Overview

• Prime Minister Mark Carney is operating on a reduced schedule within the National Capital Region while remaining in close coordination on economic and security priorities.
• The Aug. 1 U.S. deadline passed without comprehensive relief, leaving softwood lumber duties just over 35 percent and only about 38 percent of exports certified under CUSMA.
• Carney has publicly condemned Israel’s plan to take control of Gaza City, warning it could escalate the conflict and worsen the humanitarian crisis.
• Defence Minister David McGuinty’s visit to CFB Borden follows Carney’s announcement of the largest Canadian Armed Forces pay raise in a generation.
• With Parliament in summer recess until Sept. 15, ministers are touring regions and opposition leaders are intensifying campaign efforts ahead of the Battle River–Crowfoot by-election.