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As MPs get ready to vote on the federal budget, those in the auto sector say they’re concerned it fails to meet the needs of workers in the industry. The budget did include some aspects that auto sector officials noted can be helpful, such as the productivity super deduction to make it cheaper for businesses to invest in equipment, but they said there isn’t enough targeted on sectors heavily hit by U.S. tariffs.“The budget encompasses very large projects and really is lacking in direct support for autoworkers being affected by these tariffs,” said Jeff Gray, president of Unifor Local 222, which represents more than 8,000 active workers including those at Oshawa’s General Motors facility. The union also represents approximately 13,000 retired workers as well.Gray said he was pleased by rece...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he will use the notwithstanding clause if necessary to make information from the sex offender registry public as he eyes changes to the system. Currently, the Ontario Sex Offender and Sex Trafficker Registry is accessible to police enforcement agencies but not to members of the public.On Monday, Ford indicated he was planning to change that.“We’re going to make sure the sex offender registry is out there in public,” he said. “And sure, we’re probably going to get shot down from the courts again, but I’ll use every single tool available to make sure we protect victims over sex offenders.”The premier said he would use the notwithstanding clause “in a heartbeat” to keep his planned law in place if a judge finds it unconstitutional. Story continues below ...

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene apologized over the weekend for her use of “toxic” commentary as the rift between her and U.S. President Donald Trump — seemingly triggered by his unwillingness to support her nomination for the Georgia state senate — continued to grow. In an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash on State of the Union on Sunday, the Georgia representative, a once-staunch Trump ally and mouthpiece of the MAGA movement, said she was sorry for “taking part in the toxic politics,” arguing that it was “very bad for our country.”“It’s been something I’ve thought about a lot, especially since Charlie Kirk was assassinated,” she continued.Greene said she acknowledged she had participated in and stood in favour of harmful rhetoric.“I’m only responsible for myself and my own words and...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Liberal government’s federal budget will be put to a vote in the House of Commons Monday, setting up a critical test for Prime Minister Mark Carney. The budget vote will be a matter of confidence, which the minority Liberals will need to survive in order to remain in power.If the government falls, it could trigger a snap election — forcing Canadians to the polls for the second time this year.The Conservatives and Bloc Québécois have already signalled they won’t support the budget, with each party saying it did not address their respective priorities.Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, the party’s sole MP, has called for stronger climate change commitments in order to earn her vote. ...

Ukraine is working to resume prisoner exchanges with Russia that could bring home 1,200 Ukrainian prisoners, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday, a day after his national security chief announced progress in negotiations. “We are … counting on the resumption of POW exchanges,” Zelenskyy wrote on X.“Many meetings, negotiations and calls are currently taking place to ensure this.”We are working to ensure another start to negotiations, so that after all there is a prospect to end this war. We are also counting on the resumption of POW exchanges – many meetings, negotiations, and calls are currently taking place to ensure this. I thank everyone who is…— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) November 16, 2025 Story continues below advertisement ...

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday to get rid of tariffs on a broad swath of commodities, including beef, coffee and tropical fruits. It’s part of a response to pressure from consumers who complain prices are too high. The move comes after voters in off-year elections earlier this month cited economic concerns as their top issue, resulting in big wins for Democrats in races in Virginia and New Jersey.The president signed the executive order after announcing that the U.S. had reached framework agreements with Ecuador, Guatemala, El Salvador and Argentina designed to ease import levies on agricultural products produced in those countries.Friday’s executive order amends his April 2 move to impose global “reciprocal” tariffs on dozens of countries due to what he decla...

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his office will not say if his caucus will be whipped by party leadership and urged to vote against Prime Minister Mark Carney’s budget next week — a vote that could trigger another election if the minority government falls. Asked by reporters in Calgary on Friday if he was confident that all his members of Parliament would vote against the budget in the House of Commons on Monday, Poilievre wouldn’t directly answer.“One hundred per cent of our MPs oppose the costly Carney credit card budget, that is going to drive up the cost of food, housing and living for Canadians,” he said.While Poilievre is confident his caucus opposes the budget, not all his MPs have shown their opposition when it counts most in the House of Commons. Four Conservative MPs did...

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government has “limited room to cut taxes” with the fiscal deficit projected to balloon after Budget 2025, a report by the Parliamentary Budget Office said on Thursday. The PBO published its independent assessment of Budget 2025, highlighting “financial pressures and concerns about transparency.”“According to the PBO, the Government has limited room to cut taxes or increase spending if it wants to keep the federal debt-to-GDP ratio in 2055–56 at or below its current level,” the PBO said in a press release accompanying the report.The debt-to-GDP ratio is an economic metric that measures a country’s debt against the total value of goods and services produced in the country. 4:47 ...

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 13, 2025 5:11 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said she’s on board with Prime Minister Mark Carney’s second batch of key major projects picked out for potential fast-track approval. Carney announced Thursday seven additional major energy and infrastructure projects were being referred to the government’s major projects office.Those projects include a nickel mine in northern Ontario, a hydroelectric project in Iqaluit, and a transmission line and an LNG project that are both in northwest British Columbia. ...

Canada is taking “positive” steps to boost its defence spending and military presence in Europe, but Canadians themselves need to take collective responsibility toward national security to counter growing threats from nations like Russia, Latvia’s envoy says. In an interview with Global News in Vancouver, Kaspars Ozoliņš, Latvia’s ambassador to Canada, said “unfriendly countries” are not limited to geography as a means to influence or attack other nations, using everything from cyberattacks to disinformation. That requires businesses and civil society to defend critical infrastructure alongside government and military forces, he stressed.“It’s not just about whether you spend two per cent or five per cent (of GDP on defence),” he said.“There is an increased understanding (in Latvia) that i...