Canada
Era of ‘unlimited supply of cheap foreign labour is over,’ minister says
Canada's immigration minister also suggested Ottawa may be looking at boosting enforcement resources to crack down on irregular migrants who don't leave Canada.
Concerns about Mexico’s trade policies toward China ‘legitimate’: Freeland
Chrystia Freeland said she shares concerns about Mexico not putting tariffs on Chinese vehicles, which has sparked calls to cut Mexico out of free trade talks with the U.S.
Poilievre visits firms in Penticton and Princeton, promises to 'repeal Trudeau's anti-energy laws'
Poilievre was in the region to visit two businesses: Upper Plant and Shipping SBC Firemaster in Princeton and Peerless in Penticton.
The Provinces
N.S. NDP platform prioritizes housing, affordability, health care
The New Democratic Party unveiled a $2.073-billion, two-year election platform Wednesday focused on housing, bringing down household costs and providing ...
Progressive Conservative, Liberal, NDP leaders to face off in N.S. election debate
The debate comes 12 days before the Nov. 26 election, with the Progressive Conservatives holding a significant lead in recent polls.
Alberta considering adding citizenship to driver's licences
Speaking on stage to thousands of party members at the governing United Conservative Party’s (UCP) annual general meeting in Red Deer on Nov. 1, [Services Minister Dale] Nally told the crowd it was a change being considered as a way to bolster security of elections.
Sondage | Les appuis à la CAQ au plus bas en huit ans
L’appui populaire envers la Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ) et le gouvernement Legault continue de s’étioler, au point où il atteint désormais son plus bas niveau en huit ans, selon un sondage.
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew shuffles cabinet, creates technology portfolio
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew has shuffled his cabinet, adding three fresh faces and creating an Innovation and New Technology department.
Elsewhere
China to court G20 nations to bypass US-led sanctions in potential Taiwan conflict: report
Beijing will focus on courting G20 nations to join its financial networks to circumvent Western sanctions in a potential Taiwan conflict, while the US and G7 will pressure these nations to comply with critical supply-chain restrictions against the mainland.
Yoon to hold trilateral summit with Biden, Ishiba on sidelines of APEC in Peru
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will hold a trilateral meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on the margins of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Peru this week, according to Yoon's office and the White House. PM Trudeau's staff is not, as per every Canadian PM I've ever covered on summit eves, disclosing who the PM will or will not have meetings with. Senior government officials who briefed reporters Wednesday on Trudeau's attendance at these summits declined to identify partners in Trudeau's bilat dance card.
Trump’s team wants Trudeau out in favour of the populist Poilievre
Lawrence Martin: Like Brian Mulroney before him, Pierre Poilievre should plan a trip to Washington once Donald Trump is inaugurated. I know of no journalist who has Larry's understanding of the relationship betwen prime ministers and presidents. He once wrote a book on the subject! So I've used up one of my 🎁 links for the month to pass on this piece.
Trump’s appointees have criticized Trudeau, Canada’s border security
Trump's designations for foreign policy and border positions have sent signals to Canada, and the rest of the world, about America's path forward.
"I was shocked." Lawmakers react to Gaetz pick for Trump's cabinet
Trump intends to nominate Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general and former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence, surprising many lawmakers who will have to confirm them.
GOP senators are already balking at Trump AG pick Matt Gaetz
Mr. Gaetz, a deeply controversial congressional Republican firebrand who is currently under investigation by the bipartisan House Ethics Committee for allegations of sexual misconduct and the use of illicit drugs, is now in line to run the immensely powerful Department of Justice – the same organization that had investigated him for allegations of sex trafficking (its attorneys declined to press charges early last year).
The sex trafficking allegations against Matt Gaetz, explained
Who Gaetz is: He’s a close ally of Trump and one of the most conservative flamethrowers in Congress. He was elected in 2016 to his seat in Florida’s Western Panhandle area, one of the most Republican congressional districts in the nation, and he has glommed onto Trump in a big way. On the eve of the Jan. 6 anniversary, he appeared with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to spout unproven conspiracy theories about the attack.
What's DOGE? Musk's new political appointment under Trump is a crypto joke
President-elect Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that one of his top donors, Elon Musk, will co-lead the newly created Department of Government Effiency -- DOGE.
Russia moves to ban content promoting ‘childlessness’ in latest effort to boost birth rate
The birth rate in Russia has fallen to its lowest level since 1999, with many blaming the war in Ukraine for the drop.
Media
Guardian will no longer post on Elon Musk’s X from its official accounts
Platform’s coverage of US election crystallised longstanding concerns about its content, says Guardian. The Spanish newspaper Vanguardia is also quitting X
Bluesky surges to 15 million users after getting a million sign-ups in one week
Bluesky just passed the 15 million user mark after adding more than a million new users over the last week, the company said in an update. Got to say: I went from 900 follows on BlueSky two weeks ago to more than 3K now. Crazy. And looking at those new follows, it does not appear to be bots, but real people! Find me at davidakin.bsky.social.
Science and tech
What did the snowball Earth look like?
Entire continents, even in the tropics, seem to have been under sheets of ice.
The Calendar
- Florence, Italy - CEDQR Min Soraya Martinez Ferrada attends the G7 Tourism Ministers Meeting
- 0945 ET: Port Colborne, ON - Innovation Min François-Philippe Champagne participates in a ground-breaking ceremony.
- 1000 ET: Toronto - Mental Health Min Ya'ara Saks speaks about mental health awareness
- 1000 ET: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu - Public Services and Procurement Min Jean-Yves Duclos makes a funding announcement
- 1030 ET: St John's - ACOA Min Gudie Hutchings makes a funding announcement
- 1040 ET: Ottawa - LPC MP Yasir Naqvi makes a funding announcement
- 1100 ET: Calgary - LPC MP George Chahal makes a funding announcement
- 1115 ET: Thompson - Treasury Board President Anita Anand makes a funding announcement
- 1130 ET: Vancouver - Intl Development Min Ahmed Hussen makes a funding announcement.
- 1130 ET: Vancouver - Intl Development Min Ahmed Hussen
- 1240 ET: Toronto - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks to the Canadian Club.
- 1300 ET: Moncton, NB - Veterans Affairs Min Ginette Petitpas Taylor participates in a plaque unveiling
- 1330 ET: Sherbrooke, QC - LPC MP Elisabeth Briere makes a funding announcement
- 1330 ET: Behchokǫ̀, NT - Crown-Indigenous Affairs Min Gary Anandasangaree speaks about conservation.
- 1400 ET: Ottawa - PM Trudeau departs for Lima, Peru.
- 1400 ET: Coquitlam, BC - Energy and Natural Resources Min Jonathan Wilkinson and LPC MP Ron McKinnon makes a funding announcement
- 1930 ET: Toronto - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh campaigns in the riding of Toronto-Danforth
- 2200 ET: Lima, Peru - PM Trudeau arrives at Jorge Chávez International Airport
