https://canadanext.blog/Canadian politics, policy and global affairs: Daily Brief, videos and analysis.en-cahttps://canadanext.blog/videos/trumps-50-tariff-on-ontario-goat-cheese-gave-mariposa-dairy-six-days/https://canadanext.blog/videos/trumps-50-tariff-on-ontario-goat-cheese-gave-mariposa-dairy-six-days/VideoMon, 09 Nov 2026 09:00:36 -0500A 16-year trade deal, a law that calls for 30 days' warning, and 200 goat farms are at stake as Mariposa loses about $1 million a week.https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-09-am/https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-09-am/Daily BriefMon, 09 Nov 2026 07:35:02 -0500Cabinet ministers are touring the country to promote the federal budget, while Ottawa is poised to finalize a trade deal with the Philippines and G7 talks open in Paris.https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-08-pm/https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-08-pm/Daily BriefSun, 08 Nov 2026 17:35:02 -0500Finance minister defends budget, rejects criticism of fiscal record; Canada's manufacturing PMI slips into contraction territory; Republican midterm losses as Americans in Canada hope for mended tieshttps://canadanext.blog/videos/canada-targets-plywood-and-paperboard-in-tariff-fight-aimed-at-american/https://canadanext.blog/videos/canada-targets-plywood-and-paperboard-in-tariff-fight-aimed-at-american/VideoSun, 08 Nov 2026 17:00:22 -0500Ottawa's counter-tariffs were built to land on American voters' bills, and a Michigan coalition and some Republican candidates then pushed back on the trade war.https://canadanext.blog/analysis/joly-sends-stelco-owners-testimony-to-competition-bureau-testing/https://canadanext.blog/analysis/joly-sends-stelco-owners-testimony-to-competition-bureau-testing/AnalysisSun, 08 Nov 2026 10:35:02 -0500By turning the Cleveland-Cliffs chief executive's own words into a competition question, Ottawa is testing whether Canada can hold foreign buyers of its industrial assets to more than their payroll promises.https://canadanext.blog/videos/quebecs-award-winning-cheese-caught-in-washingtons-50-tariff-fight-with/https://canadanext.blog/videos/quebecs-award-winning-cheese-caught-in-washingtons-50-tariff-fight-with/VideoSun, 08 Nov 2026 09:00:02 -0500Washington's cheese tariffs are hitting American importers and Wisconsin dairy farms, while Canada answers at half the rate and keeps supply management intact.https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-08-am/https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-08-am/Daily BriefSun, 08 Nov 2026 07:35:02 -0500Finance Minister Champagne defended the budget's deficit record as Poilievre criticized its capital gains exemption. U.S. trade questions, tariffs and rising flu cases also featured.https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-07-pm/https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-07-pm/Daily BriefSat, 07 Nov 2026 17:35:02 -0500Premier Moe praises federal budget as Poilievre criticises Carney; Aid groups criticise federal budget for omitting foreign aid; Experts explain budget's effects on businesses, debt and investmentshttps://canadanext.blog/videos/cleveland-cliffs-four-year-american-steel-contracts-leave-hamilton-out/https://canadanext.blog/videos/cleveland-cliffs-four-year-american-steel-contracts-leave-hamilton-out/VideoSat, 07 Nov 2026 17:06:57 -0500Ottawa's Stelco deadline lapsed on the same Friday 12,000 American steelworkers won four-year contracts, leaving Hamilton's laid-off workers to rely on federal undertakings.https://canadanext.blog/videos/wayne-gretzky-backs-mark-carneys-move-to-keep-russias-junior-hockey/https://canadanext.blog/videos/wayne-gretzky-backs-mark-carneys-move-to-keep-russias-junior-hockey/VideoSat, 07 Nov 2026 10:34:14 -0500Ottawa's decision to keep Russia's junior team out of the World Juniors now has backing from Wayne Gretzky, whose close ties to Donald Trump make the endorsement notable.https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-07-am/https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-07-am/Daily BriefSat, 07 Nov 2026 07:35:02 -0500The federal budget dominated the day, with Mark Carney and ministers touring the country to promote it while Quebec's PQ government criticized it. Canada-U.S. trade talks and new U.S. sanctions on Canadian firms also featured.https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-06-pm/https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-06-pm/Daily BriefFri, 06 Nov 2026 17:35:02 -0500Carney's federal budget and new immigration levels plan led Friday's news, with the Conservatives challenging both. Trade, the Stelco deal and a third month of job losses also drew attention.https://canadanext.blog/videos/cleveland-cliffs-told-congress-it-blocked-stelco-from-american-market/https://canadanext.blog/videos/cleveland-cliffs-told-congress-it-blocked-stelco-from-american-market/VideoFri, 06 Nov 2026 16:41:23 -0500Ottawa has asked the competition watchdog to examine whether Cleveland-Cliffs bought Stelco in bad faith, with layoffs and Canada's foreign investment promises at