Juno Jump Start | Smith government moves to end teachers’ strike, invokes Notwithstanding clause
Alberta’s teachers are striking, but Premier Smith’s government is moving to push new back-to-work legislation, Carney will meet with Xi Jinping after US negotiations screech to a halt, and more.
Smith government moves to end teachers’ strike, invokes Notwithstanding clause
Alberta’s teachers are striking, but Premier Danielle Smith’s government is moving to push new back-to-work legislation that would bring kids back to the classroom and dictate the terms of a new four-year contract.
WATCH: THEY BLEW IT — Canada’s trade deal FALLS APART
Kris Sims breaks down how arrogance and bad negotiating cost Canadians billions in tariffs and lost investment. Brian Lilley joins to explain why Washington’s patience has run out.
Carney to meet with Xi Jinping, after US negotiations screech to a halt
As trade talks with the United States collapse, Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the APEC summit in South Korea this week, signaling Canada’s pivot to new economic partners.
WATCH: Carney says Ford ad to blame for US trade talk breakdown, while Ford says Carney reviewed ad before airing
Ontario Premier Doug Ford revealed that the prime minister and his top staff reviewed Ontario’s “Reagan ad” before it aired. On Monday, Carney admitted the ad was the reason trade negotiations between the U.S. and Canada broke down.
EXCLUSIVE: Nenshi calls West Coast pipeline “a pipe dream”
Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi has slammed Premier Danielle Smith’s proposed West Coast pipeline, dismissing it as a “pipe dream” and accusing the government of squandering taxpayer dollars on a project he claims doesn’t exist.
EXCLUSIVE: “Off the Waitlist” shows Canadians alternatives to public healthcare: book
A new book titled “Off the Waitlist” helps Canadians discover alternatives to the long wait times and poor quality of Canada’s government-run and taxpayer-funded healthcare system.
WATCH: Trump REFUSES to meet with Carney
On today’s episode of Straight Up, Marc Patrone breaks down the diplomatic fallout after President Trump said he has no intention of meeting with Mark Carney following the Ontario government’s airing of a “fake” anti-tariff ad that Trump claims insulted him personally — and reviewed by Carney and his office before airing on TV.
Liberals confirm they don’t have enough votes to pass budget as of now
The Carney government currently lacks sufficient votes to pass its upcoming federal budget, according to Liberal House leader Steven MacKinnon. If this situation persists next month, Canadians will face another election.
Trump won’t meet with Carney “for a while” after Reagan ad blunder
U.S. President Donald Trump said he won’t be meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney “for a while,” after abruptly ending trade talks with Canada due to an anti-tariff ad campaign commissioned by the Ontario government.
Man who killed daughter deemed not criminally responsible again
A 66-year-old man, previously found not criminally responsible for killing his daughter, stabbing a friend, and attacking a psychiatric patient, has again been deemed unfit for criminal prosecution. This time, it’s for a 2023 stabbing spree at Vancouver’s Light Up Chinatown festival.
OP-ED: Toronto schools swap arithmetic for woke indoctrination
Sue-Ann Levy writes, “Despite being under provincial supervision, it seems the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) keeps doubling down on anything but academics.”
The Daily Brief | CBSA president can’t find 32,000 illegal immigrants
The President of the Canada Border Services Agency revealed that the agency can’t find at least 32,000 illegal immigrants who were otherwise set for deportation.
Alleged human trafficker arrested after missing woman found in Toronto Airbnb
Police in the Region of Peel have charged 19-year-old Henry Igboenyesi in connection with a human trafficking investigation after finding a woman reported missing in an Airbnb in Mississauga.
OP-ED: To save Alberta’s schools, teach students how to think critically
Dotan Rousso writes, “The real crisis in Alberta’s education system is not material but philosophical. Headlines focus on budgets and class sizes, but what truly deserves attention is the purpose of education itself.”
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