Mackenzie Gray

After turning down a past invite, Pierre Poilievre went on Joe Rogan to talk Trump, tariffs and MMA, ending in a ringing endorsement from the influential podcaster Here’s a recap on the 2:30 hour interview, where Poilievre largely put aside his trademark partisanship #cdnpoli

After believing he had vanquished the past bout of inflation, Tiff Macklem's old foe has returned The BoC says inflation will go up thanks to higher oil prices, posing a dilemma for future rate cuts/hikes, as the Bank is squeezed between the Iran war and weak growth #cdnpoli

CPC Leader Pierre Poilievre did the Joe Rogan podcast, while in Austin. No word on when it’s going to come out #cdnpoli

The Bank of Canada has held their key rate at 2.25% They are warning that inflation will go up in the coming months thanks to elevated oil prices, labelling economic uncertainty as acute, as the BoC balances inflation expectations from the war in Iran vs a weaker than expected Canadian economy #cdnpoli

Before politics, Mark Carney's major focus was getting business and governments to commit to net-zero by 2050 but a new report from the Canada Energy Regulator shows Canada is nowhere close to hitting that target, with emissions getting worse if new pipelines go forward #cdnpoli

NEW: Today, Premier Doug Ford acknowledged his transparency clampdown is to protect his personal phone records, before accusing journalists of fishing for health records. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/11734575/…

Premier Doug Ford said the "communist Chinese" is one of the reasons why his government has decided to retroactively gut Ontario's Freedom of Information act laws. Liberal MPP Lucille Collard says voters are "outraged." #onpoli

@ldhillonkane 🫡 Hope it’s been a good trip!

Good work by Global's @Gray_Mackenzie nailing this down -- Canada will release an additional 140,000 barrels of oil starting in April, suggesting the 180-day timeline, representing a production increase of 2.6%. globalnews.ca/news/11731814/…

Key info from our Friday story on Canada's IEA contribution -- 1) the 23.6 million barrels will be released over 90-180 days, and 2) they will come from industry's "planned production." Canada produces 5 million barrels a day, making this a 2-5% increase. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The 23.6 m barrels of oil that Canada will release as a part of the IEA plan will come from already planed production, not an emergency increase It will be a 140k barrels a day, starting in April, as per the Natural Resources Ministers office #cdnpoli globalnews.ca/news/11731814/…

In an attempt to limit "blowback" over any internal decision-making, the Ford government is limiting who will be subject to the FOI process. A decision the NDP is calling "bullshit." #onpoli

The Natural Resources Minister says Canada will release 23.6 million barrels of oil, in coordinated with the federal and provincial governments, as a part of the IEA’s promise to release 400 M barrels They also say natural gas exports will expand in the “coming months” #cdnpoli

Ottawa has tabled a new version of its "lawful access" bill that would give police powers to pursue online data for investigations The previous iteration of the bill was widely condemned by civil rights advocates who warned it violated charter rights #cdnpoli

Mark Carney will meet with King Charles on Monday when he is in London #cdnpoli globalnews.ca/news/11728427/…

Sources tell Global News, after his upcoming trip to Yellowknife, Norway and the UK, Mark Carney will not return home with the Canadian delegation. Instead, Carney will stay in London, then head to Rome for vacation over March break #cdnpoli globalnews.ca/news/11726480/…

A senior government official briefing journalists in advance of the Norway/UK trip says only Defense Minister David McGuinty and Secretary of State for Defence Procurement Steve Fuhr will be attending along with Carney So no Lori Idlout on this trip #cdnpoli

NDP Interim Leader Don Davies says whether or not the LPC get a majority government, should be up to the voters, not determined through "backroom deals" Davies took two questions and then when pushed on Lori Idlout's crossing, he spoke in French and walked away #cdnpoli

Two things to consider - Idlout endorsed Avi Lewis in the NDP Leadership race last week at a big event in Ottawa - Carney is going to Yellowknife, Norway and the UK starting Thursday. If Idlout cut a deal like Ma and Jeneroux did, she’ll be on that trip #cdnpoli

BREAKING - NDP MP Lori Idlout has crossed the floor to the Liberals, as per a statement from NDP Leader Don Davies. Now the Liberals just need to win two of the three upcoming by elections to get a majority #cdnpoli

Mark Carney and the Canadian delegation are leaving Tokyo for Ottawa and are about to go back in time. We are scheduled to leave Saturday at 5:30 pm Tokyo time and we will land in Ottawa at 4:00 pm on Saturday ✈️✈️✈️ #cdnpoli