Canada

The economy is in contraction, facing external trade pressure and internal industrial disruption. The fourth quarter of 2025 saw an unexpected economic contraction, while Trump's trade policy continues to threaten tariffs and disrupt the auto industry. Positive signals are limited to China suspending some agricultural tariffs and Brookfield making an AI-related acquisition.

• 18House votes to overturn Trump's tariffs on Canada
• 7Canadian airlines cancel flights to Cuba due to fuel shortage
• 5China suspends some agricultural tariffs on Canadian goods
• 4Brookfield Buys Chips-for-Rent Firm Ori, Revving Up Bet on AI
• 4Carney Increases E.V. Investments as Trump’s Trade Policy Disrupts Canada’s Auto Industry

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has cemented his control of the party, while Alberta separatists engage with U.S. officials, challenging federal sovereignty. Foreign policy is marked by Trump's warnings against closer ties with China, even as China extends visa-free travel to Canada.

• 2China extends visa-free policy to Canada, UK
• 1Bill Clinton will testify about Epstein. His former inquisitor Ken Starr never had to | CBC News
• 1Reform MP: Debate on president's Ukraine comments should not have been so public or heated

Security is dominated by a single, devastating mass shooting at a high school in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., which left ten people dead. The incident, involving a transgender shooter who also killed family members, has triggered national mourning and raised questions about threat detection, as the suspect was reportedly flagged by OpenAI prior to the attack.

• 24Ten people killed in mass shooting at Canadian high school
• 3School shooting in Canada leaves at least eight dead
• 3Canadian mass killing suspect is 18-year-old transgender woman
• 2Carney, other leaders mourn victims at site of Canada mass shooting
• 2Female shooter kills nine in Canadian school attack

Society is grappling with a crisis in public service provision and rising inter-communal tensions. Thunder Bay has declared homelessness a humanitarian crisis, and national bodies are recommending against coverage for a new Alzheimer's drug while calling for more support for family doctors. Simultaneously, a campaign targeting Jewish summer camps has been condemned as antisemitic, and Scotiabank divested from Elbit Systems following pro-Palestine backlash.

• 3Scotiabank sells Elbit stake after pro-Palestine backlash
• 2Public plans shouldn’t cover new Alzheimer’s drug, Canada’s Drug Agency recommends
• 2Thunder Bay city council declares homelessness a humanitarian crisis
• 2'A Bigoted Litmus Test': Campaign Targeting Jewish Children's Summer Camps in Canada Condemned as Antisemitic
• 2Canada missing climate targets after ‘slackening’ under Carney