🇨🇦Week of November 2

De Havilland is getting up to $2.5 billion in federal financing to ramp up production of its water bombers. The company plans to add 1,200 jobs and open a second production line for the new aircraft.123

The funding backs a Canadian-made aircraft that has cornered the world market for water bombers, according to coverage of the announcement. A small TSX-listed supplier could benefit from the expanded production.45

The federal financing package reaches as much as $2.5 billion, and the expansion centres on a second production line for the new water bomber model. The 1,200 added jobs are tied to that ramp-up.312

Quebec Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon has accepted an invitation to meet Prime Minister Mark Carney, ending a standoff that followed the Canada-EU summit in Montreal. The premier's office asked that the meeting be held in Quebec City rather than Ottawa. The clash broke out weeks into St-Pierre Plamondon's tenure, after he boycotted the summit gathering that Carney hosted for European Union leaders.123

Carney said St-Pierre Plamondon had refused an invitation to the summit dinner, stating: "He was invited to the dinner and he refused." The Parti Québécois said Ottawa was muzzling Quebec ahead of the summit, framing a seat dispute as a federal attempt to limit the province's voice at the table. Carney used the Montreal summit to promote European job opportunities for young Quebecers.31

The meeting agreement drew commentary from columnists on both sides of the federal divide. The Montreal Gazette published letters arguing that St-Pierre Plamondon puts his ego before the interests of Quebecers, while the National Post ran a column by Chris Selley asking whether the premier realizes how unpopular he is.45

Alberta's governing UCP has endorsed a proposed redrawn electoral map, and the province plans to expand the legislature to 91 seats under a fast-tracked review. The new boundaries would likely dilute urban voting power, where NDP support is strongest.123

Voter data suggests the new riding map skews seats in Lethbridge, Banff and Calgary toward the UCP. The Alberta NDP won a Calgary byelection, but the next election could be fought on very different boundaries.45

The NDP says the map is rigged, and the proposal has drawn accusations of gerrymandering. The Tyee reports that Premier Danielle Smith faces a court challenge to what it calls a "MAGA gerrymandered" ridings map.167

The Calgary Herald's Braid column calls the boundary plan startling and says it could tip Alberta politics to the UCP. The Globe and Mail reports the map may not tilt the province overall but could help the UCP retain its majority.83

Police said the incident was contained to a single residential unit. The shelter-in-place alert was later lifted, and CityNews Kitchener reported on Thursday that police had "resolved" the order.123

CTV News reported no injuries after the order was issued. CP24 reported that the suspect in an intimate-partner violence incident was found dead in a dorm at the Mississauga campus, according to police.45

President Donald Trump said the United States will stop US$4 billion in funding to Israel at the end of 2026, saying the money is no longer needed. He framed the cut as a shift toward a new deal rather than a break in the relationship.1234

Trump said the aid is being cut off because "they don't need it," according to CNN's account of his remarks. The New York Times reported that he presented the change as a move in favor of a new arrangement with Israel.32

The announcement was made in an Election Day interview, Straight Arrow reported two days after the first accounts. The timing put the aid decision in the same week as the U.S. midterm vote.5

Ontario's Ford government rejected a call from opposition parties for further information on changes to the Ontario Student Assistance Program. The refusal came as the province's handling of OSAP faced criticism over new court documents alleging misuse by select career colleges.12

The ministry alleges that thousands of OSAP applications came from a single IP address. The allegation is set out in court documents filed as the province defends its changes to the student aid program.345

The OSAP pause hit paramedic students, one of whom said she "was gutted" by the disruption. Students and staff at Anderson College in London were also caught up in the fallout.67

Opposition parties plan to pressure the Ford government to reverse the OSAP changes as the legislature resumes. Students at the University of Guelph are set to join a walk-out in protest of the OSAP and tuition changes.89

Western Canada has dropped the twice-yearly clock change, with Manitoba now on what outlets call Manitoba Standard Time. Clocks did not move back an hour, and some Western Canadians are adjusting to new time differences despite the unchanged clocks.123

The shift brought confusion on its first Monday. Some ferry tickets were printed with the wrong times, and ferries and other services reported hiccups after British Columbia ditched the time change.345

Parents welcomed the change while businesses prepared for its effects, according to reporting on the shift across the region.64

NOW Toronto described the new clock rules as producing "serious Y2K vibes" as confusion spread across the country.7

In Atlantic Canada, Wakeham said he is already speaking with Atlantic Canadian counterparts about the future of the twice-yearly time change.5

Canada's next federal budget will be unveiled this week, with the government signalling a focus on taxes and a break from the policies of the Justin Trudeau era. The budget arrives during a U.S. trade war and a period of economic uncertainty.123

Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne is delivering Prime Minister Mark Carney's agenda, a balancing act inside the government as the budget takes shape. The federal document runs to hundreds of pages, and readers are being told how to find the important measures among them.45

Carney's first year in power has produced a list of projects and deals that the budget now has to answer for, and outlets describe him as setting his sights on Trudeau's legacy. One account counts 15 policy reversals from that first year.678

CBC asked whether Carney's budget amounts to a Progressive Conservative budget, framing the fiscal plan as a departure from the previous Liberal government's approach.9

Canada has become an issue in the U.S. midterm elections, with outlets framing Tuesday's vote as consequential for the country. The trade war between Ottawa and Washington has angered Alaskan businesses, and Canada keeps coming up in Michigan's election battle.123

The midterm results are being weighed in Canada as either a blessing or a curse, and CTV News examined who holds the cards in the Canada-U.S. trade war once the votes are counted.24

Toronto Star columnist Éric Blais argued that Donald Trump will blame Canada if he loses bigly in Tuesday's midterm elections. Times Colonist columnist Jack Knox cast the vote as an election with global consequences.56

The National Post billed its midterm coverage as a Canadian's guide to the U.S. elections, framing the vote around Trump's standing.7

Prime Minister Mark Carney has called six federal by-elections for Dec. 7, with ridings up for grabs in Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan. The Liberal Party has announced its candidate for the Brantford-Brant South byelection, one of the Ontario seats being filled.12345

Brantford-Brant South will elect a new MP on December 7, one of the six ridings voting that day. The Toronto Star lists Scarborough North among the seats Carney is sending voters to the polls in.46

The six votes will fill seats across three provinces, with Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan all represented on the December ballot.123