Some Americans living in Canada said they were ecstatic at the results of the midterm elections with hopes the two countries will be one step closer to mending economic and cultural relations.
As the dust settles on a stunning midterm election that saw Republicans take heavy losses in the U.S. Congress, former Canadian and American officials are unsure if the drubbing signals the end of U.S. President Donald Trump’s political era and movement.
Canada is negotiating to be a part of a major European exchange program that could give Canadians more opportunities to study, work and live in Europe. But how Canada would expand its participation in Erasmus+ is complicated.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is criticizing a key feature of the Carney government’s latest budget, arguing the proposed $15-million capital gains exemption on the sale of qualifying shares from a Canadian company applies too narrowly, excluding key businesses.
Former prime minister Justin Trudeau has joined England’s Oxford University in a new role.
Countries like the U.S., U.K. and China are pouring billions into AI-integrated military software and hardware, despite legal and ethical concerns. Canadian defence technology companies, military experts and defence officials all say keeping humans in the loop will be key.
Canada has multimillion-dollar contracts with U.S. tech firm Palantir. Experts warn the deals could expose military data to U.S. authorities and deepen Canada’s reliance on foreign technology, while DND says its systems keep government data secure in Canada.
Northern and isolated RCMP detachments have become “chronically and at times critically” understaffed, according to an internal evaluation report — the latest document pointing to retention and recruitment issues within the storied organization.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is pressing G7 allies to intensify pressure on Russia after an attack on a Ukrainian aid distribution site killed 53 people. Anand says the international community must strengthen sanctions and military support, and confront Moscow directly when world leaders gather for December’s G20 summit in Florida.
Canada will grant permanent and temporary residency to a combined total of more than a million people next year as part of the federal government’s new immigration levels plan laid out in the budget.
Canada’s industry minister is asking the Competition Bureau to investigate Stelco’s parent company after its CEO told CBC News that he only bought the Hamilton steelmaker to stop it undercutting his U.S. business.
A multimillion-dollar federal funding commitment to create a new Winnipeg facility for mental health and addictions care represents a “massive opportunity” for the city and the province, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says.
Wayne Gretzky says he backs Canada’s decision to bar Russia from the upcoming world junior hockey championship in Alberta.
The Canadian government has joined nine other countries in a joint statement condemning this week’s prison sentence for Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong.
The loss of a few thousand jobs last month follows big back-to-back job losses in August and September, when the Canadian economy shed more than 100,000 roles cumulatively over two months.
Several Republicans sought to distance themselves from Donald Trump’s trade war during the midterms, in some cases asking for specific tariffs to be rolled back. Even so, Republicans lost. Democrats, who were traditionally the party of protectionism, appear to have been pushed into a more pro-free trade stance, and appear ready to try to reach a deal with Republicans.
The federal budget charts a path to $157 billion in annual defence spending by 2030, bringing Canada closer to NATO’s five per cent target. But it offers few details on military rearmament and no spending roadmap beyond 2030. Analysts question whether fiscal pressures and shifting political priorities will undermine Ottawa’s commitments.
Mark Carney believes he can borrow billions now to invest into major projects and jump start the Canadian economy. If those investments don’t pay off, Canada’s debt load leaves it exposed to other, new risks.
“Maitre chez nous” was famously the rallying cry of Jean Lesage’s Quiet Revolution, a period of rapid modernization and reform in Quebec in the 1960s. Mark Carney first tried it out a year and a half ago in the shadow of the United States and a newly anglicized version — “masters of our destiny” — adorns his government’s second budget.
Canada is embarking on a path to end homelessness in 10 years, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said as he presented the federal budget on Thursday.
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government is promising to spend $50 billion over a decade on programs and services for Indigenous peoples in key sectors like on-reserve infrastructure, housing, education, health care, child welfare, policing and emergency management.
Budget 2026 outlines the federal government’s plan to spend more than $50 billion in “bold and ambitious measures” to expand Canada’s electricity system.
