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Catherine Lévesque

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Senior political correspondent in Ottawa for @nationalpost. | Je commente parfois l'actualité politique pour CBC/Radio-Canada et le 98,5 FM.

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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 9h
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre urged Albertans to vote to stay in Canada in the province’s upcoming referendum, arguing that Alberta’s resentments are best addressed by doubling down on the values that the Canadian Constitution was originally meant to uphold. nationalpost.com/news/pierre-...
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Government overreach the true motivation behind Alberta separatism, not Canada itself, Poilievre says
In an Edmonton speech, the Conservative leader set aside Liberal attacks in favour of a more neutral takedown of Ottawa's relentless excesses
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Great piece from @mauraforrest.bsky.social on the man who is likely to become Quebec's premier next week. "When Mr. St-Pierre Plamondon decided, in 2016, to seek the leadership of the Parti Québécois, even those close to him were caught off-guard." www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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The persistence of Paul St-Pierre Plamondon brings the PQ to a critical point
The promise of a referendum put the Parti Québécois Leader on centre stage. He might just get the chance to deliver
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"This story tells us more about the state of the CAQ campaign than any possibility of American influence. When a campaign gets desperate enough, even a stale think-tank report can suddenly become a matter of national security." - Marc-Olivier Fortin nationalpost.com/opinion/marc...
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Marc-Olivier Fortin: The CAQ's desperate attempt to link the Parti Québécois to Trump
The party spent weeks trying to pitch months old allegations to reporters
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Despite increased diplomatic, trade and security ties with India, Prime Minister Mark Carney says that he cannot guarantee the Indian government will not be behind crimes committed in Canada. nationalpost.com/news/politic...
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Carney says he cannot guarantee India will no longer be involved in crimes in Canada
Prime Minister Mark Carney says that he cannot guarantee the Indian government will not be behind crimes committed in Canada.
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
With three new polls suggesting the Parti Québécois is flirting with majority status in next week’s provincial elections, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon said a majority would allow his party to launch a referendum — without actually saying the word referendum on Monday. montrealgazette.com/quebec-elect...
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PQ on verge of majority government with a week to election day, polls suggest
"The difference between a majority and a minority is not only the stability of a government ... it's also the chance to fulfil our commitments," Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says.
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“What we’re hearing from Quebecers is that they want different levels of government to work together,” Marc Miller said. “That is why they loathe referendums, because they are immensely divisive, highly emotional,” he added. nationalpost.com/news/quebec-...
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‘We are ready for anything,’ federal minister says as Quebecers prepare to head to the polls with the PQ leading
'I am prepared for any eventuality. I have my own hopes, but we are ready for anything,' said Minister of Canadian Identity Marc Miller.
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Politico @politico.com · 24/09/2026
A POLITICO reporter was denied access to the White House and his press credentials confiscated after a judge ordered the Trump administration to immediately restore access for news organizations that President Donald Trump banned from the complex last week. politi.co/4dU7YX4
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POLITICO barred from White House after court ruling restoring access
The Secret Service confiscated a POLITICO reporter's press pass Thursday morning despite a federal judge’s decision hours earlier that a media ban appeared to violate the constitutional due process ri...
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Parti Québecois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon urged Quebecers not to be afraid of a referendum, as the five main party leaders clashed Wednesday on sovereignty, finances and the cost of living in the third and final leaders’ debate of the Quebec election campaign. www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
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Don’t fear a referendum, PQ leader says in final debate of election campaign
Parti Québecois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon urged Quebecers not to be afraid of a referendum, as the five main party leaders clashed Wednesday on sovereignty, finances and the cost of living in th...
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"CAQ Leader and Premier Christine Fréchette, who tried to play the Trump card early in the campaign and build her electoral narrative on the need to protect Quebec’s economy from the Americans, is witnessing her house of cards collapse around her." nationalpost.com/opinion/marc...
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Marc-Olivier Fortin: Debate seals the CAQ’s fate, as it faces annihilation
It is inevitable the Parti Québécois will form next government after strong performance from PSPP
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Two former high-ranking staffers confirmed that the mood is as bad as they can remember it in the party. People are depressed and, even a year-and-a-half after the election, they are still grieving a loss that they feel was unfairly imposed on them by outside forces. nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
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Conservatives search for hope amid Mark Carney's tide of good fortune, and find only stoicism
Patience isn't easy in a caucus this restless. The gathering in Penticton this week was an assembly of thoroughly grumpy MPs.
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Topping the legislative agenda for the fall session will be legislation designed to accelerate the federal approval processes around all major projects, changes to the Canada Labour Code and moves to strengthen supply chain certainty. nationalpost.com/news/parliam...
