25 m. ago Opposition slams Liberals for having no plans to table budget soon

OTTAWA — Opposition parties attacked Prime Minister Mark Carney Wednesday for being vague about his plans after his government said it would not table a federal budget before the House of Commons rises for the summer. Following the first Liberal cabinet meeting after the swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday, Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said instead of […]

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45 m. ago LILLEY: Carney’s new cabinet seems pretty radical — and not in a good way

Mark Carney wants you to believe that he’s a pragmatist and will govern as one, but the problem is that he’s surrounded by radicals. One of those radicals, whose views mirror Carney’s previous statements on the oil and gas industry, put our new prime minister in a difficult spot Wednesday. The day after Carney, in […]

Transport

66 m. ago Canada must maximize use of existing pipelines before building more: Guilbeault

OTTAWA — Canadian Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault said Wednesday Canada needs to maximize its use of existing pipelines before building more — a day after Prime Minister Mark Carney indicated an openness to new pipeline construction. Speaking to reporters ahead of the first meeting of Carney’s new cabinet, the former environment minister claimed less than […]

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89 m. ago Key House Panel Advances Medicaid Cuts in Republican Tax Package

The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted Wednesday to advance Republican plans to cut federal funding for Medicaid, the US health insurance program for low-income and disabled people.

Economics

2 h. ago NASA rover spies the first aurora at Mars that’s visible to the human eye

NASA’s Perseverance rover has detected the first aurora at Mars that’s visible to the human eye, good news for future astronauts who can savour the view on the red planet. European and U.S. scientists reported that the green aurora in the dusty Martian sky was generated by a solar storm last year and had three […]

Science

2 h. ago Ivison: Carney’s cabinet has too many ‘downtown Toronto, urban progressives’

Columnist John Ivison and guests Eugene Lang and Ian Brodie take a deep dive into Mark Carney’s post-election cabinet shuffle

Transport

2 h. ago More than 1,000 Starbucks baristas in U.S. stores go on strike to protest new dress code

More than 1,000 Starbucks baristas at 75 U.S. stores have gone on strike since Sunday to protest a new company dress code, a union representing the coffee giant’s workers said Wednesday. Starbucks put new limits starting Monday on what its baristas can wear under their green aprons. The dress code requires employees at company-operated and […]

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2 h. ago Carney’s cabinet has more MPs from Brampton than Alberta and Saskatchewan combined

The MPs fill the roles of President of the Treasury Board, Minister of International Trade and Secretary of State (Combatting Crime)

Transport

3 h. ago B.C. will be ‘engine of the new Canada’, Eby says ahead of trade mission to Asia

A few weeks ago, David Eby congratulated Prime Minister Mark Carney on his election win and urged him to “commit to a new era of federal-provincial-territorial cooperation.”

Society

3 h. ago EV sales in Canada dropped sharply in March, even as broader market grows

Automakers lobby groups are likely to point to the sales figures as they push Mark Carney to scrap the EV mandate

Transport

4 h. ago Canadian Mackenzie Hughes has hometown advantage at PGA Championship?

Corey Conners is always a safe bet for a good week with his world-class tee-to-green game and local resident Mackenzie Hughes is getting hot at the right time.

Sport

5 h. ago Carney dit oui aux pipelines, pour Guilbeault «ce n’est pas le bon moment»

Le ministre québécois a fait valoir qu’il n’y a pas de projet sur la table à l’heure actuelle.

Transport

5 h. ago Should home prices go down? ’No,’ says Canada’s new housing minister

Gregor Robertson, the former Vancouver mayor, was sworn in as housing minister in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new cabinet on Tuesday.

Politics

5 h. ago Guilbeault throws cold water on new pipeline, says we have enough already

Carney said in an interview on Tuesday that he's willing to green light a new oil and gas pipeline if an interprovincial consensus exists

Other

5 h. ago Mark Carney signe un décret pour baisser le taux d’imposition

Mark Carney a signé une directive pour mettre en œuvre la baisse l'impôt pour la première tranche de revenu imposable à compter du 1er juillet.

Transport

6 h. ago LILLEY: Why Carney needs to appoint a Conservative to Washington

To win in Republican-controlled D.C., Canada needs a conservative-leaning ambassador. Here is who Mark Carney should consider.

Transport

6 h. ago Diplomacy Taps Out: U.S. President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Carney Invited Ringside at the Zone·ify “The Border Brawl” Mega

The free streaming entertainment platform Zone·ify throws down the gauntlet and invites world leaders to take ringside seats for the only international conflict that ends with a body slam Streaming free across Canada and the U.S., the May 25 spectacle in Niagara Falls promises tariffs, trash talk, and tag teams Starting Thursday at 10 am […]

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7 h. ago Conservative MP says Carney should appoint a labour minister and pay more than ‘lip service’ to workers

Labour was one of the issues designated to a junior cabinet position

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7 h. ago Environmental laws could change to boost energy projects, Carney says

Prime Minister Mark Carney said he’ll consider altering environmental regulations passed by his predecessor, Justin Trudeau, in order to facilitate investment in major projects in Canada, including oil and gas pipelines. “We will change things at the federal level that need to be changed in order for projects to move forward,” Carney told CTV News […]

Transport

8 h. ago Tory MP Jamil Jivani concerned there’s no labour minister amid Trump’s tariffs

OTTAWA — Conservative MP Jamil Jivani has written a letter to the new minister of jobs and families saying he is concerned that Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet does not include a minister of labour at a time of economic uncertainty amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Jivani, who represents Bowmanville-Oshawa North, says his region […]

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