The Carney government’s new budget proposes roughly $5 billion over the next five years toward several initiatives to promote Canadian culture, including building new recreational facilities and ice rinks, supporting national museums and permanently making their admissions free for people 25 and younger.
The 2026 federal budget outlines billions in new spending, but mostly on non-permanent measures. Here are some takeaways.
Canada’s spy agency is getting a massive surge of funding from the Liberal government as it looks to bolster its intelligence-gathering prowess.
The 2026 budget increases payments for the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit, expands a tax credit for low-wage workers and makes the Canada caregiver credit refundable. But the affordability measures are mostly for the short term, and took a back seat to measures aimed at boosting investment.
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s second federal budget allocates tens of billions of dollars in new spending to tackle what the government describes as the twin challenges of our time: improving affordability in an era of high prices and securing Canada’s sovereignty as it faces external threats.
CBC News has learned that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada quietly put permanent resident applications on hold for an unknown number of people who could now qualify for citizenship by descent.
Prime Minister Mark Carney will deliver his second federal budget on Thursday as the Liberal government reveals next steps in its plan to support the country through an affordability crunch and the trade war.
Alexander MacDonald was named the new president of the Canadian Space Agency late Wednesday evening.
Unmanaged menopause symptoms are not just impacting women, but costing the Canadian economy $3.5 billion and 540,000 lost workdays every year, according to the Menopause Foundation of Canada.
A Canadian military counterintelligence operative accused of sharing sensitive information with Ukrainian intelligence will face court martial beginning Dec. 9. Master Warrant Officer Matthew Robar faces three charges related to unauthorized dealings with a foreign entity, misleading his superiors and improperly storing a firearm. He was originally charged with eight offences.
The federal government announced on Wednesday that China will extend its soon-to-expire tariff-free treatment for some Canadian agricultural and seafood products for another two years.
The trade war with Canada became a ballot box issue in close U.S. midterm contests in Maine and Michigan, where Democrats defeated their Republican rivals.
A senior Democrat says his party will work to end U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on allies, including Canada, when it takes control of Congress next year.
A former Royal Bank of Canada employee has been found guilty of three criminal charges after opening fraudulent accounts and viewing the personal banking information of Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Former prime minister Stephen Harper says he offered Mark Carney, then the governor of the Bank of Canada, a role in his Conservative government in 2012 — though not as finance minister. Not right away, at least.
Canada does not need to shut down its industries or take a catastrophic financial hit to effectively fight climate change, one of the country’s leading climate scientists testified during a landmark trial in a Vancouver courtroom this week.
Canada wants to split its planned purchase of 12 German submarines, committing to eight up front while leaving the remaining four for a future decision. Sources tell CBC News the proposal is intended to preserve financial flexibility but could jeopardize some of the $86 billion in economic benefits promised by Germany.
As Canada looks ahead at six December byelections and the United States rolls through midterms, Elections Canada is sounding the alarm that artificial intelligence is challenging how voters can get accurate information during elections.
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada and the U.S. have made progress on reaching a trade deal, but stressed more work is needed before any agreement is finalized.
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne will deliver their government’s second budget on Thursday promising a series of measures that will touch on everything from defence to culture.
Conservative MP Jamil Jivani has asked the ethics commissioner to consider the relationship between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Telesat Corporation CEO Dan Goldberg following the awarding of a $2.3-billion military satellite deal.
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Russia will not be allowed to compete at next month’s world junior hockey championship in Alberta. The International Ice Hockey Federation has yet to address Canada’s refusal of the athletes.
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s oft-stated determination to keep his government focused on what Canadians can control was tested Tuesday, as he meets with leaders from the 55 other member countries of the Commonwealth in Antigua. Here are five things to watch for.
Experts in European Union policy say Canada should try solidifying gains with the EU in legal frameworks, particularly as talk of becoming an EU “associate member” continues to cause confusion.