stake.https://canadanext.blog/videos/canadas-oil-windfall-funds-1421-billion-budget-bet-on-independence-from/https://canadanext.blog/videos/canadas-oil-windfall-funds-1421-billion-budget-bet-on-independence-from/VideoFri, 06 Nov 2026 09:03:44 -0500At stake is whether Ottawa's oil windfall can buy real independence from Washington or simply add to a rising federal debt.https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-06-am/https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-06-am/Daily BriefFri, 06 Nov 2026 07:35:02 -0500Budget 2026 dominated Friday's federal news, with Ottawa projecting a steady deficit decline. Canada also heads back into trade talks with the United States, and the Bank of Canada kept its two per cent inflation target.https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-05-pm/https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-05-pm/Daily BriefThu, 05 Nov 2026 17:35:02 -0500Ottawa's second Carney budget, tabled Thursday, sets out $142.1 billion in new spending alongside immigration, homelessness and infrastructure measures. Trade developments with the European Union and the United States also drew attention.https://canadanext.blog/videos/carney-says-russia-will-not-compete-at-world-juniors-after-court-ruling/https://canadanext.blog/videos/carney-says-russia-will-not-compete-at-world-juniors-after-court-ruling/VideoThu, 05 Nov 2026 16:54:35 -0500A sports court ordered Russia back into international hockey, but Ottawa is using its border to keep Russian teams out of the World Juniors in Alberta.https://canadanext.blog/videos/american-congressman-jamie-raskin-sets-100-day-goal-to-end-canadas/https://canadanext.blog/videos/american-congressman-jamie-raskin-sets-100-day-goal-to-end-canadas/VideoThu, 05 Nov 2026 09:00:36 -0500Every tariff now hitting Canada rests on laws Congress wrote, which could give a new Democratic majority real leverage to end them.https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-05-am/https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-05-am/Daily BriefThu, 05 Nov 2026 07:35:02 -0500Ottawa tables its Budget 2026 on Thursday, while Democrats take control of both chambers of Congress, a result that shapes the context for Canada's trade talks. Canada also extended its trade agreement with China to late 2028.https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-04-pm/https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-04-pm/Daily BriefWed, 04 Nov 2026 17:35:02 -0500Democrats took control of both chambers of the U.S. Congress in the midterms, prompting a cautious response in Ottawa. Meanwhile, Thursday's federal budget is taking shape and Prime Minister Mark Carney is preparing for four global summits.https://canadanext.blog/videos/trumps-veto-hat-follows-democratic-sweep-as-ottawa-and-ontario-react/https://canadanext.blog/videos/trumps-veto-hat-follows-democratic-sweep-as-ottawa-and-ontario-react/VideoWed, 04 Nov 2026 17:00:24 -0500Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress, and Canada must decide how hard to press Washington on tariffs before a Carney–Trump meeting in China.https://canadanext.blog/videos/carney-says-washington-has-dropped-demand-limiting-canadas-other-trade/https://canadanext.blog/videos/carney-says-washington-has-dropped-demand-limiting-canadas-other-trade/VideoWed, 04 Nov 2026 09:00:34 -0500Canada walked away from talks over a clause limiting its trade deals with other countries; Carney now says it is off the table, though nothing is signed.https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-04-am/https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-04-am/Daily BriefWed, 04 Nov 2026 07:35:02 -0500Democrats won control of Congress in the U.S. midterms, and Prime Minister Carney says trade talks with Washington have intensified. Budget 2026 preparations and debate over Bill C-39 also feature in today's edition.https://canadanext.blog/videos/collins-trails-troy-jackson-as-trumps-canada-tariffs-shape-maine-senate/https://canadanext.blog/videos/collins-trails-troy-jackson-as-trumps-canada-tariffs-shape-maine-senate/VideoTue, 03 Nov 2026 17:43:48 -0500Maine voters decide one of America's closest Senate races as Canadian heating oil, timber and power, plus new tariffs, sit at the centre of the contest.https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-03-pm/https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-03-pm/Daily BriefTue, 03 Nov 2026 17:35:02 -0500Ottawa's federal budget is due Thursday, with an updated immigration levels plan included. Meanwhile, the Bank of Canada, Alberta's new electoral map and Canada's trade talks with the U.S. are drawing political and economic attention.https://canadanext.blog/videos/europe-has-not-rejected-canada-what-associate-membership-means-and/https://canadanext.blog/videos/europe-has-not-rejected-canada-what-associate-membership-means-and/VideoTue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:35 -0500Whether Canada can deepen its ties with Europe depends on a formal title that 27 governments must approve, while existing programs already give Canada a working role.https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-03-am/https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-03-am/Daily