Along with McNeil, the panel includes a pair of other ex-premiers — Alberta’s Rachel Notley and Quebec’s Jean Charest — plus past and present Canadian ambassadors to the United States, the prime minister’s former national security adviser and Canada’s chief trade negotiator during the ongoing renegotiation of the free-trade agreement.

A councillor with Pictou Landing First Nation in Nova Scotia says a cleanup plan approved by Ottawa will mean further delays in the removal of contaminated sludge that been a scourge on his community for decades.

Progressive Conservative MLAs on the legislature’s public accounts committee want to know how their counterparts across Canada operate before setting a schedule for how often the group will meet.

Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday the formation of a Canada-U.S. relations council to support the federal government as it deals with incoming U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 25% tariff on all imports from Canada.