My Canadian Experience
Report for November 2026

Confess that I'm not that good with computers these days.  Like for some reason I lost the sound on my computer so watching YouTube videos meant I couldn't hear what they were talking about. 

So as usual I just played around with the settings and noted that I could get sound when using another program.  I then looked at setting on YouTube and used another browser and eventually I must have done something as the sound came back and what was even more amazing the sound was louder that it has ever been and actually had to scale in down. 

So... I have ended up with great sound but have no idea how I achieved it.

Ordered up some lamb from my favorite farm supplier... did point out that they had a couple of products that you couldn't actually order online.  They kindly manually added them for me which was good.

I note that we are being advised to keep three days of supplies in house in case of emergencies.  I also note Germany are advising 7 days.  I have also considered what would happen if we had a power outage for 3 days or even 7 days and that seems to be problematic.

Doing research it seems that Bluetti might be the best option along with a solar charger.  However that would just keep your freezer and fridge working along with lights and phone charging and perhaps a kettle for 3 days.

Loads of options but at increasing costs. And not sure what would happen to all that with an EMP outage.

New POLL Numbers Send Shockwaves Across Canada - Nov 1

This Canadian Tractor Has NO Computer. Farmers Are Going Crazy for It

Canada has built a tractor that challenges one of the biggest names in agricultural machinery. In a small Alberta town, URSA AG is producing tractors designed around mechanical diesel engines, manual controls, and repairability rather than complicated computer systems.

Highway 401 and Road Rules Now in Force

Ontario raised the speed limit to 110 — but stunt driving still starts at 150, and your car still goes on a tow truck for two weeks. The limit went up this year. The fines, the suspensions and the tow-aways stayed exactly where they were — and on the 401 the gap between legal and towed just got narrower.In this video I go through six rules in force on Ontario highways right now, what each one actually costs you, and the one thing you do to stay out of it:

An Ancient Discovery in the Yukon Is Leaving Archaeologists Speechless - 141,130 views Oct 26, 2026

The Yukon is one of the least excavated, least studied, and most geologically preserved regions on Earth. ❄️ Vast stretches of permafrost, ancient river valleys carved by glaciers that retreated ten thousand years ago, and wilderness so unbroken that entire mountain ranges in this territory have never had a human footprint on them. For a long time, archaeologists treated the Yukon as a corridor — a passageway that the first people to reach the Americas moved through on their way to somewhere else. A place of transit, not of settlement. Not of anything that would require the history books to stop and reconsider.

That assumption just collapsed.

What has been pulled out of the Yukon — preserved in conditions that only permafrost can produce, in a state of integrity that left the research team standing in silence before anyone reached for a camera — does not belong to the timeline that North American archaeology has been working from. It predates the accepted window for human presence in this region by a margin that isn’t a rounding error. It isn’t a dating anomaly that can be attributed to contaminated samples or imprecise methodology. The evidence has been cross-verified, independently dated, and examined by specialists outside the original team — and the numbers keep coming back the same.

People were here. Doing things here. Leaving behind evidence of a kind of presence and capability that the current model of early North American habitation has no framework to absorb. And the permafrost that preserved it all — the same frozen ground that swallowed this discovery and held it intact for longer than civilization has existed — is now releasing it at a rate that has researchers working against the clock to document everything before the changing landscape takes it back.

What exactly was found? Why does the Yukon discovery place human activity in North America at a point that fundamentally breaks the accepted pre-Clovis timeline? And what does it mean for the entire story of how and when the Americas were first peopled when the evidence keeps surfacing in places and at depths that nobody predicted?

In this video, we walk through the full discovery — the site, the find, the dating, and the careful, measured statements from the researchers who know exactly what they are holding and exactly how much it changes.

The Yukon was never just a corridor. It was hiding something. And the permafrost just let it go.

PM Mark Carney speaks with reporters in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda – November 3, 2026

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with reporters in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, where he is attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).

November 3, 2026
St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda

The world is changing rapidly. Global trade is being rewired and the institutions that underpinned our security for decades are under threat. In response, Canada is focused on what we can control: building our strength and diversifying our partnerships abroad. Bound by strong people-to-people ties, shared values, and increasingly shared interests and ambitions, Commonwealth countries are natural partners in this mission.

To advance this mission, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, participated in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda. The Commonwealth brings together 56 nations from every region of the globe, including some of the world’s fastest-growing economies. This vast network provides a powerful platform for countries to act together – to address the world’s most pressing shared challenges and seize new opportunities for their people.  

At CHOGM, the Prime Minister hosted a meeting with Caribbean leaders to build momentum for the renewed Canada-CARICOM Strategic Partnership. He underscored the Caribbean’s importance as Canada’s regional neighbour and focused on the opportunities for our nations to strengthen collective resilience in the hemisphere. The leaders discussed how best to deepen cooperation in key sectors, including energy, food security, regional security, and infrastructure. They also explored ways to help countries prepare for and respond to the impacts of climate change and natural disasters.

To these ends, the Prime Minister announced more than $70 million in new investments to strengthen resilience across the Commonwealth, including the Caribbean. These investments will help build stronger infrastructure, improve emergency preparedness operations, restore forest ecosystems, and enable the rapid dispatch of emergency relief. Together with our Commonwealth partners, Canada is building a more secure, more resilient, more prosperous future for all.

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“As Canada charts its path forward in this new world, we look to our fellow Commonwealth members as partners. Across continents and under different skies, we are united by shared history, values, and, increasingly, ambitions. In an increasingly fragmented world, we are acting together to create greater security, opportunity, and prosperity for our peoples.”

— The Rt. Hon. Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada

Quick facts

• This marked Prime Minister Carney’s first participation at CHOGM. He was accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Anita Anand.

• CHOGM is a biennial summit of Commonwealth leaders. It brings together heads of government, ministers, and representatives from business, civil society, and youth organisations to advance shared priorities such as climate resilience, trade, innovation, equality, and sustainable development.

• This year, leaders at CHOGM met under the theme “Accelerating Partnerships and Investment for a Prosperous Commonwealth” to strengthen collaboration, drive sustainable investment, and advance shared prosperity. 

• Canada is the Commonwealth’s second-largest financial contributor.

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• Prime Minister Carney meets with President of Guyana Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali

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• Canada and the Commonwealth

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November 4, 2026
Ottawa, Ontario

In a rapidly changing world, Canada’s government is focused on what we can control. We are building our strength at home and diversifying our partnerships abroad to open new markets, attract new investment, and create greater prosperity for Canadians.

To that end, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, will travel to Ireland, the Philippines, Cambodia, and China, from November 11 to 19, 2026. He will represent Canada at four major international summits to advance Canada’s interests in trade, investment, culture, and security.

In Dublin, Ireland, Prime Minister Carney will attend the Summit of the European Political Community. Canada and the European Union (EU) recently launched the Alliance for the Future and, in parallel, are working toward Canada becoming the EU’s first Associate Member. Together, we are creating more choice and lowering costs for families, opening new export markets for businesses, and expanding opportunities for young people to live, work, and study on both sides of the Atlantic.

The Prime Minister will then travel to Manila, Philippines, to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit as Guest of the Chair. He will work to finalise the ASEAN-Canada free trade agreement, unlocking exports of more than $3.5 billion to one of the world’s fastest-growing economic regions. During his visit, the Prime Minister will also aim to conclude negotiations on a new Canada-Philippines free trade agreement that is expected to triple bilateral trade between our two countries by 2035.

In Phnom Penh, Cambodia, the Prime Minister will attend the Sommet de la Francophonie to deepen ties across the French-speaking world ahead of Canada hosting the Sommet in 2028.

Finally, the Prime Minister will travel to Shenzhen, China, for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting. Over the past year, Canada has transformed our relationship with China, launching a Strategic Partnership that is unlocking more than $7 billion in export markets for Canadian workers and businesses. This visit will build on that progress, deepen trade tries, and create more opportunities for Canadians.

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“Canada has what the world wants: the energy, the resources, the talent, the technology, and the capital. We are building our strength at home and diversifying our partnerships abroad. Canada is boldly unleashing our enormous potential, and we are just getting started.”

— The Rt. Hon. Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada

Quick facts

• This trip will mark Prime Minister Carney’s first visits to Cambodia and the Philippines since taking office, as well as his first participation in a Sommet de la Francophonie, which is held every two years.

• In May 2026, in Armenia, Prime Minister Carney became the first non-European leader to participate in a Summit of the European Political Community.

• The EU is Canada’s second-largest global trading partner for goods and services, with a total value of approximately $178 billion in 2025.

• Last month, at the Canada-EU Summit in Montréal, the Prime Minister and EU leaders set out a new Alliance for the Future and announced that they will work toward the deepest possible partnership – short of accession – with Canada becoming the EU’s first Associate Member. They also announced the conclusion of negotiations on two economic agreements, alongside initiatives on investment, critical minerals, energy, defence, and advanced technologies.

• Southeast Asia is one of the world’s fastest-growing economic regions. In 2025, ASEAN member states represented the fifth-largest economy and the third-largest population in the world. That same year, two-way merchandise trade between Canada and ASEAN totalled $52.5 billion, up 23.7% from 2024.

