Overview
- MPs passed the budget 170–168 after four abstentions, with Green Leader Elizabeth May backing the government following climate assurances from Prime Minister Mark Carney.
- King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia arrived in Ottawa for a three-day visit that includes a Rideau Hall welcome, a wreath-laying, and meetings on Parliament Hill.
- The CRTC is set to publish its modernized definition of Canadian content for television and streaming after spring hearings under the Online Streaming Act.
- Letters to Alberta newspapers condemn Premier Danielle Smith’s use of the notwithstanding clause to end a teachers’ strike and to impose a contract without binding arbitration.
- The CFL champion Saskatchewan Roughriders planned a Regina parade on Tuesday as readers criticized the Grey Cup halftime choice of Machine Gun Kelly, and Oilers executive Stan Bowman faulted defensive inconsistency while praising goalie Stuart Skinner’s trajectory.