The federal government is slashing the number of permanent and temporary immigrants it’s admitting to Canada — but among the streams that are not only being spared but encouraged to grow significantly are francophones settling outside Quebec.

Ottawa-based Calian GNSS is pausing shipments of GPS antennas destined for Elbit, an Israeli defence firm, after shipping some last weekend, the company told CBC News in a statement.

That the Conservative leader won on Monday night with 80.4 per cent of the vote is merely in line with what should have been expected. But it also means Battle River-Crowfoot did not add to what has been a difficult set of data points for Pierre Poilievre over the last six months.

The Canadian Army is now dealing with another incident of alleged hateful conduct that involves Quebec-based soldiers caught on video allegedly partying while some of them delivered Nazi salutes. It’s the latest case of right-wing extremism to rock the military.

The Canadian government will soon name a foreign interference watchdog and then launch a foreign agent registry in a bid to counter what Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree calls “unacceptable” foreign interference and transnational repression.

As the Trump administration grows irritated that Canada continues to review the multibillion-dollar purchase of F-35s, the Liberal government has gone out of its way to downplay how the fighter jet plan is obviously being used as leverage in trade talks. There are, however, legitimate reasons for one more look — just not ones the government is willing to acknowledge in its talking points.