{"id":17071,"date":"2026-04-23T22:14:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/17071\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T22:14:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:14:21","slug":"afternoon-front-page-carney-criticizes-diplomats-english-only-invitation-b-c-law-could-halt-nation-building-projects-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/17071\/","title":{"rendered":"Afternoon front page: Carney criticizes diplomat\u2019s English-only invitation; B.C. law could halt nation-building projects; and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s Thursday, April 23. Here are the top stories we\u2019re following today.<\/p>\n

Mark Carney \u2018disappointed\u2019 by U.S. ambassador\u2019s English-only invite<\/p>\n

Mark Wiseman, a friend of the prime minister\u2019s who became Canada\u2019s top diplomat in Washington in February, sent an invitation to members of the House of Commons foreign affairs committee inviting them to a reception. Some Quebec MPs are angry that the invitation was not also in French.<\/p>\n

Read the story<\/a><\/p>\n

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British Columbia\u2019s Premier David Eby speaks to journalists before attending a First Ministers Meeting in Ottawa, Ontario Jan.29, 2026.<\/p>\n

The B.C. law that can stop Carney\u2019s nation-building projects<\/p>\n

Canada is the only country that constitutionally affirmed Aboriginal and treaty rights then also effectively gave First Nations a veto over development on claimed territory through the UN declaration on Indigenous rights, an Aboriginal law expert says.<\/p>\n

Read the story<\/a><\/p>\n

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Prime Minister Mark Carney attends an event at a construction site in Ottawa on Thursday, April 23, 2026.<\/p>\n

Amy Hamm: If Canada doesn\u2019t improve, I don\u2019t expect my children to stay<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Liberals have proven, for more than a decade under both Trudeau, and now Carney, that they will not correct what ails Canada. They caused it. And they intend to keep things this way,\u201d Hamm argues.<\/p>\n

Read the column<\/a><\/p>\n

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A group of activists at \u201cProtect Trans Kids\u201d protest at the Human Rights Monument in Ottawa on Oct. 21, 2023.<\/p>\n

Adam Zivo: So much for \u2018life-saving\u2019 gender affirming care<\/p>\n

\u201cA new Finnish study suggests that \u2018gender affirming care\u2019 doesn\u2019t actually improve the mental health of trans-identifying youth, and may, in fact, significantly worsen it,\u201d Zivo writes. \u201cThis is certainly vindicating for skeptics who want to restrict access to this treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read the column<\/a><\/p>\n

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The shooting death of Caltech astrophysicist Carl Grillmair, originally from Calgary, has become embroiled in an FBI investigation to determine if it\u2019s connected to the deaths, murders and disappearances of others linked to the nuclear, space, and aerospace research communities.<\/p>\n

Canadian astrophysicist among dead and missing scientists at the centre of U.S. probe<\/p>\n

A conspiracy theory that suggests a sinister link between the deaths, murders and disappearances of at least 10 individuals with ties to the U.S. scientific community \u2014 including Canadian Carl Grillmair \u2014 has become the focus of a multi-agency investigation.<\/p>\n

Read the story<\/a><\/p>\n

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Chips, an 11-year-old border collie mix, lives with his family in Toronto.<\/p>\n

Dogs have taken over every aspect of our lives. Is that good for humans?<\/p>\n

There are over 8 million dogs in Canada. We kiss them, let them sleep in our beds and spend billions on pricey pet products. Welcome to Dog Nation.<\/p>\n

Read the story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Thursday, April 23. Here are the top stories we\u2019re following today. Mark Carney \u2018disappointed\u2019 by U.S. ambassador\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[111,4775],"class_list":{"0":"post-17071","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mark-carney","8":"tag-mark-carney","9":"tag-mark-wiseman"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}