🪖🇺🇸 Carney orders review of F-35 fighter jet purchase from U.S.’s Lockheed Martin

Prime Minister Mark Carney has asked for a review of Canada’s plan to purchase a fleet of F-35 fighter jets.

The deal with Lockheed Martin and the U.S. government is for 88 planes at a cost of about US$85 million each.

A spokesperson for Defence Minister Bill Blair said Carney has asked Blair to look into whether the F-35 contract is the best investment for Canada, or if there are better options.
#US
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🇬🇧👑 King plans early meeting with Canada’s new prime minister Mark Carney

The King is planning to meet Mark Carney this week, in a sign of the UK’s unwavering support for Canada amid continuing tensions with President Trump.

Sources close to Charles said there was a “determination” from the monarch to see the new Canadian prime minister when he visits the UK in the coming days.
#UK
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🇫🇷 Carney, Macron launch new bilteral partnership on intelligence and security

Prime Minister Mark Carney pushed for closer trade and security ties with Europe Monday on a one-day trip to Paris and London just days after he took office.

Carney and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed a new bilateral partnership on intelligence and security, focused on enhancing cybersecurity and sharing intelligence on “significant threats,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement about the conversation.
#France
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Mark Carney invites Zelenskyy to G7 summit in June

Prime Minister Mark Carney has invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the G7 summit in June in the western province of Alberta, a government official told AFP on Monday.

Carney, who took office last week, spoke to the Ukrainian leader over the weekend, the official said, adding: “President Zelenskyy has been invited to the G7 meeting in Alberta in June.”
#Ukraine #Alberta
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Poilievre says he’ll scrap carbon pricing on industrial emitters and consumers if elected

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said that if his party is victorious in the coming federal election, his government would repeal the entire carbon-pricing law, including the levy on Canadian industries.

This means there would not be a levy on Canadian steel, aluminum, food production, concrete and other industries, he said.

There would be no taxes on consumers, no taxes on Canadian industries. Instead, provinces will continue to have the freedom to address this issue how they like, but there will be no federal obligation to impose the tax.

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💰❌🚙 Toronto excludes Tesla from EV incentive due to US trade war

Toronto is no longer providing financial incentives for Tesla vehicles purchased as taxis or ride shares due to trade tensions with the United States, the city's mayor, Olivia Chow, said on Monday.

We have certainly said that if you want to buy a Tesla, go ahead, but don't count on taxpayer money to subsidize it.

#Ontario #US
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🪖Carney announces plans to boost Canada’s military footprint in the Arctic

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday that Ottawa will expand the Canadian Armed Forces’ presence in the Arctic and turn to Australia’s over-the-horizon radar tech to monitor threats from adversaries such as China and Russia.

Carney also pledged $253 million in new funding for Indigenous reconciliation initiatives in the North.
#Arctic
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🇺🇸 Carney signals he's in no rush to speak with Trump after visit to U.K., France

Prime Minister Mark Carney signalled Tuesday he is in no rush to speak to his U.S. counterpart about the ongoing trade war between the two countries, saying a call will come at the "appropriate time."

Carney said Trump's tariff action has "called into the question the validity" of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), and there's a need for a larger conversation with the Americans about resetting the entire bilateral relationship, something that will only happen when the time is right.
#US
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NEW - Climate clowns attack Tesla store in Montreal, Canada.

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Trump says it’ll be easier to deal with Liberal leader in Canada

US President Donald Trump said he would rather work with the Liberal Party leader in Canada to resolve a trade war he instigated with Ottawa, weighing in on an expected national election in the neighboring North American country.
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🇺🇸 Cross-border trips to the U.S. reach COVID lows with nearly 500,000 fewer travellers in February

Nearly 500,000 fewer travellers crossed the land border from Canada into the U.S. in February compared to the same month last year, according to data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

The number of travellers entering the U.S. in a passenger vehicle dropped from 2,696,512 in February 2024 to 2,223,408 last month, reaching levels not seen since cross-border travel normalized in the post-COVID-19 era.
#US
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❗️🗳Mark Carney expected to call snap election for April 28

Prime Minister Mark Carney is poised to call a snap federal election Sunday for an expected vote on April 28, two sources say.