• La Francophonie brings together 90 member states and governments – 53 members, five associate members, and 32 observers – committed to promoting the French language and common values.

• Canada is a founding member of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) and its second-largest institutional donor. We contribute more than $43 million annually to Francophonie institutions, including around $25 million to the OIF.

• New Brunswick and Québec are full members of the OIF. Nova Scotia and Ontario are observers.

• In December 2025, Canada announced its bid to host the 2028 Sommet de la Francophonie in the National Capital Region. This will mark the first time Canada hosts the Summit in 20 years, following the 2008 Summit in Québec City.

• In 2025, APEC’s 21 member economies accounted for more than 60% of global GDP and 80.6% of Canada’s merchandise trade. Canada has free trade agreements with 12 APEC economies.

• China is Canada’s second-largest single-country merchandise trading partner. Two-way merchandise trade totalled $125.7 billion in 2025. Strong people-to-people ties also link our two countries, with over 1.7 million Canadian residents of Chinese origin.

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• Canada and the European Union

• Canada and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

• Canada-Philippines relations

• Canada and La Francophonie

• Canada-Cambodia relations

• Canada and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

• Canada-China relations

Sault's Algoma Steel secures largest polar-class steel order ever - Nov 3

Seaspan Shipyards has named Algoma Steel a primary steel plate supplier for Canada's next Coast Guard icebreakers, with Stigterstaal Canada as secondary supplier. Together they will provide 24,000 tonnes of steel, with construction starting by mid-2027. Amanda Hicks has more.

November 5, 2026
Ottawa, Ontario

“Today, as Veterans’ Week begins, we honour generations of Canadians who have answered the call to serve – with courage, resolve, and a profound sense of duty to our country.

Since Confederation, more than 2.3 million Canadians from every province and territory, including many Indigenous communities, have served at home and abroad in times of war, peace, and uncertainty. Among them are the more than 4,000 Canadians who served in the Persian Gulf, a deployment whose 35^th anniversary was commemorated this year.

They served Canada. Now Canada serves them.

Throughout Veterans’ Week, Canadians will wear poppies, gather at cenotaphs and memorials, and remember.

This year, that remembrance carries a new sorrow. Four soldiers lost their lives in a devastating fire at CFB Wainwright while training to defend our country. We hold their families, their friends, and fellow soldiers still in recovery in our thoughts.

They answered a call to service. With their bright futures still before them, they chose to safeguard ours.

This Veterans’ Week, we honour their sacrifice not only in remembrance, but in our determination to keep building a Canada worthy of it.

Lest we forget.”

Canadian Club Toronto hosts discussion on U.S. midterm results – November 5, 2026

Taking part are Kirsten Hillman, former Canadian ambassador to the U.S., and James Moore, former minister of industry, with moderation by Matina Stevis-Gridneff, Canada bureau chief for The New York Times.

November 5, 2026
St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda

Accelerating Partnerships and Investment for a Prosperous Commonwealth

Introduction

1. We, the Commonwealth Heads of Government, met in St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda, on 1-4 November 2026, at a time of great disruption to the rules based international order and global economy, stalled economic growth, growing inequality, ongoing multiple conflicts and climate emergency. United by our shared commitment to the Commonwealth Charter and the enduring bonds of friendship and cooperation that define our association, we reaffirm our resolve to build a more peaceful, healthy, prosperous and resilient Commonwealth for our 2.7 billion people, guided by the theme of our 28th CHOGM, “Accelerating Partnerships and Investment for a Prosperous Commonwealth”. We reaffirm all CHOGM Mandates, Declarations and Ministerial Meeting outcomes.
    

2. We were joined in St. John’s by invited Heads of Government and institutional partners. As enshrined in our Commonwealth Charter, we remain united in our commitment to a more just and equitable world, to promoting and protecting democracy and human rights, to transforming the lives of our people and safeguarding the planet, to mobilising public and private sector investment and finance for both development and climate action, and to supporting reform of the international financial architecture. We reaffirm our support for international law and our solidarity with Member Countries facing threats to their sovereignty or territorial integrity.

The global situation and its implications

1. We reaffirm our adherence to the goals and principles of the Commonwealth Charter, and to upholding international law, including international humanitarian law and the United Nations Charter. We reaffirm our commitment to multilateralism and underscore the role of agreed rules and norms based on international law, including on sovereign equality, territorial integrity, freedom of navigation, global commerce and the settlement of disputes by peaceful means. We express our grave concern about the increased risks faced by humanitarian personnel delivering life-saving support and reaffirm our commitment to drive political action to protect humanitarian personnel.

    

2. We reaffirm our commitment to promoting international peace and security based on the values and principles of the Commonwealth Charter, and recognise the crucial role the Commonwealth can play, leveraging its diverse membership and shared values, in addressing emerging security challenges in advancing peace and human security.

    

3. We affirm the importance of ensuring open and resilient global supply chains, for the security and prosperity of all our people. We reject unjustified trade restrictive measures that undermine fair participation of developing countries in global trade and investment. We will continue to amplify the voices of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), least developed countries (LDCs), and Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) within the multilateral system, to champion the needs of our most vulnerable members. We will support practical measures to strengthen the capacity of SIDS to participate meaningfully in international processes, including through relevant regional and multilateral mechanisms and the proposed Commonwealth Office in the Pacific. 

Resilient democracy as the foundation for Commonwealth prosperity

4. We reaffirm our shared commitment to democracy, the rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms, and good governance as the foundation of our Commonwealth and as critical to our collective peace, prosperity and resilience. We underline our commitment to promoting credible, transparent and inclusive democratic processes, accountable governance, and strong democratic institutions, equal access to justice for all, and freedom of expression. We further underline our commitment to gender equality, the empowerment of women, girls and youth, and to women’s full, equal and meaningful participation in diplomacy, peace and security processes, as well as to combating all forms of discrimination, including through the Commonwealth Disability Inclusion Action Plan. We commit to robustly defending the Commonwealth Charter values and amplifying the Commonwealth's message globally. We underline the key role played by the Commonwealth Foundation and civil society in promoting and protecting democracy in our societies and recognise the Nadi Declaration on Democratic Resilience and Participation as a framework for advancing democratic resilience.

    

5. We emphasise that human rights and fundamental freedoms are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated. We express concern at growing intolerance globally including attacks on freedom of religion or belief, rising antisemitism and Islamophobia, racism and racial discrimination. We commit to strengthening social cohesion and to combating rising religious intolerance, stigmatisation, discrimination, incitement to violence, gender-based violence and violence against persons based on religion or belief. We are concerned about the shrinking civic and political space and growing restrictions placed on independent civil society actors, human rights defenders and journalists, including the misuse of laws to criminalise their activities and suppress dissent and freedom of association. We underscore the importance of the promotion and protection of human rights for resilient, accountable, transparent and inclusive governance, sustainable development and democratic institutions. In this regard, we recall the 2024 Commonwealth Principles on Freedom of Expression and the Role of the Media in Good Governance and pledge to continue effective implementation.

    

6. We recall our commitment at the 24th CHOGM in Malta to enhance national and international efforts to address the causes of irregular migration, including: prevention and abatement of conflict, violent extremism and terrorism; eradicating poverty and promoting sustainable economic development; strengthening the rule of law; nurturing inclusive and pluralist political systems; combating organised crime, human trafficking, people smuggling and modern slavery; and reinforcing respect for human rights. In this regard, we stress the importance of international cooperation and adherence to applicable international law.

    

7. We reaffirm the role of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) as the principal mechanism for safeguarding our values and principles, and support strengthening the role and processes of CMAG to ensure robust responses to serious or persistent violations of Commonwealth political values. We encourage CMAG to broaden its engagement to support efforts to strengthen adherence to the Commonwealth Charter values.

    

8. We welcome plans to establish a robust Commonwealth early warning system that tracks key indicators of governance, democratic integrity and fragility based on existing regional and international mechanisms, national engagement and civil society networks, and taking into account the Commonwealth Charter values, with the aim of promoting democracy and leveraging preventative diplomacy in challenging and emerging situations.

    

9. We resolve to eradicate all forms of corruption within our respective systems, address financial integrity and institutionalise anti-corruption practices to enhance public sector integrity and public trust, reduce inequality, ensure fair domestic resource allocation and increase private investment and economic growth. We acknowledge the threats posed by illicit financial flows to our collective security, growth and democracies. Consistent with our international obligations, we further commit to strengthening international cooperation on asset recovery and enhancing transparency in financial systems. We support the effective implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption and its review mechanism. We underscore the importance of capacity building support for Member Countries in dealing with this challenge.

    

10. We reaffirm the enduring importance of upholding the rule of law, in particular the law of the sea as reflected in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), transparency and effective governance across all maritime domains as foundations for maritime safety and security, environmental protection, protection of seafarers, resilient global supply chains and national security. We underscore the shared responsibility of states to implement international regulatory standards, including strengthened oversight of ship registries and due diligence on ownership and ship identification, as key measures to counter illicit maritime activity, prevent substandard shipping, eliminate fraudulent registrations and uphold state sovereignty, while also addressing vulnerabilities such as repeated re flagging to avoid regulatory oversight or enforcement actions. We emphasise that enhanced technical cooperation, targeted capacity building, and improved information sharing among Commonwealth Member Countries remain essential to support the effective fulfilment of international obligations and reinforce the integrity of ship registries.

