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Canada will not be paying a reported US$1-billion membership fee to participate in Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said Tuesday in comments that suggest Ottawa is still weighing whether to join.Mr. Champagne, speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, would not say whether the fact that Mr. Trump had invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to join the “Board of Peace” would affect Canada’s position.
January 20, 2026 - 06:35 | Steven Chase | The Globe and Mail
As day follows night, the United States’ intervention in Venezuela triggered Canada’s favourite response to international calamity: a call for more pipelines.
Not just any pipelines, of course. “Canada must immediately approve a pipeline to the Pacific Coast,” declared federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre in a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney a few days later. He was late to the party—the demand had already been made by Alberta premier Danielle Smith and captains of the oil patch, as well as the Globe and Mail’s editorial board. “A new oil pipeline to the Pacific coast isn’t...
January 20, 2026 - 06:30 | Arno Kopecky | Walrus
Quebec polls in recent years—decades, even—have consistently shown that if a referendum on sovereignty were held today, a clear majority of voters would vote against it.
Is that certainty misleading? There are indications, after all, that the Parti Québécois’ rising popularity since 2023 coincided with renewed enthusiasm among independence supporters. Support for the PQ increased after its leader, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, pledged, in 2023, to hold a third referendum on sovereignty at the same time as the governing Coalition Avenir Québec began to falter.
Many CAQ supporters have...
January 20, 2026 - 06:29 | Philippe J. Fournier | Walrus
Quebec's finance minister says he has shared his concerns with his Ontario counterpart about that province's intention to remove Crown Royal whisky from liquor stores.
January 20, 2026 - 06:19 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
Quebec's finance minister says he has shared his concerns with his Ontario counterpart about that province's intention to remove Crown Royal whisky from liquor stores.
January 20, 2026 - 06:19 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Ottawa
Good morning. As Donald Trump hardens his threats over Greenland, European leaders consider how to hit back – more on that below, along with Canada’s military models for a U.S. invasion and Valentino’s fashion legacy. But first: Today’s headlinesDemocracy in the U.S. is uncertain after a year of the Trump stress testDoug Ford says he received only a few hours notice from Ottawa on its EV deal with ChinaThe moving target known as the yellow line represents danger for those in the Gaza Strip
January 20, 2026 - 06:16 | Danielle Groen | The Globe and Mail
