Ottawa is proposing to spin off Canada’s new defence procurement agency into a separate standalone Crown corporation as part of a push to streamline purchasing decisions.

The federal Liberals on Tuesday tabled long-awaited legislation establishing the corporate structure of the Defence Investment Agency, which has been operating as a special arm of the procurement department since it was created shortly after the 2025 election.

The body was created to help improve and speed up purchases as Canada races to increase defence spending to meet the NATO target of 5 per cent of GDP by 2035. Canada announced earlier this year that it had hit the first spending target of 2 per cent.

Under Bill C-40, the DIA will move out of the procurement department and become a full-fledged Crown corporation, overseen by a CEO and board of directors.

Marco Vigliotti reports. 

A group of equipment manufacturers say uncertainty over the future of Canada-U.S. trade is making it difficult to commit to major investments, even as Ottawa rolls out new tax incentives aimed at getting businesses to spend.

At a round table discussion hosted by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, companies producing everything from agricultural machineries to truck-mounted forklifts are demanding greater certainty over tariffs and the future of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement before making long-term decisions on productions and investment.

“We need the certainty of a renegotiated CUSMA,” Kip Eideberg, senior vice-president of government and industry relations of AEM said.

This comes as Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government touts the productivity mega deduction, a tax incentive designed to make things cheaper for businesses to invest in machinery, equipment and facilities in Canada.

Sydney Ko has more. 

The grand chief of Treaty 8 First Nations stood behind Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith last week as they announced the Pacific Link pipeline was the first project deemed to be in the “national interest” under the Building Canada Act.

But Trevor Mercredi said his presence shouldn’t be taken as a vote of confidence.

“I want to be clear that our presence should not be interpreted as support for the project,” Mercredi told The Canadian Press.

“Leadership was there to ensure our nations are not left behind. There are significant concerns that must be addressed, and it does not mean the pipeline is a done deal.”

The national interest designation under the Building Canada Act, puts the pipeline proposal in line for streamlined oversight and approvals.

The Canadian Press has more. 

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Cornell University named Sally Yates, a former acting U.S. attorney general and career federal prosecutor, as head of an independent internal review into how the school handled a former student’s rape allegations.

The announcement comes as the school continues to face outrage on campus and nationally after a former student filed a civil lawsuit alleging she was drugged and gang raped in 2024. The woman, identified in the suit as Jane Doe, also alleged failings by the school in how it handled her complaint and the aftermath.

Yates, a partner at King & Spalding who served as the U.S. deputy attorney general under President Barack Obama, was picked by the newly formed Special Committee of the Cornell University Board of Trustees. She will also examine the school’s policies related to how it “prevents and responds to sexual harassment, sexual assault and related misconduct on campus,” the school announced Tuesday.

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The weekend’s elections in Brazil not only put Jair Bolsonaro’s eldest son, Flávio Bolsonaro, in the lead in the presidential race, but also underscored how far the former president has come in building a political dynasty.

As his far-right senator son heads into a runoff against the leftist incumbent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a sweeping far-right victory in congressional races also secured seats for Jair Bolsonaro’s wife, two of his sons and one of his brothers.

Few in the family have spent much time working outside politics since the patriarch led the way four decades ago, but the offices they now hold have had a significant upgrade.

Former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro, 44, who divided her campaign with caring for her husband as he serves a sentence under house arrest for attempting a coup, ran for public office for the first time and was elected senator.

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To mark the morning after Quebec’s election, with Parti Quebecois setting to form a minority government, here’s the Beaverton.