Building resilience in the Commonwealth through common positions

11. We reaffirm our commitment to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to mobilising finance for development from all sources, public and private. We welcome the renewed financing-for-development framework and initiatives including the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (Sevilla Commitment), the Antigua and Barbuda Agenda for SIDS (ABAS) 2024–2034, the Bridgetown Initiative and the Pacific Resilience Facility. We emphasise scaled-up, predictable, accessible and adequate climate finance, from a wide range of sources, as well as technology transfer and capacity-building for developing countries, particularly SIDS, LDCs and other vulnerable countries. We request the Secretary-General to support coordinated Commonwealth responses to global challenges, including facilitating coordinated Commonwealth positions ahead of multilateral fora, and advocating for accelerated implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the Pact for the Future.

     

12. We reaffirm our unwavering commitment to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement and to their strengthened implementation guided by the best available science, reflecting equity and the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities, in the light of different national circumstances, including holding the increase in global average temperature to well below 2°C while pursuing efforts to limit it to 1.5°C above pre industrial levels. Concerned that a significant gap remains between current emissions trajectories and that goal, we welcome the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) that members have brought forward since our last Heads of Government meeting in Samoa, and encourage all members to bring forward ambitious, economy-wide NDCs and associated climate plans aligned with 1.5°C, underpinned by credible implementation. We urge that, in line with the Paris Agreement, a balance between adaptation and mitigation is maintained in climate finance. We look forward to the role of Australia and the Pacific towards a successful and ambitious COP31. We welcome the unanimous Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice of 23 July 2025 on the obligations of states in respect of climate change and affirm the importance of the Court’s Advisory Opinion as an authoritative contribution to the clarification of existing international law. We affirm the goals and targets of the Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework in accordance with national circumstances and capabilities supported with the means of implementation.

     

13. Recognising the Commonwealth's diversity and shared commitment to sustainable development, we underscore the value of enhanced coordination and dialogue among Member Countries across the UN climate change process, consistent with its existing negotiating architecture and guided by Commonwealth values, to strengthen our collective voice in advancing ambitious, science-based, equitable and effective climate action to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, including on the particular needs of vulnerable and climate-exposed countries, improved access to climate finance, equitable approaches to loss and damage, and just, inclusive and sustainable transitions.

     

14. We commend the Secretary-General's ambition to address pressing concerns and priorities of Member Countries by mobilising resources through innovative partnerships. The spirit of the proposed Net -Zero Fund and the proposed Aspiration Fund, as well as efforts to support mobilisation of private capital for large scale transformative and bankable projects, reflect the bold and action-oriented direction outlined in the Commonwealth Secretariat Strategic Plan 2025 - 2030. We welcome the Secretary-General’s ambition to scale up important support for concrete action leading to meaningful progress on the challenges reflected in this communiqué including distance education for youth skills and entrepreneurship training, and scaled up transition to renewable energy.

     

15. We will continue to work together to address the structural barriers limiting access to climate finance by Member Countries, especially SIDS, LDCs and other vulnerable countries, and to support financial innovations, sustainability-linked financing and disaster risk financing instruments, designed to account for climate vulnerability and other climate related disasters, including earthquakes and pandemics and provide rapid and predictable liquidity in times of crisis and for adaptation, loss and damage. We support mobilisation of private capital, encouraging the exploration, use and scaling-up of climate resilient and innovative sources and instruments of finance and insurance, including guarantees, sustainable bonds, risk sharing mechanisms, blended finance, concessional loans, climate resilient provisions and debt-pause clauses. We reaffirm the commitment to the Commonwealth Climate Finance Access Hub (CCFAH) and call for its strengthening to enable Member Countries’ capacity to access international climate finance and capacity-building for climate governance and implementation of NDCs. We welcome Australia as COP31 President of Negotiations, and its commitment, in partnership with the Pacific, to elevating the importance of improving access to finance as part of COP31.

     

16. We call on the Commonwealth to promote transparent, secure and interoperable digital financial systems and cross-border payments that advance financial inclusion and resilience. We recognise the growing interaction between climate policies and trade policies and support the role of continued international engagement and cooperation on the challenges and opportunities relevant to SIDS, LDCs, LLDCs and other vulnerable countries including leveraging new green trade opportunities. We will build institutional partnerships to unlock private -sector capital, strengthen early -warning systems for weather and climate hazards, and develop and scale bankable, climate-resilient investments, including in renewable energy generation, storage and grid resilience, coastal and ecosystem protection, resilient ports, sustainable transport, fisheries, forests and climate-smart agriculture.

     

17. We will collaborate with international and multilateral institutions in the context of the Commonwealth Universal Vulnerability Index (UVI) and the UN Multidimensional Vulnerability Index (MVI) including through the continued work to further develop robust and complementary metrics of vulnerability beyond income criteria for assessing development financing needs and allocating concessional finance and debt treatment. We recognise the Bridgetown Initiative and ABAS 2024–2034 as important multilateral platforms for reform of the global financial system particularly in recognition of the special characteristics and challenges facing SIDS and LDCs. We will support members to strengthen domestic resource mobilisation through effective national revenue generation systems, improved debt management and diaspora investment, and to enhance international cooperation on asset recovery, beneficial ownership transparency, tax cooperation and combatting illicit financial flows. We also recognise the need for comprehensive reforms in debt sustainability frameworks to account for climate vulnerability and emphasise calls for the inclusion of state contingent debt-pause clauses and climate-linked debt instruments to protect fiscal space during crises.

     

18. We reaffirm our collective determination to respond to climate change, biodiversity loss, water insecurity and plastic pollution as defining challenges of our time. Ahead of the launch of the second Global Stocktake of the Paris Agreement at COP31 and the review of the Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework at COP17, we underscore the importance of the best available science, including the International Panel on Climate Change’s forthcoming Seventh Assessment Report, and call for adequate, predictable and accessible climate and nature finance through innovative instruments and the private sector, including the operationalisation of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage, to build fiscal space, strengthen the circular economy, ease sovereign debt pressures and protect natural assets. Recognising gaps in ambition and implementation, we commit to urgent, ambitious and collective climate action to keep 1.5°C within reach, accelerate a just and equitable transition and safeguard land, ocean, forests and freshwater ecosystems.

     

19. We commit to advocating for making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development, in line with the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement to keep 1.5°C within reach and to advance the goals of the Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework. We affirm the value of country-led investment and finance plans for mitigation, adaptation, the conservation and restoration of nature, sustainable land management and water security, and emphasise the need for strengthened action, timely support and accessible adaptation finance from all sources to scale up adaptation for particularly vulnerable members. We also recognise the potential of high-integrity carbon markets under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement as an innovative source of climate finance and, where they are used, encourage transparent, equitable and country-led frameworks that deliver real emission reductions and sustainable development co-benefits for host countries.

     

20. We are committed to addressing the economic, social, environmental and health impacts of disasters caused by human-made or natural hazards, many of which are exacerbated by climate change. In this regard, we stress the urgent need to enhance adaptive capacity, strengthen resilience and reduce vulnerability to climate change and extreme weather events, and urge Member Countries to continue to engage in adaptation planning processes and to enhance cooperation in disaster risk reduction at all levels.

     

21. We note the urgent need to rapidly scale renewable energy deployment, electrification, resilient energy infrastructure including grids and storage and clean-energy investment across Member Countries, recognising the significant cross-cutting benefits of a transition to clean energy, including to enhance energy security and access, strengthen economic development and reduce emissions. We emphasise the need for greater ambition to implement the Paris Agreement goals and outcomes of the first Global Stocktake, including tripling renewable energy capacity globally and doubling the global average annual rate of energy efficiency improvements by 2030. We emphasise the importance of transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems in a just, orderly and equitable manner, accelerating action during this critical decade to achieve global net-zero emissions by 2050, in keeping with the science. We welcome and support the energy transition of the global transport sectors towards net-zero, including the International Civil Aviation Organization’s long-term aspiration goal and the International Maritime Organization’s 2023 Strategy on the Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships.

     

22. We underscore the importance of targeted support for countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change and have significant capacity constraints, through simplified access to financing, capacity building and mutually agreed technology deployment, including via multilateral climate funds, to advance energy transformation and facilitate the adaptation and scaling of successful low-emission and resilient energy models across the Commonwealth. We commit to supporting a meaningful shift from ambitious targets to impactful delivery at scale, including through strategically leveraging project preparation facilities and readiness support, regional project aggregation, development and deployment of bankable power purchase agreements, and encouraging partnerships between domestic actors and international technology experts and financiers in ways that support our drive for country ownership of critical national assets. We will leverage blended finance approaches and implement appropriate risk mitigation mechanisms to attract private capital as well as grant and concessional funding for costly but critical ancillary investments, such as grid modernisation and battery storage, where needed.

     

23. We remain gravely concerned with the accelerating global emergency facing the ocean and reaffirm our commitment to a healthy, productive and resilient ocean. We underline our strong and unwavering commitment to the goals of the Apia Commonwealth Ocean Declaration (2024) and call for accelerated, concrete and measurable action to ensure its full implementation, emphasising the need to further strengthen ocean-based mitigation and adaptation actions in line with the first Global Stocktake, and the role of a sustainable and inclusive Blue Economy including sustainable fisheries, marine conservation, ocean finance and resilient coastal communities for a prosperous Commonwealth. In accelerating these collective efforts, we pledge to scale up progress toward the achievement of SDG14 - Life Below Water.

