Spencer Van Dyk

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson joked there may be a place for Canada in the European Union to join “like-minded” nations as “the most Nordic country in the world outside the Nordics.”

In a letter to his counterparts in the United States and Mexico, Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc says he wants to renew the countries’ trilateral trade deal for another 16 years and opt out of an annual review process.

Liberal Caucus Chair James Maloney is vehemently denying the prime minister has a caucus management problem, pushing back on reporting from this week citing unnamed Liberal MPs accusing Mark Carney of being dismissive of the concerns they were raising, and yelling.

Former prime minister Jean Chretien says while he’s “not too worried” about the independence movement in Alberta and fall referendum with a question on separation, he would caution officials against being too complacent with the issue.

Canadian Identity and Culture Minister Marc Miller insists the federal government will not capitulate to the U.S. administration and back down on the legislation he says is aimed at protecting children from the potential harms of the internet.

Joy Nott, partner on trade and customs at KPMG, joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss CUSMA and Canada-U.S. trade talks.

Defence Minister David McGuinty is not ruling out a mixed fleet for Canada’s fighter jets, as the protracted review into the purchase of American-made F-35s drags on and Sweden’s Saab Gripens remain on the table.

Justice Minister Sean Fraser speaks about medical assistance in dying being extended to people with a sole underlying condition of mental illness.

Justice Minister and Attorney General Sean Fraser says he’s not ruling anything out, ahead of a report set to be tabled Wednesday on whether to delay expanding medical assistance in dying to people whose sole condition is mental illness.

OTTAWA – With little more than a week before the July 1 deadline to either renew or review the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement, U.S.