World's wealthiest investors hit up Canada's investment summit
Canada's first-of-its-kind investment summit kicks off in Toronto, where some of the world's wealthiest investors — who the government says...
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20 of 179 episodesWeekly Wrap: Retaliation upon retaliation as Canada-U.S. trade war intensifies
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada has a plan to weather the trade war with the U.S. as he convenes his cabinet to discuss next steps. M...
Reporter Roundtable: What's Carney's next move in the Canada-U.S. trade war?
Prime Minister Mark Carney has convened his cabinet ministers to plot Canada's next steps in the escalating trade war. What will the governm...
Carney says he still regularly talks to Trump
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is always ready to sit down for formal negotiations with the U.S. and believes a 'mutually beneficial...
Trump hits back at Canada. Should Carney respond?
U.S. President Donald Trump is striking back against Canada's counter-tariffs — banning the import of most Canadian booze, motorcycles and s...
Carney warns of tough times ahead as Canada hits back at U.S. tariffs
As the trade war escalates and Canada's retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. take effect, Prime Minister Mark Carney warns it won't be easy....
Byelections, pipelines and a trade war: Summer 2026 wrapped
While MPs are due back in Ottawa as the summer season comes to a close, there was no break in politics these past few months. A special holi...
Canada’s retaliatory tariffs are looming, can the relationship ever recover?
Canada’s promised retaliatory dollar-for-dollar tariffs come into effect at 12:01 AM Tuesday. A former U.S. ambassador to Canada joins Power...
Carney claps back at 'unelected' Trump officials
Prime Minister Mark Carney dismisses ‘appointed, unelected cabinet members in the United States’ following comments claiming he blew up trad...
Federal government extends gas tax holiday into 2027
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced the Liberal government will extend the federal fuel excise tax holiday until the end...
Liberals win 3 byelections. What does this mean for the other parties?
The government gets a strong endorsement from voters as Liberals sweep three byelections in B.C., Ontario and Quebec. Power & Politics speak...
What impact is escalating trade tensions having on byelections?
Canadians vote in three federal byelections, testing Prime Minister Mark Carney's popularity during trade tension with the U.S. Meanwhile, U...
3 Alberta premiers weigh in on using oil as leverage against Trump
Canada has laid out its plan for dollar-for-dollar retaliation against the latest 50 per cent tariffs imposed by the U.S. Some leaders say t...
Trump orders Lake Ontario be renamed 'Lake America'
The Canada-U.S. trade war is showing no signs of slowing as U.S. President Trump signs an executive order to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake Am...
EXCLUSIVE Interview: USTR Jamieson Greer on why Canada-U.S. trade talks fell apart
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer tells CBC chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton that Canada wanted 'too much' from the U.S....
Canada hits back at U.S. with $28B worth of retaliatory tariffs
Industry Minister Mélanie Joly tells Power & Politics that Canada is 'fighting back' against U.S. tariffs by introducing retaliatory tariffs...
Why did Canada walk away from U.S. trade talks? We ask Ottawa's top trade man
U.S. President Donald Trump threatens new 50 per cent tariffs on Canada after trade talks fall apart. Power & Politics hears from Canada-U.S...
Canada-U.S. trade deal collapses
Power & Politics brings you live coverage as Canada reacts to punishing new tariffs from the U.S. Prime Minister Mark Carney says trade talk...
Canada-U.S. deal or no deal? The clock runs out (again) tonight
For the second time this week, Canada is working against the clock to secure a trade deal with the U.S. Power & Politics has reaction from C...
Carney nearly begged premiers to lift U.S. booze ban, says Kinew
As negotiators say Canada is 'very close' to a U.S. trade deal, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says Prime Minister Mark Carney nearly begged pre...