Start your day off right with five things you need to know this morning.
Five things you need to know
The die is cast: Mark Carney and Danielle Smith have agreed a memorandum of understanding on an oil pipeline, according to numerous reports, and will be announcing it to the country on Thursday. The deal will reportedly include special exemptions from federal laws – including the BC coast tanker ban – to make a pipeline legally possible. Alberta, however, will be expected to firm up its industrial carbon tax and deploy carbon capture devices in exchange for Ottawa's backing.
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have agreed to the broad terms of a deal that would support a new oil pipeline to Canada’s west coast, CBC reported https://t.co/5fR3t1ZD98
— Bloomberg (@business) November 25, 2025
One of Justin Trudeau's most trusted lieutenants could soon be gone from the federal cabinet, according to a report from the Toronto Sun. The paper reckons Melanie Joly, the industry minister, could be dispatched to France to serve as Canada's ambassador within weeks. Brian Lilley, the author of the article, added: "This is all part of a plan to shed Trudeau-era deadwood and have Carney attract new faces and new talent to try and put his own stamp on the Liberal Party."
What is really pushing stories like Melanie Joly’s potential exit from politics?
— Brian Lilley (@brianlilley) November 25, 2025
The Carney makeover. Here’s what you need to know. pic.twitter.com/FTXNyrCUiq
American social media giant Meta has been lobbying the federal government to push the responsibility for age verification onto app stores rather than the likes of Facebook and Instagram. The intervention from the firm comes ahead of plans by the Liberal government to table bills dealing with privacy and online sexual exploitation. The Meta representative interviewed by the Canadian Press news agency said nothing about the Online News Act, however, despite the crippling effect it has had on the media landscape in Canada.
Meta has been lobbying the federal government for new rules to implement age verification at the app store level — which would put the burden on companies like Apple and Google.#meta #facebook #socialmediahttps://t.co/bsxaItoEyf
— 650 CKOM (@CKOMNews) November 25, 2025
An American author who claimed to have First Nations ancestry has admitted that he was wrong, writing that he is "not the Indian I had in mind. Not an Indian at all." Thomas King, whose 2012 book The Inconvenient Indian won him plaudits, said a University of British Columbia scholar helped confirm that he does not, contrary to his claims, have any Cherokee heritage.
Inconvenient Indian author Thomas King says he is not part Cherokee https://t.co/BGrN3dIrjZ
— The Globe and Mail (@globeandmail) November 24, 2025
In more dire news from across the pond, the BBC is reporting that the British government is planning to scrap jury trials for almost all offences. If the proposal were implemented, it would mean juries – an ancient feature of the English common law system – would only be used for cases dealing with murder, manslaughter, rape and some other prosecutions considered to be of "public interest." It comes amid a crisis in the British judicial system that has led to long delays in administering justice.
Jury trials in England and Wales could be scrapped except in the most serious cases, under government plans seen by BBC https://t.co/Xq87346DUn
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) November 25, 2025
