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Back to SearchIran war throws Canada's economy into the unknown
The Bank of Canada held its key interest rate steady on Wednesday, as Governor Tiff Macklem described an uncertain economic future caught between the…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
'This is not our war': Ottawa staying out of Iran fight
After the U.S. president threatened NATO allies for not sending ships to the Strait of Hormuz, Canada's Defence Minister David McGuinty reiterates th…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Trump calls for help in the Middle East. Allies aren't answering
U.S. President Donald Trump is calling for countries including China and his NATO allies to send ships and help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a key ar…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Weekly Wrap: The NDP gets even smaller. Is it on the brink?
The NDP lost its first floor-crosser to the Carney Liberals the day after voting began for its new leader, further reducing a caucus that lost more t…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Canada gets pummeled by 84,000 job losses. How bad is it?
CBC's Peter Armstrong breaks down new Statistics Canada data that says the country lost 84,000 jobs last month, marking the biggest drop outside of t…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Will the Iran war's oil shock change Canada's industry?
CBC's David Common joins Power & Politics from Amman, Jordan, where he recaps the new Iranian supreme leader's vow to keep blocking a key waterway fo…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
NDP floor-crosser puts a majority in Carney's grasp
Former NDP MP Lori Idlout joins the Liberals, letting them secure a majority if they win two of three April byelections. NDP president Mary Shortall …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
As U.S. talks return, Liberals unveil jobs 'insurance policy'
Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu tells Power & Politics that her announcement of $228.8 million to reskill tariff-hit Ontario workers isn't a sign that her …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Iran names supreme leader's son as his successor
Iran announced Monday that the late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's son, Mojtaba Khamenei, will be his successor. The Stimson Center's Randa …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Weekly Wrap: Is Carney’s Iran war response nuanced, or a mess?
Laura D'Angelo, Zain Velji and Michael Solberg debate whether Prime Minister Mark Carney’s changing statements on the Iran war this week reflect the…
1 month, 3 weeks ago