Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit Canada in December to finalize a trade agreement, Prime Minister Mark Carney has confirmed. “We’re making good progress in our trade negotiations with India,” Carney told reporters during an unrelated press briefing on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on [...]
The secretary of state described the situation in the war-torn African nation as 'increasingly frustrating.'
Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu says the Liberals’ proposed changes to the Canada Labour Code would bring some much-needed “sunlight” to collective bargaining in federally regulated sectors. Hajdu said in an interview that one of the most consequential parts of the sweeping economic legislation tabled Monday looks to give the public a better sense of what’s [...]
Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon says Canada is “advocating alongside our partners” on AI safety. Solomon says he met with his international counterparts after Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke recently to other leaders about setting up a “technology stability” board to regulate AI. But when he was asked whether Canada is taking a leadership role […]
The six suicide bombers blew up churches and hotels in April 2019, and 15 accomplices have been convicted of murder and conspiracy to commit terrorism.
Federal government departments and agencies are set to spend more than $18 million to get their employees to work in the office more often. Thousands of federal public servants started a new work schedule in July requiring them to be on-site in the office four days a week. In response to an order paper question from NDP MP Heather McPherson, 13 federal organizations said they plan to spend a combined $18,720,150 to reconfigure or acquire office space to accommodate the increased frequency of in-person work. Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada said it will spend almost $5.7 million, while Fisheries and Oceans Canada said it will spend $4.2 million.
Analysts warn a U.S. diesel export ban could deepen global fuel shortages even as rising Gulf exports and renewed diplomacy could ease concerns over supply.
U.S. President Donald Trump says Canada is “destroying itself” with its immigration policies, which he argues allow millions of people to enter the country with minimal scrutiny. “Canada is destroying itself by allowing millions and millions of people into the Country, essentially unchecked and unvetted, and who are causing problems that will soon be too big to handle,” Trump said in a Sept. 23 post on his Truth Social platform. “It is a Liberal takeover that will end very badly. Already showing up in their numbers. Big unemployment. ‘Oh Canada!’” Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand was asked by reporters about Trump’s post on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.
Businesses such as hospitality and nightlife establishments use IDScan.net's technology to verify customers' government-issued identification.
Last week, Helsinki and Paris announced that Finland had joined the French nuclear defense initiative, with other members including Norway and Sweden.
The Iranian president's speech came after President Donald Trump outlined a choice between a peace deal or annihilation for Iran during his speech on Sept. 22.
'I think there’s a lot of momentum for them to make a deal' to end the months-long conflict, the president said after a sidelines meeting at the U.N.
The meeting comes a day after Trump and Zelenskyy met to discuss the war on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced a $100 million aid package for Palestine aiming to help preserve the “possibility of a two-state solution” and to provide humanitarian aid for Gaza and the West Bank. The bulk of the financial package—$80 million—will be earmarked for humanitarian assistance, Carney told reporters on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The remainder will be allocated toward development funding for security programs, including supplementary funds for a multi-year initiative to train police in the West Bank, he said during the Sept. 22 press conference. “In Gaza, immense human suffering continues,” Carney said. “Next door, Israelis continue to live with existential threats from Hamas and from Iran and its proxies.”
Goodman’s Lane Cove site would house 49 diesel generators and more than one million litres of fuel less than 50 metres from nearby homes.
Senator David Pocock also raised concerns that Big Tech firms were benefitting from Australian resources but may not be paying adequate tax.
The 65-year-old Somali-born man is accused of sending about 10,000 documents, messages, images, videos and audio files related to executions and torture.
The prime minister had a brief one-on-one conversation with Trump at a gala dinner hosted by the president on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
The U.S. government said it opposed foreign measures that result in extraterritorial censorship of Americans’ protected speech online.
The BC Conservatives’ newly appointed leader Lorne Doerkson criticized NDP Leader David Eby’s snap election call on Sept. 22, but said his party will win the election. “It’s a cheap, opportunistic political move, and it could cost tens of millions of dollars, which I’m shocked at. But you know what? I think David Eby is going to regret this,” Doerkson said at his first press conference after Eby called the election for Oct. 24. “This election actually offers an opportunity for hope and for real change.” Doerkson said that repealing the province’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, which has been at the centre of controversial indigenous property rights disputes, will be a key focus of his campaign.
