politics

Prime Minister Mark Carney has picked business executive Mark Wiseman to serve as Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. Source link

When the federal government tabled its 2025 budget last month, it included a proposal that tax fraud experts say is long overdue — if also a belated acknowledgement that the Canada Revenue Agency has been repeatedly duped into paying out millions in bogus tax refunds to scammers. Source link

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada has too much regulation and not enough investments in clean energy and technology — and he’s making his most direct repudiation yet of his predecessor’s environmental policies. Source link

Now, environmental groups and others are concerned that the apparent pivot from the Carney government will reverse years of progress made on nature conservation. Among the initiatives now facing uncertainty: new national parks and protected areas, as well as federal support for the Indigenous guardians program. Source link

After eight years in Washington, D.C., Ambassador Kirsten Hillman will step down from her post in the new year. She sat down with CBC’s The House to share how she connects with Trump-era Republicans and what Canadians need to know about the United States today. Source link

Prime Minister Mark Carney has begun to lay out publicly what he sees as boundaries when dealing with China, as his government wades into a new relationship with the economic giant. Source link

The federal NDP released its internal campaign review Friday largely avoiding casting blame on senior staff and instead citing issues that were beyond the control of New Democrats for its worst election loss. Source link

One of the three Quebec City-area men accused of participating in terrorist activities has been granted bail. Simon Angers-Audet was released on Friday on the condition that he remain at his family home and update the RCMP on his movements. Source link

A Canadian military counter-intelligence operative, accused of passing sensitive information to Ukraine, was warned repeatedly to stay away from a representative of that country’s intelligence service and lied about the contacts he did have, military court records allege. Source link

From interfering in immigration processing to associating with a known drug trafficker, Canada Border Services Agency employees were embroiled in hundreds of misconduct cases last year, according to a new report. Source link