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Changes could be on the way for federal income tax brackets next year, according to the Canada Revenue Agency. If the legislation working its way through Parliament becomes law, the proposed changes would mean Canada’s lowest earners may pay slightly less income tax starting in 2026.Some income tax cuts were introduced prior to the summer of 2025 by the federal government, and the new changes would essentially apply the same cut for the entire tax year. 2:20 Federal budget aims to balance spending with controversial cuts Prime Minister Mark Carney’s so-called “middle-class tax cut” introduced in the spring proposed dropping the federal income ...

By Aaron Sousa The Canadian Press Posted December 2, 2025 9:56 am Updated December 2, 2025 10:24 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The publisher of the Franklin series of children’s books says an online post by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth depicting the titular character as a bazooka-wielding soldier is denigrating and violent. Hegseth shared on social media Sunday a mock cover of a Franklin book titled “Franklin Targets Narco Terrorists” with the caption: “...

Prime Minister Mark Carney will address hundreds of First Nations chiefs gathered in Ottawa today for the December meeting of the Assembly of First Nations. Carney’s appearance before the chiefs could be a tense moment, coming just days after Ottawa signed a pipeline agreement with Alberta, which some First Nations leaders have condemned over a lack of consultation and environmental risks.“Canada is at a crossroads in its relationship with First Nations,” Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak told The Canadian Press.“Our rights are being threatened in new ways, but we’re not afraid. Far from it. First Nations across the country are stronger than ever.” 2:04 Will Carne...

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Green Party leader Elizabeth May says supporting the Carney government on the budget vote is a “mistake” she won’t make again. May told The Canadian Press the memorandum of understanding Prime Minister Mark Carney signed with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on energy — specifically the part that applies federal tax credits to enhanced oil recovery — amounted to a “significant betrayal and a reversal” which has her questioning the worth of Carney’s word.“I don’t know if the prime minister lied but I think he needs to consider what his word means when his word was given,” she said.“He obviously thought getting a deal with Danielle Smith was more important than his word.”As The Canadian Press reported Friday, then-cabinet minister Steven Guilbeault was dispatched to win May’s vote for the budg...

For the ninth consecutive month, fewer passengers at Canadian airports are heading to the United States amid the trade war. New data from Statistics Canada shows total Canadian air passenger traffic in October was up by 4.5 per cent to five million travellers from the same time last year, but the number of people on U.S.-bound trips is down 8.9 per cent to 1.2 million travellers.The drop comes almost a year after U.S. President Donald Trump first started musing about making Canada the 51st state, a threat he has repeated throughout the trade war.When asked if he was considering using military force to take over Canada in January, Trump did not rule out a plan for annexation.“No, economic force,” he said. “Because Canada and the United States would really be something. You get rid of that a...

The Irish hip-hop group Kneecap says it has begun legal action against Vince Gasparro, the Liberal parliamentary secretary who posted a video on social media announcing an apparent ban on the group entering Canada that their lawyer says caused “substantial” harm. Lawyer Darragh Mackin told Global News that a defamation case is being pursued in Ireland against Gasparro, who Mackin said was served with a notice of claim over the weekend.“Our clients have been subject to serious and unfounded assertions by way of a public video posted on a personal social media account which has caused substantial reputational harm,” Mackin said in a statement from Belfast human rights law firm Phoenix Law on Saturday.“The statements made by Mr. Gasparro were wholly inaccurate and defamatory without any reaso...

Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to shuffle his cabinet again Monday in a move expected to replace former Canadian identity and culture minister Steven Guilbeault. Carney is due to attend a swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall at 3 p.m. eastern time.Guilbeault resigned from cabinet Thursday just hours after a memorandum of understanding signed by Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith that he said gives the province several energy-related concessions and sets the stage for a new oil pipeline to the west coast. 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. In his resignation statement, Guilbeault said the deal and previous ...

The head of the United Nations’ HIV/AIDS program is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to reverse his government’s planned cuts to foreign aid and global health funding. “My message to Prime Minister Carney, to Canada, and to all the other donors is, stay the course,” UNAIDS executive director Winnie Byanyima told The Canadian Press on the sidelines of last week’s G20 leaders’ summit in Johannesburg.“Without global solidarity, the inequality between countries will continue to widen. We will live in a more dangerous world as these inequalities increase.”Last week, Carney announced Canada’s first-ever cut to funding for the Global Fund, a major program for fighting infectious diseases in the world’s poorest countries.The new funding pledge is 17 per cent lower than Ottawa’s last contribution ...

OTTAWA – Canada maintains a low level of civilian oversight of the military due to Parliament’s rigid party discipline, according to a new book that compares it with fourteen other democracies. That conclusion was arrived at after a 10-year study conducted by a trio of defence experts — academics David Auerswald, Philippe Lagassé and Stephen Saideman — and reported in a new book titled: “Overseen or Overlooked? Legislators, Armed Forces and Democratic Accountability.”“When the military makes mistakes, it can be catastrophic. So you want to have more overseers, not less,” Saideman, an international relations professor at Carleton University, told The Canadian Press.That stark conclusion comes as the federal government under Prime Minister Mark Carney prepares to embark on a massive military...