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Rio Times · USA & Canada Intelligence Brief October 16, 2026 — Alberta advance turnout hits 174,532 as Carney frames unity vote as existential; Ottawa shifts to security language on trade; Calgary mourns three dead in transit collision. The post USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — Friday, October 16, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Sources added that PM Modi will be visiting U.S. for the G20 summit from December 13 to December 15, 2026
Canada's Foreign Minister Anita Anand says Canada’s relationship with India has “most definitely” improved after years of strain. Speaking with Bloomberg's Yvonne Man on the sideline of 2026 Bloomberg New Economy Forum in New Delhi, Anand said the two sides are working toward a comprehensive economic partnership agreement by the end of the year. (Source: Bloomberg)
Rio Times · USA & Canada Intelligence Brief October 14, 2026 — Canadian health institutions demand funding certainty while Alberta's court rules federal law unconstitutional; Washington braces for inflation data that could sharpen the pre-midterm economic fight. The post USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — Wednesday, October 14, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
The two Prime Ministers had a phone call as senior Canadian Ministers are in Delhi for talks; India steps up its middle power engagement
Rio Times · USA & Canada Intelligence Brief October 12, 2026 — A federal judge orders a halt to taxpayer-funded Trump advertisements; Pierre Poilievre prepares a Detroit trip to sell a tariff-free auto pact; firearms from the Belleville synagogue attack are traced to the United States. The post USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — Monday, October 12, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Canada's budget watchdog says the NATO 5% pledge means US$112 billion of core defence spending in 2035-36, with US$44 billion added to the deficit. The post Canada’s NATO Path Needs US$112 Billion by 2035 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Canada will not allow medically assisted suicide for people whose only condition is mental illness, the justice minister said on Wednesday, seeking to close debate on one of the country’s most controversial healthcare issues. Canada legalised assisted dying for those at the end of life in 2016. The right was extended to those suffering from serious and incurable illnesses in 2021, even if death was not “reasonably foreseeable”. Initially, Canada was to allow assisted death regardless of...
Rio Times · USA & Canada Intelligence Brief October 5, 2026 — Quebec votes on a possible 2029 sovereignty referendum; Parliament returns to Bill C-39 and a stalled trade file; Six Nations opens a land and trust-funds trial in Toronto. The post USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — Monday, October 5, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
If you want to understand how Washington exercises power in the world, watch what it does when its closest allies try to deepen ties with each other. When EU chief Ursula von der Leyen proposed making Canada the European Union’s first-ever “associate member”, US President Donald Trump’s response was swift and blunt: “If they do that, if I think it’s at all a hostile act, I will put very serious tariffs or stop trading with Europe, on many things.” He called the idea “laughable” and Canada –...
Rio Times · USA & Canada Intelligence Brief September 29, 2026 — US import bans on nearly US$1 billion of Canadian alcohol, dairy and motorcycles took effect at 12:01 a.m.; Trump denies offering Iran sanctions relief, saying he offered 'nothing'; Rubio warns Cuba not to wait out the administration; Canada's producers pivot domestic while conceding provincial barriers; Treasury yields sit near two-decade highs with the Gulf unpriced. The post USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — Tuesday, September 29, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Amid discussions in India regarding diversification of its energy sources, Jaishankar also met Venezuela Foreign Minister Felix Plasencia Gonzalez on the UNGA sidelines
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — Friday, 25 September 2026 The Capitol in Washington. The Senate refused by fifty votes to forty-nine to order the fighting in Iran stopped, with four Republicans crossing and one Democrat… The post USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — Friday, September 25, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Canada pledges 100 million Canadian dollars ($71m) for Palestinians as UK and France urge action on Israeli settlements.
President Emmanuel Macron arrived in the French territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon for talks with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday, weeks after President Donald Trump posted an image showing the islands covered by the US flag. Macron’s visit to the archipelago off Canada’s Atlantic coast is the first there by a French president since 2014 and comes as Canada seeks closer ties with the European Union amid an increasingly acrimonious trade war with the United States. Saint Pierre...
President Emmanuel Macron embarks on a rare and symbolic visit to a remote French territory in the North Atlantic on Saturday, hosting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at a time of growing tensions with Washington. This comes after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed making Canada the EU’s first associate member. Analysis by Guillaume Lavoie, associate member of the Raoul-Dandurand chair in strategic and diplomatic studies.