An appeals court has dismissed a legal challenge filed by WestJet over an order to compensate a passenger for a flight cancellation, potentially setting a precedent for other such cases.
Source: CBC News (Politics)
Gregor Robertson, the minister responsible for the federal agency that helped fund a B.C. Ferries’ contract to buy ships from China, says Ottawa is looking at a “buy Canada” policy, a strategy he says historically hasn’t been as strong as the “buy American” approach across the border.
Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc is set to meet with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in Washington this week after Ottawa announced it would be lifting some retaliatory tariffs.
The requirement to write in Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre or other candidates’ names during last week’s byelection doesn’t appear to have made an impact on how many ballots were rejected.
The Carney government is endorsing a UN-backed finding that famine is occurring in Gaza, and is urging Israel to stop ramping up its campaign in the Palestinian territory and allow in more aid.
Canada and Poland discussed the shape of a possible postwar peace in Ukraine on Monday as allies continued to hammer out what sort of security guarantees they’re prepared to offer.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is getting his first up-close look at the Russia-Ukraine war, with his visit to Kyiv coming at a watershed time in the conflict that began with Russia’s Feb. 24, 2022, invasion. As Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejects U.S. pressures to accept territorial concessions in exchange for peace, the notion of ceding land to Russia is unpopular with many Ukrainians and opposed by soldiers.
With the prospects for peace appearing as distant as ever — despite attempts by the Trump administration to broker a settlement in the war between Ukraine and Russia — Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday unveiled details of Canada’s $2 billion in additional military aid while committing to reintroducing troops to the war-torn country in some capacity should there ever be a ceasefire.
Economic and security ties are front and centre as Prime Minister Mark Carney meets allies over the next few days in eastern and central Europe.
Inevitably, but torturously, this unique moment in the history of this country has come to be understood primarily in hockey terms.