     

24. We welcome the Blue Pacific Ocean of Peace Declaration adopted by the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders, and underscore its significance as a forward looking Pacific contribution to peaceful, cooperative and resilient regional order in which peace underpins sovereignty, security and prosperity. We reaffirm our commitment to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all states and to the peaceful settlement of disputes in accordance with international law and agree to continue working with Pacific countries to protect their maritime zones, address climate-related sea level rise, advance sustainable ocean-based development and to further support peace and human security in the region.

     

25. We emphasise the universal and unified character of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and reaffirm that it sets out the legal framework within which all activities in the oceans and seas must be carried out. We call on all states to uphold navigational rights and freedoms, including the right of unimpeded transit passage in straits used for international navigation. We welcome the entry into force of the Agreement under UNCLOS on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement). We underscore the importance of a successful first Conference of the Parties and reiterate our support for the effective implementation of the BBNJ Agreement, including through the Global Environment Facility. In accordance with the Agreement, we will work together to support the fair and equitable sharing of benefits from activities relating to marine genetic resources in areas beyond national jurisdiction, the establishment of area based management tools, including marine protected areas, the conduct of environmental impact assessments, and to promote capacity building and transfer of marine technology. We commend the Commonwealth Secretariat’s work to assist Commonwealth Member Countries in implementing the BBNJ Agreement.

     

26. We endorse the Outcome Statement of the Commonwealth Law Ministers Meeting relating to maritime boundaries and sea-level rise. We reaffirm that members can maintain their maritime zones, as established and notified to the Secretary-General of the United Nations in accordance with UNCLOS, and the rights and entitlements that flow from them, shall continue to apply, without reduction, notwithstanding any physical changes connected to climate change-related sea-level rise.

     

27. We commit to support quality green jobs and skills, including through strengthened education, training and capacity building, entrepreneurship and youth-led innovation for climate-resilient energy, ocean and natural resource sectors, as part of a just and equitable transition. We note the importance of creating decent work and inclusive growth especially for youth, women and girls, persons with disabilities, Indigenous Peoples and other marginalised groups.

     

28. Recalling commitments in Apia 2024, we commit to strengthening the global health architecture and building sustainable, resilient and inclusive health systems, working towards Universal Health Coverage by 2030. We thank Antigua and Barbuda for hosting the inaugural Global Eye Health Summit on Preventable Blindness in St John’s. 

Economic cooperation, trade and investment

29. We affirm our intent to galvanise the Commonwealth as a modern economic partnership – open, inclusive and resilient – capable of advancing sustainable growth and shared prosperity in an increasingly complex and turbulent geo economic environment. We recognise the vital role that the Commonwealth can play in promoting economic and financial resilience, growth and prosperity for all its people and call for every effort to maximise the opportunities for economic cooperation, on the basis of shared values and common goals. We welcome ongoing work to support standards and regulatory alignment, the Commonwealth Model Law on Digital Trade, and the Commonwealth Investment Network. We commit to deepen practical economic cooperation across the Commonwealth, harnessing our collective strengths, networks and diversity to unlock new opportunities for trade, investment and sustainable development.

     

30. We note with concern that SIDS, LDCs, and LLDCs, are disproportionately affected by the current global uncertainty due to their unique vulnerabilities, limited capacity to adapt to climate shocks and other disruptions, structural challenges in trade and investment, and the erosion of their preferential market access arrangements. We therefore commit to working together to strengthen their resilience to global shocks, including through mobilising development finance, strengthening supply chain resilience, improving transport connectivity and facilitating their greater participation in regional and global value chains.

     

31. We reiterate our commitment to a fair, transparent, equitable, inclusive, open, member-driven, non-discriminatory and rules-based multilateral trading system, with the World Trade Organization (WTO) at its core. We further reaffirm the commitment of the Commonwealth to ensure practical and meaningful ways to strengthen the Multilateral Trading System (MTS) including its developmental dimension so that it is fit for purpose and can continue to govern international trade effectively into the future. We support an ambitious WTO reform agenda covering development, foundational issues, level playing field issues and decision making as key topics. We reaffirm our call for a fully functioning dispute settlement system that provides a definitive resolution of all disputes for all members. We reaffirm our commitment to supporting developing countries including SIDS, LDCs and small states in effectively participating in, and benefitting from, the MTS. We recognise that economic resilience and openness are mutually reinforcing and commit to pursuing policies that strengthen both.

     

32. We recognise that the diversity of Commonwealth membership can encourage economic and financial stability through enhanced collaboration to increase intra-Commonwealth trade and to reduce digital fragmentation. We will endeavour to draw on the expertise across the Commonwealth to take forward initiatives consistent with bilateral, regional and other relevant cooperation frameworks and groupings as needed to achieve these ambitions. In this context, we will strengthen cooperation to promote resilient, secure and sustainable supply chains, including through diversification, transparency and enhanced collaboration across Commonwealth partners.

     

33. We endorse the outcome of our Commonwealth Trade Ministers meeting in Namibia and recognise the scale, market and potential of intra Commonwealth trade to drive development and shared prosperity. We commit to ensuring the inclusiveness of all Commonwealth Member Countries by working together to implement the Work Plan on Trade and Investment and strengthen our trade ties including through reducing trade frictions, and eliminating non-tariff barriers that arbitrarily, unjustifiably and unnecessarily hinder trade between Commonwealth members, through cooperation, transparency and the use of existing multilateral and regional frameworks, including existing Commonwealth mechanisms to encourage collaboration, capacity building and information sharing in support of these efforts. We support the active engagement of Commonwealth Member Countries to exchange views, identify and advance our shared interests and priorities towards realising these objectives.

     

34. We request Commonwealth Trade Ministers to implement a result-oriented package that advances and strengthens the economic resilience of Commonwealth Members and to engage relevant private sector institutions, to promote further engagement among Commonwealth markets. We request the Secretary-General to report to Member Countries on progress made including measurable outcomes relating to increased intra-Commonwealth trade, investment mobilisation, and support for SIDS, LDCs and other vulnerable economies. We further request the Secretary-General, in collaboration with the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council and other relevant parties, to submit to relevant ministerial meetings a proposal for reinvigorating the Commonwealth Business Forum to maximise innovative collaboration with the private sector to advance our economic resilience and shared prosperity across the Commonwealth.

     

35. We encourage investment in digital infrastructure and public goods, reduction in tax and regulatory burdens for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), support from the Secretariat to enhance MSME competitiveness, facilitate market access, and adopt inclusive policy frameworks that integrate MSMEs into regional and global value chains. We welcome the launch of the Commonwealth Trade Portal and support its operationalisation to facilitate access to information on products, services and opportunities in the Commonwealth, for MSMEs, particularly women owned and youth-led enterprises to increase intra-Commonwealth trade and investment.

     

36. We support the Commonwealth Secretariat’s efforts to promote requisite investment flows by leveraging its convening power as well as the trusted relationships among Member Countries. We note the need for scaling investment in large-scale, transformative projects, including climate resilient infrastructure, sustainable tourism, the blue economy, renewable energy, water security, food security and digital transformation initiatives, which are critical for sustainable development and for generating employment opportunities, particularly for persons with disabilities, youth, women and marginalised groups and which contribute to achieving inclusive growth, stability and prosperity for our Commonwealth.

     

37. We recognise the investment needs of Member Countries, particularly those that have undertaken significant macroeconomic stabilisation and debt restructuring efforts where a reform-enabling environment now presents compelling opportunities for private capital. In this context, we welcome the ongoing work of the Commonwealth Investment Network and will actively pursue closer engagement with private sector actors and funds to support countries for articulating their investment narrative and translating stabilisation gains to bankable infrastructure and investment projects.

     

38. We encourage a global policy dialogue on critical minerals to promote responsible, transparent and resilient value chains, ensuring environmental integrity, including through a circular economy approach, as well as sustainable development, value addition at or close to source, and shared economic benefits across Member Countries. We encourage members to engage with the Commonwealth Critical Minerals Alliance (CCMA), established by the Commonwealth Secretariat, to support Member Countries, particularly small and vulnerable states. We emphasise the importance of in-country beneficiation and processing of critical minerals as a means of capturing greater economic value, generating skilled employment and supporting the clean-energy transition, and call on the CCMA to explore opportunities to connect Member Countries with technical assistance and capacity building support available through multilateral institutions. As a platform for strengthening cooperation, sharing expertise and developing sustainable, resilient value chains, the CCMA should also explore closer engagement with the Inter-Governmental Forum on Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (IGF), with which members, particularly small and developing states, are also encouraged to engage. 

