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Prime Minister Mark Carney will not be giving a major speech on foreign policy to the United Nations General Assembly when he visits New York next week. Instead, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand will address global leaders on the government’s behalf from the green marble podium.On July 11, the UN issued a provisional speakers list which had Carney slated to speak the morning of Sept. 27. An updated list issued Sept. 5 says Anand is Canada’s delegate and will address the General Assembly on Sept. 29.Carney’s office said he will be in New York from Sunday to Wednesday.In a Friday news release, Carney’s office said the prime minister will take part in events at the UN about “efforts to stabilize the dire situation in Haiti,” the work Canada is doing to facilitate the return of Ukrainian c...

The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a short-term spending bill to extend government funding for seven weeks and avoid a partial government shutdown on Oct. 1, but prospects looked dimmer in the Senate, where the two parties show no signs of budging on the matter. The bill would generally continue existing funding levels through Nov. 21. Democratic leaders are adamantly opposed and are threatening a government shutdown if Republicans don’t let them have a say on the measure, as some Democratic support will be needed to get a bill to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature.The vote was 217-212.House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana had few votes to spare as he sought to persuade fellow Republicans to vote for the funding patch, something many in his conference have ro...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The federal government is introducing new legislation that would create “a new crime of hate” in the Criminal Code, outlaw the promotion of hateful symbols like the Nazi swastika that cause harm, and protect religious institutions from “obstruction and intimidation,” Justice Minister Sean Fraser announced Friday. The long-promised hate crime bill is the first major legislative move by Canada’s attorney general for the fall sitting of Parliament, which is already being dominated by the issue of combating crime.“One of the great promises of Canada is the ability of our citizens to live freely in their communities, regardless of the colour of their skin, the god they pray to, or the person th...

By Dylan Robertson The Canadian Press Posted September 19, 2025 1:00 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Carney government is barring the Irish rap group Kneecap from entering Canada, saying the group has endorsed political violence and terrorism. The group has denied supporting Hamas or Hezbollah. In a post on social media, the group called the accusation “baseless.”“No member of Kneecap has been convicted of ANY crime in ANY country EVER,” the group said in a social media statement.Jewish groups had been asking Ottawa since June to ban the group, along with the English punk-rap duo Bob Vy...

By Alessia Passafiume The Canadian Press Posted September 19, 2025 10:59 am Updated September 19, 2025 11:01 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Dominic LeBlanc says consultations start Friday on the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) ahead of a planned review of the North American trade pact next year. The Canada-U.S. trade minister says Ottawa will hear from provinces, territories, industry and workers as it gears up to negotiate formally with the United...

Newly released documents show Ottawa has spent almost $1.3 billion on cloud services provided by U.S. companies, with most of the money going to Microsoft — and its uses include what it calls “mission-critical” defence applications. The information was shared in a government response to a question posed by Conservative MP Todd Doherty. He asked government departments and agencies how much they have spent since 2021 on cloud services provided by Amazon, Microsoft and Google, and to identify which of those cloud services cover critical government functions. 1:03 Canada developing defence industry strategy to create jobs, diversify trade: Joly “A...

Canadians are not feeling the trust with their neighbours south of the border after months of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs against Canada, new polling by Ipsos conducted exclusively for Global News has showed. Six in 10 Canadians (60 per cent) say they can never trust the Americans the same way ever again, the poll found.“It looks to me, based on these data, that Canadians feel that their relationship with the United States has changed in a fundamental way,” Ipsos Public Affairs CEO Darrell Bricker said.“They’re looking for Canada to create something that protects our own sovereignty within a North American context and make sure that we’re able to survive on this part of the continent that we live on as an independent country.”In March, Trump imposed his first round of tariffs on ...

Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday acknowledged the issue of Mexican drug cartels operating in Canada, but also that “there are Canadian gangs that operate in Mexico” and that more cooperation is needed to combat them. Carney made the comments while speaking alongside Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in Mexico City, where the two leaders signed a new comprehensive strategic partnership aimed at strengthening trade and security ties, including tackling transnational organized crime.“The unfortunate fact is that yes, there are cartels or gangs from one country in another country, but also vice versa,” he told reporters. “I’m going to acknowledge that there are Canadian gangs that operate in Mexico. We cooperate with the Mexican authorities. We share information. We’re deepening that c...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has directed officials to invoke the Charter’s notwithstanding clause in amending three laws that affect transgender people, says a leaked government memo obtained by The Canadian Press. The internal document sent Sept. 10 by the justice department asks other departments to assemble information as per a directive from Smith’s office to invoke the clause.“As you are aware, the premier’s office has directed that legislation be developed for the fall legislative session to amend the following pieces of legislation to permit each to operate notwithstanding the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Alberta Bill of Rights,” says the memo from Malcolm Lavoie, deputy minister of justice.“This legislative initiative is highly sensitive and should be approach...

U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra on Thursday said Canada’s response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and rhetoric has not been “constructive” toward securing a new trade and security deal with the U.S. Speaking at a lunch event hosted by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce, Hoekstra said the phrase “elbows up,” used by Canadian politicians and the public to protest the U.S., is “anti-American” and took issue with the phrase “trade war” to describe the economic tension.“It is very, very difficult to find Canadians who are passionate about the American-Canadian relationship,” he said. “You ran a campaign where it was anti-American, ‘elbows up,’ ‘me too.’ It was an anti-American campaign. That has continued. That’s disappointing.“If you think that America is at war with Canada? No,...