Start your day off right with five things you need to know this morning.
Five things you need to know
Prime Minister Mark Carney has said he still has "confidence" in Gary Anandasangaree after the public safety minister was caught on tape saying the Liberals' gun buyback program is primarily for people in Quebec "that voted for us," as well as promising to "personally offset" a member of the public. Anandasangaree also said to the individual that "I'm not going to send the police to you" and even said he'd "come and bail you out if that happens." Carney, though, said the minister "is doing important work."
Yesterday, our friends at the CCFR released a leaked audio recording that every Canadian firearms owner should hear.
— Canadian Shooting Sports Association (@CSSA_CILA) September 22, 2025
In the recording, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree speaks candidly about the government’s upcoming firearms confiscation program. What’s astonishing?… pic.twitter.com/rX2S6Z2ORF
Meanwhile, Carney has been busy promising to hand out Canadian taxpayers' cash to various foreign groups and nations. He said he'd give away $207 million dollars to "address climate change," strengthen biodiversity and "improve global children's nutrition." Speaking at the UN, he also said he'd donate $60 million of Canadians' money to the effort to stabilize the troubled nation of Haiti.
Good to speak with President-Counsellor Laurent Saint-Cyr at the UN today.
— Mark Carney (@MarkJCarney) September 24, 2025
We are committed to helping re-establish peace and security in Haiti amid the ongoing crisis — including with an additional commitment of $60 million to support a path toward stability. pic.twitter.com/2J4pg07uQZ
The federal government's plan to sell off office space has been complicated by the push to get public servants working in the office more often. A Public Services and Procurement Canada document said the drive to return to in-office working had undermined plans outlined in the 2024 federal budget to make $3.9 billion in savings by getting rid of office buildings.
In-office rules for public servants thwarting plan to sell off space, government says https://t.co/l3C1tSEKEI
— CP24 (@CP24) September 24, 2025
The vice-president of policy for the Business Council of British Columbia has said BC's finances are "unravelling at a breathtaking speed" in the wake of the BC NDP's forecasts of a record-breaking $11.6 billion deficit. Finance Minister Brenda Bailey, meanwhile, said plans to find $1.5 billion in savings will not "start bending the curve towards balance," admitting the figure is "really a placeholder number."
B.C. Finance Minister Brenda Bailey says the government’s plan to find $1.5 billion in savings over three years won’t be enough. https://t.co/XHbNDIlOXO
— CityNews Vancouver (@CityNewsVAN) September 24, 2025
After Donald Trump surprised the world on Tuesday by saying he thinks Ukraine could recover all the territory it has lost in its war with Russia, Vladimir Putin's spokesman said it would be a "mistake" to overestimate Ukraine's strength or Russia's weakness. Trump said Russia was a "paper tiger" whose economy was in dire straits, but Dmitry Peskov said the Russian economy "completely meets the needs of the Russian army.”
Russia is not a "paper tiger," it is closer to a bear while "paper bears" do not exist, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with RBC:https://t.co/L4Bjz4Ql8f pic.twitter.com/zRKKLluhLo
— TASS (@tassagency_en) September 24, 2025