Harnessing education, technology, innovation and digital inclusion

39. We note with concern that access to digital infrastructure, tools and skills remains uneven across the Commonwealth and resolve to bridge the digital divide through affordable inclusive infrastructure and targeted support for developing countries, particularly LDCs, rural communities and others in vulnerable situations. We will share and align approaches where feasible to build a more resilient, future-ready and inclusive Commonwealth, and support enabling domestic environments for digital education and financial services for all. We will draw further on the expertise of the Commonwealth of Learning and reaffirm sustained, predictable investment in the Commonwealth Youth Programme. We commit to identifying and eliminating technology-facilitated gender-based violence and other AI-enabled harms affecting women, children and young people, including their effects on mental health, and call for enhanced support for science, technology and innovation capacity in developing countries.

     

40. We recognise that education systems delivering foundational learning and vocational skills are essential to inclusive workforce development, productivity and shared prosperity. We underscore the importance of equipping all learners, particularly children, young people, women and girls, persons with disabilities and marginalised groups — with knowledge and skills aligned to evolving labour markets, including AI and data literacy, critical thinking, creativity, entrepreneurship and the responsible use of emerging technologies, and of supporting teachers and institutions with the infrastructure, training, data governance and safeguards to adopt these tools responsibly. We will expand accessible education for young adults through community-based and flexible delivery, working with the Commonwealth of Learning, and encourage stronger partnerships between governments, the private sector and development partners to mobilise investment and a more coherent, catalytic development-assistance architecture for foundational learning, skills, decent work, responsible innovation and inclusive growth.

     

41. We encourage members to advance ethical, inclusive, safe, trustworthy, environmentally sustainable and human-centric AI governance and guardrails that uphold human rights and data protection across the AI lifecycle, and to apply AI in public systems and for sustainable development consistent with international law. We recognise the importance of inclusive multi stakeholder cooperation to manage AI and cybersecurity risks and to bridge the AI divide, including capacity-building, equitable access to compute, data and talent, dedicated, voluntary financing to enable developing members, particularly SIDS, to participate meaningfully in the global AI architecture. We commend the Commonwealth Artificial Intelligence Consortium and the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation, and encourage members to cooperate on responsible AI deployment, interoperable standards, and context-appropriate uses in education, health, agriculture, climate resilience and public-service delivery, so that the benefits of AI are shared equitably across the Commonwealth. 

Funding, partnerships and the work of the Commonwealth Secretariat

42. We recognise that delivering the Commonwealth’s transformative agenda requires predictable, sustainable and strategically aligned resources, together with stronger partnerships across the Commonwealth family. We recommit to the Commonwealth’s institutions and pledge to strengthen their capacity. We recognise the expertise and mandate of the three Commonwealth Intergovernmental organisations, the Commonwealth Secretariat, Commonwealth Foundation and Commonwealth of Learning as essential pillars for advancing our objectives and strengthening the Commonwealth family. We reaffirm our commitment to sustainable financial support for the Commonwealth Secretariat and the programmes.

     

43. We request the Commonwealth Secretariat, under the guidance of the Board of Governors and in consultation with Member Countries, to develop a comprehensive resource mobilisation and partnerships strategy to support delivery of the Commonwealth Secretariat Strategic Plan 2025-2030. This should include practical options for strengthening predictable funding, encouraging multi-year commitments, and securing additional resources from non-member country sources, consistent with the Commonwealth’s values, mandate and priorities. We urge strengthened collaboration and coherent resource mobilisation between the Commonwealth Secretariat, Commonwealth Foundation and the Commonwealth of Learning. We recognise the valuable contribution of the Commonwealth’s Centres of Excellence, each of which provides specialised support to Member Countries across distinct yet complementary areas of governance, resilience and sustainable development.

     

44. We call on Member Countries, Commonwealth institutions, Accredited Organisations and strategic partners to support this effort by mobilising their leadership, influence and networks to help unlock new opportunities for practical delivery, technical cooperation and scaled impact. In doing so, we commit to strengthening the Commonwealth’s collective capacity to translate its convening power, trusted relationships and distinctive expertise into sustained benefit for all Member Countries.

     

45. We recognise the value, contribution and expertise of the 97 Accredited Organisations in promoting the Commonwealth and its values to the people of the Commonwealth. We are committed to enhancing partnerships and developing initiatives among the Commonwealth family to reach wider and more diverse populations across the Commonwealth.

     

46. We welcome progress on Commonwealth renewal and reaffirm our ongoing commitment to advancing institutional reforms that promote transparency, reinforce accountability and create results-oriented value. We welcome the creation of strategic partnerships with countries and institutions that contribute to the realisation of the strategic goals of the Commonwealth, through funding and expertise. 

Reparatory justice

47. Recalling paragraphs 21 and 22 of the Samoa Communiqué of 2024 in Apia, we agreed the time had come for meaningful, truthful and respectful conversation towards forging a common future based on equity. We note the developments made since then, including the adoption of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution A/RES/80/250 ‘Declaration of the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and Racialized Chattel Enslavement of Africans as the Gravest Crime against Humanity’, as well as other initiatives undertaken by the African Union (AU) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and other partners to advance the reparatory justice agenda and restitution of cultural heritage. We welcome the agreement of the Government of the United Kingdom to engage in a structured, time-bound, inclusive and good-faith dialogue with affected parties addressing the transatlantic trafficking of enslaved Africans and its historical harms.

Country situations

Bangladesh

48. We reaffirm our support for Bangladesh and its people deeply affected by the influx of over 1.2 million forcibly displaced Rohingya from Rakhine State in Myanmar and the protracted nature of the crisis. We express grave concern at the gross human rights violations and atrocities perpetrated by parties to the armed conflict in Rakhine. Noting the United Nations General Assembly Resolution A/RES/76/180 that authorised investigation of alleged crimes related to the situation in Myanmar, we welcome the role of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and Independent Investigative Mechanism on Myanmar (IIMM) as applicable, in adjudicating and facilitating the adjudication of violations of international law. We commend the humanitarian commitment and efforts of Bangladesh in cooperation with United Nations agencies and the international community, in providing sustained assistance and temporary shelter to the persecuted Rohingya and call for continued international support. We acknowledge the extensive investments made by Bangladesh in the response, including the development of facilities and infrastructure. Respectfully recognising the bilateral diplomatic efforts made by Bangladesh already, we also call for action to address the root causes of the current crisis, including through the immediate implementation of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State recommendations. Welcoming the work and reports of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, the Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General on Myanmar, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Chair’s Special Envoy on Myanmar, urging the Myanmar military authorities to grant them full access to Myanmar. We call for the creation of conducive conditions for the voluntary, safe, dignified, secure and sustainable return of displaced Rohingya to Myanmar.

Belize

49. We express our support for the ongoing ICJ process on Guatemala’s territorial, insular, and maritime claims against the territory of Belize, which will be final and legally binding on both parties under the UN Charter. We condemn the continuing illegal encroachments and settlements in Belize’s territory and urge Guatemala to respect and fully implement the confidence building measures, which are valid and in force. We also reiterate our call for both countries and the Organization of American States (OAS) to fulfil their commitment to design a mechanism of co-operation for the Sarstoon River. We commend the OAS for its work in maintaining peace and security along the border and for supporting efforts towards a final and peaceful settlement of the dispute. We take note of the case between Belize and Honduras before the ICJ, in respect of the Sapodilla Cayes. We strongly reaffirm the Commonwealth’s firm and longstanding support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Belize and call on all parties to refrain from unilateral actions that could escalate tensions. 

Cyprus

50. We express full and enduring support for the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and unity of the Republic of Cyprus. We reiterate our support for the resumption of negotiations, under the auspices of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Good Offices Mission, for a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem based on the United Nations Charter and United Nations Security Council Resolutions on Cyprus in accordance with the wishes of the Cypriot people and based on a bicommunal, bizonal federation with political equality as set out in relevant Security Council Resolutions. We call for the implementation of relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions (UNSCRs), especially UNSCRs 365(1974), 541(1983), 550(1984), and 1251(1999). Recalling also the United Nations Security Council Resolutions and its Presidential Statements on Varosha condemning the announcement by Turkish and Turkish Cypriot leaders on the further reopening of a part of the fenced-off area, we express deep regret regarding unilateral actions that run contrary to those resolutions and statements and reiterate the calls made for their immediate reversal and for full respect and implementation of relevant UNSC resolutions. We reiterate our support for full respect of the human rights of all Cypriots including their right to property, and for the accounting for all missing persons. We underline the importance of confidence building measures and urge the sides to work together for their timely implementation, as well as to reinvigorate the efforts to provide the necessary support to the work of the technical committees. We also extend solidarity in the exercise of the sovereign rights of the Republic of Cyprus in its Exclusive Economic Zone under international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, and call for the avoidance of actions and statements that undermine these rights and threaten stability in the Eastern Mediterranean. We note the many important benefits, including economic benefits for all Cypriots that would flow from a comprehensive and durable solution, which should constitute a strong incentive for all parties.

