OTTAWA, Mark Holland, the health minister, has announced that he would not be running in the upcoming federal election. In a social media post on Thursday, the Ajax member of parliament stated that "it is time to go home." Holland was re-elected in 2015 after being elected in 2004 and serving until 2011. Mark Carney, the prime minister-designate, will take the oath of office Friday along with his new cabinet.

Global Affairs says it can’t intervene on behalf of a Canadian being held in an Arizona immigration detention centre, where the woman’s mother says conditions are “inhumane and deeply concerning.”

According to a joint statement from U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and Premier Doug Ford, Ontario has decided to halt its 25% tax on power exports to the United States. According to the statement, Ford will meet with Lutnick in Washington on Thursday to talk about "a renewed USMCA ahead of the April 2 reciprocal tariff deadline." The change of direction follows U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement that, in retribution for Ontario's energy export tax, he will increase planned tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminium to 50%.

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