Canada
Canada to beef up border security amid Trump tariff threats
With U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatening to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian imports if Canada doesn't crack down on illegal immigration and drug smuggling, Ottawa is look at ways to rapidly increase security at the border. On Global National David Akin reports on Canada's shopping list of new gear it's ready to deploy, the skepticism over whether these measures will work, and what the federal government is not willing to do.
Canada warns claiming asylum is ‘not easy’ with new global ad campaign
The ads are part of a broader shift in tone by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government on immigration and an effort to clamp down on refugee claims.
A $9.3-billion pension surplus could be the cushion Ottawa will need
The federal government could tap into a more than $9.3-billion surplus in the public-service pension plan over the next four years to ease mounting fiscal pressures – a move that could spark a showdown with workers who say they deserve a share.
Preparing for a Conservative government in the public service
Andrew Griffith: Over 40 per cent of federal public servants have only worked under the Trudeau government, and after nearly a decade in power, many public servants may have internalized Liberal perspectives. A Conservative majority would signal public desire for change, and the public service, like it or not, will have to support a different and arguably sharper ideological agenda.
Speaker schedules opposition motions after Tories opt against own non-confidence vote
Speaker Greg Fergus made the ruling Monday afternoon as a deadline for those motions and spending votes to happen just one week away."This is a situation that Parliament has never been in before," Liberal House leader Karina Gould told reporters on Monday.
‘I’ll have more to say’: Kingston’s mayor coy about running for Conservative Party in next federal election
A local effort is underway to recruit Kingston Mayor Bryan Paterson to run for the Conservative Party of Canada in the next federal election. A very thorough report here but misses one thing: The NDP have had their candidate in place since March -- Daria Juüdi-Hope, a nurse and educator. The NDP finished second here in 2021 and will be a strong challenger to incumbent Liberal Mark Gerretsen. That said: given current polling averages in Ontario, this could be a very interesting three-way race. But, yes, a conservative candidate could win here for the first time since Flora Macdonald.
The Provinces
New poll suggests Quebec premier even less popular than Justin Trudeau
A prominent polling analyst says Quebec's governing party would be reduced to fewer than 10 seats in the provincial legislature if an election were held today, based on current poll numbers.
Outgoing Metrolinx CEO receives yearly vehicle allowance sources say he doesn’t use
For the past five years, outgoing Metrolinx CEO Phil Verster has earned a $12,000 vehicle allowance despite not having owned a car, Global News has learned, raising questions about why the perk was offered to the head of a transit agency. Related: The Ontario government announced today that Verster has resigned to pursue another opportunity. Click through to read more.
Doug Ford’s chief of staff ‘missing’ months of government texts after phone was ‘reset’
The Ford government has been engaged in a months-long freedom of information appeal with Global News over text conversations on Patrick Sackville's phone.
Who is Ontario Forward? Behind the ad campaign teachers’ unions have covertly launched against Doug Ford
An organization running a series of attack ads against Premier Doug Ford, known as Ontario Forward, is actually comprised of the province's largest teacher's unions. I'm shocked! Shocked to learn gambling is going on in this establishment! Seriously: Just put your name on it. Why are these unions so shy about owning what they're doing?
Searchers begin sifting at landfill for remains of slain First Nations women
The official search started Monday of a zone at the Prairie Green Landfill north of Winnipeg, where it's believed the remains of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran were disposed.
Elsewhere
Trump's tariff threats create division between Canada and Mexico over security at borders
“Mexico must be respected, especially by its trading partners,” President Claudia Sheinbaum said, after Canada’s ambassador to the U.S., Kirsten Hillman, told The Associated Press on Sunday that “the message that our border is so vastly different than the Mexican border was really understood.” Sheinbaum said Canada had its own problems with fentanyl consumption and “could only wish they had the cultural riches Mexico has.”
The French prime minister will likely fall this week. So then what?
The end of Michel Barnier’s extremely brief time as France’s prime minister looks inevitable as his government hurtles toward a no-confidence vote that it is expected to lose later this week.
Science and tech
Apple's 2026 Foldable iPhone Could Reinvigorate Stalling Market
The foldable smartphone market has stalled with customer interest in foldables waning, but that could change when Apple debuts a foldable iPhone, according to display analyst Ross Young.
The Calendar
- 0915 ET: Ottawa - GPC MP Elizabeth May meets with the First Nations Lands Advisory Board Resource Centre
- 0930 ET: 135B West Block - BQ MP Louise Chabot speaks to reporters.
- 1000 ET: 310 Wellington -NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks to the NDP caucus and staff.
- 1000 ET: West Block -PM Trudeau meets with his cabinet
- 1100 ET: 025-B West Block -Government Operations and Estimates (OGGO) | Meeting 157 - FY 25 Supp Bs - Treasury Board Pres Anita Anand testifies.
- 1100 ET: 225-A West Block -Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) | Meeting 136 - C-65
- 1100 ET: 420 Wellington -Foreign Affairs and International Development (FAAE) | Meeting 131 - C-353
- 1100 ET: 430 Wellington -Health (HESA) | Meeting 143 - Opioid Epidemic and Toxic Drug Crisis in Canada
- 1100 ET: 415 Wellington -Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (HUMA) | Meeting Workers in the Seasonal Industry and the Employment Insurance Program / FY25 Supp Bs Families and Social Development Min Jenna Sudds testifies.139 -
- 1100 ET: 425 Wellington -Public Safety and National Security (SECU) | Meeting 133 - FY 25 Supp Bs. Public Safety Min Dominic Leblanc to testify.
- 1530 ET: 410 Wellington -Agriculture and Agri-Food (AGRI) | Meeting 121 - FY 25 Supp Bs - Agriculture Min Lawrence MacAulay testifies.
- 1530 ET: 415 Wellington -Finance (FINA) | Meeting 168 - Drafting report
- 1530 ET: 225-A West Block -National Defence (NDDN) | Meeting 129 - Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces Contaminated Sites
- 1530 ET: 430 Wellington -Science and Research (SRSR) | Meeting 112 - Impact of the Criteria for Awarding Federal Funding on Research Excellence in Canada
- 1530 ET: 420 Wellington -Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI) | Meeting 142 - Privacy Practices of Delivery and Rideshare Applications
- 1530 ET: 410 Wellington -Agriculture and Agri-Food (AGRI) | Meeting 121 - FY 25 Supp Bs. Min Lawrence MacAulay to testify.
- 1530 ET: 330 Wellington -Finance (FINA) | Meeting 168 - Drafting report.
- 1530 ET: 225-A West Block -National Defence (NDDN) | Meeting 129 - Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces Contaminated Sites
- 1530 ET: 415 Wellington -Science and Research (SRSR) | Meeting 112 - Impact of the Criteria for Awarding Federal Funding on Research Excellence in Canada
- 1530 ET: 125B West Block -Transport, Infrastructure and Communities (TRAN) | Meeting 141 - Environmental Contamination in the Vicinity of the Dock in Fort Chipewyan
- 1530 ET: 425 Wellington -Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Foreign Affairs and International Development (SDIR) | Meeting 62 - Current Status of Deported Ukrainian Children
- 1545 ET: National Press Theatre -Deputy PM and Fin Min Chrystia Freeland and Public Services Min Jean-Yves Duclos speak to reporters.
- 1600 ET: Ottawa -GPC MP Elizabeth May meets with the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
- West Block -PM Trudeau meets with Yukon Prmeier Ranj Pillai
- Ottawa -PM Trudeau speaks at a Federation of Canadian Municipalities event.