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Parliament returns with a big agenda and a fight brewing between Carney and labour unions
Parliament is set to return after a summer break on Monday and the Liberal government's agenda will be jammed packed this fall.
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National Post @nationalpost.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
What is an 'associate member' of the EU? Nobody in Europe seems to have a clue nationalpost.com/news/politic...
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Tobias Cremer, a centre-left German MEP who sponsored a spring resolution urging closer Canada-EU ties, said no one knows what “associate member” means, but it’s “provocative” — and he likes that. Reporting by @christopher.bsky.social from the other side of the pond. nationalpost.com/news/politic...
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What is an 'associate member' of the EU? Nobody in Europe seems to have a clue
European journalists, political staffers and MEPs were left scratching their heads about what it actually meant.
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Élections Québec must prepare a bilingual version of the reminder card mailed to voters ahead of the provincial election, but it won’t have to mail out English versions of the registration notice and voter’s guide, a Quebec Superior Court judge ruled on Wednesday. montrealgazette.com/quebec-elect...
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Élections Québec ordered to prepare English reminder cards for voters
It announced in September it wouldn't send English-language election mailouts.
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National Post @nationalpost.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
'Associate member' or 'unique alliance,' Carney jets to EU in search of new and deeper ties nationalpost.com/news/politic...
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Éliminer Santé Québec n’est pas «socialement responsable», croit le Collège des médecins. En pleine campagne électorale, le CMQ saute dans l’arène politique et fait appel «à la responsabilité sociale des politiciens.» ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/228... via @radiocanada.bsky.social
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Le Collège des médecins contre l’abolition de Santé Québec
Le Collège des Médecins saute dans l’arène politique et fait appel « à la responsabilité sociale des politiciens » pour ne pas démanteler Santé Québec.
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"No matter what it’s called, one thing is for certain: Carney is heading to the European Parliament this week with the intention of pitching a whole new relationship directly to elected representatives of the massive block of 27 European countries." nationalpost.com/news/politic...
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'Associate member' or 'unique alliance,' Carney jets to EU in search of new and deeper ties
In effect it's just setting the table for a much bigger feast for the prime minister: a EU-Canada Summit in Montreal in late October.
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"The stakes are high for the PQ as they hope to form government on Oct. 5. But with a large proportion of Quebec voters who remain undecided, many could decide on a whim to support one party or another based on their impressions of the leader." nationalpost.com/news/inside-...
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Inside the Parti Québécois’ campaign, where smiles are in short supply
'Paul is Paul. I’ve already told him to laugh from time to time,' said one seasoned PQ veteran about leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon.
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"For four years, Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon sharpened the spear of Quebec sovereignty. He told Quebecers the province was ready for a defining national moment. But when the election finally arrived, he left the spear in the tent."
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National Post @nationalpost.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Inside the Parti Québécois’ campaign, where smiles are in short supply nationalpost.com/news/inside-...
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Conservative breakthrough? Why Éric Duhaime is driving hard for big election wins in Quebec City nationalpost.com/quebec-elect...
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Conservative breakthrough? Why Éric Duhaime is driving hard for big election wins in Quebec City
Quebec Conservative Party leader is giving a voice to a region that feels ignored by the provincial government
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I'm following the #PQ for a few days to get a sense of where things are at almost halfway through the Quebec campaign. Here's a first article for @nationalpost.bsky.social on PSPP dancing around the trade war or "commercial conflict," as he calls it. nationalpost.com/news/trump-d...
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Trump derails the Quebec campaign, but the PQ leader would rather not talk about that
Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon would rather not talk about U.S. President Donald Trump — or his trade war with Canada.
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"Off the record, a well-sourced campaign insider speaks of the inexperienced team, outdated voter-ID and get-out-the-vote tools, and operators who haven’t run a campaign in over a decade that are largely to blame for the strategy or lack of one." nationalpost.com/opinion/marc...
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Marc-Olivier Fortin: The once mighty Quebec Liberals are disintegrating
The party appears indifferent to the major issues of the campaign, and voters are responding with the same apathy towards them
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National Post @nationalpost.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Carney says he's not 'escalating the conflict' as Canada hits U.S. with retaliatory tariffs nationalpost.com/news/carney-...
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
At a time when Quebec is calling on its population to buy local amid the trade war with the U.S., it remains the outlier in allowing its craft breweries, wineries and spirits producers of exporting elsewhere in the country. Here's why. nationalpost.com/news/politic...
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Why Quebec is lagging behind on removing interprovincial barriers for alcohol sales
National Post spoke to industry players in Quebec who felt they were excluded from the decision-making process.
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
After days of strident comments and insults towards Canada from multiple U.S. government officials, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Americans should “stop doing memes, stop throwing shade, stop trying to be tough, and start being serious.” nationalpost.com/news/politic...
