Start your day off right with five things you need to know this morning.
Five things you need to know
Mark Carney has just about got his majority in the bag, though not courtesy of winning an election. It comes after Nunavut NDP Lori Idlout defected from the NDP to the Liberals, bringing the number of Grit MPs in the Commons up to 170. That's two seats short of a majority, but by-elections in safe Liberal seats in Toronto on April 13 are expected to give Carney the legislative dominance he missed out on last year's vote. Another by-election in the Montreal area on the same day could be the cherry on top for Carney.
#BREAKING: The NDP says Nunavut MP Lori Idlout has crossed the floor to join the Liberals, pushing Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government closer to a majority.
— CityNews Toronto (@CityNewsTO) March 11, 2026
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A former CBC presenter has made a series of accusations about his former employer, including that it created a "toxic culture where intimidation went unchecked." Travis Dhanraj told the House of Commons heritage committee on Tuesday that he "basically wasn't allowed to pick up the phone and talk to Conservatives" and that show hosts Rosemary Barton and David Cochrane expected to have editorial control over his own content. The CBC has denied Dhanraj's claims, accusing him of "misleading statements, mischaracterizations and/or false allegations about his time at CBC."
Former CBC journalist Travis Dhanraj outlines a culture of intimidation, racism, and bullying at Canada's state broadcaster. He names names. pic.twitter.com/3eiySFfQuQ
— Stephen Taylor (@stephen_taylor) March 10, 2026
The members of the International Energy Agency have agreed to release the largest store of oil reserves in the organization's history. About 400 million barrels of oil will be released, it said, in an attempt to calm markets amid turmoil in the Middle East caused by the Iran war.
#BREAKING International Energy Agency recommends releasing 300-400M barrels of oil from emergency reserves, largest in its history, as Middle East conflict continues: Reports pic.twitter.com/0FtgpWjHKE
— Anadolu English (@anadoluagency) March 11, 2026
Mark Carney has another opinion on the Iran war, this time saying Canada "will never participate" in the conflict. The prime minister previously said he wouldn't rule out taking part. Carney made the statement in the House of Commons during Question Period, having been criticized for not showing up in Parliament for an earlier discussion about the war.
Prime Minister Mark Carney says that Canada will never participate in the US war in Iran pic.twitter.com/eIhzP73cyS
— HatsOff (@HatsOffff) March 11, 2026
Doug Ford has there are "sleeper cells" in Canada and "we have to weed these people out and hold them accountable" in the aftermath of a reported shooting at the US Consulate in Toronto on Tuesday. The Ontario premier added: "It’s a different world now that we are facing, and we are seeing it around the world with turmoil happening everywhere, and we are going to make sure it doesn’t land on our shores."
"They need to be caught": Doug Ford believes terror sleeper cells are in Canada. https://t.co/fuV5hgeMqd
— CityNews Toronto (@CityNewsTO) March 11, 2026
