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Author: Laura Stone
Publication Date: January 19, 2026 - 12:10
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Doug Ford says he only received a few hours notice from Ottawa on China EV deal
January 19, 2026
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he only received a few hours notice about the federal government’s deal with China on electric vehicles, as he warned the move will hurt his province’s auto workers in the long term.
Mr. Ford on Monday continued his criticism of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s deal to allow nearly 50,000 Chinese-made electric vehicles into Canada at a low tariff rate, in return for significant reductions in Beijing’s levies on canola seed and a promised elimination of its tariffs on a host of other products.
For nearly a year, Canadians have been discussing the danger posed by the United States. The anxiety shows up everywhere—online forums, polling questions, and in the unusually blunt asides from officials. This is good. We need to get in the habit of having hard conversations about who threatens us, the extent of that threat, and what we can and must do if we are to survive as an independent country.
To his credit, Prime Minister Mark Carney has talked openly about some aspects of the changing face of global politics. As the world now knows, he articulately described a “rupture” in world...
February 16, 2026 - 06:30 | Stewart Prest | Walrus
OTTAWA — Transportation ministers from across the country will meet quietly this week with an agenda that is expected to include a possible update of the contentious safety rules that govern flights to remote communities.
National Post has learned that the unannounced meeting, to be held Feb. 20 in Vancouver, is expected to address a range of transportation issues, including a proposed “regulatory sandbox” that would mark a fresh attempt to balance competing interests over Canada’s air safety rules. Those rules have been a source of friction and a political football that have been...
February 16, 2026 - 06:00 | Simon Tuck | National Post
Rick Westhead nearly missed one of the most important phone calls of his career.
The investigative journalist was in Europe shooting a documentary for sports broadcaster TSN. As repeated calls came in from an unknown number, he was too busy to answer.
Eventually, he picked up.
The voice on the other end told him he needed to pull a court file in London, Ont. It contained allegations from a woman claiming she was sexually abused. “This will change hockey. It may change our country,” said the whistleblower.
That call led Westhead to a case that all Canadians would come to know...
February 16, 2026 - 06:00 | Investigative Journalism Bureau | National Post


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