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Photo by Alex Wong /Getty ImagesIt’s Wednesday, August 19. Here are the top stories we’re following today.Enjoy the latest local, national and international news.Exclusive articles by Conrad Black, Barbara Kay and others. Plus, special edition NP Platformed and First Reading newsletters and virtual events.Unlimited online access to National Post.National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on.Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword.Support local journalism.Enjoy the latest local, national and international news.Exclusive articles by Conrad Black, Barbara Kay and others. Plus, special edition NP Platformed and First Reading newsletters and virtual events.Unlimited online access to National Post.National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on.Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword.Support local journalism.Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.Access articles from across Canada with one account.Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments.Enjoy additional articles per month.Get email updates from your favourite authors.Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.Access articles from across Canada with one accountShare your thoughts and join the conversation in the commentsEnjoy additional articles per monthGet email updates from your favourite authorsSign In or Create an AccountorU.S. President Donald Trump said U.S. stakeholders will be “thrilled” with the tentative deal struck between Canada and the U.S., as negotiations continued Wednesday to finalize an agreement between both countries. “Our farmers are going to be thrilled; our manufacturers are going to be thrilled,” he said during a press conference in Washington on Wednesday. “And basically, we have no tariffs going into Canada anymore.” Trump’s comments come a day after he postponed a new round of 50 per-cent tariffs that were set to hit $29 billion worth of Canadian goods, scheduled to take effect at midnight on Wednesday. Mark Carney said in a statement on Tuesday that “Substantial progress has been made,” in trade negotiations with the U.S., “although there is important work still to be done.” Photo by POSTMEDIA NEWS ARCHIVESA new Leger poll found that nearly half of Canadians surveyed (47 per cent) believe a federal election should be called if a new Canada-U.S. trade agreement is reached, so voters can express their opinion on the deal. This compares to 35 per cent who do not think a federal election should be called in the event of a new deal, while 18 per cent were unsure. And when it comes to the details of a deal, the poll found that a majority of Canadians want to limit concessions and keep more aggressive responses on the table. An undated photo taken in the Haida Gwaii archipelago, formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands. Both the B.C. NDP government and the federal Liberals secretly negotiated with the Haida to give the First Nation title to about a million hectares of land, water and seabed, writes Geoffrey Moyse. Photo by Murray Foubister / Government of B.C.In a recent op-ed in the National Post, Josh Dehaas of the Canadian Constitution Foundation wrote: “Last September, many Canadians were shocked to learn through a Haida Nation news release that British Columbia and Canada had gone behind closed doors in judges’ chambers and signed an agreement that recognized Aboriginal title over all of Haida Gwaii. Without having to prove their title in court, the Haida gained constitutionally protected rights over the entire archipelago.” The legal subterfuge to which Dehaas alluded — a process of concurrent bilateral negotiations between the Haida and the provincial and federal governments — goes back years. Patrick Marleau plays for Toronto during the 2019 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at TD Garden on April 23, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts. Photo by Maddie Meyer /Getty ImagesIn the multi-million-dollar tax trial about the word “inducement” and how it relates to income tax on professional hockey contracts, former NHL superstar Patrick Marleau’s use of the word “entice” made ears prick up Wednesday morning in the downtown Toronto courtroom. When Marleau testified about negotiating a three-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2017 that would see him leave the San Jose Sharks after two decades, and how then Leafs coach Mike Babcock said one of the ways they “entice” elite players like him to sign deals was a cross-border tax break spelled out in a treaty, his legal team were suddenly metaphorically on the power play. Premier Danielle Smith was joined by Prime Minister Mark Carney was in Red Deer, north of Calgary on Wednesday, July 29, 2026 at a new housing project in the central Alberta city. Photo by Brent Calver /PostmediaDanielle Smith is “far-right,” a “separatist” and “destabilizing,” according to her long list of haters. But she has governed reliably from the right and held together the coalition that is Alberta’s United Conservative Party. On taxes, she has not wavered. She has been a steady supporter of the energy sector, pursuing new export capacity and making a new million-barrel-per-day pipeline to the West Coast central to both her policy agenda and her bargaining position with the federal Liberal government. And on social policy, Smith has set her government apart from its counterparts on the nominal right-of-centre. The Ontario Court of Justice is seen in London, Ont., on Feb. 5, 2024. Photo by PETER POWER /Getty ImagesAn Ontario judge has sentenced a man to house arrest in a “covert scheme” to traffic handguns into Canada from the United States. Emerson Wright, 29, was charged with conspiring with his childhood friend to traffic firearms and possessing a firearm for the purpose of transferring it while knowingly not being authorized to do so. On his first day of trial in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Wright pleaded guilty to conspiracy to traffic in a firearm. “Although the gravity of this offence highlights the need for punishment, it is not so pressing as to make incarceration the only option,” Justice Kelly Tranquilli wrote in a recent sentencing decision out of London, Ont. The Crown “submits a fit sentence remains at a penitentiary range of three years custody,” said the decision. Join the Conversation This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. Read more about cookies here. 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