In the news today: Carney caucus meeting, BC election speculation, IKEA affordability

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    "title": "In the news today: Carney caucus meeting, BC election speculation, IKEA affordability - CHAT News Today",
    "excerpt": "Among the Liberals’ first bills of the sitting will be legislation to enact the fuel excise tax extension that Carney announced on Sept. 2. On Thursday, Carney returned from Strasbourg, France, where he looked to secure a stronger alliance with Europe focused primarily on trade, defence and people-to-people ties - the latest move in his campaign to reduce Canada’s reliance on the United States. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday she wants Canada to become the first “associate member” of the European Union. - What would a Canada-EU energy alliance look like? Canada has the potential to bolster Europe’s energy security through a new alliance, but experts say it doesn’t necessarily mean tankers crossing the Atlantic Ocean laden with oil or liquefied natural gas. Prime Minister Mark Carney was in Strasbourg, France, this week where he and European Union leadership discussed strengthening ties on several fronts amid strained relations with the United States. Werner Antweiler, an economist at the University of British Columbia, says Europe is in a “precarious situation” as it aims to pivot away from Russian energy imports following that country’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Canada has pipelines and port infrastructure to export oil and gas from the West Coast to Asia, but no such option exists in the east and any such project could take a decade or...",
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