The Liberals, Conservatives and NDP already have booked campaign planes and buses, and their war rooms are set up in the expectation of the Sunday election call.
#Carney #election
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Montreal Tesla dealership vandalized amid backlash against Elon Musk

Activists sprayed paint on the exterior of a Tesla dealership in Montreal on Wednesday. Montreal police arrested a young man and woman.

The climate group Last Generation Canada claimed responsibility. In a statement posted online, the group called on Canada to "stand up" to Musk, who they said is "destroying democracies and spreading climate denial."
#Quebec
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❌🇺🇸 Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow supports removing U.S. flags from city property ‘wherever possible’

The mayor’s office says she’s in favour of taking down U.S. flags “wherever possible” as President Donald Trump continues to threaten punishing tariffs on Canadian goods and muses about annexing America’s northern neighbour.

The statement from Chow’s office comes after Mississauga’s mayor announced the municipality next door to Toronto would remove the Stars and Stripes from city-owned facilities there.
#Ontario #US
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🇨🇳 Chinese tariffs come into force on $3.7-billion worth of Canadian goods

New Chinese tariffs on Canadian agricultural and food products came into force just after midnight Thursday, 12 days after they were announced by Beijing as retaliation for a levy on Chinese electric vehicles imposed by Ottawa last year.

The $3.7-billion worth of tariffs on agricultural and food products piles even more pressure on Canadian exporters already worried about an escalating trade war with the United States.
#China
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❌ Quebec bill would expand religious symbol ban, force students to uncover faces

In an effort to reinforce secularism in schools, the Quebec government is planning to expand the province’s ban on religious symbols to everyone who interacts with students.

A bill tabled Thursday would prohibit anyone who works in a school or on school property from wearing a religious symbol — including a hijab or a turban — on the job. It would also forbid students and staff from wearing face coverings.
#Quebec
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Mark Carney will maintain oil and gas emissions cap, environment minister says

A Mark Carney government will maintain the cap on emissions from the production of oil and gas, Environment Minister Terry Duguid said in a recent interview.
#energy
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Mark Carney’s Liberals would win a majority government if election was held today, poll aggregator says

Prime Minister Mark Carney is calling the election Sunday with polls suggesting his Liberals are poised to defeat Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives.

According to the Signal, Carney would win a majority of seats in the House of Commons if an election were held today.

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🇵🇸 Canada pledges nearly $100M for Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank

The federal Liberals are announcing nearly $100 million in humanitarian relief and governance support for Palestinians, days before a widely expected election.

Canada is providing $30 million for recovery and governance in the West Bank amid rising violence and displacement. Ottawa’s also sending $45 million for healthcare, food, and shelter in Gaza after the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas ended. Plus, $18.75 million will support security, including landmine efforts, through groups like the UN, World Bank, and Red Cross.

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🇨🇳 Ottawa condemns Chinese executions of four Canadians on drug charges

Canada said on Wednesday that China had executed four Canadian citizens on drugs smuggling charges earlier this year, and strongly condemned Beijing's use of the death penalty.

Foreign Minister Melanie Joly told reporters that all four had been dual citizens and said Ottawa would ask for leniency for other Canadians facing the same fate.
#China
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🗳Canadians head to the polls April 28 as PM Mark Carney triggers a spring election

Canadians will head to the polls on April 28 after Prime Minister Mark Carney formally met with the Governor-General to dissolve the 44th parliament, bringing an end to the longest-running minority government in Canadian history.

Carney visited Gov. Gen. Mary Simon on Sunday one day before parliament was supposed to return after former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prorogued it in January.

The April 28 date is the earliest possible day to send Canadians to the polls under the Elections Act, one day longer than the minimum 36 days required by law.

At the time of dissolution, the Liberals held 153 seats, the Conservatives held 120, the Bloc Quebecois had 33 seats, the NDP had 24, the Green Party held 2 seats and there were three independents.
#election #Carney
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