Today’s highlights:
Carney announces steel tariffs
Carney says softwood deal a top priority
The latest on Poilievre’s by-election
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Front & centre
Carney promises to curb non-U.S. steel imports as domestic industry signals distress | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to further crack down on the amount of cheap, foreign steel entering the Canadian market, as the industry continues to be clobbered by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
Carney to meet with First Nations today on major projects legislation | Canadian Press
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet today with First Nations leaders about his government's controversial major projects legislation.
A trade deal with the U.S. could include lumber quotas, Carney says | Global News
Speaking at an event in Hamilton, Ontario, Prime Minister Mark Carney said that lumber quotas may be included in a new trade deal with the United States.
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The rundown
Pierre Poilievre’s safe seat isn’t so safe after all | National Observer
The Conservative leader clearly thinks the byelection in Battle River-Crowfoot is going to be a cakewalk. His opponents have other ideas.
'This is a scam': Poilievre wants rules changed to stop long ballot protests | CBC News
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he wants Canada’s election laws changed to prevent long ballot protests — as he is set to face another one next month.
Did federal workers cost Poilievre his job? Top union boss says it's more about Trump | CBC News
A major union leader says Pierre Poilievre’s claim that he lost his seat because of his pledge to cut the public service is “simplistic” and should also be attributed to voters linking the Conservative leader to U.S. President Donald Trump.
Income inequality hit record high at start of 2025, Statistics Canada says | CBC News
The gap between the country’s highest- and lowest-income households reached a record high in the first quarter of 2025, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.
Defence spending will lift Canada's economy, but not out of a recession: report | Business News | Canadian Press
OTTAWA - Ottawa's ramped up defence-spending plans will give the economy a lift, but not enough to save it from a recession, a newly released report forecasts.
Trump disavows "PAST supporters" who believed "Jeffrey Epstein Hoax" | Axios
Trump claimed Democrats' "new SCAM is what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax."
Off the beaten path
🗣️ For my fellow Parks and Recreation fans:
That’s all for today. We’ll be back tomorrow with more.
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