"The national security pretext is absurd, and frankly insulting to Canadians, the closest and strongest ally the United States has had," said Canada's foreign minister in Quebec.
As quick as the visit from President Trump has been, it has also been a whirlwind of astonishing actions by the leader of the world’s most powerful nation.
The tense G7 summit in Quebec ended with a dramatic thud Saturday, when minutes after Canada released the text of a joint statement signed by all leaders, U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew his nation's support in a tweet.
IKEA moved to ban single-use plastics on Friday as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kicked off the G7 summit in Quebec where he is pushing for a charter to reduce plastic waste pollution in the world's oceans.
Expecting protests in Quebec City during the G7 Summit in Charlevoix, authorities beefed up security with an army of 8,000 security officers from municipal, provincial and federal police forces. But the protests were rather small and tame, compared to what has been seen at previous gatherings of world leaders.
Asked how long he thinks it will take to fulfill a campaign trail pledge to extricate Ontario from its cap and trade system for controlling emissions and how much it will cost, Premier-designate Doug Ford instead started talking about how he thought it would be hard for him to pick out a cabinet because of the strength of his team.
Kathleen Wynne hopes the seven Liberals who were elected Thursday night can secure official party status in the Ontario legislature. She'll hand the reigns to her successor Doug Ford June 29.
Andrea Horwath says it's a "new beginning" for the Ontario NDP, now the province's official Opposition party after Doug Ford's Progressive Conservatives won a majority government.
'No,' came the blunt response from McKenna, speaking to reporters at the G7 summit in Quebec, on the first day of the two-day summit of advanced industrialized nations.
Ford isn’t a stable politician in a solid party, writes Nora Loreto. The party has deep divisions that can be exploited by progressive social activists.
