Canada
Trudeau, premiers discuss lifting interprovincial trade barriers
The U.S. is Canada's biggest trading partner, but Trump's tariff threat has Canada looking at how to rely less on its closest neighbour. One way is boosting interprovincial trade, but there are plenty of obstacles in the way. As David Akin reports on Global National, Canada's first ministers are figuring out how to remove the barriers.
Lifting Canada's long list of interprovincial trade barriers could add roughly $200 billion to the country's economy, according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. Touria Izri explains some of the roadblocks to trade within Canada, and the renewed push to eliminate them.
Cut interprovincial trade barriers, say Okanagan wineries amid Trump tariff threat
Sawler said he organization is pushing for change, adding that being able to tap into other provincial markets like Ontario would be huge.
U.S. tariffs can be avoided if border progress shown: defence minister
Bill Blair told Global News in Washington, D.C., that military members will not be deployed to the border, which was not requested by the Trump administration during negotiations. Blair labelled sending troops to the border as “entirely inappropriate” and said Poilievre’s demand was “not a very well-informed recommendation.”
Carney, Freeland want to diversify trade beyond U.S. amid tariff threats
Liberal leadership candidates Mark Carney and Chrystia Freeland are pitching broadened trade relationships and boosting internal trade in their bids to become prime minister.
Donald Trump and the ‘X factor’ looming over Canada’s upcoming election
Canada won a temporary reprieve from the U.S. president’s tariff threats, but Donald Trump could still play a factor in the next federal election.
RCMP reveals new video of migrant interception at Canada-U.S. border
The RCMP has intercepted migrants illegally attempting to enter Canada from the United States as Ottawa ramps up border security amid growing pressure from U.S.
Mark Carney pledges to beat Trudeau's target date for meeting NATO spending benchmark
“My government would work to reach two per cent of GDP in defence spending by the end of this decade, and pull our full weight in NATO,” Carney said Wednesday at a campaign event in Windsor, Ont. Carney said he intends to reach the NATO target quickly while ensuring that defence funding is spent "wisely and effectively."
Alexis Deschênes sera le candidat pour le Bloc Québécois en Gaspésie aux élections fédérales
Alexis Deschênes croisera le fer contre la ministre libérale Diane Lebouthillier, élue à la Chambre des communes en 2015. Entre 2015 et 2023, Mme Lebouthillier a été la ministre du Revenu national, le mnistère responsable de chapeauter l'Agence du revenu du Canada (ARC). Elle est aujourd'hui ministre des Pêches, des Océans et de la Garde côtière canadienne. This new-for-2025 riding actually became a BQ riding once the new electoral boundaries were put in place. Yes, Lebouthillier won by about 2,500 votes in 2021 but, once you transpose the poll by poll results from 2021 on to this riding's new boundaries, the riding became BQ by 2,454 votes. And based on current polling averages, it's likely to be BQ this year -- probably by 15,000 votes or more.
The Provinces
Alberta premier calls for federal election and border security
The premier said it is “imperative” a federal election is called once the Liberals have chosen a new party leader after Trudeau announced last month he is stepping down. She pointed to the need to have a prime minister with a “strong mandate” to negotiate a new Canada-U.S. trade agreement.
David Eby's fast-track for resource projects draws praise, concern
Premier Eby said the tariff threat remains and speeding up projects is meant to deliver an economic boost to remote regions most at risk of a potential trade war.
Elsewhere
Trump plan to resettle Palestinians outside Gaza not permanent: Rubio
Trump on Tuesday detailed a plan to build new settlements for Palestinians outside the Gaza Strip, and for the U.S. to take “ownership” in redeveloping the war-torn territory.
Media
CBS appears poised to settle Trump lawsuit over '60 Minutes'
CBS News appears likely to settle a lawsuit filed by President Trump in a case that legal observers say it should win. The network is caught up in Trump's assault on the media and an owner intent on finalizing a sale.
Science and tech
Canadians want research on UFO sightings, but don't want to pay for it
Canada's chief science adviser hired a third-party consulting firm to poll Canadians on how they feel about UFOs, now broadly referred to as unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP).The survey says the public wants the federal government to proactively release any documents it has on unidentified sightings in the night sky, but there's little desire to fund investigations.
The Calendar
- Ottawa - PM Trudeau speaks to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Big City Mayors’ Caucus
- 0900 ET: Iqaluit - Crown-Indigenous Affairs Min Gary Anandasangaree speaks to reporters.
- 0900 ET: Ottawa - LPC MP Yasir Naqvi makes a funding announcement
- 0900 ET: Iqaluit - Crown-Indigenous Affairs Min Gary Anandasangaree speaks about federal decision making and the Inuit.
- 0930 ET: Carleton-sur-Mer, QC - BQ Leader Yves-François Blanchet and BQ MP Alain Therrien speak to reporters.
- 1030 ET: Toronto - Intl Development Min Ahmed Hussen makes a funding announcement
- 1030 ET: Carleton-sur-Mer, QC - BQ Leader Yves-François Blanchet and BQ MP Alain Therrien meet with fishers.
- 1100 ET: Washington - Energy and Natural Resources Min Jonathan Wilkinson speaks to reporters.
- 1215 ET: Washington - Defence Min Bill Blair and Innovation, Science and Industry Min François-Philippe Champagne speak to reporters.
- 1300 ET: Hay River, NT - LPC MP Michael McLeod makes an infrastructure funding announcement.
- 1300 ET: Montreal - Energy and Natural Resources Min Jonathan Wilkinson makes an infrastructure funding announcement.
- 1330 ET: 135B West Block - Liberal leadership candidate Frank Baylis makes a policy announcement.
- 1400 ET: Carleton-sur-Mer, QC - BQ Leader Yves-François Blanchet and BQ MP Alain Therrien meet with business leaders.
- 1545 ET: Jasper, AB - PrairiesCan Min Terry Duguid makes a funding announcement