Guyana

51. We are deeply concerned about Venezuela’s declared intention to reject the Judgment of the International Court of Justice on the validity of the 1899 Arbitral Award that settled the boundary between Venezuela and Guyana, a judgment that is expected in the coming months and will be final and legally binding on both Venezuela and Guyana under the United Nations Charter. We note that, following the submission of the parties’ final written pleadings, the Court held oral hearings on the merits of the case from 4 to 11 May 2026, after which it began its deliberations. We welcome Guyana’s pledge to abide by the Court’s Judgment, whatever it may be, and reiterate our continued support for the ICJ process to resolve the matter fully, finally and peacefully, in accordance with international law. We call upon Venezuela to make the same pledge. We reaffirm the Commonwealth’s unwavering support for the preservation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Guyana. We also support Guyana’s commitment to open, peaceful coexistence and constructive relations with all its neighbours, grounded in mutual respect and international law. In this context, we are troubled by the presence of armed actors on the Venezuela side of the border that have carried out live fire incidents on Guyanese security personnel operating on Guyana’s territory. We call on the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to take urgent action to bring the perpetrators to justice and to refrain from actions that threaten peace and stability on the border.

Conclusion

52. We emphasise that this is a moment of strategic opportunity for transforming our institutions as the Commonwealth of the people; we commit to harnessing the immense economic and human capital of our family to drive growth and achieve inclusive and sustainable development grounded in our shared commitment to upholding democracy, good governance, the rule of law, and human rights, while ensuring that no Member Country is left behind in the pursuit of prosperity, resilience, health and wellbeing, and sustainable growth. Crucially, we will continue to amplify the Commonwealth’s voice globally, to ensure that it remains a values-driven leader within an evolving international system. We leave St. John's renewed in our commitment to a Commonwealth that is not only prosperous but peaceful, just, and united in its shared values, for our peoples, and for all generations to come.

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November 6, 2026
Winnipeg, Manitoba

In an increasingly turbulent world, Canada is determining our future. We have the strength to build, the discipline to deliver, and the values to take care of each other.

Budget 2026 is the next major step of our ambitious, pragmatic, generational plan to make Canadians maîtres chez nous – masters of our destiny – building our sovereignty and giving us the freedom to live our lives as we choose. And being maîtres chez nous begins with a place to call your own.

Canadians always care for each other. The crisis of homelessness that has deepened since the pandemic strikes at the heart of Canadian values of fairness, solidarity, and human dignity. That is why Budget 2026 sets Canada on a path to end homelessness within 10 years. Backed by nearly $30 billion, this is an unprecedented federal initiative to tackle homelessness and ensure all Canadians can live in dignity and community.

Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, was joined by the Premier of Manitoba, Wab Kinew, and the Mayor of Winnipeg, Scott Gillingham, to announce the first step in delivering that plan: a landmark partnership with Manitoba, backed by over $1 billion in new federal funding. This partnership will help build more than 2,000 new supportive and transitional homes and a new Winnipeg Centre for Mental Health and Addictions.

A national plan built on what works

For decades, governments, communities, and front-line organisations have grappled with homelessness, and their experience has shown what makes the biggest difference.

Homelessness is about more than a roof over one’s head. It is about the help people rely on every day, the stability of a safe and affordable home, and the health care many need, including for mental health and addictions. For too long, these systems have operated apart, and not at the scale this crisis demands. Budget 2026 brings them together around what we have learned works: help, housing, and health.

Help: reaching people early, and staying with them until they find a home

• $6.5 billion to renew and strengthen the Reaching Home Initiative and support for veteran homelessness. This funding supports community-led efforts to prevent homelessness, connect people with shelter and essential services, and help them find employment support and a permanent home. Communities will be expected to provide more consistent and timely data to measure the scale of homelessness and track progress in reducing it.

• $5.5 billion to renew the Canada Housing Benefit to provide direct monthly rental assistance to low-income Canadians, including survivors of gender-based violence, so they can pay their rent, keep their homes, and avoid becoming homeless.

Housing: a safe place to go, from transitional homes to deeply affordable ones

• $10 billion through Build Canada Homes to support the delivery of about 25,000 supportive and transitional homes across Canada. The federal government will fund construction, while provinces and territories fund operations and the services residents need to stay housed. 

• This investment will grow as more partners step forward.

Health: care and a home, together under one roof

• $5 billion for a new Integrated Supports Fund, delivered through Build Canada Homes, to build facilities that bring housing, health care, mental health and addictions treatment, and other social services together, with public, private and philanthropic partners. The model builds on the success of Toronto’s Dunn House, where residents’ emergency room visits have been cut in half.

• $2 billion for the Build Communities Strong Fund’s Health Infrastructure Fund to build new community mental health and addictions treatment facilities and refurbish existing ones.

Starting in Winnipeg

Premier Kinew and community and philanthropic partners brought forward a plan to break the cycle of homelessness, and the federal government responded. Under the partnership:

• Up to $800 million in federal funding will support more than 2,000 new supportive and transitional homes for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. The City and the Province will identify and provide public land, and the Province will operate the homes and provide the supports that come with them.

• Over $200 million in federal funding, the first investment from the new Integrated Supports Fund, will support construction of the Winnipeg Centre for Mental Health and Addictions. The Centre will bring acute and outpatient mental health and addictions care together with permanent housing and coordinated support services: one front door to help, housing, and health. The Province will cover half the cost of construction, operate the Centre, and provide job training and income supports, and philanthropic partners will contribute from construction through operations. The Centre is expected to be fully operational in as soon as three years.

These projects, combined with supportive and transitional housing already committed by Build Canada Homes in partnership with Manitoba, mean up to 2,500 new homes in Winnipeg. Homes with critical supports, for the people who need them most. 

An open invitation

The Winnipeg partnership is a model for what can be achieved when governments, communities, and partners come together. We can do this everywhere. The Government of Canada will work with every willing partner.

A home is more than a roof over someone’s head. It is the foundation for good health, personal security, and the opportunity to build a better life. This is what it means to be maîtres chez nous: a sovereign Canada, where we take care of each other, where we create opportunities for all, and where we are free to live our lives as we choose.

Quotes

“Homelessness is one of the hardest challenges our country faces, and no government can solve it alone. With Budget 2026, we are bringing help, housing, and health care together, building on what front-line workers have taught us, to end homelessness within 10 years. Today, we are putting that plan into action in Winnipeg, and we are inviting every willing partner across the country to join us in this effort.”

— The Rt. Hon. Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada

“There should be no homelessness in a rich country like Canada, and here in Manitoba we decided we were no longer willing to see our community members live in tents. We can, and we should, do better. Our government’s Your Way Home strategy is focused on going tent to tent, offering housing and the wrap-around supports folks need to stay there. This new investment unlocks more capacity for us to ensure everybody has a place to call home, and just as importantly, that each person has the mental health and addictions supports they need to succeed.”

— The Hon. Wab Kinew, Premier of Manitoba

“This is a once-in-a-generation investment in Winnipeg that will change lives. This is what happens when federal, provincial, municipal, and Indigenous governments work together with community and private-sector partners to take on our biggest challenges. I want to thank Prime Minister Carney and Premier Kinew for their leadership. The City of Winnipeg is ready to do its part and get these projects delivered as quickly as possible.”

— His Worship Scott Gillingham, Mayor of Winnipeg

Quick facts

• On November 5, 2026, the Minister of Finance and National Revenue, François-Philippe Champagne, tabled Budget 2026 in the House of Commons.

• Budget 2026 sets out the next step in a comprehensive housing strategy to address Canada’s housing crisis, built around three pillars:

  • Pillar 1 – Setting Canada on a path to end homelessness within 10 years: nearly$30 billion to build supportive and transitional housing, bring housing and health care together, expand mental health and addictions treatment, and strengthen homelessness prevention and rental assistance.

  • Pillar 2 – Tripling the rate of non-market housing starts, with Build Canada Homes playing a central role: Nearly $15 billion to triple annual non-market housing starts to 24,000, including by mobilising investment, making better use of public land, and expanding the supply of affordable housing through non-profit organisations, housing co-operatives, and public agencies.

  • Pillar 3 – Creating the conditions for a housing market that works for everyone: Over $750 million to make homes faster and cheaper to build by streamlining approvals and standardising modern building methods.

• This builds on over $100 billion that the federal government is already estimated to spend on housing across Canada.

• Since 2018, homelessness has nearly doubled across Canada, with approximately 65,000 people experiencing homelessness in 2025.

  • The previous year, in Winnipeg alone, 2,469 people were identified as experiencing homelessness on a given night. Of those surveyed, nearly 68% were experiencing chronic homelessness, approximately 80% identified as Indigenous, and nine in 10 reported at least one health condition or health-related challenge, including substance use and mental health issues.

• Reaching Home supports community-led efforts to prevent and reduce homelessness, including chronic homelessness. It gives communities flexibility to address local priorities and supports distinctions-based approaches.

  • Reaching Home works with communities all across Canada to collect and analyse homelessness data. This includes providing free software (the Homeless Individuals and Families Information System) that is used to create real-time data, coordinating annual enumerations in over 100 cities, and publishing longitudinal studies about the use of shelters.

• Toronto’s Dunn House, Canada’s first social medicine housing project, combines permanent supportive housing with on-site health and social supports. The project is already delivering strong results, including a 52% reduction in emergency department visits, a 79% reduction in hospital stay length among residents, and $2.1 million in hospital savings within its first two years of operation.

• Launched in September 2025, Build Canada Homes is Canada’s federal housing agency dedicated to accelerating the construction of affordable housing at scale. It brings together federal land, financing, investment, and development expertise to build and enable affordable, supportive, and transitional housing, working with non-profit, Indigenous, public, and private partners.