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Carney tells U.S. to stop 'doing memes' and 'throwing shade' as war of words escalates
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Americans should "stop doing memes, stop throwing shade, stop trying to be tough, and start being serious."
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Trump’s Republican Party has revoked the CBC/Radio-Canada’s press access to its upcoming midterm convention, citing the public broadcaster’s now-reversed policy not to refer to 9/11 as “terrorism” without direct attribution, @nationalpost.bsky.social has learned. nationalpost.com/news/politic...
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Trump's Republican Party blocks CBC/Radio-Canada from convention after 9/11 policy controversy
Donald Trump's Republican Party has revoked the CBC/Radio-Canada's press access to its upcoming midterm convention in Dallas.
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Provincial and federal sources consulted for this story said that Fréchette and Carney have a “transactional” relationship which has benefitted both sides — showcasing Fréchette as a dealmaker and Carney as practicing “cooperative federalism.” nationalpost.com/news/as-she-...
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As she launches her campaign, Quebec's Fréchette hopes the Carney formula will work twice
'I think people can figure out which side Mark Carney's on,' said Jonathan Kalles, a former Quebec advisor to Justin Trudeau.
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
United States Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Canada walked away from a trade agreement with the U.S. due to “political purposes” that involved Quebec’s upcoming provincial election and Alberta’s referendum. “Do I care about how the Québécois speak?” nationalpost.com/news/leblanc...
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Lutnick claims Canada pulled out of trade talks due to the Quebec election, Alberta referendum
Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Thursday there is a possibility of reaching a "mutually beneficial” agreement with the U.S.
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre outright dismissed the idea floated by the Parti Québécois of the federal government offering financial compensation to Quebec for the loss of Labrador in exchange for a new energy deal on Churchill Falls. nationalpost.com/news/quebece...
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Quebecers aren't interested in reviving debate about Labrador border: Poilievre
The Conservative leader dismissed the idea by the Parti Québécois of offering financial compensation to Quebec for the loss of Labrador.
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National Post @nationalpost.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Talk of Conservative 'infighting' misses the bigger story: the party is messily reinventing itself nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
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National Post @nationalpost.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Federal surtax on cheap wood imports good first step, but more needed, industry says nationalpost.com/news/federal...
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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 03/08/2026
Conservatives lose fundraising ‘bazooka’ as Liberals close the gap in first half of 2026 By @LeftHandStu #cdnpoli hilltimes.com/2026/08/03/c...
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
With Canada set to intensify trade negotiations with the U.S. in the coming weeks, trade analysts say the premiers must give the federal government latitude to negotiate from a position of strength. nationalpost.com/news/trade-a...
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Premiers need to give leeway for feds to negotiate hard with Trump, trade analysts say
Trade analysts say the premiers must give the federal government latitude to negotiate from a position of strength.
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
While the five per cent base contribution will indeed be eliminated, the Canadian programming expenditures requirements — aimed at supporting the production of Canadian and Indigenous content — will still apply to online streaming services, a spokesperson explained. nationalpost.com/news/ottawa-...
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Ottawa to scrap base contribution requirement for large U.S. streamers and replace it with government funding
Recent correspondence from the Federal Court of Appeal shed some light on the government’s intentions about the Online Streaming Act.
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
“I’ve been involved in budgets since 1977, and I’ve never seen such a lack of transparency,” said Don Drummond, former chief economist at TD Bank and professor at Queen’s University. nationalpost.com/news/economi...
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Economists sound the alarm about 'very concerning' lack of transparency on federal finances
Economists are sounding the alarm on what they view is a lack of transparency around the federal government’s spending and fiscal outlook.
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Philippe J. Fournier, creator of the poll analysis website 338Canada, said that while all three races will be interesting to watch, there is no doubt in his mind Chicoutimi—Le Fjord will be the most compelling on Aug. 31. @nationalpost.bsky.social nationalpost.com/news/this-qu...
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Why this Quebec byelection is the race to watch next month
Two other by-elections will take place in the Toronto riding of Beaches—East York and in the B.C. riding of North Vancouver—Capilano.
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
While Canadians have been focused on Donald Trump hounding them about becoming the “51st state” and squeezing their cross-border trade, the U.S. president has been quietly fiddling around with the rules for waters along the Canada-U.S. border. nationalpost.com/news/what-tr...
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What Trump's tinkering around with water at the Canadian border could be about
Rollback of a Boundary Waters mining moratorium raises questions about whether Trump's pressure campaign could extend to water agreements.
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 19/07/2026
The Liberal government has yet to say whether it plans to extend Canada’s ban on foreign homebuyers — even as internal briefing notes warned time is running short to renew the policy before the ban expires. #cdnpoli
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Liberals won’t say if foreign homebuyer ban will be extended as renewal window narrows
If the government does nothing, Canada's ban, which first came into force in 2023, will sunset automatically on Jan. 1, 2027.
