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The proposed Pacific Link pipeline has become the first project designated as being in the national interest under the federal Building Canada Act.
Washington will prohibit imports of numerous Canadian alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motorcycles beginning Sept. 29, creating immediate pressure for exporters already confronting steep tariffs.
LNG Canada’s partners could approve a second phase as early as October, doubling the Kitimat terminal’s export capacity and creating a potential $1-billion First Nations investment opportunity.
The European Commission president wants Canada to become the EU’s first associate member, but the unprecedented proposal still lacks defined rules, benefits, obligations and an approval process.
Ottawa says its investment summit secured nearly $500 billion in commitments, combining pension capital, bank financing, investment funds, tax incentives and major corporate projects rather than immediate government spending.
Ottawa is pursuing a new partnership with the European Union covering trade, defence, energy and technology, although Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is not seeking EU membership.
Canada’s annual inflation rate remained at 3% in August as sharply higher gasoline prices offset slower increases elsewhere in the economy.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is bringing hundreds of global investors together in Toronto as his government attempts to attract $1 trillion in new investment to Canadian energy, infrastructure, technology and resource projects.
Canada has imposed tariffs of up to 50% on $27.6 billion in American goods, escalating the trade dispute while increasing costs and uncertainty for businesses.
Canada is preparing to negotiate a deeper economic and security partnership with the European Union as Ottawa seeks new markets and less dependence on the United States.
Canada lost approximately 42,000 jobs in August as full-time employment and wage growth weakened, while Alberta’s 7.0-per-cent unemployment rate remained above the national average.
Ottawa has extended its federal fuel-tax suspension until January 2027, continuing savings of 10 cents per litre on gasoline and four cents on diesel before the taxes gradually return next spring.
Germany says Russia organized a failed explosives-laden drone attack on a Ukrainian Antonov cargo plane at Leipzig/Halle Airport, prompting diplomatic closures and new sanctions.
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals swept three federal byelections, retaining seats in British Columbia and Ontario while taking a Quebec riding from the Conservatives and strengthening their parliamentary majority.
Voters in North Vancouver–Capilano head to the polls in a closely watched federal by-election dominated by housing affordability, traffic congestion and the cost of living.
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing the American federal government to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America,” extending his administration’s campaign to change the names of prominent geographic landmarks. The change applies to U.S. federal usage and does not require Canada, New York State, international organizations or private mapmakers to abandon the centuries-old Lake Ontario name.
The federal government is backing a nearly $70-billion expansion of clean energy infrastructure in Labrador, including new hydroelectric generation, transmission lines and Indigenous investment opportunities. Ottawa says the projects could generate roughly 14,000 megawatts of renewable power, create 23,000 construction jobs and support new critical-mineral development across Labrador and Quebec.
Recent announcement in the Canada Gazette indicates Federal Government is serious about designation the West Coast Pipeline project as in the national interest.
Canadians have until September 18 to comment on whether the proposed West Coast oil pipeline should receive an accelerated federal review.
Former constituency manager Tanveer Shahnawaz will try to succeed Nathaniel Erskine-Smith in a riding the Liberals won by more than 44 percentage points in 2025
The Conservatives won the Saguenay-area riding with 34 per cent in 2025, narrowly ahead of both the Bloc Québécois and Liberals
Braeden Caley will defend a seat the Liberals won with nearly 60 per cent in 2025 against Conservative candidate Stephen Curran
Voters in Beaches—East York, Chicoutimi—Le Fjord and North Vancouver—Capilano will choose new MPs following three departures from the House of Commons
A new deep water port on Canada's Arctic Coast is being prepared for designation as a National Interest Project. This public-private Indigenous project will eventually be connected by highway to Southern Canada.
In November 2025, Ottawa and Alberta signed a memorandum of understanding promising a new West Coast oil pipeline that would be "financed and constructed by the private sector." Eight months later, that promise is gone.
Danielle Smith may be the world’s worst separatist because her entire political strategy hinges on keeping Alberta strong and prosperous within Canada. By setting political stripes aside to work with Prime Minister Mark Carney on pipelines, investment, and national economic growth, Smith has turned separatist pressure into leverage aimed at making Confederation work again.
Carney’s proposed “sovereign wealth fund” is being criticized as debt-funded central planning masquerading as a traditional resource-backed investment fund — despite Canada lacking the export-driven surplus such funds were originally designed to manage.
