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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to meet with the country’s premiers Wednesday afternoon, after they asked for an urgent meeting on U.S.-Canada relations ahead of the incoming Donald Trump administration. That request came Monday, before the U.S. president-elect threatened to impose a 25-per-cent import tariff on goods coming from Canada and Mexico.Trudeau and the premiers will hold a virtual meeting at 5 p.m. on Wednesday.Trump said in a social media post Monday night that he would keep the tariffs in place until Canada and Mexico stop illegal border crossings and prevent drugs such as fentanyl from entering the U.S. 2:49 ‘We need to be strong’: Calls for Canadian unity over Trump’s tariff...

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says while he supports the Liberal plan to give Canadians a GST break during the holidays, he won’t back the $250 rebate proposal unless the government expands eligibility to the most vulnerable. The Liberals announced a plan last week to cut the federal sales tax on a raft of items such as toys and restaurant meals for two months, and to give $250 to more than 18.7 million Canadians in the spring.Speaking after a Canadian Labour Congress event in Ottawa, Singh said he’s open to passing the GST legislation, but the rebate needs to include seniors, students, people who are on disability benefits and those who were not able to work last year.Singh said he initially supported the idea because he thought the rebate cheques would go to anyone who earned under $150,000 l...

An independent senator is calling evidence the Chinese government “targeted” MPs Michael Chong and Jenny Kwan “cavalier and flimsy,” downplaying Beijing’s efforts to collect “human intelligence” on Canadian parliamentarians. Sen. Yuen Pau Woo, whom the Liberals appointed to the Senate in 2016, has been a vocal critic of the federal government’s response to Chinese interference operations and skeptical of allegations that Beijing is meddling in Canadian affairs, was denied standing during the second phase of the federal inquiry into foreign interference after participating in the first round.Standing would’ve allowed Woo to participate in the second round of testimony, and the senator requested the commission cover his legal costs. Both requests were denied.But Woo still offered some closin...

U.S. president-elect Donald Trump on Monday proposed tariffs on all products coming into the United States from Canada and Mexico once he takes office. It’s not the first time Canadians have had to deal with exports heading south of the border being taxed.During his first term, Trump imposed a 20-per cent tariff on softwood lumber — part of the ongoing decades-old row over the product — followed a year later by a 25-per cent tariff on steel and 10-per cent tax on aluminum products.Prior to taking office in 2016, Trump had blasted the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and negotiations began in August 2017 when he was in the White House to carve out a new deal with Canada and Mexico, which remained underway by spring 2018 when Trump announced the tariffs on May 31, 2018. St...

The federal government has suspended Edmonton Centre MP Randy Boissonnault’s former medical supply company from obtaining government contracts. Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) suspended Global Health Imports (GHI) from bidding or entering into contracts with the federal government, effective Nov. 22, the agency said in a press release.On Tuesday, Catherine Poulin, assistant deputy minister of departmental oversight at PSPC, told a parliamentary committee that the Edmonton Police Service’s (EPS) investigation into GHI was a factor in the decision to suspend the company.“We have gone through multiple sources of information, including lawsuits … and the information that has been brought to our attention recently concerning an Edmonton Police Services investigation kind of put us...

It’s voting day in Nova Scotia as people head to the polls to cast their ballots. Live results will begin here at 8 p.m. AT when the polls close. Global News will also be carrying a live election special at that time.Live updates and analysis can also be found online at globalnews.ca/halifax.Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston called a snap election last month and is seeking a second mandate as premier.Both of the province’s opposition leaders were critical of an early call they said broke the premier’s promise to adhere to a fixed election date. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Liberal Leader Zach Churchill has taken th...

Business and political leaders in Canada say there will be pain if Donald Trump follows through on his pledge to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian goods, but they note the hurt will happen in his country as well. The president-elect posted to Truth Social on Monday he will sign an executive order imposing a 25 per cent tariff on all products coming in to the United States from Canada and Mexico.He said the tariff will remain in place until both countries stop drugs, in particular fentanyl, and people from illegally crossing the borders.Canadian American Business Council CEO Beth Burke said in a statement last night that Trump’s proposal would harm businesses on both sides of the border and would “erode the economic and geopolitical strength of North America.” ...

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 26, 2024 7:40 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada Post says it’s missed out on delivering an estimated 10 million parcels as a strike by more than 55,000 workers across the country continues ahead of Black Friday. Company spokeswoman Lisa Liu said in a statement Monday that talks with the union over the weekend resulted in limited progress, with Canada Post trying to “move forward with urgency” on discussing changes to its delivery model. 1:50 Canada...

It’s election day in Nova Scotia, as Tim Houston’s Progressive Conservatives seek a second mandate. Houston opted to call a snap election on Oct. 27 — ignoring his government’s election law, which for the first time in Nova Scotia set a fixed election date: July 15, 2025.It was a move that was criticized by Liberal Leader Zach Churchill and NDP Leader Claudia Chender.In a little over four weeks of campaigning, topics such as housing, affordability and health care have dominated discussions.In 2021, Houston’s campaign zeroed in on the ailing health-care system, and his vow to fix it. During this 2024 campaign, the other two major party leaders have called Houston out on the slow pace of improving the crisis.During a televised debate, Houston argued that the system had crumbled under 12 year...

A federal proposal that would redistribute the overall quota for catching highly lucrative baby eels to individual fishers will not compensate commercial licence-holders who employ those workers, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) says, leaving owners feeling betrayed by the government. The department first informed Maritime commercial groups and fishermen of the proposed pilot project in a letter in mid-October, designed to combat unlicensed fishing of the baby eels, known as elvers, and violent confrontations that have shut down the last two seasons.The letter of intent said consultations would be held and asked for feedback on the proposal.At the time, the department told elver fishers the quota redistribution program sought to “broaden the distribution of benefits” and “would not be acc...