Bombardier has announced measures that will translate into 5,000 job losses, more than half of them in Canada, over the next 12 to 18 months.
No gala USMCA signing ceremony with Trump unless U.S. tariffs lifted, ambassador says
The official celebration of the new USMCA trade agreement may end up being a far more low-key affair than anyone imagined.
Bernier says he doesn’t need to be a feminist: ‘I believe in people’
Maxime Bernier says he does not see himself as a feminist — and the former Conservative Party leadership contender also argues that policies aimed at increasing women’s representation in the workplace and in politics act as a form of discrimination.
Federal government ‘failed’ test of its humanity by turning away Jewish refugees in 1939, says Trudeau
The Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler tested the limits of Canada’s humanity in the lead up to the Second World War and Canada’s government failed that test “miserably,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today.
Scheer asks Tony Clement to leave Conservative caucus over sexting scandal
Longtime MP Tony Clement is leaving the Conservative caucus after he shared sexually explicit images and a video with an individual online, a transgression that has resulted in an alleged extortion attempt, sources told CBC News Wednesday.
Goodale orders tougher rules on prisoner transfers to Indigenous lodges following McClintic uproar
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale has ordered Canada’s prison system to tighten transfer policies in the wake of the controversial move of child killer Terri-Lynne McClintic to an Indigenous healing lodge.
Midweek podcast: How to shake up political campaigns, Macron-style
This week on the midweek podcast: Guillaume Liegey is revolutionizing political campaigns, from Emmanuel Macron’s 2016 win to races across Europe. He shares his insights into mobilizing voters and doing positive politics in the digital world. Plus: the UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner Volker Turk on how to move beyond the politicization of migrants and refugees.
Trump’s trade policies could survive Democratic victory
The resurgence of the Democrats in the U.S. midterms will create new hurdles for the Trump administration, but whether it will affect his trade policy with Canada is unclear.
As RCMP raids target India over CRA phone scam, possible Canadian collaborators have reason to be nervous
Recent raids in India to scoop up those involved in a phone scam targeting Canadian taxpayers netted dozens of arrests, but the RCMP said Wednesday that there could be Canadians involved in the fraud, which aims to dupe people into thinking they owe money to the CRA.
Military investigating series of fires, power outages on board naval vessels
The Canadian military is investigating a rash of fires and power outages on board several naval ships, but says preliminary findings indicate no connections among the incidents.