Today, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance and National Revenue, hosted a provincial and territorial Finance ministers' meeting in Ottawa. Participants discussed the shared national priority of strengthening Canada's economy and enhancing our global competitiveness in an increasingly divided world, setting a clear course to become the strongest economy in the G7.
On December 10, 2025, the Canadian Forces Military Police, specifically the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service (CFNIS), arrested and charged Master Warrant Officer Matthew Robar, a member of the Canadian Forces Intelligence Command, with multiple offences pursuant to the National Defence Act (NDA) and other Acts.
| Canadian International Trade Tribunal
| news releases
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal today initiated an interim review of its order made on March 25, 2021, in expiry review RR-2020-001, concerning photovoltaic modules and laminates originating in or exported from China. This interim review was initiated at the request of Kings Solar Solutions Inc. following a Tribunal determination that the request was properly documented.
Today’s data release provides a picture of substance-related deaths and harms in the previous 12 months. At the national level, from July 2024 to June 2025, there were 6,161 deaths, an average of 17 deaths per day.
Between November 23 and December 2, 2025, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, multiple packages containing contraband and unauthorized items were seized at Collins Bay Institution, a multi-level security federal institution.
Yasir Naqvi, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade and to the Secretary of State (International Development), on behalf of the Honourable Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, will announce support for research in energy technologies at the Energy Modelling Hub Annual Forum 2025 in Ottawa.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| media advisories
The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Jobs and Families and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario, and the Honourable Demetrios Nicolaides, Alberta’s Minister of Education and Childcare, will be in Calgary to announce an extension to the Canada–Alberta Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada
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Environment and Climate Change Canada’s scientists released the 2025–2026 winter seasonal forecast and launched the expanded Rapid Extreme Weather Event Attribution system to show how human-caused climate change affects extreme precipitation.
