Canadian Politics

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have agreed to launch negotiations toward a new trade deal called a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.

Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says the federal government’s gun buyback program will be rolled out across Canada as a report from a pilot project in Nova Scotia suggests low turnout.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is sitting down with the leaders of the U.K., Germany and the president of the European Council on the sidelines of the G20 to talk about Ukraine as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns his country is facing “one of the most difficult moments in its history.”

Laws about greenwashing — making a false or misleading statement about the environmental benefits of a product — will remain on the books, but the Liberal government has said it will be making changes aimed at offering businesses more certainty about what runs afoul of the law.

The tariffs imposed on Canada by U.S. President Donald Trump have clearly caused economic pain for Canada, but a U.S. senator from Maine says he's more worried about how Canadians are reacting on a personal level.

The Khalistani group Sikhs for Justice will hold its fifth vote in Canada on Punjabi independence in Ottawa on Sunday. Previous rounds of voting have already occurred in the Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto areas, as well as in the U.S., U.K., Italy, Switzerland, Australia and New Zealand.

Two senators are calling on the federal government to ban advertising for sports betting in Canada. A letter to the prime minister from Charlottetown Sen. Percy Downe and Waterloo Sen. Marty Deacon asks the federal government to have the CRTC implement a ban on all advertising for sports gambling apps and websites. It is supported by 40 other senators.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has had Canada launch a partnership with India and Australia on emerging technologies while at the G20 summit in South Africa. The trilateral agreement aims to have the three democracies work together to diversify supply chains, use clean energy and help with further uptake of artificial intelligence.

One of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first orders of business after securing a win during the spring federal election was to introduce a border security bill. Fast-forward five months, U.S. trade talks have soured and the bill has been broken into two pieces and faces further calls for amendments. Here’s where things stand.

The Ontario government’s representative in Washington says the infamous ad that upset U.S. President Donald Trump and ostensibly pushed him to halt trade talks with Canada hasn’t prevented him from having productive meetings.