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Chief Electoral Officer of Canada Stéphane Perrault said in a Thursday committee hearing on foreign election interference that his role was to refer any irregularities found through an audit to the commissioner but that he did not have “an enforcement role.” Perrault added that the commissioner would then have to make the determination as to...

Canada has an opportunity to access its untapped lithium resources as the electric vehicle (EV) industry grows, but the road to mining those deposits presents major challenges. Mike Drolet reports on Canada’s drive toward a self-sufficient EV battery supply.

In Ottawa, the public inquiry into foreign interference heard from Stéphane Perrault, Canada’s chief electoral officer, who says there are not many rules that govern how political parties select candidates in individual ridings. David Akin looks at how the inquiry heard of at least one case where foreign actors took advantage of that lack of...

Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc announced Wednesday that the federal government has introduced amendments to Canada’s Elections Act in the House of Commons to “enhance Canadians abilities to exercise their right to vote while strengthening protections against foreign interference.” The bill, if passed, would include changes such as two more days of advance voting and...

Honda has selected Port Colborne, Ont., as the future site of a lithium ion separator plant, the first of its kind in Canada and a key part of the country’s multibillion-dollar electric vehicle supply chain. The news coincides with the U.S. slapping heavy tariffs on Chinese electric cars, batteries, and minerals used to make those...

During a press conference on Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addressed the newly-released interim report regarding foreign interference in Canada’s 2019 and 2021 federal elections. While Trudeau commended Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue and said “with confidence” the elections were “decided by Canadians,” he also acknowledged the reported erosion of public trust in Canada’s democracy.

Foreign interference did not change the outcome of Canada’s 2019 and 2021 federal elections, but it did undermine the rights of Canadian voters because it “tainted the process” and eroded public trust, according to the commissioner leading a public inquiry into foreign interference in Canada’s elections. Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue highlighted “troubling events” in the last...

Dozens of wildfires are raging from B.C. to Manitoba, with many communities under threat. The rising anxiety among evacuees, the new evacuation orders, the local states of emergency declared, and the hopes the weather could provide a much-needed reprieve. Correctional Service Canada (CSC) instructed staff to keep quiet over murderer Luka Magnotta’s August 2022 transfer...

Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Public Safety Dominic Leblanc and Justice Minister Arif Virani announced the federal government was proposing several measures as part of a national action plan to help crack down on auto theft. “You see a lot of us here today — a lot of federal ministers, a lot...

It was a murder case that unraveled Canada’s relationship with India, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau blamed agents of the Indian state in a highly unusual move. Three Indian nationals have now been arrested in connection to the case. How the arrests further complicate Canada’s fraught relationship with India and the national security implications. The...

The federal and Ontario governments announced Tuesday that Canada’s first lithium-ion separator plant will be built in Port Colborne, Ont. The facility is part of broader electric vehicle supply chain projects being built in the region. Global News’ Queen’s Park Bureau Chief Colin D’Mello reports.

The issue of foreign interference returns to the spotlight as the public inquiry into election meddling releases its first report and the RCMP make an arrest of suspected foreign hitmen. ‘The West Block’ host Mercedes Stephenson sits down with Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc to discuss the new arrests in the 2023 killing of B.C....

The issue of foreign interference returns to the spotlight as the public inquiry into election meddling releases its first report and the RCMP make an arrest of suspected foreign hitmen. ‘The West Block’ host Mercedes Stephenson sits down with Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc to discuss the new arrests in the 2023 killing of B.C....

On Wednesday, electricity generator Capital Power announced it was cancelling a $2.4 billion carbon capture and storage project over its natural gas facility near Edmonton. Heather Yourex-West looks at what happened and why the decision has cast new doubt over a key tenet of Canada’s climate plan.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Philadelphia to promote his government’s renewed “Team Canada” strategy on U.S. relations. As Jackson Proskow explains, Trudeau is looking to shore up cross-border cooperation, no matter who wins America’s upcoming presidential election.

Following the federal government’s announcement of a $15-billion Honda electric vehicle plant in Ontario, ‘The West Block’ host Mercedes Stephenson asks Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne for a follow-up to his government’s efforts to increase grocery store competition. Minister Champagne discusses his talks with foreign grocery chains, as well as Canada’s electric vehicle infrastructure.

Following the conclusions reached at the foreign interference inquiry, the federal government has introduced legislation aimed at curbing the problem. David Akin breaks down what’s in the bill, why it will be difficult to make all the proposed changes in time for Canada’s next federal election, and the measure MPs want immediately.

Following the federal government’s announcement of a $15-billion Honda electric vehicle plant in Ontario, ‘The West Block’ host Mercedes Stephenson asks Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne for a follow-up to his government’s efforts to increase grocery store competition. Minister Champagne discusses his talks with foreign grocery chains, as well as Canada’s electric vehicle infrastructure. Plus, Stephenson...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday said Canada recognizes the independence of the International Criminal Court, but expressed concerns over the court’s push to prosecute his Israeli counterpart and others. “What I will say is troubling though is the sense of an equivalency between the democratically elected leaders of Israel and the bloodthirsty terrorists that...

Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction has been overturned by the New York Court of Appeals, which ruled he did not receive a fair trial. What led to the decision, why it doesn’t make Weinstein a free man, and how this has stunned the women who broke their silence to accuse the ex-movie...