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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...

The future of the oil tanker ban in northern B.C. waters is now in question after the federal and Alberta governments signed an energy agreement Thursday that sets the stage for a pipeline to the West Coast. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) includes a commitment from Ottawa to “enable the export of bitumen from a strategic deep-water port to Asian markets, including if necessary through an appropriate adjustment to the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act.”Alberta and federal Conservatives have long argued the 2019 federal law prevents the building of new pipelines and therefore constrains the oil and gas industry, and have called for the federal government to repeal it.The B.C. government and Coastal First Nations, however, are vowing to do everything in their power to keep the tanker ban in pl...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Alberta’s watershed pipeline deal with Ottawa wasn’t front and centre Friday when Premier Danielle Smith spoke with United Conservative Party faithful at their annual convention. Smith took the stage in Edmonton for the first of many addresses planned for the weekend.It wasn’t until after she spoke on issues including rural policing, new federal legislation and even separatism that someone in the crowd asked for clarification on Alberta’s commitments in the deal, prompting her to address it.“I think it’s a clear win,” Smith said of the accord.“It’s a clear win for Alberta and for my incredible ministers who did a lot of work on that.” There was some applause, but the premier was later ...

B.C. Premier David Eby said federal and provincial authorities feel a “huge amount of urgency” to address rising cases of extortion targeting South Asian communities in the province. At a press conference in Surrey Friday, Eby, along with federal Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree, committed $1 million in funding to support extortion victims in B.C. The money is intended to boost police communications to victims and to help develop safety plans if required.“Anyone who is facing these threats, they cannot rest at home and feel comfortable and safe, they’re worried about their businesses … they’re heartbreaking stories,” Eby told reporters Friday.But while Eby acknowledged urgency in addressing the rising cases, he also cautioned that getting to the networks behind the extortion atte...

The NDP leadership candidates admitted they need to brush up on their French-language skills when they faced off for the campaign’s first debate in Montreal. The debate on Thursday began with a plan to have 60 per cent of it take place in French, but most of the conversation happened in English.Documentarian Avi Lewis and Alberta MP Heather McPherson spoke the most French, while union leader Rob Ashton, social worker Tanille Johnston and organic farmer Tony McQuail worked it in. Ashton pledged to continue building his French skills on about five separate occasions.One of the five themes of the debate was how to rebuild support and win in Quebec, the province that sent the NDP to the official Opposition benches in the 2011 election.“If we want to come back in Quebec, we need to speak to Que...

By Dylan Robertson The Canadian Press Posted November 28, 2025 12:31 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says budget cuts at Global Affairs Canada won’t affect the ability of Canadians in trouble abroad to get help from embassies. Department officials say the cuts will involve moving some consular services to an online portal.The recent federal budget includes a $561 million cut to the department’s budget next year, which increases to a $1.1 billion cut two years later. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada ...

Several Liberal MPs say the party remains united after Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault resigned from cabinet in response to the federal government’s new pact with Alberta on a proposed pipeline. In a social media post Thursday, Guilbeault said he submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Mark Carney that afternoon “with great sadness” — then spelled out his objections to the prime minister’s reversal of many of the key environmental decisions made by the previous Liberal government.“Despite this difficult economic context, I remain one of those for whom environmental issues must remain front and centre,” he wrote. “That is why I strongly oppose the memorandum of understanding between the federal government and government of Alberta.” ...