Source: CBC News (Politics)
CBC News was recently granted exclusive access to both Hanwha Ocean and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) as well as senior South Korean defence officials to learn about their pitch to Canada. Here are five things to know about the KSS-III and the South Korean proposal.
With all the noise of back-to-back provincial and federal election campaigns, you’d be forgiven for not hearing the cracking sounds coming from Ontario’s fragile economy since January, even before U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs began to bite.
Now that the election is over, the new Liberal government has a lot to deal with, especially on the tariff front, and not just with the U.S. Last fall, Canada implemented an additional 100 per cent tariff on electric vehicles from China — a move that some critics say now doesn’t make sense, including Canada’s canola farmers.
One week after the federal New Democratic Party lost most of its seats as well as its leader, Manitoba’s NDP premier expressed disappointment in the party’s showing but said he has no interest in replacing Jagmeet Singh.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has already taken a trip out to the Alberta riding he hopes to represent, after losing the Ottawa-area seat he held for more than two decades in last week’s general election. But Poilievre will have to wait at least 30 days for a byelection, and likely more.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she will chair an “Alberta next” panel to brainstorm how the province can protect itself from perceived economic incursions from the federal Liberal government.
The NDP’s federal council is meeting after the party achieved its worst showing in its history on election night.
After a fractious federal election campaign focused on perceived Liberal failures, the Conservative House leader is now signalling the caucus may be willing to support some of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s legislative agenda when the House of Commons returns later this month.
