect our financial choices and our priorities, I will respond to your abuse of power with concrete actions,'” he said.St-Pierre Plamondon said provinces have the right to consult their population on the question of independence if they feel the federal go...

Prime Minister Mark Carney is due to sit down with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday for what is expected to be a high-stakes meeting on the future of the Canada-U.S. relationship. Carney travelled to Washington on Monday, his first foreign trip since winning a minority Liberal government in last week’s federal election, for what the prime minister has said will be the first in a series of discussions on tariffs, military cooperation and other issues.“The meeting will focus on both the immediate trade pressures and the broader future economic and security relationship between the two sovereign nations,” a Friday statement from the Prime Minister’s Office says.Trump on Monday professed ignorance about his expectations for the meeting, or even what it would focus on.“...

By Sarah Ritchie The Canadian Press Posted May 6, 2025 7:53 am 2 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Newly elected Conservatives and returning MPs are set to meet in Ottawa this morning as the party charts its path forward after last week’s election loss to the Liberals. Leader Pierre Poilievre, who lost his bid to continue representing the riding of Carleton after 20 years as the area’s MP, will not be in the House of Commons when it opens later this month.In a video posted on social media Monday afternoon, Poilievre says he has a lot to be thankful for after the election, including an expanded coa...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The federal NDP has selected Vancouver-Kingsway MP Don Davies to serve as the party’s interim leader. It comes as the party gears up to hold a leadership contest to replace Jagmeet Singh, who announced plans to step down following the New Democrats’ poor showing in the April 28 federal election.In a statement, the party said the NDP’s Federal Council had made the decision in consultation with its reduced caucus. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. “While the recent election results were not what we hoped for, our co...