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Wildfires in Minnesota are also contributing to the smoke. But midwestern Republicans are ignoring the latter, preferring to point threateningly at Canada, issuing warnings and aiming to introduce legislation to hold Canada accountable. nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
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Midwestern Republicans blame Canada, level threats for drifting wildfire smoke
“FINAL WARNING TO CANADA: Manage your forests to prevent these fires. American lungs are paying the price for Canadian inaction,” one wrote.
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
This is the "luxury" meal we were served on the PM's plane heading to the NATO Summit in Turkey last week. torontosun.com/news/nationa...
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Observers told @nationalpost.bsky.social that a confluence of factors, from U.S. tariffs to Iran’s seizure of the Strait of Hormuz, had sharply exposed fragilities in global trade and energy security, prompting the Carney government to recalibrate its thinking. nationalpost.com/news/carney-...
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Carney was iffy on a pipeline. Now his government's building one itself. Here's what changed his mind
Private proponents had given up on building just as Asian buyers were pressing Carney for oil and a new Gulf crisis exposed global fragility
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Mark Carney has no intention of reviving a Liberal caucus in the Senate but is prepared to beef up Conservative ranks in the upper chamber, the government’s representative in the Senate Pierre Moreau tells @nationalpost.bsky.social nationalpost.com/news/politic...
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Carney may name more Conservative senators to beef up ranks, says Liberal Senate representative
Conservatives received over 41 per cent of votes in the last election and their voice in the Senate cannot wither away , Pierre Moreau said.
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney missed a huge opportunity in Saudi Arabia last week to advocate for human rights, said the son of a Saudi dissident unable to leave the country to join his family in Canada. “I was very disappointed,” said Tirad Badawi. nationalpost.com/news/mark-ca...
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'Monumental failure': Captive Saudi dissident's son says Carney let down human rights during visit
"I was very disappointed,” said Raif's son, Tirad Badawi. “Canadians want their prime minister to raise the issue of human rights even more"
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
For business people such as Skinner Buksevics, the managing director of Painted Rock Estate Winery in Penticton, B.C., it’s a mystery what happened to all that momentum from a year ago. Story by Simon Tuck @nationalpost.bsky.social nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
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Mark Carney vowed free trade within Canada by this month. It's still not happening
The One Canadian Economy Act last June promised to remove the federal portion of internal barriers by July 1, 2026.
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Canadians may have caught FIFA World Cup fever, that doesn’t mean that Canada Revenue Agency employees can jury rig a TV antenna to an office television to make sure they don’t miss out on the action. @nationalpost.bsky.social nationalpost.com/news/politic...
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CRA cries foul on employee who brought antenna to work to watch 2018 FIFA World Cup game
Canadians may have caught FIFA World Cup fever, that doesn't mean that CRA employees can jury rig a TV antenna to an office television.
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Canada’s three-way trade pact with the United States and Mexico will undergo annual reviews after the U.S. declined Wednesday to agree to a 16-year extension of the deal in its “current form.” nationalpost.com/news/politic...
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Canada-United States-Mexico trade pact enters annual reviews, after U.S. declines renewal
As Canada turns 159, it prepares to enter a phase where its free trade deal with the U.S. and Mexico could become subject to annual reviews.
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Although Prime Minister Mark Carney usually works to emphasize his government’s differences from that of his predecessor’s, he and Justin Trudeau each touted the importance of connection as the country turned 159. nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
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Battling heat and separatism, Carney and Trudeau each tout strength through 'connection' on Canada Day
Carney usually emphasizes his government's differences from that of his predecessor's, he and Trudeau touted the importance of connection.
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Russian cybercriminals managed to hack into a Quebec municipality’s water treatment plant systems and had the ability to wreak havoc on the crucial infrastructure before getting caught, according to Canada’s cyber spy agency. Great story by @christopher.bsky.social nationalpost.com/news/politic...
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Russian group hacked Quebec water treatment plant, gained access to control pumps and chlorine dosing: CSE
Russian cybercriminals managed to hack into a Quebec municipality's water treatment plant systems.
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Catherine Lévesque @calevesque7.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Defence Minister David McGuinty would not say if an independent Quebec joining NATO and NORAD was realistic or feasible when asked by National Post last week. “Right now we’re consumed with working our way forward in our relationship with the alliances that exist.” nationalpost.com/news/the-pq-...
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The PQ wants an independent Quebec to join NATO or NORAD. Here's why that might be tricky
The PQ is be banking on the idea that the US and the rest of Canada will not want to have a territory the size of Quebec remain undefended.
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