• Ukraine's winter warning to Canada: Help us keep the lights on

  Source: CBC Politics
  Date: 2026-09-23 23:30:20.0
  Tags: [National, Ontario, Energy, Infrastructure, Defence]

  Visiting Ukrainian parliamentarians Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze and Oleksandr Merezhko met with federal officials, diplomats, and provincial stakeholders in Ottawa to request financial contributions for electrical transformers and electronic warfare equipment ahead of winter. The delegation is asking the Canadian federal government and provincial governments, including an upcoming meeting with the Government of Ontario, to fund energy grid rebuilding initiatives managed by the European Union's Energy Community. North American-built transformers are incompatible with European infrastructure, making direct financial contributions to European-standard transformer construction essential to counter Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy, water, and sewage systems.

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• Poilievre says Canada will never be ’28th state’ of EU at Ontario rally

  Source: Global News Politics
  Date: 2026-09-20 22:35:49.0
  Tags: [National, Ontario, Trade, Defence, Immigration, Governance]

  Prime Minister Mark Carney is pursuing deeper integration with Europe—including potential associate membership in the European Union proposed by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen—amid ongoing trade tensions with the United States. In response, Conservative Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre criticized the initiative during a rally in Brantford, Ontario, stating Canada will never become the 28th state of the EU and rejecting the adoption of European taxes, laws, and immigration models. Prime Minister Carney stated that any formal partnership agreement will be submitted to the House of Commons for debate and a vote.

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