Associated links

• Budget 2026: Masters of Our Destiny

• Build Canada Homes

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Budget 2026 is the next major step in our plan to make Canadians masters of our own destiny – with a direct stake in our country’s growth and long-term prosperity.

As a key part of this plan, Prime Minister Mark Carney is announcing that Karen Karniol-Tambour will serve as Chief Executive Officer of the Canada Strong Fund – Canada’s first national sovereign wealth fund. The Fund will invest in major Canadian projects and companies on a commercial basis, ensuring that when Canada succeeds in attracting investment, developing strategic industries, and building nationally significant projects, Canadians can share in the financial returns. 

As Co-Chief Investment Officer at Bridgewater Associates, Ms. Karniol-Tambour returns to Canada as a leading figure in global finance. Since joining the firm in 2006, Ms. Karniol-Tambour has advanced investment research and developed new approaches to understanding global markets. She expanded Bridgewater’s investment offerings, including strategic portfolios that integrated environmental and sustainability considerations. 

A graduate of Princeton University, she is a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. Barron’s has named Ms. Karniol-Tambour to its list of the 100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance for the last seven years.

Under Ms. Karniol-Tambour’s leadership, the Canada Strong Fund will be professionally managed, operating at arm’s length from the government, with its own Board of Directors.

With an initial capital commitment of $25 billion, the Canada Strong Fund will invest on commercial terms through two main streams. First, the Canada Strong Fund will work closely with federal entities providing support to projects to establish co-investment opportunities, including in nation-building projects. Second, the Canada Strong Fund will independently pursue strategic investments in other high-potential Canadian projects and companies to secure long-term returns and support Canada’s economic strength and resilience.

A distinctive feature of the Fund is that it will also provide Canadians with an opportunity to participate directly through a retail investment product. This will open access to investment opportunities that have traditionally been available mainly to institutional investors, allowing Canadians to invest in and benefit from the growth of the country’s most important projects and companies. Together, the Fund and its retail offering will create a new model of Canadian ownership, helping build national wealth while ensuring more Canadians share in the benefits of economic growth.

Quote

“The Canada Strong Fund will put Canadian capital to work in the projects and companies building our country’s future. Ms. Karniol-Tambour brings the experience and ambition to lead this mission – making investments that strengthen our economy and build lasting wealth for Canadians. As we build a stronger, more independent Canada, we are ensuring Canadians have a direct stake in its success.”

— The Rt. Hon. Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada

Quick facts

• Budget 2026 announced the government’s intention to introduce legislation establishing the Canada Strong Fund as an arm’s-length, standalone Crown corporation. In the interim, the Fund will be incorporated as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Canada Development Investment Corporation, with its own dedicated Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer.

• The Fund will pursue co-investment opportunities in projects and companies receiving federal support, as well as selective strategic investments in high-potential Canadian projects and companies.

• Canada Strong Notes will be available through participating financial institutions and provide principal protection, safeguarding Canadians’ initial investment while allowing them to benefit from the Fund’s performance.

Biographical note

• Karen Karniol-Tambour

Associated link

• Canada Strong Fund Technical Backgrounder

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Breaking news on Canada's financial system, Trump tariffs backfiring as Canada bypasses US banks and China parks yuan bonds in Toronto.

Trump's tariffs were supposed to punish Canada and keep Canadian money flowing through US banks. Instead, Canada just switched on Real-Time Rail that clears and settles in seconds, 24/7, and lined up a direct Canada-Europe link to cut out New York middlemen. In the same week Beijing marketed up to four billion yuan in sovereign green bonds in Canada, with Royal Bank helping arrange the first offering of its kind on Canadian soil. In this video, we break down what Real-Time Rail means for $16B in gains over ten years, $14.5B in faster-settlement savings, the 80%+ Canada-Europe flow that bypasses Washington, and Mark Carney leveraging finance rails to negotiate from strength.

Federal ministers and China’s vice premier speak in Vancouver – November 9, 2026

Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne and International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu deliver remarks alongside Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, who is visiting Canada as both countries look to deepen trade ties.

November 9, 2026
Ottawa, Ontario

The declaration has been signed on Monday 9 November 2026 by the following Heads of States and Governments and CEOs: 

Heads of States and Governments: Bahrain, Canada, Finland, France, Norway, the Netherlands.
Companies: Anthropic, Black Forest Labs, Cohere, Domyn, Hugging Face, Microsoft, Mistral AI, OpenAI, Sakana AI, Synthesia
Civil society: LawZero (Yoshua Bengio), SaferAI (Henry Papadatos), AI Safety Connect (Nicolas Miailhe), Ifri (Laure de Roucy-Rochegonde)

The statement remains open to new endorsements and is being updated.

“We reaffirm our shared interest and common responsibility in building advanced artificial intelligence that is safe, secure, useful, and widely available to all. The responsible development of these technologies and the adoption of reliable AI systems represent unprecedented drivers of economic, scientific, and social progress for our nations.

Our ambition is to lay the necessary foundations for safe adoption. Frontier models transcend national borders in their development, deployment and impact, and their opportunities and risks are therefore inherently global. We all have a role in protecting our societies while enabling research, innovation and the wider use of AI. It is our collective responsibility to protect citizens, businesses and institutions, while also fostering an environment conducive to research, innovation, and the widespread adoption of these technologies. No actor, be it a State, a company or an international organization, can solely manage all these risks. In this regard, continuing efforts from policymakers, researchers, and AI companies have laid the groundwork for concrete cooperation for taking actions, including through the Hiroshima process, the Frontier Safety Commitments of the Seoul AI Summit, the G7 Evian AI meeting, the United Nations Security Council meeting on AI held on 23 September and the “Call for Control of Frontier AI Models”. 

Today’s discussions have highlighted three fundamental areas of consensus: the need for a clear, understandable, and predictable regulatory framework; the urgency of achieving tangible and immediate results in transparency, incident reporting and risk management; and the absolute necessity of implementing rigorous evaluation standards. 

This declaration reflects our commitment to making a substantial contribution and accelerating the implementation of these priorities. 

To operationalize this shared vision, we commit today to establishing a structured framework for cooperation based on three major strategic commitments: 

First, policy makers, researchers and developers are committed to establishing a common framework for the evaluation and risk management of frontier models, building on existing frameworks. 

This framework would be supported by common technical standards, evaluation tools and methodologies that keep pace with advances in frontier model capabilities, with particular focus on mitigating dangerous misuse, including in the cyber and CBRN domains, and risks arising from growing autonomy or model misalignment, including loss of control. In this regard, we are committed to reinforcing technical cooperation, and recognize the role that existing networks, including International Network for Advanced AI Measurement, Evaluation and Science (NAAIMES) can play in making evaluation methods and results more comparable and accessible to countries across different regions. 

Furthermore, we agree to publish the non-sensitive findings of our evaluations in a standardized format to ensure comparability, while also creating a publicly accessible shared repository. This could encompass red-teaming protocols, benchmarking tools, risk-assessment, stress-test results.   

Second, we affirm the principle of responsibility and accountability for all actors in the AI ecosystem, based on their role in this ecosystem. 

We commit to ensure strict compliance with rigorous safety standards established or recognized by competent national authorities across the model lifecycle, under the oversight of those authorities and with credible, competent and independent third-party evaluation in order to foster the necessary trust among all stakeholders and enable wider adoption of AI. Clear incentives can be used to encourage prioritization of safety and security from the design phase throughout the lifecycle;

Policy makers: 

Recognize the need to ensure that legal frameworks clarify responsibilities and accountability in case of large-scale damages to protect the interests of those affected, including where harm crosses borders in order to provide AI companies with legal certainty for their economic development. 

Developers of frontier models: 

Commit to disclose model capabilities, limitations, and known risks and, where appropriate and proportionate to the risk, support the evaluation of models by qualified independent evaluators, as appropriate and consistent with existing practices and arrangements. Developers also commit to implement fail-safe mechanisms to shut down model operations within their control, including during training and internal use (e.g. restrictions, pauses or shutdowns);

Acknowledge the risk posed by the removal or circumvention of safeguards, including abliteration, and the importance of addressing that risk while preserving the benefits of open-weight development for research, innovation and safety purposes;

Recognize the importance that internal governance must mandate continuous risk management practices, real-time monitoring of emergent capabilities, rigorous internal red-teaming, and transparent reporting lines that protect internal researchers. Developers are committed to working on a clear governance structure with defined responsibilities, adequate resources and independent oversight. 

Thirdly, policy makers, researchers and developers are committed to information sharing, reporting and early warning systems. 

The deployment of rapid alert systems, building on relevant existing incident-response arrangements, including cybersecurity arrangements, is essential to prevent cascading systemic risks and to formulate collective responses to emerging threats, so as to support their timely resolution and limit their consequences and real-world impacts. 

We recognize the value of strengthening existing reporting arrangements to align on incident classification and share timely information on serious cyber and AI control incidents and other material precursor signals of serious harm, whether it's between companies and government, between governments or between AI companies, and of exploring whether a cooperation mechanism would help, and what its scope could be.

Policy makers commit to offer secure and confidential channels through which whistleblowers, including employees and other relevant stakeholders, can raise concerns about systemic risks on reasonable grounds without fear of legal or professional retaliation.”

