Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Fri. May 9th, 2025
May 9, 2025
Pete Hoekstra, the new U.S. Ambassador to Canada, says the ‘51st State’ conversation is behind us. He set the record straight during a recent interview with the National Post. However, he also wouldn’t consider this week’s meeting between Carney and Trump as a total reset of the relationship, adding that things have been ‘rocky’ as of late. Kristy Cameron digs deeper with David Cohen in Hour 1. He was America's Ambassador to Canada during the Biden administration. Then, we continue the conversation with CFRA's Andrew Pinsent. But first, we bring you up to speed on today's top headlines, as Canada's new Prime Minister prepares to unveil his new Cabinet on Tuesday.
Unpublished Newswire
Good morning. Canada is about to shell out a lot more on defence, army personnel and U.S.-made fighter jets – more on that below, along with a G7 invite for MBS and FEMA’s upcoming phase-out. But first:Today’s headlinesCanada and four Western allies sanction two Israeli lawmakers for inciting ‘extremist violence’U.S. cities brace for more protests as parts of L.A. are placed under curfewPublic servants paid ArriveCan’s main contractor GCStrategies without ensuring the work was done, the Auditor-General findsA defence lawyer in the Hockey Canada trial asserts the complainant exaggerated...
June 11, 2025 - 07:00 | Danielle Groen | The Globe and Mail
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June 11, 2025 - 06:30 | Pat Kane | Walrus
A majority of Canadians reject the idea they live on stolen Indigenous land, and the older people are, the more likely they are to say they don’t, according to a new public opinion poll.
Among all respondents across Canada, 52 per cent said they did not live on stolen Indigenous land, with 27 per cent saying they do. The remaining 21 per cent said they didn’t know or declined to answer.
Notably, there was a significant generational divide among those who answered
the national opinion survey...
June 11, 2025 - 06:00 | Adrian Humphreys | National Post
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