63 m. ago Foreign student asylum claims hit record high in 2024, set to grow in 2025

The claims are rising, even as Ottawa cuts the number of study permits it issues, with Prime Minister Mark Carney pledging to return Canadian immigration to 'sustainable levels.'

Sport

5 h. ago Letters for May 12, 2025: ‘Now elected, Carney just sucks up to Trump.’

THE BIG SUCK-UP All the Donald Trump-bashing we heard from Prime Minister Mark Carney throughout the election campaign was replaced by his sucking up to the U.S. president when the two met in Washington. Carney praised Trump, then sat attentively and quietly as the president lectured him about making Canada the 51st state. Let’s face […]

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8 h. ago Today's letters: The U.S. needs a good relationship with Canada

Monday, May 12: Mark Carney made positive strides in Washington, but other challenges over unity await him in Canada, readers say. You can write to us too, at letters@ottawacitizen.com

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15 h. ago GOLDBERG: Carney now has the chance to drive down our internet bills

Out with the old and in with the new. That might have been Prime Minister Mark Carney’s motto when he unveiled his new cabinet before triggering an election that saw his Liberals returned to power. While Carney’s cabinet largely kept familiar faces from the Trudeau regime, almost every minister changed jobs, and the cabinet itself […]

Technology

25 h. ago Trump’s tariffs on Canada may stay, but stronger ties possible: U.S. envoy

U.S. ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra says there are opportunities to secure new economic and security partnerships on the foundation set by Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Economics

27 h. ago For Alberta, the ‘existential threat, it’s from Ottawa,’ Danielle Smith says

Alberta's premier is hell-bent to convince Mark Carney of the need for a process to get pipelines and economic corridors built, to support energy growth

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44 h. ago ELDER: Canada as the 51st state would decimate the MAGA agenda

Mark Carney, the new prime minister of Canada, called the idea of Canada becoming America’s 51st state “crazy.” This assumes President Donald Trump was serious, as opposed to Trump taking a whack at former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In his acceptance speech, Carney said, “The Americans want our resources, our water, our land, our country […]

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54 h. ago Conrad Black: And just like that, the Trump ‘threat’ disappears

Mark Carney's visit to Washington has shown that American aggression was never a real concern to begin with

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67 h. ago Que représente la promesse de 1% d’immigrants de Mark Carney ?

Le premier ministre hérite d’un système d’immigration que plusieurs voient comme dysfonctionnel.

Transport

67 h. ago Que représente la promesse de 1% d’immigrants de Mark Carney?

Le premier ministre hérite d’un système d’immigration que plusieurs voient comme dysfonctionnel.

Transport

68 h. ago Prime Minister Mark Carney to unveil his new cabinet on Tuesday

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to unveil his new cabinet at Rideau Hall on Tuesday — and it’s expected to be a slimmed-down front bench meant to signal a more businesses-minded approach to government. Rideau Hall confirmed the timing of the swearing-in ceremony in a media release on Friday. Marci Surkes of […]

Politics

68 h. ago SNOBELEN: Carney’s biggest challenge is learning to be a leader

Former Ontario finance minister Floyd Laughren was fond of saying that you need two things to become a successful politician: Grey hair and hemorrhoids. He explained that grey hair made you look wise and the hemorrhoids made you look concerned. Prime Minister Mark Carney may put Laughren’s theory to the test. Carney is undoubtedly smart. […]

Politics

2 d. ago NDP talking to Carney government about getting official party status: Davies

OTTAWA — Interim NDP leader Don Davies says his party is in “very early” discussions with the government of Prime Minister Mark Carney about being granted official party status in the House of Commons. The NDP was reduced to seven seats in the election, below the 12-seat threshold for official party status in the Commons. […]

Politics

3 d. ago Letters May 9, 2025: ‘Trump is likely to take credit for the new pope, and more.’

Credit where it’s undue Now that we have a new Pope who is American, it’s just a matter of time before Donald Trump takes credit for it. He took credit for Mark Carney’s election win! Trump has such an inflated sense of self-importance he assumes he’s God’s right hand man. Maria Weiss (He likely believes […]

Economics

3 d. ago Mark Carney se réjouit de l’élection du nouveau pape Léon XIV

Le premier ministre a salué « un moment de renouveau, d’espoir et d’unité pour plus d’un milliard de fidèles ».

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3 d. ago Carney’s plan to boost Canada’s foreign service needs more details: union

The Liberal election platform said a Carney government would send "more Canadian diplomats and officials abroad" to expand trade and "restore Canadian leadership."

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3 d. ago BATRA’S BURNING QUESTIONS: Elbows aren’t so sharp after Carney met with Trump

WATCH: Sun Editor-in-Chief Adrienne Batra talks with political columnists Lorrie Goldstein and Brian Lilley on the change in rhetoric from Prime Minister Mark Carney now that the election is in the rearview mirror. What do YOU think? Tell us your thoughts in the comment section below or send us a Letter to the Editor for […]

Events

3 d. ago JAY GOLDBERG: Carney convinced enough people he’s different – but can it last?

Since day one, Prime Minister Mark Carney has tried to convince Canadians that he’s not former prime minister Justin Trudeau. And until now, he has succeeded.  Early on, Carney took decisive action to try to clearly distance himself from the Trudeau legacy. He signed an Order in Council to set the consumer carbon tax rate to zero. […]

Transport

3 d. ago Trump claims the U.S. subsidizes Canada – experts say numbers don’t add up

Newly-elected Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney visited the White House on Tuesday in search of common ground during an ongoing trade war that has shattered decades of trust between the his country and the U.S. Although the conversation was civil, President Donald Trump repeated erroneous rhetoric about how the U.S. provides Canada with billions of […]

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3 d. ago CARNEY CON JOB! Two things PM must do to show he is not Trudeau

WATCH BELOW as the Sun’s political columnist Jay Goldberg says PM Mark Carney has to show Canadians he is not Justin Trudeau. What do YOU think? Tweet and Facebook us! And don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube Channel. 

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