Shortly after lunch today, King Charles and Queen Camilla will arrive at Ottawa International Airport to take part in two days of official duties crafted to remind U.S. President Donald Trump that Canada is not an American state in waiting, but its own country with its own identity, culture and history. 

British High Commissioner to Canada Rob Tinline says his government is waiting for the Canadian government to fully return before deciding whether to restart talks on a potential bilateral trade deal after negotiations fell apart at the beginning of last year.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says his caucus will be pushing measures to make Canada more affordable, safe, self-reliant and united, as Conservative MPs prepare to return to Parliament without him.

Parliament will return on Monday after more than six months and will feel a little different than usual thanks to some unusual circumstances, including a visit by King Charles.

King Charles III will soon land in Ottawa to deliver the throne speech that kicks off a new session of Parliament. It’s widely understood the King’s visit is meant to push back on U.S. President Donald Trump’s 51st state threats — but not everyone is convinced it will work.

The Trudeau government started out in 2015 by continuing the strongly pro-Israel policies it inherited from Stephen Harper. From 2019 on, though, the growing extremism of Israeli politics began to strain ties. But it was Israel’s conduct of the current war in Gaza that broke the relationship.

Emerging from his cabinet’s “planning forum,” Mark Carney said his ministers had all been given a single mandate letter. Coming in at just under 800 words, Carney’s mandate letter contrasts in potentially interesting ways with the wordier epistles that his predecessor released in 2015.