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A corporate watchdog was still accepting complaints right up until the point Prime Minister Mark Carney announced its dissolution — seemingly out of nowhere — despite saying the decision to discontinue the office was made “months” earlier. Source link

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gifted Prime Minister Mark Carney a pistol with his name engraved on it, along with ammunition. Source link

NATO leaders won Donald Trump’s public endorsement of the alliance’s collective-defence guarantee, but little else was settled. The summit ended amid uncertainty over future U.S. troop commitments, defence funding, next year’s meeting and Europe’s ability to shoulder greater responsibility without Washington. Source link

Since winning the NDP leadership race in March, Lewis has remained seatless as the federal party faces the difficult task of rebuilding from its historic low of five MPs. Source link

The U.S. government has formally approved an emergency rescue of most of the beluga whales from Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ont., to aquariums in the United States. Source link

The Canadian government told the Trump administration that new legislation combatting forced labour in supply chains should shield Canada from new tariffs. Source link

The Carney government has quietly scrapped the next phase of the army’s $4.9-billion light utility vehicle competition, abandoning an open procurement in favour of inviting a limited number of Canadian suppliers to bid. The move sidelines U.S. contenders and signals a stronger push to bolster Canada’s domestic defence industry. Source link

Prime Minister Mark Carney endorsed the latest U.S. strikes on Iran as a justified response to ceasefire violations, even as President Donald Trump declared the truce finished and accused NATO allies of abandoning Washington. Alliance leaders sought to contain the rift while urging de-escalation and freedom of navigation in the Gulf. Source link

Here’s why the federal government’s purchase of a dozen submarines could stack up to a major price tag of $100 billion or more over the lifetime of the deal. Source link

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney started to put his own stamp on the Senate with a handful of appointments and a tweak to the Trudeau-era guidelines that raise at least the spectre of a return to the partisan Senate of the past. Source link