{"id":171655,"date":"2026-08-17T22:28:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T22:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/171655\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T22:28:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T22:28:17","slug":"afternoon-front-page-carney-dodges-trade-talk-questions-a-history-of-fighting-and-puking-in-parliament-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/171655\/","title":{"rendered":"Afternoon front page: Carney dodges trade talk questions; a history of fighting and puking in Parliament; and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It&#8217;s Monday, August 17. Here are the top stories we&#8217;re following today.<\/p>\n<p>Carney dodges questions on U.S. trade talks but says he&#8217;ll speak to Trump before tariff deadline<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Prime Minister Mark Carney said he plans to speak with U.S. President Donald Trump, as Canada braces for a 50 per-cent tariff set to hit $29 billion worth of Canadian goods in less than two days. But during a press conference in St. John&#8217;s, N.L. on Monday, Carney would not say what a good deal for Canada would look like and described the negotiations with the Americans as very intense and delicate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Read the story;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/carney-dodges-questions-on-u-s-trade-talks-but-says-hell-speak-to-trump-before-tariff-deadline\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Read the story<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney shakes hands with employees at Rio Tinto, a major aluminum smelter in Saguenay Thursday August 6, 2026.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/national_post_articles_198\/5af8e7e18a43bb3b5a4e3e6d1719902e.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney shakes hands with employees at Rio Tinto, a major aluminum smelter in Saguenay Thursday August 6, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Tense&#8217; negotiations result in non-binding Churchill Falls deal that includes massive expansion<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Quebec, Newfoundland and Ottawa announced a deal Monday that would see a massive redevelopment and expansion of the Churchill Falls hydroelectric facility and both provinces set aside a decades-long conflict over electricity prices\u2026 for now. &#8220;After months of occasionally tense but always positive negotiations, we have achieved a rare win-win-win,&#8221; N.L. Premier Wakeham said, calling the original 1969 energy deal between Quebec and his province &#8220;one of the darkest chapters&#8221; of its past.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Read the story;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/politics\/tense-negotiations-result-in-non-binding-churchill-falls-deal-that-includes-massive-expansion\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Read the story<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Anti-Zionist demonstrators protest at McGill University in Montreal in October 2025.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/national_post_articles_198\/6f9fbe0d4f736554b66a042d674c0863.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Anti-Zionist demonstrators protest at McGill University in Montreal in October 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Opinion: Antisemitism on campuses exists, even if some don&#8217;t see it<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The recent Campus Antisemitism and Student Experiences study reveals two things. First, antisemitism is reported widely among Jewish students. Second, a small subgroup for whom Zionism is unimportant, for some reason, is less likely to notice antisemitism on campus. But Jewish students who do not see antisemitism as a serious problem should not negate the experiences of the majority of those who say it is.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Read the story;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/opinion\/opinion-antisemitism-on-campuses-exists-even-if-some-dont-see-it\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Read the story<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"On July 25, Belgian authorities announced the arrest of a &quot;Canadian national of Chinese origin&quot; who was suspected of spying for a third country while working as an intern at NATO's Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), the alliance's central military headquarters.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/national_post_articles_198\/27d7236c5946cb4453e35db027b28b3c.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>On July 25, Belgian authorities announced the arrest of a \u201cCanadian national of Chinese origin\u201d who was suspected of spying for a third country while working as an intern at NATO\u2019s Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), the alliance\u2019s central military headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>House public safety committee to hold special meeting on accused NATO spy<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The House of Commons public safety committee will meet Monday to decide whether to investigate potential security screening failures, after a Canadian woman was arrested in Belgium for allegedly spying on NATO. On July 25, Belgian authorities announced the arrest of a &#8220;Canadian national of Chinese origin&#8221; identified as Biwei &#8220;Claire&#8221; Zhang, a computer science and systems engineering graduate who&#8217;d previously held positions at multiple Canadian federal agencies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Read the story;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/canada\/house-public-safety-committee-special-meeting-accused-nato-spy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Read the story<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Canadian history of drinking, fighting and puking in Parliament: Full Comment podcast<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Detractors like to say that House of Commons decorum has never been worse than it is today, but don&#8217;t be so sure. Charlie Feldman is the author of the new book, &#8220;Unparliamentary: Tales from Canada&#8217;s Colourful Unparliamentary Past.&#8221; He joins Brian Lilley to recount stories of foul-mouthed, rowdy, drunken and altogether misbehaving MPs and senators from Confederation right up to former prime minister Justin Trudeau&#8217;s &#8220;elbowgate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Read the story;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/opinion\/a-canadian-history-of-drinking-fighting-and-puking-in-parliament\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Read the story<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"A Canadian and American flag fly along the border at the Detroit River in Windsor.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/national_post_articles_198\/ea8882aee5e7a43a9963d8cdc9980aa9.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A Canadian and American flag fly along the border at the Detroit River in Windsor.<\/p>\n<p>Most Canadians oppose concessions as response to looming 50% U.S. tariffs: poll<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Canada is just days away from 50 per cent tariffs taking effect on hundreds of exports. But Canadians are divided on what Ottawa&#8217;s response should be, with 36 per cent of respondents in an Abacus Data poll favouring counter-tariffs, even if they raise prices and risk escalation, compared to 30 per cent who want continued negotiations instead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Read the story;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/canada\/most-canadians-oppose-concessions-as-response-to-looming-50-u-s-tariffs-poll\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Read the story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Monday, August 17. Here are the top stories we&#8217;re following today. 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