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Canada will launch a public consultation ahead of the upcoming review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade agreement (CUSMA) Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc’s office told Global News. “In preparation for the upcoming Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) review, Canada will be engaging with Canadian industry leaders, provinces and territories and Indigenous partners,” a spokesperson for LeBlanc’s office said.“To that end, our government will be launching public consultations in the near future. This exercise, which will build on consultations undertaken in 2024, will enable us to gather valuable feedback from Canadians.”The U.S. Trade Representative is set to begin 45 days of public consultations ahead of the review that is set to take place next year.A preliminary U.S. Feder...

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 17, 2025 1:39 pm Updated September 17, 2025 1:42 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Alberta government says the notwithstanding clause is an essential part of the Canadian constitution and the country’s top court should not undermine it. The province’s attorney general filed its arguments Wednesday morning in a landmark Supreme Court of Canada case over Quebec’s secularism law, known as Bill 21. ...

Critics are questioning what problem the Alberta government’s move to add mandatory citizenship markers to provincial identification aims to solve, and say it opens the door to potential privacy breaches and discrimination. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Monday the move is all about streamlining services and preventing election fraud.Zool Suleman, a Vancouver-based immigration lawyer, said the United Conservative Party government’s impetus is unclear, and all Canadians should be worried about an increasing “creep” that forces the disclosure of more personal information.“There’s some kind of hovering fear which some people are inflaming, which is that there are people who are voting who are not supposed to vote, or there are people accessing services they’re not supposed to access,” he...

U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in the United Kingdom on Tuesday for a state visit during which the British government hopes a multibillion-dollar technology deal will show the trans-Atlantic bond remains strong despite differences over Ukraine, the Middle East and the future of the Western alliance. State visits in Britain blend 21st-century diplomacy with royal pageantry. Trump’s two-day trip comes complete with horse-drawn carriages, military honor guards and a glittering banquet inside a 1,000-year-old castle — all tailored to a president with a fondness for gilded splendor.King Charles III will host Trump at Windsor Castle on Wednesday before talks the next day with Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Chequers, the British leader’s rural retreat. ...

The Liberal government says it plans to table its long-awaited federal budget on Nov. 4. Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne spoke in the House of Commons on Tuesday and made the announcement during question period.“We’re going to present a great budget in this House on the fourth of November, Mr. Speaker. This is going to be a generational investment in our future. We’re going to build this country, Mr. Speaker, we’re going to protect our communities, we’re going to empower Canadians,” Champagne said in the House of Commons on Tuesday.“We’re going to build the strongest economy in the G7. We’re going to build this country like never before. We’re going to build the Canada of the 21st century, Mr. Speaker, we are the true north, strong and free.” ...

By Nick Murray The Canadian Press Posted September 16, 2025 3:35 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Elizabeth May is campaigning to stay on as Green Party leader as a faction of party members mounts a campaign to oust her. The party is in the midst of a leadership review vote, which is required within six months of an election.While May already has indicated she doesn’t intend to lead the party into the next election, she’s asking Green members to vote for her to stay on as leader for now. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, ...

Transport and Internal Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland is stepping down from cabinet to serve as Canada’s special envoy to Ukraine, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Tuesday. Freeland made no mention of the diplomatic appointment in a statement announcing her resignation, only saying she will not run in the next federal election.“With tremendous gratitude and a little sadness, I have decided to step down from Cabinet today and turn the page on this chapter in my life,” she wrote. “I do not intend to run in the next federal election.”To my neighbours, colleagues, and Canadians: thank you. 🇨🇦 Chers voisins, collègues et Canadiens : merci. pic.twitter.com/H7Myf362Qy— Chrystia Freeland (@cafreeland) September 16, 2025 Story continues below advertisement The st...

The City of Vaughan has formally dropped its use of automated speed enforcement cameras as Ontario’s premier urges municipalities that have them to end the “tax grab.” Vaughan councillors voted in favour of a motion brought forward by Mayor Stephen Del Duca on Monday, ending the use of its speed cameras, which were put in use in April. However, York Region’s speed cameras are still operating in the city, though council will request the regional government suspend the use of them on Vaughan’s streets.Vaughan paused its use of speed cameras in June after 32,000 speeding tickets were handed out in just three weeks earlier this year. Del Duca put forward that motion to pause their use until September because council was due to receive a report on ways the city could create more effective signa...

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 16, 2025 8:18 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Mark Carney has a slew of meetings today, with his cabinet, the premier of Saskatchewan and canola industry leaders. The prime minister will chair the cabinet meeting at 10 a.m.In the afternoon, Carney will meet with Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and, later, he will meet with canola industry leaders. 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. ...

Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney doesn’t mince words when asked about possible Alberta separation. He says it’s a historically discredited concept driven by a pocket of malcontents and guaranteed to shred the social fabric of the province it purports to champion.“It’s bananas if we allow a tiny, perennially angry minority to drag the whole province through a deeply divisive debate,” Kenney said in a recent interview in a boardroom at Calgary’s Bankers Hall, where he’s a senior adviser to a law firm and works with corporate boards.“(It would be) a referendum that would divide families, divide communities, divide friends for no useful purpose.“If this gets to a ballot, there will be marriages that will break up over it. There will be wives and husbands who just can’t tolerate each other o...