After facing searing criticism this spring, the Liberal government’s hot-button lawful access legislation — which would make it easier for Canadian police and intelligence officials to tap private communications — now begins its time before a Senate committee.
A Quebec man accused of threatening Prime Minister Mark Carney over social media was declared not criminally responsible during a hearing Monday morning.
The Carney government is committed to aiming for net-zero emissions by 2050, but the Canadian Climate Institute’s projections still show what it calls a “cavernous gap” between Canada’s current track and the mid-century goal. Could this week’s federal budget go some way toward filling that gap?
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s push for closer diplomatic co-operation between middle powers heads to a new venue this week, as he departs later Monday for the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, hosted this year by Antigua and Barbuda.
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s second budget — set to be unveiled on Thursday — will include new affordability measures, business tax incentives and investments in infrastructure, defence and culture, according to a senior government source.
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he’s had a “good conversation” with U.S. President Donald Trump on the future of Canada-U.S. trade, further adding their chat “builds on our recent constructive discussions” over the outlines of a possible trade deal.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks with reporters before the federal government tables its next budget.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has called byelections for a total of six ridings located in Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec that will give the Liberals a chance to strengthen their thin majority in the House of Commons.
Protesters propped up cardboard tombstones Saturday morning as part of a ‘die-in’ held over the federal government’s pesticide regulations — specifically, a pair of recent bills they say roll back regulatory measures.
U.S. midterm candidates across the country keep bringing up Canada. But what does it mean for the country to be in the spotlight, and will the results on Tuesday be a blessing or a curse for Canadians? CBC’s The House spoke to experts and former officials about Canada’s significance — and the risk that Trump could blame Canada if he…
Canada’s foreign affairs minister says the decision to let Russia back into the ice hockey world championships came as a “great disappointment” on Friday, as the country’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine stretches toward its fifth year.
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa made progress on a trade irritant with the European Union — a pending carbon tariff on energy-intensive Canadian goods.
Sports betting businesses in Ontario, Alberta and eventually Quebec could soon be limited by a Senate bill seeking to restrict sports betting ads across Canada based on findings of increased addiction and gambling-related harms and suicides in Ontario, which reached committee on Wednesday.
A U.S. food distributor is suing the Trump administration over 50 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods, arguing the levies are illegal and threaten its business and Canadian suppliers.
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada is working to become the European Union’s first associate member, his most definitive statement on the issue to date after hosting the bloc’s leaders in Montreal this week.
A new audit reveals Canada’s strategic ammunition stockpile cannot support war readiness or NATO commitments. The report blames Public Services and Procurement Canada for slow restocking, alongside National Defence for failing to manage regular inventory. Despite a $9.2-billion funding pledge, fixing these critical capability gaps will take several years.
Regular question period viewers got a little more than the usual “yada, yada, yada” on Thursday as Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Government House leader Steven MacKinnon traded Seinfeld-related jabs.
Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government will invest up to $1.6 billion in Canadian AI company Cohere.
Canada has launched a sweeping national security strategy aimed at safeguarding its economy against global instability. The framework details a multibillion-dollar military expansion, intelligence modernization and a “clear-eyed” approach to relations with the U.S. relations, though decisions on creating a foreign intelligence agency are being deferred.
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is working to become an “associate member” as he hosts European Union leaders in Montreal, although it remains unclear what that would look like and how viable the pitch really is.
While the Canadian Dental Care Plan has improved access to affordable dental care, the cost of the program exceeded projections by more than $1 billion in its first two years and will do so by another $1.2 billion by 2032, according to a new report by the auditor general.
Inadequate tools and delays in providing financial intelligence have limited the ability of the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada to “effectively carry out its role,” according to a new report from the federal auditor general.
In a letter to Stelco’s president dated Thursday, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said she would meet with the company but first wanted to see a solid plan to bring back workers who are off the job. The letter is the most recent back-and-forth between the American owners of the Hamilton steel plant and the federal government.
