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EU officials criticize Canada over free-trade talks, as Britain’s David...
LOUGH ERNE, Northern Ireland — The Canada-European Union free-trade talks are “really nearly over,” says British Prime Minister David Cameron, but EU officials say Canada is not showing the flexibility...
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Canada protected from U.S. snooping thanks to cozy intelligence relationship
OTTAWA — Canada’s close intelligence-sharing relationship with U.S. spy agencies appears to have spared it from the type of intrusive surveillance that has prompted outrage in Germany, France and other...
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Provocateur, pariah, pawn: Edward Snowden’s legal limbo corrodes Obama’s...
WASHINGTON – Doors are closing on Edward Snowden. As he seeks asylum in 21 countries, the U.S. National Security Agency leaker who keeps on leaking is in perpetual limbo. Russia doesn’t want him. “Mr....
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Canadian man linked to Bulgarian bus bombing
Bulgarian officials have identified two individuals — including a Canadian — who are suspected of involvement in a Hezbollah-linked bus bomb attack that killed five Israeli tourists last summer. The...
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Animal rights groups call for complete ban on gestation crates for pigs
OTTAWA — New rules that would improve conditions for pigs on farms in Canada by heavily restricting the use of controversial “gestation crates” aren’t good enough, animal rights advocates say. But...
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Feds struggling to realize free-trade aspirations, review finds
OTTAWA — The Harper government isn’t putting its money where its mouth is when it comes to free trade, an internal review suggests. The Conservatives have made free trade a central plank of their...
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Obama condemns Egyptian security forces for violence
WASHINGTON — Faced with an escalating cycle of violence in a broken Egypt, U.S. President Barack Obama walked a tightrope between warring sides Thursday as he took a moment from his seaside vacation on...
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Canada-EU trade deal: ‘We are not there as of now,’ Harper says
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Prime Minister Stephen Harper says “very significant gaps” remain in Canada-EU free-trade negotiations, signalling that the already overdue trade pact won’t be completed...
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Stephen Harper urged to ‘fish or cut bait’ on Canada-EU trade negotiations
OTTAWA — Canadian business leaders and trade observers are urging Prime Minister Stephen Harper to “fish or cut bait” on the Canada-EU free-trade negotiations, arguing the deal has a shelf life and is...
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John Manley presses Harper government on Canada-EU free trade talks
OTTAWA — Chief executives of Canada’s largest companies are urging Prime Minister Stephen Harper to quickly conclude Canada-EU free-trade negotiations that are at a “make-or-break point,” and continue...
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Reciprocity proposal threatens Canada’s visa-free access to Europe
OTTAWA — Mexico isn’t the only country growing increasingly irate over Canada’s decision to impose travel visas on its citizens. Last week, the European Parliament voted in favour of a reciprocity...
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Calls grow for ‘rapid conclusion’ to Canada-EU free-trade talks
OTTAWA — Leading business groups from Canada and Europe are collectively calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the head of the European Commission for “a rapid and successful conclusion” to...
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Economy will be throne speech focus, but government’s power to influence it...
OTTAWA — The economy will be the main focus of Wednesday’s throne speech and the Conservative agenda leading up to the 2015 election, but, ironically, it is an area over which the Harper government has...
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Canada expected to lift travel visas for Czech visitors amid reports that...
OTTAWA – Within a matter of weeks, the federal government is expected to lift travel visas for those coming to Canada from the Czech Republic, Postmedia News has learned. Asked about the plan,...
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Six themes highlighted in the 2013 federal throne speech
Here are a few things you need to know about Wednesday’s throne speech. On jobs and the economy: The federal Conservative government promises: –Balanced budget legislation and continuing measures to...
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Alert: Stephen Harper flies to Brussels Thursday to conclude free-trade talks...
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper will travel to Brussels on Thursday to meet with the president of the European Commission to conclude free trade talks with Europe. The trip comes on the heels of...
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Stephen Harper’s European trade deal still needs provincial, parliamentary...
BRUSSELS, Belgium — Prime Minister Stephen Harper has spent more than four years battling for a Canada-EU free-trade deal he is expected to secure on Friday, but he could face another lengthy and...
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Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement is the real consumer charter
So there it is at last: the vision thing. The big idea. The point of it all, after so many years of aimlessly tacking about. This is the real consumer charter, not those silly baubles in the throne...
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Consumer prices expected to drop through Canada-EU trade deal
OTTAWA — Attention Canadian consumer: Phone services, cars, wine and dairy products could get cheaper over the long run under a new trade agreement with Europe — depending on the fine print. But the...
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Some winners and losers in the Canada-Europe trade agreement
OTTAWA – Every free trade deal has winners and losers, and the much-anticipated Canada-European Union is no exception. Potential winners: The agreement, which Prime Minister Stephen Harper said should...
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