Canada’s US Tariff Retreat Has Not Bought Tariff Relief
Canada has already given the US part of what it wanted by rolling back billions of dollars in retaliatory duties, but the Trump administration is now signaling that even a revised North American trade deal may not restore the old bargain of tariff-free access. That is the pressure point heading into the 2026 CUSMA review. […]
The Battle For Trump’s Heir: Vance Vs. Rubio
An X post alleged that President Donald Trump has been exploring ways to force Vice President JD Vance out after the vice president supposedly leaked information Trump disliked. The post cited an unnamed person said to work at “JPM,” but provided no documents, named officials, White House confirmation, or corroborating reporting. That matters because the […]
Netherlands Blocks US Takeover of Company Behind National Digital ID System Over Data Sovereignty Fears
The Dutch government has blocked American IT firm Kyndryl from acquiring Solvinity — the company that operates DigiD, the Netherlands’ national digital identity platform — in the first-ever US acquisition blocked by the country’s Bureau for Investment Screening. The deal was valued at roughly €100 million. State Secretary Willemijn Aerdts of Economic Affairs issued the […]
Conservative MP Pushes Liberals On India Political Interference Gap
Canada has a foreign-interference law on the books, an intelligence agency still naming India as a major threat actor, and a political fight over why the public registry meant to expose foreign influence is not yet doing that work. That implementation gap is now the sharper edge of the India file. Conservative MP Michael Chong […]
Pam Bondi Diagnosed With Thyroid Cancer Weeks After Being Fired as Attorney General
Pam Bondi, 60, was diagnosed with thyroid cancer shortly after President Trump dismissed her as U.S. Attorney General, a private health battle that played out in near-total silence even as her career in government came to an abrupt public end, Axios reported. Bondi underwent treatment and is recovering. The diagnosis only surfaced after she left […]
Paramount Pushes Back As Mississauga Drops Arena Name In A $1.6M Fight
Mississauga is trying to recover $1.6 million from a former arena sponsor at the same time it needs to protect the commercial value of the same venue for the next sponsor. The city-owned Paramount Fine Foods Centre will lose its name on June 1, 2026, after Mississauga ended its arrangement with Paramount Fine Foods, the […]
Elon Musk Floats SpaceX-Tesla Merger With Colleagues Ahead of IPO Week
Elon Musk has quietly raised the prospect of merging SpaceX and Tesla with colleagues, according to people familiar with the conversations who declined to be named given the sensitivity of the matter. The timing is pointed: Musk is set to kick off SpaceX’s Nasdaq roadshow this week, taking a company privately valued at $1.25 trillion […]
BP Ousts Chairman Albert Manifold Over Governance Concerns Eight Months Into the Job
BP (NYSE: BP) fired its chairman, Albert Manifold, on Tuesday, less than eight months after appointing him, following what the board described as “serious concerns raised to the board related to important governance standards, oversight and conduct.” The dismissal was unanimous. Senior independent director Amanda Blanc said the board had been “surprised and disappointed to […]
Guilbeault Expected to Resign as MP, Not Just From Liberal Caucus
Steven Guilbeault is going further than anyone expected. The former environment minister confirmed to CTV News that he will resign his seat as a member of Parliament, a step beyond leaving the Liberal caucus, and told the outlet he plans to notify the caucus formally on Wednesday. The distinction matters. Leaving cabinet in November separated […]
Moscow Considers Diesel and Kerosene Export Bans After Drone Strikes Gut Central Russian Refining
Ukrainian drones have knocked six major Russian oil refineries offline in a single month, pulling daily refinery output to an average of 4.69 million barrels. Refining output is at a low not seen since 2009, forcing Moscow to weigh export bans on diesel and kerosene, The Moscow Times reported. The strikes gutted refining across central […]