BriefTue, 03 Nov 2026 07:35:02 -0500The Liberal government plans to table its 2026 budget Thursday, while Americans vote in midterm elections that Canadians are watching. Trade talks with the United States are being revived.https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-02-pm/https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-02-pm/Daily BriefMon, 02 Nov 2026 17:35:02 -0500Today's reports centre on the federal budget due Thursday, a renewed push on U.S. trade talks, and Carney's trip to Commonwealth meetings, alongside a contested Alberta electoral map.https://canadanext.blog/videos/us-commerce-secretary-lutnick-revives-canada-trade-talks-after-august/https://canadanext.blog/videos/us-commerce-secretary-lutnick-revives-canada-trade-talks-after-august/VideoMon, 02 Nov 2026 17:00:09 -0500Washington's return to the table could shape steel, aluminum and auto tariffs, with 175 Stelco layoffs in Hamilton riding on the outcome.https://canadanext.blog/videos/trumps-iowa-promises-on-canadian-dairy-tariffs-and-keystone-meet-bill-c/https://canadanext.blog/videos/trumps-iowa-promises-on-canadian-dairy-tariffs-and-keystone-meet-bill-c/VideoMon, 02 Nov 2026 09:00:16 -0500Trump told Iowa farmers they would pay no Canadian dairy tariffs and that Canada would fund Keystone, but a Canadian law limits what Ottawa can promise.https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-02-am/https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-02-am/Daily BriefMon, 02 Nov 2026 07:35:02 -0500Prime Minister Mark Carney is travelling to the Commonwealth meeting this week with trade as a priority, while Canada and the U.S. appear to be making progress toward a new trade deal.https://canadanext.blog/videos/trump-and-carney-discuss-steel-and-auto-trade-deal-after-august-collapse/https://canadanext.blog/videos/trump-and-carney-discuss-steel-and-auto-trade-deal-after-august-collapse/VideoSun, 01 Nov 2026 17:46:12 -0500With a January 1 auto tariff increase to 50 percent on the table, Carney's post sets out Canada's red lines for a steel and autos deal.https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-01-pm/https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-01-pm/Daily BriefSun, 01 Nov 2026 17:35:02 -0500Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada and the U.S. will outline a trade plan in coming weeks, while Pierre Poilievre urges fiscal restraint before the budget. Six federal by-elections are set for December 7.https://canadanext.blog/videos/us-ambassador-warns-canada-could-be-blamed-if-republicans-lose-midterms/https://canadanext.blog/videos/us-ambassador-warns-canada-could-be-blamed-if-republicans-lose-midterms/VideoSun, 01 Nov 2026 09:00:40 -0500Washington's tariff fight with Ottawa is now shaping Senate races in Maine and Michigan, with Canadian trade becoming a campaign issue before the November 3 vote.https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-01-am/https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-11-01-am/Daily BriefSun, 01 Nov 2026 07:35:01 -0500Cleveland-Cliffs will retain Stelco amid a jobs dispute; Poilievre lays out demands ahead of budget; Canada backs AI firm in push to strengthen digital sovereigntyhttps://canadanext.blog/videos/trumps-canada-tariff-war-backfires-according-to-a-top-us-think-tank/https://canadanext.blog/videos/trumps-canada-tariff-war-backfires-according-to-a-top-us-think-tank/VideoSat, 31 Oct 2026 19:05:55 -0400A Council on Foreign Relations fellow says Washington's ten-to-one size math has failed against Canada, which is still resisting tariffs that others accepted.https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-10-31-pm/https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-10-31-pm/Daily BriefSat, 31 Oct 2026 17:35:01 -0400Canada pursues closer EU ties and associate membership; Canada updates national security framework to prepare for worst cases; U.S. midterm results may not ease Canada-U.S. tensionshttps://canadanext.blog/videos/carney-says-canada-can-wait-for-trumps-successor-to-sign-trade-deal/https://canadanext.blog/videos/carney-says-canada-can-wait-for-trumps-successor-to-sign-trade-deal/VideoSat, 31 Oct 2026 10:03:45 -0400With the November 3rd vote approaching, Carney's refusal to rush a deal raises the stakes for Canada's exports and for Republicans in Maine and Michigan.https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-10-31-am/https://canadanext.blog/brief/2026-10-31-am/Daily BriefSat, 31 Oct 2026 07:35:02 -0400Canada and the European Union closed a Montreal summit with an 'alliance for the future' pact, while Carney says he can wait out Trump's trade war. U.S. midterms may not ease tensions, and the economy shrank 0.7% in January.https://canadanext.blog/videos/europe-calls-canada-its-closest-outside-relationship-ever-despite/https://canadanext.blog/videos/europe-calls-canada-its-closest-outside-relationship-ever-despite/VideoFri, 30 Oct 2026 18:29:26 -0400Brussels dropped the words associate member, yet Mark Carney used them in Montreal, with a June 2027 deadline and Trump's tariff threat looming.