With the threat of tariffs potentially looming a month away, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan says talks with Canada over border security are “positive,” but not yet. He said he was waiting for details. “There’s no better conversation to have in Canada,” Homan said Thursday in an exclusive interview with CTV’s Power Play host Vassie Kapelos. “Obviously we have to take action, but the results of our conversations make me very optimistic that we will have a good border security plan.” Last month, President Trump threatened to impose a 25% tariff on all Canadian imports on his…
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Officials in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office first got an indication that Chrystia Freeland was resigning from the Cabinet just two hours before she announced on social media, a senior government official told CTV News. told. Freeland learned she was losing her finance portfolio during a Zoom call with the prime minister on Friday morning. Officials said his team spent the rest of the day and weekend under the impression that Freeland would take up his new position as the government’s representative on Canada-U.S. relations and retain his title as deputy prime minister. He said he spent a lot of…
ottawa – The federal justice minister said a new commission to look into possible wrongful convictions would help racialized Indigenous people, who are overrepresented in the criminal justice system, seek justice. The law, named after David Milgaard and his mother Joyce, will take the case review process away from ministers and replace it with an independent commission, which will allow the government to investigate people who may have been wrongfully convicted. It claims that screening will be easier, faster and fairer for people. . Milgaard, who served 23 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, began advocating for…
Following Chrystia Freeland’s sudden and unexpected resignation from Trudeau’s cabinet earlier this week, the NDP tabled a motion of no confidence in the government and it seemed clear that an early election would be called. . It has not been revealed since then.The party appears to be backing down from comments made by NDP House Minority Leader Peter Julian on the CBC program. power and politics It comes hours after Freeland resigned from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet. Host David Cochran asked Julian if the NDP would hold a vote of no confidence in Trudeau’s government.”If it’s a straight-up confidence…
As U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and his allies continue to troll Canada over becoming its 51st state, the outgoing U.S. ambassador to Canada says Canadians don’t respect Americans He said he was concerned that people would feel that way.David Cohen told CBC. the house In 2022, Canadians said they felt “betrayed” because they “believe their love and respect for the United States is not reciprocated by the United States.”In a follow-up interview Tuesday, the houseCohen was asked if President Trump’s continued jokes about Canada’s membership in the United States made Canadians feel disrespected again.”I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to…
politicsPrime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed two new senators Thursday: Alistair Schrette (Nova Scotia) and Nancy Kaletak-Lindell (Nunavut).Both appointees have previous Liberal Party connections and experience in electoral politics. CBC News · Posted: December 19, 2024 2:53 PM EST | Last updated: 1 hour agoNancy Ukjuk Kaletak-Lindell, a former member of Nunavut’s parliament, has been appointed to the territory’s Senate. (HO-Hinaani design/Canadian Press)Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed two new senators Thursday: Alistair Schrette (Nova Scotia) and Nancy Kaletak-Lindell (Nunavut).Mr. Schlett is a former Nova Scotia MLA and cabinet minister. He was also president and vice-chancellor of Université Sainte-Anne, a French-language university…
Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc has announced that he will meet with US President-elect Donald Trump’s border czar after Christmas and present Canada’s proposed $1.3 billion plan to secure the shared border.Earlier this week, the minister, who now serves as finance minister and public safety minister following the bombshell resignation of Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland on Monday, announced a series of measures to increase 24/7 surveillance of the Canada-U.S. border. Measures were introduced.The government has pledged to provide the RCMP with helicopters, drones and mobile surveillance towers, and proposed the creation of a new joint “strike force” to work with the…
The federal justice minister said a new commission to review potential wrongful convictions would help racialized and indigenous people, who are currently overrepresented in the criminal system.Bill C-40, named after David Milgaard and his mother Joyce, would take the case review process away from the Minister of Justice and put it in the hands of an independent commission. The government says the new commission will make the process easier, faster and fairer for people who may have been wrongfully convicted.Milgaard, who served 23 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, supported the bill, which passed Tuesday.Justice Minister…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans to reshuffle his cabinet on Friday, multiple sources told CBC News.He leaves a huge hole on the front bench following a series of resignations in recent months, including Chrystia Freeland’s bombshell earlier this week.Prime Minister Trudeau is under pressure to resign from some members of parliament who accuse him of misplacing his relationship with Freeland, his former right-hand man, but remains focused on the task at hand: governing the country. must be addressed. Finance Minister Dominique LeBlanc has triple responsibilities, as he also holds the public security and intergovernmental affairs portfolios, which is an enormous…
A boarding school survivors’ group on the brink of closure due to lack of funding is accusing the federal government of breaking promises and lying to survivors about Canada’s commitment to uncovering the truth.The Office of Survivors, which is investigating missing children and unmarked burials linked to the former Mohawk Institute First Nation Residential School in Brantford, Ont., must close at the end of the month unless funding is received. He said it would not be possible. A decision based on the relationship between the Crown and Indigenous Peoples.The nonprofit has not received a cent so far this year and…