November 10, 2026
Montréal, Québec

Budget 2026 is the next step in your government's plan to make Canadians maîtres chez nous – building our sovereignty and giving us the freedom to live our lives as we choose. Sovereignty starts with creativity – the ability to express ourselves, tell our stories, and connect with each other. To these ends, Budget 2026 makes unprecedented investments in Canadian culture.

Today in Montréal, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, highlighted the largest investment in culture in Canadian history – $4 billion. This will strengthen our institutions, expand the reach of Canadian culture, bring communities together, and empower artists.

To ensure that Canadian culture flourishes, the government is:

Strengthening our institutions

Canada’s cultural institutions preserve our history, bring our stories to life, and connect us across regions and languages. Budget 2026 invests to protect these institutions:

• Nearly $800 million over five years, on a cash basis, starting in 2026-27, for national museums, the National Battlefields Commission, the National Arts Centre, and Library and Archives Canada to repair and renew aging facilities, protect collections, and sustain exhibitions, performances, and services.

• An additional $300 million over two years, starting in 2026-27, for CBC/Radio-Canada to strengthen its capacity to serve Canadians across the country.

• More than $130 million over four years, starting in 2027-28, and more than $40 million ongoing for the Local Journalism Initiative, strengthening independent local news, including in rural, remote, and underserved communities.

• Budget 2026 also proposes extending the 35% Canadian Journalism Labour Tax Credit to qualifying private audio and audiovisual news organisations.

Making culture more accessible

As we strengthen the institutions that preserve our culture, we are also opening them up. Canadians should have more opportunities to discover the stories and places that make our country unique. Budget 2026 proposes:

• Over $75 million in 2027-28 to renew the Canada Strong Pass for summer 2027, offering free or discounted access to national parks, museums, and rail travel, and expanding discounted access to Indigenous-led museums and cultural centres.

• More than $45 million over five years, starting in 2026-27, and more than $10 million ongoing to make national museums permanently free year-round for those under 25.

• $60 million over four years, starting in 2027-28, on a cash basis, to the National Gallery of Canada to expand opportunities for Canadians to access and engage with Canada’s arts, culture, and heritage, both in person and online.

• More than $30 million over four years, starting in 2027-28, and nearly $10 million in future years for a free national digital collection of Canadian books, growing from at least 200 titles in 2027-28 to more than 2,000 by 2031-32.

• $20 million over four years, starting in 2027-28, and $5 million ongoing to renew the Canada Book Fund, enabling publishers to bring Canadian books to readers at home and abroad and creating opportunities for careers in publishing.

Bringing Canadians together, and the world to Canada

Culture is something we experience – in our galleries, theatres, festivals, and public spaces. Budget 2026 proposes new investments in the moments that bring us together, from local festivals and Canada’s 160^th anniversary to the 2028 Francophonie Summit, when Canada will welcome the Francophone world:

• $300 million in 2027-28 for a flagship Canada 160 Fund to deliver signature experiences, produce new Heritage Minutes, and enhance the Trans Canada Trail.

• Nearly $400 million over three years, starting in 2027-28, to strengthen Canada’s Francophonie leadership and to host the 2028 Francophonie Summit in the National Capital Region. The Summit will showcase the Francophonie in Canada, forge stronger connections among Francophone communities across Canada and around the world, and promote French in all formats in the age of social media and artificial intelligence.

• $10 million in 2027-28 for the Building Communities through Arts and Heritage program and $15 million for the Canada Arts Presentation Fund to strengthen local festivals and performing arts events.

Empowering Canadian artists

Artists tell stories that enrich our lives, shape how we see ourselves, and show the world who we are. Budget 2026 proposes unprecedented support to help Canadian artists pursue their craft and make a living from their work:

• A proposed Canada Creative Credit – a new non-refundable personal income tax credit that could provide tax relief on up to $45,000 in annual qualifying net business income derived from original creative artistic works.

• The new Productivity Mega Deduction would also allow businesses to immediately write off eligible equipment and technology, enabling producers and storytellers to invest in cameras, lighting, sound equipment, editing workstations, and stage infrastructure.

• $20 million over three years, starting in 2027-28, for the Canada Council for the Arts to fund the creation, production, and presentation of theatre, dance, music, and other live performances.

Canada’s story has been written by many peoples, shaped by many histories, and strengthened by many cultures. Budget 2026 will carry that story forward – supporting the artists who tell it, the institutions that preserve it, and the communities that bring it to life. By investing in Canadian culture, we are strengthening our shared identity and ensuring that Canada’s story is told in our own voices, on our own terms.

Quotes

“Canadian culture brings us together. And in an increasingly divided world, what connects us is what makes us strong. With this historic $4 billion investment in culture, we are strengthening our institutions, expanding the reach of Canadian culture, and empowering the artists at the heart of it.”

— The Rt. Hon. Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada

“In a changing world, culture is at the heart of who we are as Canadians. Budget 2026 proposes a historic investment in our artists, creators, stories, and cultural institutions so Canadian voices can shine here and around the world. By investing in culture, we are strengthening our identity, our sovereignty, and everything that unites us.”

— The Hon. Marc Miller, Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages

“Canada’s culture is one of our greatest strengths. It reflects who we are, supports good jobs, and creates opportunities for Canadian talent to succeed. With Budget 2026, we are standing behind our artists, creators, producers, broadcasters, entrepreneurs, and skilled workers so they can continue telling our stories, growing our cultural industries, and bringing Canadian culture to our communities across the country and the world.”

— The Hon. Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions

Quick facts

• On November 5, 2026, the Minister of Finance and National Revenue, François-Philippe Champagne, tabled Budget 2026 in the House of Commons.

• Canada’s culture sector accounted for nearly 688,000 jobs in the first quarter of 2026 and contributes more than $69 billion to our GDP.

• Budget 2026 announces the government’s intention to consult with Canadians and the cultural sector on a new Canada Creative Credit. Details will be announced in the Spring Economic Update 2027.

• Budget 2026 has confirmed a $600-million investment to bolster Canada’s audio and audiovisual sectors, providing greater stability for creators, producers, and broadcasters.

Associated link

• Budget 2026: Masters of our destiny

Why Canada’s new instant payment system is about sovereignty - Nov 10

After years of delays, Canada is launching its national instant payment system. The first phase was initiated on Monday as part of a suite of new financial services aimed at both growing the economy and decreasing reliance on the United States. Workers, companies, retailers and restaurants will be able to receive funds immediately under the new system.

The Globe’s banking reporter, Stefanie Marotta, is on the show to explain how this all works, how Canada compares to other countries, and how it’s ultimately all about sovereignty.

November 11, 2026
Ottawa, Ontario

“Today, Canadians gather to honour the generations of women and men who answered the call. We remember those who spent years away from their loved ones, those who returned forever changed, and those who never came home. At cenotaphs across this nation, after the sounding of the ‘Last Post’, we will bow our heads to honour their service and sacrifice.

This year, we also remember Sergeant Morgan Wong, Private Shaun Farrell, Private Aidan Goulding, and Private Hayden Lykkemark – four Canadian soldiers who lost their lives while training to serve our country at CFB Wainwright. With their bright futures still before them, they chose to safeguard ours. We mourn their loss, stand with those recovering from their injuries, and hold their families and fellow service members in our thoughts.

In an increasingly dangerous and divided world, our rights and freedoms do not defend themselves. They are earned every single day. Our remembrance is more than an expression of gratitude. It is an act of vigilance and determination. And it is a promise: that what they defended, we will defend; that what they won, we will keep, forever cherish, and pass on. 

Lest we forget.

Carney's VIRAL Message is making Canadians Emotional Today - Nov 11

On Remembrance Day, Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered an emotional message to Canadians and paid tribute to the country’s fallen soldiers at the National Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa. He began with the story of a Guelph, Ontario doctor who buried a friend in Belgium in 1915 and wrote a poem the next day, then remembered the four young soldiers who died in a fire at CFB Wainwright this year. He said that our rights and freedoms “do not defend themselves,” and that remembrance is an act of vigilance.

In this video, The Canadian goes through the message and explains why we believe it moved so many Canadians. We also share our own tribute to the men and women who have served, and we invite you to listen to the Prime Minister’s words a second time at the end.

USA BEGS Canada to Come Back - Canada Sends Aluminium To EU Instead, Finland "Stop Using US Tech!" - Nov 11

Europe is no longer talking about strategic dependence as an abstract risk. This week, Ukraine’s shortage of American interceptors left missiles getting through, European lawmakers openly called for less reliance on US technology, the EU put a €127 billion price tag on its energy vulnerability, and Europe’s biggest chipmakers said the next generation of physical AI is a race they intend to win. Meanwhile, Washington suddenly wants to repair relations with Canada, just as Canada has spent two years building alternatives. The pattern is becoming hard to ignore: dependence has a cost, and Europe is increasingly deciding it would rather pay to build its own capacity than keep paying for somebody else’s leverage.

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand speaks at Oxford University – November 12, 2026

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand participates in a discussion at the University of Oxford during her visit to the United Kingdom. The discussion is hosted by Emily Jones, professor of practice in public policy at the Blavatnik School of Government.

The Plan for a stronger Canada
National Security for Canadians, a pdf file issued in October 2026