Some analysts say U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent rapprochement with Russia poses a clear danger to Canadians — one not easily solved by closer partnerships with allies an ocean away.
The federal Liberal government voted to keep the B.C. coastal oil tanker ban in place Wednesday, defeating a Conservative bill that would have repealed it.
As the 21st Canada-EU summit is set to open Thursday in Montreal, the standoff between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Quebec Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon has culminated in the premier officially withdrawing his personal attendance.
The team fundraising to renovate 24 Sussex Drive in Ottawa says it has already raised millions of dollars and established a new “council” of prominent figures to promote more donations.
As trade talks intensify ahead of Tuesday’s U.S. midterm elections, Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government will only agree to a deal “when it suits Canadians.”
The words “associate membership” were removed from a joint statement expected to be released at this week’s Canada-EU summit, according to a draft seen by CBC News.
Canada’s industry minister says she called the department’s lawyers after the head of Stelco’s American parent company told CBC News that he only bought the Hamilton steelmaker to stop it undercutting his production facilities in the U.S.
Canada is facing a carbon tariff threat from the European Union within months as the economic bloc fully implements its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.
At least 18 carriers are asking the federal government to extend their pilots’ maximum flight duty period by an hour a day, saying the current rules prevent them from managing the frequent delays that disrupt air travel in the North.
The head of Stelco’s American parent company says he’s willing to sell the Hamilton-based steel plant as a dispute with the federal government looks like it’s headed to the courts.
Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne is opening an investigation into a massive Crime Stoppers data breach, his office said in a Tuesday statement. The probe is focused on Navigate 360, the U.S. third party that Crime Stoppers chapters worldwide had hired to manage and secure its anonymous tips.
While he is fully engaged in a tight midterm election battle in his own country, U.S. President Donald Trump is still finding time to step into politics north of the border by congratulating the recently elected premiers of Quebec and British Columbia.
European Union officials say the details and exact title of Canada’s possible associate EU membership are still being internally debated — but the 27 countries are united in wanting the “closest possible association” with Canada.
Legislation tabled on Tuesday also sets criteria for people to make what’s known as an “advance request” for medically assisted death, before losing the capacity to consent due to their health condition.
Canada and the United Arab Emirates signed a handful of trade and infrastructure agreements during the crown prince of Abu Dhabi’s visit to Ottawa.
Quebec Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is denouncing the federal government’s refusal to allow him to speak at the Canada-EU summit which will begin in Montreal on Oct. 29.
Stelco’s Ohio-based parent company says that after “an exhaustive review of its compliance with each of its 34 undertakings,” it is in “full compliance” with the obligations it made under the Investment Canada Act when it bought steelmaker Stelco in 2024.
Chiefs had mixed reactions after Prime Minister Mark Carney announced both financial and political commitments as the first Indigenous-focused first ministers’ meeting in two decades concluded in Ottawa.
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is calling on the federal government to abolish the Indian Act, in a move that saw a warm reception from some but drew criticism elsewhere.
Canadian lawmakers heard from several experts on Monday morning as a parliamentary committee studies the impact of artificial intelligence on women, girls and 2SLGBTQ+ individuals.
With the U.S.-Canada trade war dominating the final days of the U.S. midterm campaign, trade discussions between the two countries have intensified. But sources tell CBC News and Radio-Canada that doesn’t mean a deal is imminent.
The British government has turned down Ottawa’s attempts to have it join the international Defence, Security and Resilience Bank, though London says it will work in lockstep with Canada to meet NATO spending targets.
Canada has received its first pair of new F-35 fighter jets, with Ottawa still deliberating over how many of the American planes it will buy.
First Nations leaders and Canada’s first ministers will meet in Ottawa to discuss Indigenous rights for the first time in two decades, amid warnings and a planned protest against what the Assembly of First Nations is calling an “historic gathering.”
Despite U.S. officials repeatedly warning Canada not to get involved in the upcoming U.S. midterms, U.S. President Donald Trump has his own track record of weighing in on foreign elections.