Overview
- Pete Hoekstra said he does not see the United States getting involved in Canadian domestic politics and urged Canadians to wait to see how the new national security strategy is applied.
- He criticized an Ontario government ad that aired on American television quoting Ronald Reagan on tariffs, calling it a targeted political intervention.
- Alberta’s United Conservatives passed legislation invoking the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to shield three laws affecting transgender people from immediate constitutional challenges.
- A Leger online survey of 1,548 Canadians conducted Dec. 5–7 found about half support a privately financed bitumen pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast, with fewer than one in five opposed.
- Air Transat reached a tentative agreement with its pilots about eight hours before a strike deadline, with details undisclosed and a ratification vote to follow.