Canada is forming a 'strategic partnership' with Turkey aimed in part at securing a free-trade agreement, Prime Minister Mark Carney said after a bilateral meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara. Carney is making the first official bilateral visit by a Canadian prime minister to Turkey.

NDP Leader Avi Lewis says Canadians did not vote for the 'wholesale rewriting' of Canada's project review process being pushed in Prime Minister Mark Carney's Bill C-39.

Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu says one of the most consequential proposed changes to the Canada Labour Code in the government’s new legislation is a special mediator role that will file a public report on sticking points in acrimonious negotiations. That 'sunlight' will help parties focus on getting a deal at the table, she says.