The two-day meeting of trade ministers from the world's biggest economies is being held in Milwaukee amid a global trade disruption caused in large part by U.S. President Donald Trump's trade agenda.

What’s happening on (and off) Parliament Hill, plus the news you need to start your day.

Beginning in the 19th century, more than 150,000 Indigenous children in Canada were separated from their families and communities and sent to church-run residential schools where abuse, malnutrition and inadequate health care were rampant.

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Mark Maki says he can see and feel private-sector interest returning, "like old familiar faces are back," after being asked about the limited and conditional interest so far.

Prime Minister Mark Carney made the announcement in Vancouver on Tuesday, days before he's expected to advance a project to build a new pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast.

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A new economic outlook expects non-residential business investment to grow 3.5 per cent in 2027, more than double the 1.6 per cent projected this year, while export growth slows to just 0.3 per cent. 

Canada stands at a crossroads — poised to seize control of its destiny and become a global energy superpower. This should also be the moment when this country finally turns the page on the harsh legacy of colonialism and opens a new chapter in which all the peoples of Canada, especially its First Peoples, will have an equal share in its bounty.

The joint venture participants, Shell, PETRONAS, PetroChina, Mitsubishi Corp. and KOGAS, have spent months working through their own internal approvals for Phase 2.

Carney made the remark in a recent interview with the New York Times, just over a month before the government is required by law to release its immigration levels plan for the next three years.

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service may not have complied with the law when using special powers to gather information, a review by the national spy watchdog has found.

A commission of the regulator found the agreed-to tolls were "just and reasonable." 

The announcement would also come days weeks before Albertans vote in a referendum that could start the process of separating from Canada.

Fractious Canada-U.S. trade relations remain headline news. But what should concern Canadians as much, if not more, is that we’ve fallen further behind our American counterparts on economic results than where we were a quarter century ago.

In this exclusive conversation, Leader of the Official Opposition and Conservative Party of Canada Pierre Poilievre sits down with iPolitics Editor-in-Chief Marco Vigliotti to discuss his priorities for the current sitting of Parliament.

The trade restrictions could prove devastating for the affected industries but are unlikely to significantly undermine Canada's overall economic growth in the near term.

The NDP has deep ties to Canada's labour movement, while the Conservatives have been making political inroads among union members for years. Members of both parties say they plan to go to bat for union members as C-39 makes its way through the House of Commons.

What’s happening on (and off) Parliament Hill, plus the news you need to start your day.

A timely deep dive into parliamentary procedure.

Velocity must become a Canadian military capability. Canada proved we could do that by producing hundreds of Lancaster Mk. X’s at unprecedented speed. We must do it again, before someone else moves faster.

The joint venture participants, Shell, PETRONAS, PetroChina, Mitsubishi Corp. and KOGAS, have spent months working through their own internal approvals for Phase 2.

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The watchdog is examining whether the policies make bargains harder to find, blunt competition among grocers, and put new and discount stores at a disadvantage.

Ukrainian authorities cite what they say are more than 20,651 records of possible unlawful deportations or forcible transfers of Ukrainian children to Russia or Russian-occupied territories of eastern Ukraine.

Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty says a new housing strategy will be unveiled later this year.

The only way out of this standoff is to secure a predictable, rules-based agreement that provides the long-term certainty needed to make investments, create jobs and strengthen North American competitiveness in an increasingly uncertain global marketplace. 

Smith's four proposals, three of which would likely require the support of seven legislatures representing over half of Canada's population (known as the 7/50 rule) and Parliament to implement, are among 10 questions she's putting to Albertans on Oct. 19.

What’s happening on (and off) Parliament Hill, plus the news you need to start your day.

Bains, a former federal cabinet minister, is seen as one of the frontrunners in the race, which will conclude in November and comes as the governing PCs have seen some of their weakest poll numbers in recent years. 

A look ahead at the week in federal politics.

“I think that we should have national trucking regulations that are signed on to by all provinces to simplify the movement of those goods,” Poilievre told iPolitics. 

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Dunleavy made his remarks in an onstage discussion at the Global Business Forum in Banff, Alta., days after Prime Minister Mark Carney told the New York Times that his government has studied the "extreme tail risk" of U.S.-led military action in Canada. 

The latest from the federal lobbyist registry.

iPolitics is looking at who might get the call up to cabinet should the PM make a change, with a specific focus on backbench MPs that fit the mould of a "Carney Liberal" — a business or finance background, centrist politics, and a record free of controversy.

The Atlantic Economic Panel — made up of seven well-known executives and entrepreneurs  — released a report Friday that they say could serve as a guide for the economic transformation of the four provinces by 2035.

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The federal government is exploring a policy framework that would let Canadian companies sell verified carbon credits into foreign carbon markets.

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The plant was announced in 2023, with the federal government committing $700 million in upfront capital costs to build the factory and Ontario kicking in $500 million.

Dabrusin says ending the 2025 law's sunset clause will draw long-term investment; the Bloc MP behind the expiry date says he never thought Liberals — now with a majority — would "dare" revisit C-5

The Liberals under Prime Minister Mark Carney introduced a new budget framework that divides spending between day-to-day operating expenses and measures to stimulate capital investment.

This week's roundup for staffing changes on Parliament Hill.

The funding would help the network build partnerships with federal departments on employment and skills training, housing and infrastructure, youth development and emergency preparedness. 

Just as he failed to disclose the text of the draft trade agreement with the US which his negotiators walked away from at the eleventh hour, Carney will not explain what Canada intends to do with its relationship to the EU.

Here’s what the activist media is reporting on this week.

Marco Vigliotti is joined by Michel Breau (Wellington Dupont Public Affairs) and Jeff Rutledge (Vantage Canada) to unpack Bill C-39, Canada’s relationship with the EU, and the opportunities and challenges that could come with closer ties.

What’s on the agenda for the House and Senate committees today.

The New York Times report said Carney disclosed that he and Trump speak "frequently" even after trade talks collapsed, something the prime minister has said multiple times in recent weeks.